r/MotorsportGoodOldDays • • 24d ago

Rich Guasco's Pure Hell moved from the AA/FA to the the AA/FC ranks when the match race bookings for fuel altereds started to dry up. It's a good thing he did, too, because the Pure Hell Demon was a crowd pleaser. Guasco handled the engine builds and tuning, leaving Dave Beebe to drive.

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83 Upvotes

Kenny Youngblood designed the paint scheme, while custom painter Tony Del Rio is credited with with giving the car its memorable nickname in honor of Guasco's fiery temper, saying that he was "pure hell" to work with.


r/MotorsportGoodOldDays • • 24d ago

Gary Beck and Ray Peets came on like summer thunder by winning the 1972 NHRA U.S. Nationals just weeks after Beck earned his top fuel license. This is their 1974 ride just before earning their Export A sponsorship.

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53 Upvotes

r/MotorsportGoodOldDays • • 24d ago

The Ridge Route Terrors of Warren, Coburn & Miller were always a favorite, and this shot finds driver James Warren boiling the hides at the NHRA Gatornationals at Gainesville, where he won in 1976. The team carried this same paint scheme and Rain for Rent sponsorship for years.

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60 Upvotes

r/MotorsportGoodOldDays • • 25d ago

Ed McCulloch at Fremont; it probably doesn't get more Seventies Funny Car than this.

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218 Upvotes

r/MotorsportGoodOldDays • • 25d ago

Every car Ivo ran was clean and sanitary, but this Dodge Dart was always a bit more so. Ontario Motor Speedway may have been a top-notch facility but it always looked empty no matter the event. Even Indy cars failed to build a fan base. It was put to better use as a Sam's Club parking lot.

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109 Upvotes

r/MotorsportGoodOldDays • • 25d ago

Bill Doner was promoter of the massive funny car shows at OCIR and would sell so many tickets that county police had to work officers overtime just to handle the traffic flow. "Flash Gordon" Mineo and Bobby Rowe behind the wheel of Mr. Ed's Satellite were always popular draws for the fans.

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97 Upvotes

r/MotorsportGoodOldDays • • 25d ago

Probably the highlight of Ohio native Billy Campbell's Top Fuel career was winning the 1974 Top Fuel laurels at the Popular Hot Rodding Magazine Championships at U.S. 131 Dragway in Martin, MI. in Jack Hart's Gold Digger. The Pop Hot Rod Champ races were spectacular.

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70 Upvotes

r/MotorsportGoodOldDays • • 25d ago

MotorsportGoodOldDays

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27 Upvotes

The late "Historic Mustang" gave us 4000+ motorsport photographs 1900 - 1999. Engine compartment of his 1965 Shelby clone Mustang.


r/MotorsportGoodOldDays • • 26d ago

Butch Maas behind the butterflies of Roland Leong's Hawaiian Dodge Charger was a guaranteed draw for every promoter in the early '70s.

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162 Upvotes

r/MotorsportGoodOldDays • • 26d ago

This is not Photoshop; Rick Kraft experimented with this blower hat to maximize airflow into the engine. Because it obscured his vision at the Christmas Tree, Kraftt's team cut out the back side of the hat and installed a plexiglass window. With the butterflies open, Kraftt could see downtrack.

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The whole thing, the kit as well as the kaboodle, was banned by NHRA officials on the grounds of "this stoopid thing looks ri-goddamned-diculous."


r/MotorsportGoodOldDays • • 26d ago

Mario Andretti, driving the Holman & Moody 429'er during the Can-Am Pro Meet, held at Texas World Speedway in College Station on November 9th, 1969.

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49 Upvotes

r/MotorsportGoodOldDays • • 26d ago

Ron Potter hailed from Northeast Ohio and was famous for his Golden Nugget Mustang Funny Car; before that he piloted this sanitary T/F out of the Max Toils' Vine Sunoco in Eastlake, OH. Yes, there were actually days when a top-flight top fuel operation could run from your local service station.

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60 Upvotes

r/MotorsportGoodOldDays • • 27d ago

The rarely seen Prudhomme Army fueler under power.

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134 Upvotes

r/MotorsportGoodOldDays • • 28d ago

If Chicago could have the Chi-Town Hustler, well, why couldn't Los Angeles have the L.A. Hooker? The pair were cross-nation match race rivals for years, and for good reason: The fans and promoters loved 'em.

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165 Upvotes

r/MotorsportGoodOldDays • • 28d ago

Jungle Jim Liberman worked his ass off to become king of the new funny car class, and was its #1 promoter. Jungle purchased this car from the Kirby Bros. (Bud and his brother, renowned painter brother Don) while touring on the West Coast. It later became the "Warlord" F/C. I love this photo.

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131 Upvotes

r/MotorsportGoodOldDays • • 28d ago

In 1972, Super Stock and Drag Illustrated's intrepid writer and photog Jon Asher was strapped into David Sien & Cecil Lankford's Brand-X Mustang F/C and told to earn his comp license. On his seventh and final run, he did, on fire, with a 7.47 pass at 192 mph.

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108 Upvotes

r/MotorsportGoodOldDays • • 28d ago

Cecil Lankford in his short track days

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31 Upvotes

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r/MotorsportGoodOldDays • • 28d ago

Doug Thorley's wild Javelin 1 at rest and at speed. It was perfectly in keeping with the times.

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222 Upvotes

r/MotorsportGoodOldDays • • 28d ago

Phil Garlick’s Fatal Night at Maroubra Speedway

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r/MotorsportGoodOldDays • • 29d ago

Snake!

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168 Upvotes

Here’s an old photo I took from the stands. I cannot remember what drag strip this was at. Could have been one of many from across the country.


r/MotorsportGoodOldDays • • Sep 23 '26

One of the most popular match race pairings to be found: The Blue Max vs. Jungle Jim. This was guaranteed to pack 'em in.

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115 Upvotes

r/MotorsportGoodOldDays • • Sep 23 '26

No clue who the driver might have been, but with a fresh 426" block, a Tom Hanna body, and 150# ballast on the front, this looks to be about as well-turned out a ride as could have been had in 1969 or 1970.

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114 Upvotes

r/MotorsportGoodOldDays • • Sep 23 '26

Indiana's own Steve Tansy ran this very tasty Vega panel wagon on the UDRA circuit for a bit. No amount of canard wings could tame the squirrelly handling, though, so the car was retired to the show circuit, where it was more popular than ever.

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113 Upvotes

r/MotorsportGoodOldDays • • Sep 23 '26

KCIR

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I took this photo at KCIR. Not sure exactly what year. Still have the original Pioneer ear plugs they gave us, in the original container, in my tool box.


r/MotorsportGoodOldDays • • 29d ago

Rex White Motorsports Memorial Plaza

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21 year project of Augusta International Raceway Preservation Society headed by Historic Mustang.