1966 Winternationals
1966 Winternationals
Raw footage of the 1966 NHRA Winternationals, held at the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds in Pomona, California.
1966 Winternationals
MS professional race car driver SHIRLEY SHAHAN (The Dragonlady, "The Drag-On Lady" Shirley Shahan) standing, talking, laughing beside SS Plymouth "Dragon-On-Lady" A990 426 Hemi super stock car at the L.A. County Fairgrounds in Pomona, California. MSs Top Fuel dragster engine. Low angle MS Chris Karamesines Chizler Top Fuel dragster. Sideview TLS Top Fuel dragster lighting 'em up, racing from starting line. Sideview MS Tommy Grove S/SA Plymouth (Mopar engine) "Melrose Missile" pulling to starting line. MCU engineers wrenching fuel line on dragster. Low angle MS "Big Go West" sign. Panning TLS black 1940s Packard stretch limo stock car pulling to starting line. Excellent panning TLS red Russ Davis 1966 Ford Mustang SS/SA super stock car driven by Gas Ronda drag racing from starting line. TLS "Bold Weevil" Dodge Dart, two Plymouth Belvedere Hemi stock cars passing young white male judge in red jacket. Rear view MS car pushing Top Fuel dragster.
1966 Winternationals
MS illustrative artwork on red-colored body of Wynn's Charger Dodge hemi-powered "Swamp Rat X" Top Fuel dragster, tilt up to professional race car driver DON GARLITS ("Big Daddy" Don Garlits) seated behind wheel, wearing protective fire suit and mask, racing helmet at L.A. County Fairgrounds in Pomona, California; low angle MSs Wynn's Charger "Swamp Rat X" dragster being pushed past camera. Great rear view TLSs Top Fuel dragsters drag racing from starting line, spewing smoke & burning rubber. Panning TLS bucket-seat dragster drag racing from starting line. Panning MS/TLS famed Mondello and Matsubara (Mondello-Matsubara) AA/FA blown fuel altered modified coupe gasser hot rod drag racing. Panning TLS front engine-mounted dragster racing against modified Ford or Chevy coupe hot rod, winning handily. TLSs empty dragstrip, spectator stands. MS exposed cylinder heads. MS Joe Mondello-designed engine on dragster. Panning MS black modified hot rod coupe gasser driving toward line. MS "Big Daddy" Don Garlits talking with mechanic.
1966 Winternationals
TLS white male driver getting into white station wagon AA/FD stock car at L.A. County Fairgrounds in Pomona, California. Sideview TLS Jimmy Nix Top Fuel dragster drag racing against dragster from starting line, burning rubber; pan right to skinny white woman with bouffant hairdo leaping from white four-door Chrysler 300. TLS white men leaping, jumping into white Chrysler 300. LS Top Fuel dragsters drag racing from starting line. MS Kent Fuller-designed Pomona Valley Timing Association "Starlite III" AA/FD Top Fuel dragster being pushed; CUs dragster safety seatbelt; MS mechanic working on dragster; MSs Bell protective flame-retardant suit and gloves, Simpson gas mask, red racing helmet being laid on hood of car; TLS NHRA judge getting out of wood-paneled station wagon, checking paperwork of Chuck Griffith; MSs professional race car driver CHUCK GRIFFITH donning firesuit, gloves, mask, and helmet, then squeezing into dragster.
