Whoops! Sendis ineruptis. (Or oncoming senility)
On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 4:12 PM, Paul Braun <pbraun42@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 3:07 PM, Rick Beckrich <rbeckrich@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> > Sorry Paul... you're just not old enough to remember. Here is a flag
> start
> > at U.S. 30 Dragway, probably from the early 50s.
> > (No doubt the shortest dragster you've ever seen.) Scanned from an old
> > color print. I was running a 1941 Chevy coupe with a 270 GMC straight six
> > for power. Don't recall my times, but we blew off a bunch of "stock"
> > flat-head Fords.
> >
> > Came back in 1965 with a tricked-out factory Buick Gran Sport (399 c.i.)
> > which we drove to the track. I was living right there in Merrillville at
> > the time and was the shop foreman for Jack Brown Buick in Chicago
> Heights.
> > Broke the B-Stock record four-times that summer.
> >
> >
> Cool! Would be cooler if you had included the link to the photo!
>
> Yeah, detailed history on the track is kinda sketchy, which is odd for a
> track that was that famous. I believe the electronic timing and Christmas
> tree came in at some point mid-60's, so flag starts make sense for the 50's
> and probably early 60's. If I can't find anyone who happens to have an
> actual old flag, I'll dig into modelmaking skills and dummy one up.
>
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>
> Paul Braun
> Certified Music Junkie
>
> "Music washes from the soul the dust of everyday life." -- Berthold
> Auerbach
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