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. |
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! |
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 |
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 Hemi racer. That
is the original track tower behind the car. |
