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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Hands up all of you who haven't been paying attention and therefore
don't know what Dennis Priddle looked like way back when. |
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John Woolfe Racing imported this 1969 427 Chevy Camaro called The Kielbasi Kid from the USA. These pictures show none other than Dennis Priddle at the wheel giving the car a few shake-down passes. Pete Stanford also had a drive in the car before it was sold to Kevin Pilling. Kevin ditched the Candy Apple red metalflake paint job for a jet black livery and ran it is Satan's Toy. The car was capable of low 12 second passes. |
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Dennis was fortunate enough to secure sponsorship from STP in 1974
for both the Avenger funny car and the Mr Revell top fuel
dragster. |
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Dennis Priddle (left) in deep conversation with Tony Gane aka Aloysius Crimpton (holding the pipe), team member Ray Pritchard is in the foreground. This picture was taken at Tony's house where the chassis for Quartermaster (the team's first fueller) was built. |
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Tony Gane hard at work on the construction of one of the team's top fuel dragsters. Dave Riswick confirms this to be the chassis of the 1971 Hot Wheels car because the 1970 Quartermaster rail can be dimly seen in the background. |
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Meet the Fockers . . . err . . . I mean the
team. |
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The team grouped around the Petersen
Trophy. |
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Dennis holding the SEMA
trophy in conversation with Dennis Stone (extreme right) whilst Dave Riswick, Corinne Stone (Dave Stone's
wife), Dave Stone (in black jacket) and Gerry Andrews look
on. |
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This is one of a
series of pictures taken at an extremely wet RAF Upper Heyford in 1971 for Hot
Car magazine. The pictures were actually taken by a USAF photographer due to
the then top secret nature of the aircraft in the background. Dave Riswick
tells me that everyone had to keep their backs to it and not to look at it at
any cost! |
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I cannot claim to know Dennis Priddle very well. But one thing I do know is that he would not have taken much persuading to get amongst this bevy of beauties! This picture was taken in 1971 at RAE Yeovilton in Somerset. |
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A snap of Don Prudhomme's all-conquering US Army-sponsored funny car. This picture was taken at Ontario Motor Speedway at the 1973 NHRA Supernationals. |
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Two more of the team's press
releases. |
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This is the NHRA's official confirmation of Dennis Priddle's entry for the 1973 Winternationals. |
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Does anyone tuned in disagree |
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Since Dennis' last page was published on the site, I am very pleased |
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All material on this site is copyright |
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Dennis Priddle was inducted into the
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