Historic Race Car Photos

[justfreaky]

Jim (VMSMotorsports) brought up this idea awhile back to drum up more threads and discussions on the LegendsRacer forum. So here is one I saw on another forum that has generated many posts and hundreds of pictures and got people to start scanning old pics to share. The criteria is simple: Post a picture, or pictures, you have of old race cars (preferred to be 1985 and older) whether it be local, USAC, Artgo, ASA, Nascar etc. All pics of traditional race cars before they went to the pre-fab modern all look the same. I will start with an example. If possible explain what, who and where your pics are at.

DiGard Gatorade Chevrolet Monte Carlo that Waltrip drove to victory in the 1978 World 600, Concord, NC, May 28, 1978

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Richard Petty wins the 1964 Daytona 500

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Bobby Isaac drove the K&K Insurance Dodge to the 1970 NASCAR Grand National champion­ship. Team owner Nord Krauskopf started his operation in 1966 with a five-year plan to win the NASCAR title. With Isaac driving and Harry Hyde filling the role of crew chief, Krauskopf realized his dream in the allotted time frame. Isaac won 11 races and finished ­second nine times in 47 starts.

[VMS Motorsports]

No relation,
Jim Bucher, 1970's. One of few Chevy powered Top fuel dragsters, and the only one to ever win with a Bowtie.
Died in his 30's of a rare blood disease

[justfreaky]

My all-time favorite... The Porsche 917/30

Owned by Roger Penske and driven by Mark Donohue. The 917/30 dominated the Can-Am series during the 1973 season, losing only one race.
The 917/30 was the most powerful sports car racer ever built and raced. The 5.374 litre 12 cylinder (90.0 x 70.4 mm) twin-turbocharged engine could produce 1,580 bhp (1,180 kW) in qualifying tune, with twin turbochargers run up to full boost, a simply astonishing 39 psi (2.7 bar), though it usually raced with around 1,100 bhp (820 kW) at 7,800 rpm to preserve the engine. Whilst weighing only in at 1800 lb (816 kg), giving it a power to weight of 1967.36 bhp/tonne in qualifying tune and 1369.68 bhp/tonne in race tune.  The 917/30 could go from 0-62 mph (100 km/h) in 1.9 seconds, 0-100 mph (160 km/h) in 3.9 seconds, 0-200 mph (320 km/h) in 10.9 seconds, and on to a top speed of more than 260 mph (420 km/h). These staggering levels of performance, the attendant fuel consumption of the engines, and ever increasing risk, has led to the 917/30 sometimes being cited as the car that killed Can-Am racing.

This pic from Watkins Glen 7/22/73

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Jim,

I did a little search on Jim Bucher; Took a lot of ingenuity to put a BB Chevy up against all those Hemi engines. Turned some pretty fast times back in the day!

Steve

[justfreaky]

Nobody else has a favorite old photo? Driver, car, wreck, whatever?
Sad! 

Steve

[IraceLegends77]

Heck I can't even upload my own photo let alone someone else's. My favorite all time race car driver is Larry Phillips though. He was the best driver that I ever saw sit down in a race car. Just ask other people like Mark Martin, Rusty Wallace and Dick Trickle...............RIP # 75

Scott

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Larry Phillips remembered. 

[VMS Motorsports]

Speaking of Wisconsin's own Dick Trickle...my favorite car of his, the Purple 1970 Mustang.
Picture taken in 1973

[joeracer22]

local wisconsin driver billy  the cat johnson

[VMS Motorsports]

I was waiting for some Johnson family photos...any more?

[justfreaky]

Some very interesting stats on Billy "The Cat" Johnson. 

Steve

[VMS Motorsports]

Joeys family is legen...........wait for it.........dary around here.
I believe Dad and Grandpa are in the Wisconsin Short track Hall of Fame, and a couple cousins race Sprint Cars

[joeracer22]

I have more pics somewhere Jim. My grandpa and great-grandpa were both inducted into the wisconsin short track hall of fame in 2007 which i believe was the first year of inductees. My dad is not. There is a pretty cool collection of pics that was put together of my grandpa billy johnson on youtube.