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El Mirage -1946

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All Photos Contributed by Al Baker, Grand Junction, CO

All the captions are taken from notations on the back of original photographs.

The Howard Wilson Belly Tank - purchased from Bill Burke. This is the only known color picture of the first Belly Tank built by Burke.
Sharon Baker's 15A Record Setter. This '40 two-door set a record for 'A' Class stock-bodied sedans of 132.35mph that stood for many, many, years.  

Sharon Baker

 

 
Pierson Brothers '34 3 Window. Running 'D' Class. Need more be said? Pierson Bros 2D Coupe
Bill Burke's beautiful FRONT ENGINE Belly-Tank - one of the very few. This car is shown in the background of a photo on page 115 of Dean Bachelor's book 'The American Hot Rod' Bill Burke
Beautiful Belly-Tank - unknown Owner/Driver. Picture taken on way home from the lakes. Unknown Belly Tank
Schenck trying for a record. It looks like the car hasn't changed any since it was first created in 1940. Ralph Schenck
Stu Hilborn on his way to the Lakes Stu Hilborn
Veda Orr in the Lakester that she & Karl made famous. She's waiting in line to show that the girls can go just as fast, or faster, than the guys Veda Orr
Glen Olsen standing behind his #13 V8 Roadster. Speed in the 111 - 115 range. Glen Olsen
Ralph Schenk's "Golden Submarine" on the starting line. Ralph Schenck
Starting Line. Uniform of the day for a lot of guys (as shown at right) was what they had from the Army, Navy, or Marines. (The Air Force was part of the Army) Starting Line
Starting Line. Starting Line
Even in those days we had "SAFETY PATROL'. As thin as it was, it was always our prime concern. Safety Patrol
Glen Dickey's pristine '32 B. This McDowell Overhead 4-Banger blew off lots of V8's on Glen Oaks and North Sepulveda. Glen Dickey
Glen Dickey's pristine '32 B. This McDowell Overhead 4-Banger blew off lots of V8's on Glen Oaks and North Sepulveda. Glen Dickey
Glen Dickey's pristine '32 B. This McDowell Overhead 4-Banger blew off lots of V8's on Glen Oaks and North Sepulveda. Glen Dickey
Glen Dickey's pristine '32 B. This McDowell Overhead 4-Banger blew off lots of V8's on Glen Oaks and North Sepulveda. Glen Dickey
Unknown 4-Banger Unknown 4-Banger
Ed Niles standing beside another great roadster. Just look at that front end. Ed Niles
Owner/Driver unknown - NASCAR wasn't the first ones to run trucks. Owner/Driver unknown
Rear End Tank - Owner/Driver unknown. Owner/Driver unknown
"AT SPEED" What a bunch of fun --- !!! AT SPEED" What a bunch of fun --- !!!