[pics] Drag Racing 1972 New England Dragway
08-09-2011, 11:15 PM
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Le Mans Master
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[pics] Drag Racing 1972 New England Dragway
Got new scanner and scanned couple of old drag photos thought you would like to see...anybody recognize these cars, I took them around August 1972 at New England Dragway....
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Love those old days....I was 21 and was using a Minolta SR100 with a 70-200 Vivatar Zoom Lense, F5.6. and still got great photos...these come off negatives that I scanned and color corrected....not bad.
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Love those old days....I was 21 and was using a Minolta SR100 with a 70-200 Vivatar Zoom Lense, F5.6. and still got great photos...these come off negatives that I scanned and color corrected....not bad.
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08-09-2011, 11:33 PM
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those are really good shots with that equipment!....i think everybody had a vivitar back then in the slr craze....the fstop is interesting at 5.6
wild willie borsch always drove with his arm out the window, a real man.......
thanks for the memories....
wild willie borsch always drove with his arm out the window, a real man.......
thanks for the memories....
08-09-2011, 11:51 PM
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I spent a lot of time at NE Dragway in the 70s...
08-10-2011, 11:41 AM
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08-10-2011, 12:09 PM
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Quick times....
Thats so cool seeing these time slips! I ran at PBIR (Palm Beach International) in Palm Beach Florida and our time slips were similar. I had a (don't laugh) 1963 Falcon Sprint 260/164 4-speed. High 15's - low 16's. Later ran C- Modified Production, same car different engine, best run of 13.2....... Hey this was 1964 and we had to really work to get these numbers!! 
08-10-2011, 03:07 PM
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Ahh memories. Spent many a weekend there running and winning with my 70 GTX 6 pack 4 spd. Just found some time slips from there. Mostly wins running C Stock.
PS Boss 429's were slugs BTW.
PS Boss 429's were slugs BTW.
08-10-2011, 03:18 PM
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Remember the Corvette dealer across the street?
Base 327 in the '68!! No comment!
Great old time slips! (I ran my 71 Pinto 2000 in SS/W ran low 16's) Thanks for posting
08-10-2011, 09:48 PM
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now I am going to have to go into the attic and dig out some of our old slips...we ran up there alot..along with some of the other new england drag strips. I am going to have to learn how to post some pics...hahaha in any event..perhaps some of you remember our 57 corvette...California Corvette...out of Reids Automotive in Whitman Ma...those were the days as they say...
08-10-2011, 09:57 PM
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Edit - nope. Googled the man - died of cancer at age 61 in 1991.
Interesting stories! http://home.comcast.net/~originalhiwayman/
Sooo coool.
10-16-2011, 08:45 PM
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The first car is my Dad's. Minuteman from Billerica, Mass. It was a '57 Vette he ran C/Altered in Modified eliminator, I think. I was really little when he raced it. He used to go to a lot of car shows with it, too.
