The First Match Racers …64-65

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May 1, 2011 at 3:33 pm #10785
dino
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PHOTO BLITZ !!!!
Heres a bunch of the run what ya brung ,no rules “booked -in” First Match Racers S/SX? A/FX-? SS/S? who cared what class …The Big Dogs where coming to Dover for a Show…and you HAD to be there.

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May 1, 2011 at 6:16 pm #30732
dino
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….? could this be the same car in 1963 ?

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May 1, 2011 at 6:21 pm #30733
dino
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Hey theres the Larsen Ford Car !

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May 1, 2011 at 6:23 pm #30734
dino
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Back to the pits

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May 1, 2011 at 6:28 pm #30735
dino
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more from my secret ‘stash’ … prompts me to do a New Topic “Yes -We Crashed At Dover”

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May 1, 2011 at 7:58 pm #30739
dino
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By ’66 the cars wre going altered wheelbase and injectors out the hood….by 67 we saw the real first FUNNY cars- tube chassis -one piece bodys and into 68, …the home built match racers were just a memory.

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May 1, 2011 at 11:33 pm #30742
frank-j-majauskas
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Hey Rox and Dino, Awesome pictures. Those were some of the best
days of racing !! 🙂
Frank…………..
May 1, 2011 at 11:45 pm #30743
bossguy
Amen to that Frank, these are the cars that got my undivided attention! 😀
May 2, 2011 at 12:05 am #30745
dino
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Yeah…64-67 “Dover’s Golden Years” A bunch More to Add…Chevamoco- for sure . More to come in ‘Volume II”
May 2, 2011 at 11:40 am #30753
babycakes
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Great job Dino! Thanks for sharing these ‘rare’ photos to enjoy.
May 2, 2011 at 12:19 pm #30755
dino
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Smrtic stages against the Doc , to a packed house….”dem’s where the days” ….Crowd on their feet

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May 2, 2011 at 12:26 pm #30756
dino
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Just found this ‘buried’ …’Under the summer sun at Dover the Hemi’s shinned”…Bill brings The Storm King out of the “Hot Car” pits to make the turn for his burnout.

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May 2, 2011 at 1:11 pm #30758
dino
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Early Vic Ferris ‘Branded’ takes on the Arrow.

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May 2, 2011 at 1:12 pm #30759
dino
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Bob Schlegel has some great old Black & Whites of some match race Action in 1966 …Need to scan them Better Bobby, and post Or send to me E-mail.

old post :
http://www.doverdragstrip.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=247
May 2, 2011 at 1:16 pm #30760
dino
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Chevamoco 1966

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