http://www.nhra.com/content/news.asp?articleid=15338&zoneid=8

One of my alltime fav. FC's and to see the Rislone colors back on the 1320 sure is nice to see.  Now if we could just get the Chi-Town Hustler itself back on the track.  NHRA and the teams IMO should sitdown with the sponsors and pick an event that is celebrating a special moment such as the 50th or something of that effect and then let each team pick a FC from the 60's or 70's era and paint scheme to that old Car's colors and name.  Personally I think it would go over extremely well and with the right advance advertising to the larger public, it just might cause a lot of 40 and 50 somethings plus who saw those cars as kids and teenagers but have since not paid much attention to the sport to just tune in for nostalgia reasons and some kids whose dad's have talked about the ole days of FC racing but have never paid interest to the sport to tune in the see some clue of what it was like at least from the look.  Del did the Blue Max thing and I think it should go further.

JMO.

I like it and even moreso if NHRA would run some "nostalgia front motor" EXIBITION  best 2 out of 3 ;-) races at selected events. And some of the old gas diggers, if they are still around.

And use this type of starting.

Excellent idea Mopar. 

As for the starting line, your idea might find a home among some of the folks here who want to change the tree.  That would sure change it all right!

Hey moparornocar,

We just went to a race like that! Check out these two links! I think you will like them!

http://sheltondragstrip.org/photos.html

http://s63.photobucket.com/albums/h159/racefan_2006/Shelton%20Drags/

The blue 68 Camaro with the nose stripe is mine.

Thanks for the links Oregon Race Fan.

SWEET!

http://s63.photobucket.com/albums/h159/racefan_2006/Shelton%20Drags/?action=view&current=DSC02427.jpg&refPage=40&imgAnch=imgAnch58

Great stuff Oregon Race Fan; am I wrong in thinking the best days of drag racing were in the last 2-3 years before the Xmas tree. And it did not have to be NHRA; back then you could go to an AHRA event and sometimes even see a better show.

I noted that someone on here lives near to where the old Green Valley Racetrack at Grapevine near Ft. Worth used to be and do I ever have memories of the Labor Day weekend AHRA nationals and I was there three years in a row.

I think in '62 I saw a lanky kid from CA. with the first name of Don run against the Vance Hunt car for TF eliminator and both cars fouled; the Hunt car red lit and Prudhomme ran in the grass; so they ran it over and I don't have a clue who won.

And then the saddest of days in '63 or '64 when Hunt's driver went out the other end and as I recall never pulled the chute or hit the brakes, instant death.

And then one year Art Malone was there and during a rain delay I noted the front of his car up, him under the engine drilling with a huge hand drill. I watched for a while and finally had to ask what he's doing; he replied he was trying to balance the crasnk. Must have did it right 'cause he won top fuel.