Posted By: theraif
Willys Gasser and A990 dodge - 02/13/21 08:23 PM
Willys Gasser and A990 dodge
Posted By: Dragula
Re: Willys Gasser and A990 dodge - 02/13/21 11:28 PM
Thank you for that story...
Posted By: A/MP
Re: Willys Gasser and A990 dodge - 02/14/21 04:10 AM
Nascar running drag racing? I wonder if they would have done a better job than Wally?
Posted By: Cab_Burge
Re: Willys Gasser and A990 dodge - 02/14/21 04:27 AM
In the mid 1960s you had AHRA, NHRA and several other sanctioning groups fighting each other. for races and race tracks.
Larry Carrier(SP?) started IHRA and Don Garlit and several other pro racers started PDA to get racers paid more for winning in the early 1970s
When I first started racing NHRA in stock class in 1973 we didn't win any money for winning our class at the Winternationals , no contingency money either
Did I mention NHRA back then was really cheap on paying any and all racers
Still the same today I think
NASCAR did the drag racing sponsoring thing for several years and quit
I'm sure the crowds down south like longer races than short drag races
Larry Carrier(SP?) started IHRA and Don Garlit and several other pro racers started PDA to get racers paid more for winning in the early 1970s
When I first started racing NHRA in stock class in 1973 we didn't win any money for winning our class at the Winternationals , no contingency money either
Did I mention NHRA back then was really cheap on paying any and all racers
Still the same today I think
NASCAR did the drag racing sponsoring thing for several years and quit
I'm sure the crowds down south like longer races than short drag races
Posted By: W.I.N. Racing
Re: Willys Gasser and A990 dodge - 02/14/21 05:26 PM
Here are a couple pics from a Local track ( "Niagara" closed in '74) with NASCAR sanctioning. Just noticed that two of the cars pic'd have been here in my shop, Gene Schwartz - tires, Kohler Bros for some tin work, looooong after these pics were taken.
Posted By: Handygun
Re: Willys Gasser and A990 dodge - 02/14/21 05:47 PM
The Gene Schwartz car used to come to Beech Bend for the Hot Rod Reunion. I don't know what his launch rpm was but it was astronomical
Posted By: W.I.N. Racing
Re: Willys Gasser and A990 dodge - 02/14/21 10:42 PM
Geneo Likes to spin them fast +10K RPM...
Posted By: tubtar
Re: Willys Gasser and A990 dodge - 02/14/21 11:29 PM
Where the heck did that 990 wind up I wonder ?
Cool story , and I do get it.
My first car was a 1970 Chevelle that I puked the motor and left sitting behind a gas station after taking the cowl induction hood and rally wheels off of it.
The significance of a Dodge 990 when it was new wasn't near what it is today.
Looking back , you wince.
But there was no Barrett Jackson to guide us.
Cool story , and I do get it.
My first car was a 1970 Chevelle that I puked the motor and left sitting behind a gas station after taking the cowl induction hood and rally wheels off of it.
The significance of a Dodge 990 when it was new wasn't near what it is today.
Looking back , you wince.
But there was no Barrett Jackson to guide us.