All of the pictures on this page were made available to me by Dennis Priddle,
I am most grateful to him for the opportunity of reproducing them here.
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All of the pictures on this page were made available to me by Dennis Priddle, |
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Click on any image to get the bigger picture |
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The first nine pictures on this page are of the
legendary Tudor Rose dragster. |
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The next four
pictures were taken during the highly successful trip to Anderstorp Raceway in
Sweden in 1968. |
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Dennis Priddle being strapped into Tudor Rose by Rex Sluggett at Anderstorp on 17 August 1968. |
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Tudor Rose is on the left with the Allard/Skilton AA/FD on the right with its front mounted Potvin supercharger. |
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I think this may be part of the reason why Tudor Rose
and drivers Rex Sluggett and Dennis Priddle were so well received in
Sweden! |
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The last of the Tudor Rose pictures shows a smiling Dennis Priddle sitting astride the roll cage after his first ever night race. The Commuter AA/FD is in the foreground. |
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This is Alan Blount's Weekend Warrior with a 331" Dodge (Chrysler) Hemi. This did not work at all well so a small block Chevy soon replaced it. Alan could not afford slicks (which were like gold dust at the time) hence the highly inappropriate rear tyres. |
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Nick Pettitt has identified this car as Ray Archer's 3.4 litre Jaguar powered dragster and dates this photograph to 1967. |
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This shot was taken at the Second Blackbushe Dragfest in 1965. The Allard Chrysler AA/FD is in the foreground with what Nick Pettitt thinks is Bob Keith's fueller behind. They were stuck in the marquee because it was raining cats and dogs outside. |
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Nick Pettitt to the rescue again - this is Leon Moss' and Sid Marston's Oldsmobile Rocket-powered dragster which they called Stablum Quadriga for reasons best known to themselves. Nicks says this picture was taken in 1966. |
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This is the John Woolfe Racing Hot Wheels dragster of 1971. Tony Gane and Pete Stanford are kneeling in front of the car while Rick Krejci is behind in the white T shirt with Terry and Irvin Axe on his right. The gentleman leaning on the rollcage was the Base Commander at RAF North Luffenham where the NDRC held meetings on a number of occasions. I believe the chap behind him with the beard is none other than ace photographer Alan Holland-Avery. |
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This Anglia was called The Dragon and boasted of 220bhp with the aid of its Shorrocks supercharger. It was driven by Alan Allard the son of the late Sydney Allard. This picture was taken in the pits at Santa Pod in either 1966 or 1967. |
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Eckstrand & Arnold's Lawman Ford Pop - not what you would call an 'outlaw' Anglia with a name like that! Dave Riswick recalls this car well because its small block Chevy revved close to 9,000 rpm on the line before leaving with its wheels up in a burst of sound. Dave says it shocked most spectators and was stunning for its time. |
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This car was called The Runt and was owned by Gil and Dave Mudrac, Gil was the driver. The Runt was part of the visiting US Masters Commando Drag Racing Team. Nick Pettitt says this picture was taken in 1966. |
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This is another
1966 shot and shows the Ultrasonic AA/FD turning on to the strip to make a run.
The car ran solid 8 second times and was driven by Bud Barnes, an American who
came over with the US Masters Commando Drag Racing Team. |
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Another 1966 shot showing E J Potter 'The Michigan Mad Man' on his V8 powered motorcycle which used to spin the rear tyre for the entire 1320. |
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Another very interesting shot, this time taken at RAF North Luffenham at an NDRC meeting in 1971. On the face of it, it looks like the aftermath of a really nasty accident. In fact it was just a little light entertainment laid on by the RAF's very keen Base Commander. During the lunch break a helicopter appeared with this car suspended on a long tether which was then dropped from a height of about 300 feet causing this mechanical carnage. The Base Commander is seated third from the left on the car and the NDRC's Chairman, the late Alan Wigmore, is on the extreme right of shot. As Dave Riswick says - far out! |
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Three press releases which record : |
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