More vintage Pro Stock

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Martin, Michigan 1975

 

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Wow, a drivers name and a single main sponsor. Amazing what happened once big money flooded the scene. How many racers can run out of the their garage at that level these days?

 

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That's the old Mopar Missile team. Carlton bought it & put his name. Then built a Dart Sport. He built several cars before his tragic death. There is a thread on it here. Don Carlton/ Mopar Missile. He was killed in one of those very dangerous Hemi Colts

 

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Walt Maynard in the T Town Missile (former Motown Missile) vs Wally Booth in the Hornet

 

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Sox & Martin parked at a Hotel. Remember seeing the race teams at hotels. Now we have Motorhomes at the local track. My times have changed

 

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Butch Leal Orange Co Raceway 1971

 

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Kenny Hahn. This is the ex Don Carlton Gold Colt that was wind tunnel tested. I posted pics of it in the wind tunnel a few post back.

 

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Ron Humpfrys Volare. This car had some good runs

 

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Ronnie Sox. They had two of these. I think this was a small block car. The other car had a Hemi & ran IHRA Mountain Motor

 

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Bob Glidden's smallblock MOPAR Arrow. Car won the 1979 Championship

 

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1973 Summernats at Englishtown, NJ. The Missile getting an engine swap in the hotel parking lot. Note the Mustang sportsman car on the trailer parked behind it.

 

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Dick Landys Challenger.

 

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The beautifull Humpfry's & Lambeck Hemi Pro Stock Volare

 

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Reid Whisnant staging the Dodge Daytona. This was the last Gen II Hemi car to be competitive in Pro Stock. Used a Dick Landy 500 inch

 

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1979 US Nationals. Ronnie Humphrys in the Hemi Volare vs Ronnie Sox in the smallblock Plymouth TC3

 

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1980 US Nationals. Butch Leal in the Hemi Volare

 

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Ed Miller. York Dragway

 

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Niagra Dragway. Albaian Guanther

 

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Rapid Ronnie Lyles at Niagra Dragway