All of the pictures on this page were taken by Geof Hauser,
I am very grateful to him for the opportunity of reproducing them here.
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The
first six pictures on this page were taken at an NDRC meeting at Blackbushe and
were scanned from a contact sheet which explains the relatively poor
quality. |
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Geof caught Mr Six just at the very start of its burn out in this excellent close up shot. |
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And here is Dennis launching Mr Six off the line, the rear wheels are spinning and the front left wheel just off the ground. |
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This is Clive Skilton driving his Castrol-sponsored rear engined Third Revolution Top Fuel Dragster. Geof used to crew on this car and even drove it on a few occasions - better him than me! |
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The Page brothers are probably best known for their Panic! Model T competition altered but before that they campaigned this Topolino bodied altered also called Panic (the full wording on the side reads "PANIC STRICKEN CHEVY"). |
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Another shot of the 'Panic stricken Chevy' leaving the line. I would guess that Dave Page was driving the car. |
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Off across the pond once again for five pictures
taken at the Supernationals held at Ontario Motor Speedway in California between
17 and 19 November 1972. |
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Once again I am indebted to my resident
OMS consultant Andy Barrack for info on these shots. |
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On the left is the famous Chi-Town Hustler
of Coil & Minick. |
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Reversers on dragsters were not common in
1972 as this picture of the Noice & Brisette Top Fuel Dragster being
manhandled demonstrates. |
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This is the WonderWagon Vega panel van funny car driven by Kelly Brown which I believe was sponsored by the people who made Wonderloaf bread. Interestingly Wonder Bread was owned by telecoms giant ITT and their sponsorship was reported to be one of the most lucrative for a non-automotive business. |
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On the left we see Bernt Frederiksson's Mark 1 Cortina
Footbait and the Little Blue Swede 1 (driver unknown). |
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On the left Clive Skilton burns out in his
Vauxhall VX/490-bodied funny car. |
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Anders Lantz's immaculate Dynapac sponsored Model T on the left against Bengt Stafberg's Gas Rat II. |
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The Dynapac T in the pits. |
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Anders in the cockpit getting ready to run. |
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The Dynapac T with matching El Camino tow truck, the whole operation was absolutely immaculate and it went every bit as well as it looked. |
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