Oswego Oct 14th 1962

**mockingbird812** · #1 12-12-2006, 04:41 AM

Anyone on the forum at this event?

Read closely. I was doing some research on a car and came across this. If this is the same fellow I think it is I would really like to pick his brain on a local (Chicago) "Max Wedge" Plymouth that ran A/S at the same time.

**Xplantdad** · #2 12-12-2006, 04:44 AM

It looks like Ken Barnhardt was???

**kwhizz** · #3 12-12-2006, 06:11 AM

I know most of the names on the list........Interesting fact about Colson and Wood.....as I remember, they developed the Reverser for Dragsters a couple of years later.........Gabby Bleeker
http://www.draglist.com/artman/publi...le_00592.shtml

Mike Marinoff
http://www.smugmug.com/community/dra...noffhutcphotot

More

http://www.dragracinglegends.com/

Ken

**Xplantdad** · #4 12-12-2006, 06:12 AM

Okay...it's time for some more cool drag racing stories from you Ken!

**kwhizz** · #5 12-12-2006, 06:59 AM

Mike Marinoff and Palmer Lazarus (Green 56 Chev w/Blower) used to run against each other all the time until Marinoff built his Gas Dragster and Palmer built his Willy's.........Up until that time, the standard was to push the dragsters down to 1/2 track with the engine turning and the ignition off to clean any fuel out of the cylinders, they would then turn the cars around and push back towards the starting line and light the engines, then turn around again in the stageing area and finally pull up to the line and make a pass.....
Marinoff's Blown Gas Dragster was the first car to start right in the stageing area useing it's own starter with external batteries......Right after that the Grove put in a Roller Starting System (Like a Chassis Dyno) powered by a 283 Chevy engine to start the Fuel and Gas Dragsters and that saved a lot of time.......some weekends they would have 16 car Fuel fields.......I used to sit by the Roller setup and watch the cars start and smell the Nitro, after a while you could tell by the sound of the Exhaust whether the cars were running Lean of Rich............

Fun Times

Ken

**kwhizz** · #6 12-12-2006, 07:08 AM

More.........

http://www.gassermadness.com/arteaga/

Ken

Belair62 · #7 12-12-2006, 07:14 AM

Palmer is still a character !!! Mark Webster was only 6 feet tall back then too.

**Xplantdad** · #8 12-12-2006, 03:48 PM

Cool stuff Ken! Now I have my "fix" for awhile!

sYc · #9 12-12-2006, 05:05 PM

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It looks like Ken Barnhardt was???

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Yes, that is our very own Ken Barnhart.

At VF he discussed this event, and others with us.
As always, very intertaining.

Verne_Frantz · #10 12-12-2006, 06:42 PM

What kind of car was Ken running at that event?? It would be GREAT to see a picture!!!

Verne

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