a popular visitor was John Hagen from St. Paul, Minnesota, and his string of impressive Mopars
matching Imperial Kustoms paint schemes were a sight to see together
'65 is shown after sale to local, Bob Bueckert
John Hagen and a variation on a pro stock theme
Bob Bueckert also ventured into the Pro ranks after success with his Super Stocker
and, they're off...
on the big end... you call it
Warren Johnson holding class in Pro Stock match racing
a lot of horsepower and a lot of gold dust
DuWayne Engness, from Fargo, was an oft-times visitor with his "Hot Sauce" cars
blown rat motor on gas powered this dragster chassis with a bucket T body
Bob Buccini retired the NHRA BB/C (?) national record driving this car
photo shown is 1968 vintage taken from Youthbeat's Keystone article
Hot Sauce again, this time a Vega funnycar
name stemmed from DuWayne's Taco Shop restaurant
Engness also operated the Fargo area drag strip
she's real fine, my... wait a minute, what's THAT number doin' on a Mopar?
Dwight and Gail Armstrong kindly sent in a few snapshots
we can only assume that's Dwight himself in this photo
there are 8 million stories in the Naked City
that was one of them
courtesy of Dwight and Gail Armstrong
Pro Comp Eliminator provided a variety of cars all running heads up
many time NHRA Division 5 Champion, Vern Moats against Jim Archer here
Hot Sauce Monza alcohol funnycar in far lane during Pro Comp action
again, that appears to be Div. 4 heavy hitter Jim Archer's injected nitro car in near lane
don't look now, Bill, but there's a man on your roof
let's hope he wasn't the type to lean into the shot
fire in the hole!
we're guessing this to be Jim Swedberg
Dave Dewars care to confirm or deny?
Pro Comp heavy hitter, "Wild Wilfred" Boutilier
who needs nitro?
alcohol fed funnycar was a performer
the always interesting altereds were included in the class, as well
3 bucks a head to see the genuine nitromethane articles
the legend himself, Wild Willie Borsch
Pure Heaven with Leon Fitzgerald up
and the pair of them staged
Gerry Saunders' Modified Production Buick Skylark "Ceaser's Riddle"
photo courtesy of Jim L'Esperance
and, on the track
Tom Fischer's Fargo, ND based 30 Below fuel funnycar
and the forecast is 30 Below, again
noted midwest drag racer, Dave Dewars, suggests Jim Swedberg was at the helm here
car met with misadventure when the body literally flew off downtrack
what goes up, must come down
the aftermath of the previously mentioned incident
image from a slide courtesy of Richie Campbell
a repaired 30 Below
sharp eyed viewers will note slightly different paint scheme here
"Lord" Byron Nelson now at the tiller
Gary Beck
the man in his element
NHRA World Champion
Division 5 champ Mark Williams
Beck and Williams
the match race
man on foot beats fuel dragster across line
film at eleven
the always popular, "Kansas John" Wiebe
Gary Beck and John Wiebe in 1975 WCS points meet final
Beck won with a 6.09 @ 218.97
who needed Revell's scale model when we had the full size item right here?
World Champ, Jeb Allen, came from a family steeped in drag racing history
and, speaking of legends...
Don Prudhomme, himself
the Snake and company towin' down
mild by today's standards, Prudhomme's rig and trailer wowed 'em
even though he took the only patch of asphalt in the pit area to park it on
Frank Oglesby and the aptly named Quarterhorse puttin' on a show
Elvis was in the building... uh, pits
"Animal Al" Marshall in Dale Creasy's Mustang fuel flopper
not to be outdone, Gary Bolger wheeling Bud Richter's Charger
Bill Schifsky's Bear Town Shaker and the infamous Chi-town Hustler of Farkonas, Coil and Minnick
Rick Johnson now at the controls of Schifsky's Mustang II with Russel Long guiding the Hustler
Chi-town took this particular match race, 2 out of 3
NHRA Division 5 points meet action here with Rick Johnson up against Carl Swanson in Al Tschida's Cheetah
Schifsky's Bear Town Shaker prevailed on this run and went on to win the event
Rick Johnson showin' how it's done
from a Don Fotti photo
Joe Satmary's potent Pro Stock Camaro
well on his way to bigger and better things, Fridley, Minnesota's own Warren Johnson
match race Pro Stocker, Vega style
factory science project
ditto
WJ and John Hagen, now running a Duster Pro Stocker
Don Chapman and Jim Hoglund again, this time with pert T altered
so, what ever became of their classic Fiat?
rumour has it that under cover of darkness
it changed colour, grew wheelie bars and gained a dragon decal
but then again...
considering newspaper clippings have the name spelt differently
one wonders if this isn't earlier photo contributor Mark Felske?
regardless, in our mind it was a classic race car
Jerry Gilarski asked the question ... a little Weight Transfer, anyone?
Steve (?) Haddad's Howler from up Selkirk way
D/Altered Anglia out of Saskabush
that'd be Regina, Saskatchewan, actually
a contempory Larry Severson effort
anyone have photos of his inline Willys pick em up?
Div. 5 stalwart Eddie Rezac and his SS/P Chevelle opposite Westport Chrysler sponsored '67 Barracuda
Ken Wasik and what most non-residents would mistake as a Chevy II
it is, in fact, an Acadian Canso
unique to Canada, marque was sold by Pontiac dealers
Marcel Cloutier's 1974 Winternationals winning Super Stock Mustang
and again... loadin' up
Jim L'Esperance vs. Pete Pedersen
photo courtesy of Jim L'Esperance
Pete Pedersen's Mopar wedge Super Stocker
ditto
and yet again, this time contributed by Mr. Pedersen himself
we're told the car was purposely lettered "Petersen" due to the fact
most folks pronounced the name that way anyways
regardless, Pete was the track Super Stock champion for 1973
Len Penner continued the trend of clean race cars with this tidy Camaro
Len Penner looking a little weary
one does not easily tire of his quality race cars, however
contributed by Kevin & Natacha Penner
Modified Eliminator action against Div. 5's Don Patrick
and with the Metzler McNeil Vega
Brian Wheatley out of Woody's Performance Centre
clipping courtesy of Jim L'Esperance
Mr. Wheatley showing his displeasure at viewing grainy B&W images of his car
warning: reflections in tower window are likely closer than you think
Chomiski, Boslovitch and Boots' strong running Camaro
the Kelly Brothers' Super Stocker as campaigned out of the DragMart stable
photo courtesy of Gord Forman
Dave Davidchuk informs us the aluminum front end car was intially purchased by Jack & Donny Kelly
on the west coast, where it was known as the "Highlander"
car is shown here @ Bison wearing it's old colours
Mr. Davidchuk ultimately obtained the car from the Kellys himself
photo courtesy of Dave Davidchuk
Highlander lawn ornament now wearing DragMart markings
photo courtesy of Gord Forman
not a cloud in the sky, and Super Stock takes center stage
that's John Hagen, again, in an updated version of his Barracuda
John Hagen warmin' the tires
ok, hold that pose
a great image of John Hagen and Irv Beringhaus
John Hagen and Warren Johnson in the Pro Stock final @ 1976 WCS points meet
WJ took this one
