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the camera work of Brian Beattie and its not only superior in
quality, but I'm happy to say they were all taken at East Coast
tracks. Brian was the track photographer at Raceway Park, Englishtown,
New Jersey for a few years so most of the shots he sent me are
from there. They are just 50 of the over 60,000 photos on the
members pages.
How's this for an opening... Tom
Raley - Jim & Alison Lee's "Great Expectations"
AA/FD. Englishtown, 1970.
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Sam Hagen - "A&P
Automotive" - AA/FD - Englishtown, 1967
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Charlie Dodge's "Pacer's
Automotive" B/FD. This is the former Car's Magazine Top
Fueler which ran a 392 hemi. This was taken at Englishtown in
1968.
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Beattie Photo
This car ran out of Don's
Speed Shop, Metuchen, N.J. Owned and driven by Roger Mohn. Island
Dragway, 1963
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Jack Tillet's small block
Chevy AA/FD launches at Englishtown in 1966. The car is now owned
by Frank Ceci of Bath, PA and is awaiting
restoration.
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One of the better shots
I've seen of John Bateman's "Atlas Oil Tool Special"
AA/FD. Because of the wild paint job, this was a hard car to
photograph. Here its seen during their one trip back east with
Steve Carbone at the wheel. The car returned to SoCal and was
destroyed in a clutch explosion with Gerry Glenn in the seat.
Englishtown, 1968.
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All I have on this one
is the car was called, "The Back Yard Guys". It's an
AA/FD running at Englishtown in 1966.
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How's this for a shot?
It's the "Back Yard Guys" again at a really great angle.
Note Raceway Park in 1966 before guardrails and all that other
nonsense that made spectating more difficult. Just kidding of
course.
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Ed Moses - the east coast
Frank Pedregon? Yep, one of those wild and woolly Bantam coupes
-- a fuel dragster with a body on it. Englishtown, 1968.
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Photo
Jimmy Messenger - "Messenger,Barbaria
& Polchinski "Brewmaster" - AA/FD - Englishtown,
1969. Standing in the background is Ed Polchinski
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In the far lane is Connie
Kalitta's "Bounty Hunter" (the 1968 version) with the
SOHC Ford hemi.
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Beattie Photo
A leap back to 1962 at
Island Dragway in Great Meadows, NJ. This is the A/D "Tuff-A-Nuff"
out of the BP Racing stables.
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The "Golden Greek",
Chris Karamesines in his 1968 "ChiZler" AA/FD at Englishtown.
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Photo
Okay, so the Greek's
cars weren't always as pretty as the Fuller car above. This is
his 1962 "ChiZler" in the pits of Island Dragway in
Great Meadows, NJ. Nice tan on the spectator!
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Still at Great Meadows
in 1962, we have the B/D of Clyde Harnish. I'm told this car
had a real U-Shift 'em 4-speed in it. As in a Muncie out of a
Vette. Why not? Ain't like it's blown on fuel.
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D.A.Santucci had some
of the strongest running AA/GD ever. Here's his 1969 car launching
at Englishtown. Too bad Brian couldn't have nailed the shot!
LOL
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Ed Moses got his licks
in as an independent fuel racer on the east coast. As owner/driver
he won his share of races. Here he is at Englishtown in 1968.
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Photo
Here's a pair that would
have been worth the price of admission all by themselves. Ron
Rivero in the "Frantic 4" (far lane) against Joe Shubeck.
Island Dragway, 1965. According to Dennis Holding, they were
using the Chrysler donated wagon (back ground) that Shirley Shahan
wore out the previous year. The Top Fuel guys got the hand-me
downs....Garlits got a pick-up with no power until he "fixed"
it.
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"A&B Speed Shop"
B/FD. If this is the car I think it is, there were many a Chrysler
hemi that saw the ass end of this guy. This shot is at Island
Dragway in 1965.
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Reminiscent of the Frantic
4's "streamliner" effort, here's Al Bergler's "Gratiot
Auto" entry at Englishtown in 1968. Al went to school on
the Weekly-Rivero-Fox-Holding car and this one worked.
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I think Brian had "a
thing" for the "Great Expectations" AA/FD of Jim
& Alison Lee as the shots he sent of it are among the best
in the batch. Here's Tom Raley at the instant he hit the throttle
heading down the Englishtown quarter mile in 1970.
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Tom Raley - "Great
Expectations" - AA/FD - Englishtown, 1970. I suspect this
was a burnout.
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The late Mike Snively
nails Roland Leong's "Hawaiian" AA/FD at the 1968 Springnationals
at Englishtown. Looks like the Creitz & Greer car in the
far lane.
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Beattie Photo
Back to 1962 at Island
Dragway. The crew of the "Henry's Welding" AA/D pack
the chute.
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Gordon Tatum - I.C.E. AA/FD -
Englishtown, 1968
In a nutshell - this is the so-called
"Surfers II" car. It was built at RCS by Frank Huszar,
Tom Jobe, Bob Skinner and Mike Sorokin. It was going to replace
the fabled "Surfers" car that set drag racing on its
ear in the mid 1960's. For reasons that don't matter anymore,
the car was sold to the Bandel Bros. before it was ever painted
... let alone raced. The "Surfers" disbanded and their
individual fates are well known to this day.
By all accounts it was (and maybe
still is) one of the finest, trickest most detailed dragsters
ever built. It was sold by the Bandel's to Gordon Tatum around
1968. He repainted it this green and ran the car with some success
in 1968 including a tie (with John Mulligan) for the #2 spot
in the Div. 1 points. To this day it's in Tatum's possession
(in the same condition as the photo) and he's chosen to keep
it hidden from the world. Damn shame too.