1966 Winternationals
CU decal: "United States Drag Racing Team, 1965." MS race car driver MIKE SNIVELEY wearing protective fire suit, gloves, gas mask and racing helmet while seated behind wheel of famed Roland Leon "Hawaiian" AA/FD Top Fuel dragster at L.A. County Fairgrounds in Pomona, California. Nice subjective POV traveling shot from pickup truck pushing Mike Sniveley and Hawaiian dragster. TLS Hawaiian lined up at starting line. TLS three white men wearing "Drag News" t-shirts working with drag parachute. MS race car driver GORDON COLLET behind wheel of "Collecting Collet" AA/FD Chrysler-powered Top Fuel dragster. Subjective POV traveling shots from pickup truck pushing Gordon Collet and dragster. Panning LS dragster burning rubber, racing from starting line. MSs unidentified white male race car driver wearing Iskeridian Cams t-shirt, talking with crew & posing for camera. Panning MS Mike Sniveley smiling in cockpit of Hawaiian dragster, being pushed by crew; CUs Mike Snively smiling, talking, removing fire suit; traveling shots of Hawaiian dragster being pushed by wood-paneled station wagon, Sniveley and crew riding on hood, two kids riding on roof. MS body of Hawaiian dragster: "Mike Sniveley, Driver; Owner, Roland Leong; 1965 Winter National & Grand National Top Fuel Eliminator."
1966 Winternationals
TLS Top Fuel Eliminator champion MIKE SNIVELEY holding trophy with raceway model in winner's circle at L.A. County Fairgrounds in Pomona, California. MS Top Fuel dragster engine, tilt up to two men-- one of might be "Big Daddy" Don Garlits-- holding trophy in winner's circle. MS/TLSs Mike Sniveley, owner ROLAND LEONG, and crew shaking hands, being congratulated in winner's circle beside "Hawaiian" AA/FD Top Fuel dragster. MSs several white teenage girls seated at fence, watching races, being shy and coy. Brief MS young white woman with massive blond bouffant hairstyle-- big hair!
1966 Winternationals
MS white male NHRA race official directing dragster toward track at L.A. County Fairgrounds in Pomona, California. MS race car driver "The Greek" CHRIS KARAMESINES talking with race official. MS unidentified white male driver seated in dragster, cleaning mask. MSs Chris Karamesines donning flame retardant suit, squeezing behind wheel of "Chizler" AA/FD Top Fuel dragster, being buckled in; TLS Chris Karamesines seated in "Chizler" dragster. MS race car driver DON PRUDHOMME (Don "The Snake" Prudhomme) laughing, talking. MS young white woman sporting fur coat, humongous blonde beehive-like bouffant hairstyle. CU "The Greek" Chris Karamesines donning face mask, goggles, racing helmet while seated in dragster. TLSs pickup trucks and cars pushing Top Fuel dragsters along access road.
1966 Winternationals
Panning TLS beautiful bright red Souza Brothers 1965 Ford Mustang GT super stock car driving along access road at L.A. County Fairgrounds in Pomona, California. MSs unidentified white woman wearing racing helmet, getting into Giusti & Giusti black 1965 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray coupe stock car. Panning TLS green 1940s Willys Coupe modified gasser drag racing. TLS observation tower. Panning LS red Willys pickup truck drag racing yellow Willys Coupe. Panning LS red bucket seat modified Ford Roadster drag racing black Chevy Roadster. Panning TLSs AA/FD Top Fuel dragsters burning rubber, spewing smoke, drag racing. Panning TLS yellow modified Ford Roadster drag racing. Panning TLS/MSs AA/FD Top Fuel dragsters racing. TLS still cameras near wall, below sign reading, "Photo Passes Only." Panning TLSs AA/FD Top Fuel dragsters -- including Eddie Witt-- drag racing, burning rubber.
1966 Winternationals
Panning TLS Arnie Beswick drag racing Jess Tyree modified Pontiac Tempest at the L.A. County Fairgrounds in Pomona, California-- note the tiger stripe paint job. Panning TLS "Big Daddy" Don Garlits drag racing Dodge hemi-powered Wynn's Charger "Swamp Rat X" AA/FD Top Fuel dragster. MS buxom blond Miss Hurst placing Hurst sticker decal on window of race car. TLS/MSs dragster being pushed onto Safe-Start machine. MS man wearing white jumper with "Factory Representative Iskenderian Racing Cams" on back. MSs owner, ROLAND LEONG, driver MIKE SNIVELEY and crew working on, fueling famed "Hawaiian" AA/FD Top Fuel dragster. Panning TLS Pat Foster racing "Dusty Rhodes" AA/FD Top Fuel dragster. MSs AA/FD dragsters being tested on Safe-Start machine, being pushed away. TLS/MSs white male drag drivers donning protective flame-retardant suits, gloves, masks, helmets beside AA/FD dragsters. MS Lamson, Pennzoil, Crower, Champion, STP decals on dragster. Great head-on MS driver wearing mask, goggle, helmet, suit while seated behind wheel of dragster, Ford pickup truck in BG. MS blond white woman assisting driver with mask, helmet. Panning MS driver riding in dragster being pushed by car.
