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Old 02-18-2018, 11:37 PM
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Priceless!!!

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My wife, who is a really good organizer, decided it was time to go through a ton of photos, National Dragster articles, and anything else that had to do with my racing career. One of the photos that we came across was a May of 1972 photo of my original Yenko leaving the starting line at Quaker City, in Salem, Ohio. This picture shows smoke coming off the slicks, so I would guess it was not a good pass, no rev limiters back then (just your right foot). Looks like a 10.90 on the windshield which was probably the NHRA record, which would have been the dial-in back then. The big 23 on the side glass was probably when I came through the gate.

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So Cool !!!!
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Just read all your stories, that is so cool. I was not born during the 70s but stories like that gave us a taste of what it was back then.
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Grade A historic photo! It always amazes me when no photos come to light. It just goes to show everyone that EVERY historic Supercar probably has a pic of it somewhere.
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My wife, who is a really good organizer, decided it was time to go through a ton of photos, National Dragster articles, and anything else that had to do with my racing career. One of the photos that we came across was a May of 1972 photo of my original Yenko leaving the starting line at Quaker City, in Salem, Ohio. This picture shows smoke coming off the slicks, so I would guess it was not a good pass, no rev limiters back then (just your right foot). Looks like a 10.90 on the windshield which was probably the NHRA record, which would have been the dial-in back then. The big 23 on the side glass was probably when I came through the gate.

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----So you used to run "up the hill" at Quaker City. Love that track but haven't been there in years. Went several years in a row to the "Field of Dreams" nostalgia meet with Red Alert. Always a really great time......Bill S
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----So you used to run "up the hill" at Quaker City. Love that track but haven't been there in years. Went several years in a row to the "Field of Dreams" nostalgia meet with Red Alert. Always a really great time......Bill S
I have spent a lot of time at Quaker City, running "up the hill" as you put it, LOL. In fact if you look at that last picture I posted (May 72), that Monte Carlo probably just came out of the water in the left lane, ready to finish running "up the hill" to the starting line. My Dad took me there back in the late 50's to watch some of his friends race (that track opened in 1957). For those that have never been there, the staging lanes are parallel to the track at a much lower elevation, so you make a left out of the lanes, and then make another left, go up the hill to the water box, do your burnout and as you come out of the water you are still cresting the hill, and then at that point you can see the track and the starting line. Since I started racing there probably around 1970, the hill never bothered me, but when NHRA started running points meets there sometime in the 80's, there were a lot of racers that were intimidated by the "hill". It is still a beautiful track today, the current owners the Fox family do a great job and have made tons of improvements over the years, in fact if you google "Quaker City Motorsports Park", they have a nice overhead video of the track, the staging lanes and pit parking.

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That last picture is awesome in so many ways! The stance of that car is PERFECT!!!
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