There's Travis racing his 360 Hp,
327-powered '55 Chevy on Lakeland's Dodge Day sponsored by Chuck Hutton
Co. |
Travis Hinkle in his new Ramblin' Ram
taking on Pat Collins. Pat was a principal LIR owner from 1962 to
1972. |
Travis says that's Pat Collins running the
Dodge on the left. |
Jas. Barnes smokin' the left lane. |
Chuck Hutton Dodge Day |
Chuck Hutton Dodge Day. Travis caught the flagman
in action here. |
There's Jack Terry in the left lane taking
on Elbert Lewis in the Chevrolet. Oct. 1962 |
It's the pits. Oct. 1962 |
Bill Speros B/A coupe. Those front
wheels must be about 12" in diameter. Oct. 1962 |
Back in 1962 there sure wasn't much to the
start line. Just the flagman, some officials and a couple of fire extinguishers.
Oct. 1962 |
There's a vintage blower motor. Love
the caps on the 'zoomies'. Oct. 1962 |
Jack Terry's Hemi-powered Ford coupe.
Oct. 1962 |
Hartsfield brothers' A/Comp dragster. Oct. 1962 |
Front-engine dragster - Oct. 1962. |
This is Travis' 1953 Studebaker race car
in the pits, October, 1962. Travis ran a dual-quad, Pontiac 421 with
a 4-speed in it. |
Howard Hughes' Jinx Willys- Oct.
1962. Earlier in the year, Howard won the A/Gas class at the NHRA
Southeastern Nationals at Lakeland. Travis recalls Howard
tangling with the trees once situated just past the start line on the
right side of the track. Evidently Howard was looking to make a partial
warm-up run and the throttle stuck. He went up the hill off the right side
of the track and rolled. At the 2010 Memphis Rodder's Reunion Howard had
his latest black Willys there and word is he's looking to return to racing
in 2011. |
Yeller Bandit. Oct. 1962 |
Glo-Worm - Oct. 1962 |
Technology rolls on. The flagman was
replaced by these two trees. |
Travis is in one of those cars. |
This photo and the preceding one give a
feel for what the view was like from the left-side bleachers way back
when. |
Flathead-powered hot rod behind the tower. |
Bruce Hale's Cadillac powered race car and
tow vehicle. That's a lot of whitewalls! Bruce operated one of
Memphis' first speed shops out of his garage. |
Cool '55 on the return road. |
Elbert Lewis on the return road. |
Travis' note on the back of this photo states
that this was a A/G 1933 Willys record holder from
Paducah, Kentucky. His last name was
Sander. |
Sander's A/G 1933 Willys launching. |
Vernon Walker's Chevy powered BB/A Fiat
running low 9's in '63/''64. Car is sponsored by Walker's Radiator
Mfg. in Memphis. |
Mike Alexander racing his 'new' Mustang. |
The Rayco racing division B/A entry. |
Gordon Wynn's mean looking B/S Pontiac GTO. |
Robert Moore's C/G entry. |
A nice coupe in the pits. Whose is it? |
Small-block Chevy powered digger.
Whose is it? |
This car belonged to the Hartsfield brothers of Malden,
Missouri. Cal Hartsfield is to the the left and Al Hartsfield is the one
on the right in the hat. |
Raymond Godman's Tennessee Bo-Weevil, a
mid-south racing staple. This car has now been lovingly restored. |
Travis' note on the back of this photo
calls this the 'Yellow Bandit'. |
Early '60's dragster action. |
Travis cutting a light (or flag in this case) in his '55 Chevy. |
Bill Taylor's new Taylor-Davis Hemi racer. That
is the original track tower behind the car. |