1966 Winternationals
Rear view MS white woman wearing lime green sweater and matching tight pants while walking through lot at L.A. County Fairgrounds in Pomona, California. Panning TLS late 1950s butter yellow station wagon pushing bright yellow AA/FD Top Fuel dragster along access road. Panning LS AA/FD dragster sputtering after starting line, then drag racing. Panning TLS "The Greek" Chris Karamesines drag racing "The Chizler" AA/FD Top Fuel dragster. Excellent panning TLS S/SA 1963 Ford Falcon GT super stock car hitting wheelstand (popping wheelie, two wheel stunt) while drag racing. Panning LSs AA/FD Top Fuel dragsters including Jimmy Nix drag racing. Panning LS two red stock cars drag racing from start. MS mechanic oiling exposed engine of Tornado stock car. Panning TLSs AA/FD dragsters drag racing. Panning TLS Joe Davis racing white "Colt .45" 1966 Ford Mustang S/SA super stock car. TLS red 1966 Pontiac Tempest GTO drag racing. Panning TLS yellow modified 1950s Nash stock car racing. Panning TLSs AA/FD Top Fuel dragsters-- including Don Prudhomme in silver B&M Torkmaster dragster, lane closest to camera-- drag racing from starting line.
1966 Winternationals
Brief TLS various dragsters, gassers, modified coupes in mechanic's lot at L.A. County Fairgrounds in Pomona, California. TLSs Tommy Grove S/SA Plymouth (Mopar engine) "Melrose Missile" on access road. TLS three white men pushing modified Ford Roadster from grille on car. MS crew pushing DON PRUDHOMME in AA/FD B&M Torkmaster Top Fuel dragster; MS/CUs Don "The Snake" Prudhomme stuffing drag parachute into dragster, crew assisting; MS/CUs crew member using torque wrench on pistons of dragster engine; TLSs crew lifting dragster chassis, Don Prudhomme making inspection. MSs white male mechanics working on dragsters, refueling machines. LS wood-paneled station wagon pushing AA/FD Top Fuel dragster past Winternational banner. TLSs station wagons, cars, pickup trucks pushing AA/FD dragsters including Jimmy Nix along access road.
1966 Winternationals
Panning TLSs AA/FD Top Fuel dragsters including Jimmy Nix and Don "the Snake" Prudhomme in B&M Torkmaster drag racing from starting line at L.A. County Fairgrounds in Pomona, California. TLS/MSs driver MIKE SNIVELEY, owner ROLAND LEONG, and crew working on AA/FD "Hawaiian" Top Fuel dragster, inspecting spark plugs, torquing pistons, talking and smiling.
1966 Winternationals
Panning TLS red Russ Davis 1966 Ford Mustang SS/SA super stock car driven by Gas Ronda drag racing at L.A. County Fairgrounds in Pomona, California. Panning TLSs AA/FD Top Fuel dragsters including Jimmy Nix drag racing from starting line. TLS mechanics working on AA/FD dragster. Rear view TLS red modified gasser at starting line. Panning LS spectators watching drag races. Panning TLS Shirley Shahan drag racing SS Plymouth "Dragon-On-Lady" A990 426 Hemi super stock car against black Plymouth Savoy. Panning TLS/LSs AA/FD Top Fuel dragsters racing from starting line, drag parachutes deploying at end of dragstrip. TLS/MSs "Hawaiian" driver MIKE SNIVELEY shaking hands with fellow driver following eliminator heat, removing suit, crew clowning with him.