View Full Version : Indoor 440ft drags: Chicago 1960s
jbiscuit
11-11-2008, 11:22 AM
Cars would stage, run to the 440ft and out the building through a big open door and finish your shut down in a parking lot...circle the building and back to the other side :stare Can you imagine trying to navigate your manual steering Max Wedge through a door at the top half of the 1/8th? WOWZERS :stare
Notice the swiss cheese pontiac wagon in the 3rd photo also....
here is the press release for it:
http://lettermensign.com/images/stripepanel017.jpg
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=165105&d=1140649512
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=165232&d=1140669472
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=165230&d=1140669472
Flicktitty
11-11-2008, 11:24 AM
that is BADASS!
jbiscuit
11-11-2008, 11:26 AM
can you imagine what it must have sounded like in there? Looks like they got the cars to hook too!
Rocket Power
11-11-2008, 11:26 AM
Cool but didn't they n
know about carbon monoxide then:goof
Flicktitty
11-11-2008, 11:26 AM
can you imagine what it must have sounded like in there? Looks like they got the cars to hook too!
Must of been pretty deafining, What is the far lane car in the the first pic?
juicedimpss
11-11-2008, 11:27 AM
that looks like it was fun
That_Guy
11-11-2008, 11:29 AM
wow...............
jbiscuit
11-11-2008, 11:30 AM
50's Kaiser Henry J maybe?
Karps TA
11-11-2008, 11:33 AM
Can't believe they could get any traction on those floors. Look how shiney they are. You get dust on your shoes and you walk on a polished concrete surface and it's slick.
shoooo32
11-11-2008, 11:37 AM
I think they used coca-cola. When I was karting I remember running a few indoor races where coke was used to make traction.
Windsors 03 Cobra
11-11-2008, 11:43 AM
That is so cool, held at the International Amphitheatre then home of the Chicago Packers, LMAO.
Also the scene of the tumultuous 1968 Democratic National Convention.
Irish
11-11-2008, 11:52 AM
Too bad we didnt have that today. That would be awesome, you could tune your suspension over the winter and come out swinging in the spring.
Exitspeed
11-11-2008, 11:55 AM
the Carbon monoxide and loudness of the cars would surely give you a pounding headache.
Looks like a lotta fun though.
DirtyMax
11-11-2008, 12:05 PM
What is the far lane car in the the first pic?
I'm near positive that's an early 50's Kaiser Henry J. My dad had one but sold it when I was young.
DirtyMax
11-11-2008, 12:06 PM
50's Kaiser Henry J maybe?
Ding ding ding, you win.
Beat me to it...
Car Guy
11-11-2008, 12:08 PM
I wonder if the EPA would approve that in this day in time.....:goof
Voodoo Chick
11-11-2008, 12:15 PM
That must have been awesome.
Feature Pony
11-11-2008, 12:40 PM
That place is the McCormick center, very cool
Windsors 03 Cobra
11-11-2008, 12:49 PM
That place is the McCormick center, very cool
Really ? The press release says International Ampitheatre which was @ 42nd & Halstead.
The press release also talks of summer racing at Soldier Field. :thumbsup
SmokinRAM114
11-11-2008, 01:05 PM
that is badass!!
Feature Pony
11-11-2008, 02:52 PM
Really ? The press release says International Ampitheatre which was @ 42nd & Halstead.
The press release also talks of summer racing at Soldier Field. :thumbsup
Yeah I don't know anything about chicago so maybe they changed the names like they do around here or maybe its a different place :confused
All I know everytime I go to Chicago my car gets towed or someone I'm with car gets towed. I hate Chicago but I like those cars!
Exitspeed
11-11-2008, 02:55 PM
That place is the McCormick center, very cool
You could race in the McCormick center though. That place is so huge. I get lost there all the time.
GTSLOW
11-11-2008, 03:11 PM
Nice find!!!
scaleracer
11-11-2008, 03:24 PM
That's awesome! Nice find! :thumbsup
MurphysLaw88GT
11-11-2008, 04:21 PM
Cool but didn't they n
know about carbon monoxide then:goof
To match the asbestos brake dust duh...
Goat Roper
11-11-2008, 06:36 PM
To match the asbestos brake dust duh...
And people brought their kids to the track riding in the front seat with no seat belts, the windows rolled up and dad going through a half a pack just getting there.
Oh, the good ol' days :thumbsup
Memphis
11-11-2008, 07:28 PM
Dude, you got to much time on your hands!!! Keep up the good work!:goof
jbiscuit
11-12-2008, 07:51 AM
Dude, you got to much time on your hands!!! Keep up the good work!:goof
I read about this stuff between projects sometimes :rolf
Warhawk2
11-12-2008, 08:51 AM
Wow that is tight
SpdRcrZ
11-12-2008, 12:20 PM
Cool but didn't they know about carbon monoxide then
To match the asbestos brake dust duh...
What they didn't know, couldn't hurt them!!!
:durr
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