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Back to Island Dragway
and 1962 to this sharp injected Olds B/D owned and driven by
'Skeets' Banniger.. Looks like these guys were real handy with
a polisher.
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Beattie Photo
Okay - I saved this one
in case you got bored. My good friend, TV Tommy Ivo in an absolutely
classic header flame staging shot at Englishtown in 1970. This
Beattie shot has been published but he retained the negs.
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One of the real heavy
hitters on the Right Coast was the "Jade Grenade" car
of Fluer & Thomas. Here Ted Thomas starts his burnout at
Englishtown in 1970.
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Nice A/FD of John Burke
launching at Englishtown in 1968.
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The AA/FD of K.J. Hahm
marches down the spectators lane of Englishtown in 1970.
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Photo
So - ya thought we only
had two poster shots? How about this beauty of Ron Rivero in
the "K&G Speed Shop" AA/FD at Englishtown in 1970?
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Photo
"Rapid Red"
Lang in the "K&S Speed Shop" AA/FD at Island Dragway
in 1965.
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Beattie Photo
Billy Lynch - "Lynch
Bros." - AA/GD - Englishtown, 1966
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Billy Lynch - "Lynch
Bros." - AA/GD - Englishtown, 1968
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Billy Lynch in the "Lynch
Bros." AA/GD (far lane) looks like he might have this drag
race in the bag. NOT. No race is over until the fat Chrysler
sings! No ID on the car in the near lane. Englishtown, 1966
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Photo
Here's what I'd call
a rare shot of the Mickey Thompson's twin aluminum Pontiac AA/GD
that Jack Chrisman drove in 1962. Never even knew they ventured
back to New Jersey but here they are at Island Dragway. But here
they are and the actual date was July8,1962. From the local paper
the next day -- Headline reads: "National Ace Takes Honors
In Drags". It states that Chrisman made three runs with
a top time of 9.049 @ 174.42 mph.
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Steve Malise AA/FD at
Island Dragway in 1965. Sorry, but this cockpit looks way too
shaky for me!
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Billy Hansen - "Eastwind"
- AA/FD at Englishtown in 1968
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Tony
Passalacqua - AA/FD at Englishtown
in 1968
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No ID #4. AA/FD at Englishtown
in 1968. You East Coast guys should know these.
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No ID #5. AA/FD at Island
Dragway 1964. Could be the Hirrita-Hobbs-Vodnick Lakewood chassis
car from 1963. Phil Hobbs thinks it may be - not positive.
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Photo
No ID #6. Great shot
of a Jr. Fuel car on the line at Englishtown in 1970.
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Richard
Tibbetts C/D in 1972 at Englishtown. He built this car himself
and raced it for four more years before building another C/D
which he held the record for 2 years.
The Brougher and Reese
AA/FD out of Pittsburgh Pa. at Englishtown in 1968. It was a
392 Hemi, Garlits chassis, with a Gentleman Joe Schubeck torsion
bar front end. That car was red when it was new and went through
several blue paint jobs and styles of lettering as time went
by.
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Beattie Photo
"The Patrician"
AA/FD - Island Dragway, 1964
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.
Larry Bucher - "The
Poachers" - AA/FD - Englishtown, 1968
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Ray Marsh - AA/FD - Englishtown,
1968
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One of the East Coast
heavy hitters was the late Ray Marsh. Ray was fatially injured
in a fuel car (not sure if it was this one) in the late 60's
or early 70's. At this stage of his career he obviously wasn't
superstitious as you can't get a car greener than this. Englishtown,
1968
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Beattie Photo
Ray Marsh - AA/FD - Englishtown.
By 1969 Ray had done away with the green paint job and gone to
this candy-cane deal. However, it appears to be the same car.
This may also be the car he lost his life in.
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Dwight Salisbury made
the long trip from California to New Jersey with "The Beach
Boys" AA/FD.
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Beattie Photo
Dwight Salisbury pulls
the cute of "The Beach Boys" AA/FD at Englishtown in
1968..
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Richie Shott - "Shott
Bros." - AA/GD - Englishtown, 1969. This is the only big
block Chevy car in the bunch. Great leave shot.
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Joe Shubeck comes to
a halt at Island Dragway in 1964.
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Don Prudhomme and Lou
Baney went coast-to-coast with the "Shelby Super Snake"
AA/FD for the 1968 Springnationals at Englishtown.
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Here's the C/FD of Bliss-Weney-Bliss
in the pits at Island Dragway in 1962. The car was owned by Ed
Bliss and driven by Walt Weney from 1962-63. They won C/Dragster
Class @Indy in 1962 . Also was voted outstanding competition
car on the East coast by Eastern Drag News. This team was also
vote top 10 in the country by Hot Rod Magazine in 1963 .this
car also was the record holder for C Dragster from about 1962
-67. Won a number of competition Eliminator titles all around
the East coast..
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Beattie Photo
Tom McEwen was another
West Coast invader for the 1968 Springnationals at Englishtown.
He was at this race for a new sponsor - Tirend Activity Booster.
Nothing but caffeine in pill form, but it was arguably the first
non-automotive sponsorship going into a new era for drag racing.
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Photo
Roger Toth - "Toth
& Szabo" - AA/FD - Englishtown, 1970
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Val LaPorte - AA/FD -
Englishtown, 1968. Val is probably best remembered for crashing
in Florida and ending up in a lake. Damn near drowned.
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Pete
Van Iderstine in The Van Iderstine Speed Shop car at Englishtown
in 1970.
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