If my fuzzy memory is right, they held a red flag up for hold, or get
ready, and then sent you off with a wave of the checker.
On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 4:42 PM, Rick Beckrich <rbeckrich@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Whoops! Sendis ineruptis. (Or oncoming senility)
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> On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 4:12 PM, Paul Braun <pbraun42@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 3:07 PM, Rick Beckrich <rbeckrich@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
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>> > Sorry Paul... you're just not old enough to remember. Here is a flag
>> start
>> > at U.S. 30 Dragway, probably from the early 50s.
>> > (No doubt the shortest dragster you've ever seen.) Scanned from an old
>> > color print. I was running a 1941 Chevy coupe with a 270 GMC straight
>> six
>> > for power. Don't recall my times, but we blew off a bunch of "stock"
>> > flat-head Fords.
>> >
>> > Came back in 1965 with a tricked-out factory Buick Gran Sport (399 c.i.)
>> > which we drove to the track. I was living right there in Merrillville at
>> > the time and was the shop foreman for Jack Brown Buick in Chicago
>> Heights.
>> > Broke the B-Stock record four-times that summer.
>> >
>> >
>> Cool! Would be cooler if you had included the link to the photo!
>>
>> Yeah, detailed history on the track is kinda sketchy, which is odd for a
>> track that was that famous. I believe the electronic timing and Christmas
>> tree came in at some point mid-60's, so flag starts make sense for the
>> 50's
>> and probably early 60's. If I can't find anyone who happens to have an
>> actual old flag, I'll dig into modelmaking skills and dummy one up.
>>
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>> Paul Braun
>> Certified Music Junkie
>>
>> "Music washes from the soul the dust of everyday life." -- Berthold
>> Auerbach
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