The First Match Racers …64-65

[dinoKeymaster]

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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[dinoKeymaster]

….? could this be the same car in 1963 ?

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[dinoKeymaster]

Hey theres the Larsen Ford Car !

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[dinoKeymaster]

Back to the pits

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[dinoKeymaster]

more from my secret ‘stash’ … prompts me to do a New Topic “Yes -We Crashed At Dover”

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[dinoKeymaster]

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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[frank-j-majauskasParticipant]

Hey Rox and Dino, Awesome pictures. Those were some of the best
days of racing !! 🙂
Frank…………..

[bossguy]

Amen to that Frank, these are the cars that got my undivided attention! 😀

[dinoKeymaster]

Yeah…64-67 “Dover’s Golden Years” A bunch More to Add…Chevamoco- for sure . More to come in ‘Volume II”

[babycakesParticipant]

Great job Dino! Thanks for sharing these ‘rare’ photos to enjoy.

[dinoKeymaster]

Smrtic stages against the Doc , to a packed house….”dem’s where the days” ….Crowd on their feet

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[dinoKeymaster]

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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[dinoKeymaster]

Early Vic Ferris ‘Branded’ takes on the Arrow.

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[dinoKeymaster]

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

[dinoKeymaster]

Chevamoco 1966

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