There were indeed great photos of a time gone by! Notice how many
ex-sailors and ex-Army joes there were (you can tell by their Navy
dungarees, uniform white pans, and caps, as well as the Army jackets,
belts, and knitted watch caps. These were the guys that the change in
their pockets were the bedrock of the new boom in drag racing. For you
in the hinterlands of the Mid-West and East, Muroc Dry Lake was the
birthplace of hot rodding, drag racing, and land speed racing.
Muroc Dry Lake is now part of Edwards Air Force Base and NASA's west
coast operations. The name's been changed from Muroc to Rogers, named
after a WWII Air Force hero, I believe. There is still racing on the
lake, courtesy of the Air Force, but it has all changed. Now it is Big
Bucks racing.
In some of the photos, you will see photos of Stu Hilborn, the father of
the fuel injector! He started out as one of the weekend grease monkeys
racing at Muroc, but went on to bigger and better things that have found
their way into essential items of cars of today.
Buster Evans
john.dagostino@comcast.net wrote:
If anyone is into the early days of hot-rodding, here is a link
to some very cool pictures, especially the last pre-war pic. 127
mph, no helmet, rollbar or much of anything except motor and wheels!
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=149631
Post war
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=149761
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