Canadian Drag Racing History.

ssphoto1 · ONTARIO

RE: Canadian Drag Racing History.

nihal88 · IPPERWASH BEACH, ONT

I talked to Stu Clutton today and he says Hi to all his Rodder Friends. Stu is my neighbor up in Ipperwash Beach. The pirate is parked in his garage and is for sale as is his replica dragster with the Airplane engine. He also has a shop full of engine and race equip. for sale. He can be reached at 519 243 3519 as he does not have a computer.

sasquatch · NORTH BAY, ONT

Great pics Rob, thanks!

ssphoto1 · ONTARIO

sasquatch · NORTH BAY, ONT

Damn SWEET 57!!!

ssphoto1 · ONTARIO

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jarvis1 · COBBLE HILL, BC

The white Henry J ...C/A 303 is a very young John MacDougall.

Ninop69 · THORNHILL, ONT

Awesome pics, thanks for sharing!

ssphoto1 · ONTARIO

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sasquatch · NORTH BAY, ONT

Great Viewing again Rob!!

TIREDIRN · SANDFORD, ONT

Rob, great photos.
Just wondering if you ever remember seeing back in the day a tourquoise 64 ford galaxie. Had The Warlord painted on the side, ran out of Don Little ford in Richmond Hill.
I haven't been able to find any photos of it. I'm sure it ran at Cayuga and St. Thomas.

Gary

ssphoto1 · ONTARIO

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fleet 51 · PORTLAND, ONT

TIREDIRN : There was a turquoise '64 Galaxie running at the Picton Armdrop Drags this past summer -- I only saw it on the truck , as they had just sheared an axle -- LATER --- DON / Fleet 51

will · WALKERTON, ONT

How good is that Mr. Crude Anglia - 6 cyl powered - Rydell, Hope & Lang.

TIREDIRN · SANDFORD, ONT

Thanks, DON, I'm not sure if that was it.
I haven't seen it since the late 60's.

Gary

sasquatch · NORTH BAY, ONT

Great pics again!!

ssphoto1 · ONTARIO

Gary I just bought a portion of Dean Johnson's collection and there's a colour photo of that car included. I will scan it shortly.

Rob

TIREDIRN · SANDFORD, ONT

Thanks Rob, I'm surprised I've never seen a photo of the Warlord in all the great photos that you post.

Gary

ssphoto1 · ONTARIO

TIREDIRN · SANDFORD, ONT

Rob, thanks for posting!

Gary

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jim_ss409 · BARRIE, ONTARIO

These are some really great pictures!
Thanks for posting them.

ssphoto1 · ONTARIO

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sasquatch · NORTH BAY, ONT

Great photo tour again, thanks.

ssphoto1 · ONTARIO

Rumblegutz · NIAGARA, ONT

Thanks are in order for those posting all these great pictures.

One thing that would be helpful to those of us that can't always tell which tracks these photos were taken at would be to add that to the posts where possible.

Rumblegutz · NIAGARA, ONT

If memory serves, and it doesn't always anymore, there was in the mid to late 60's I think it was white, '56 Chevy two door post that ran at Cayuga called "the Boss Canuck". Does anyone have information or a photo of that car?

ssphoto1 · ONTARIO

All of these images were taken at Dragway Park just outside of Cayuga Ontario. The group shot is Cayuga racers.

Rob

sasquatch · NORTH BAY, ONT

Great shots again, thanks Rob.

Ragtop · BELLE RIVER, ONT

will wrote:
How good is that Mr. Crude Anglia - 6 cyl powered - Rydell, Hope & Lang.

Is that the same car John?

Gwillyville Kid · BRADFORD, ONT

Funny car from Gwillyville. The Nitromare Mustang. www.youtube.com/watch

not mine, another Gwillyvillan.

the Kid

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will · WALKERTON, ONT

Ragtop wrote:
will wrote:
How good is that Mr. Crude Anglia - 6 cyl powered - Rydell, Hope & Lang.
Is that the same car John?

Yes Mike

FRNKNSTN · BRADFORD, ONT

Surprised you found that......many, many moons ago that was.
I think that was at the 3rd annual Funny Car Reunion, held at Englishtown. If I remember right, we took a couple of pistons out at around 4 seconds into the run. Actual carnage would have started when the switch was flipped, so would have been down on power from the get go.
That was a great period in life.....

33 fuel · ORANGEVILLE. ONT

Great shots Rob ,you da man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SKIDEWRR · Member

Wow, excellent photos and memories, loved seeing the pic of Groovy Grubworm out of Braby's shop...
and Grumpy's camaro...was great to wander down memory lane...
Thanks,,,,keep em coming if you can...

Fordy Acres Car Farm · DORCHESTER, ONT

Great photos and local history!!!

Perhaps a little off topic, but are you any relation to the Val Potter that created this awesome drawing? :

Gwillyville Kid · BRADFORD, ONT

Found this picture online. Recognized it as an Ontario. Might be Linda Vaughn and John Petrie's 'Cuda. License plate on Monaco maybe 1971. Don't know who's photo or what track.

the Kid

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ssphoto1 · ONTARIO

Yes Val Potter was my wife. She passed away about three years ago. That poster was one of the last artworks she did. Miss her every day.

Rob Potter

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Fast Elvis · LONDON, ONTARIO

Great pictures Rob.....look forward to seeing more this weekend down at the Drag Race Memories show on Sunday....should be a another great day.

Fast Elvis · LONDON, ONTARIO

Fordy Acres Car Farm wrote:
Great photos and local history!!!
Perhaps a little off topic, but are you any relation to the Val Potter that created this awesome drawing? :

Val Potter was a very talented artist and a very sweet person....I remember when she came out to the Piston Pusher meeting back then....she was so shy it's hard to believe I got a picture of her standing with her art work.....lol......a good memory for sure........didn't mean to get off topic...but Val was a great gal.

TA462 · PORT HOPE, ONT

Great pics. You can almost feel the ground shaking and hear the roar of the cars. Thanks for sharing them and if you got any more..........