In keeping with my refusal to engage in politics,

[MarineCombatEngineer]

who here are old enough to remember Wild Bill Shrewsbury, the famous 1/4 mile wheel stander?

[gay texan]

1. Before my time, i'm afraid n/t

[MarineCombatEngineer]

2. In the late '60's and early '70's, there were several 1/4 wheel standers at NHRA sponsored events,

like the Little Red Wagon:

and several others.
It was a thrill to watch these dragsters go down the 1/4 mile on their back wheels true and straight.

[Oeditpus Rex]

4. I remember both of those

The cool thing with Hemi Under Glass was, "Which way is it going?"

Loved that cab-forward style of pickup, too. Besides the Dodge, Ford had the Econoline, Chevy the Corvair pickup with the deep bed, and of course Volkswagen had one. Were there any others?

[MarineCombatEngineer]

7. There were several wheel standers at the time,

here's a video of Bob Riggle's last run with Hemi Under Glass:

[Oeditpus Rex]

9. Oh, I was thinking 'Hemi Under Glass'

was that old 'Cuda with the body on backwards.

[GReedDiamond]

16. In the mid-60s, my friend from 2 doors over was Bob Riggle's nephew...

...my friend's dad was Bob's brother.

I lived in a town about 60 miles directly south of Chicago.

Whenever The Hemi Under Glass was making an appearance at US 30 drag strip, he'd come to our town and park the rig carrying the car in their driveway.

Next day, I'd ride with my friend, his dad and Bob to the drag strip, and we'd hang out in the pits with Bob and the crew.

One time the car performed at the Great Lakes Naval Air Station, and we also saw the Blue Angels put on their show. Pretty cool when you're 10 or 11 years old!

Side note: Bob Riggle was the first "celebrity" I ever met. Since then, I have worked for many celebrities (starting with Madonna) from music, movies and tv shows, but that's another discussion.

[Wuddles440]

3. Fond memories for us gearheads,...

and personally two of my favorites in the Little Red Wagon and Hemi Under Glass. Thanks for posting!

[soldierant]

5. I'm old enough, all right,

but in the late sixties and early seventies that was not anything I was paying attention to, so no, I do't remember.

[OldBaldy1701E]

6. Yep.

The big thing in my house, however, was this...

Watch out for The Snake!

[MarineCombatEngineer]

8. Yes, Funny Cars and Top Fuel were my passion back in the day,

I still love drag racing, but don't attend NHRA events much anymore, just too damn busy.

[OldBaldy1701E]

17. I am not aware of any around here.

I should check.

[Oeditpus Rex]

10. And don't forget 'The Mongoose'

Tom Mc Ewen.

Wonder how many times they punched off in the finals of an event.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

11. Tom, "The Mongoose" McEwen!!!

And lest we forget, the First Lady of Drag Racing,
Shirley, Cha Cha, Muldowney.
When she split with Connie Kalitta, she abhorred the title of Cha Cha.

[Oeditpus Rex]

12. Yeah, I think that Steve guy

who announced every NHRA and AHRA event for like 50 years (or, so it seemed) hung that on her. And then sponsors hashad her posing for ads and posters in pink hot pants and the like.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

13. It is soooo nice being able to talk to fellow gearheads here on DU without the politics.

It makes for a nice change of pace.

[UTUSN]

14. Good for your choice. But as a non-whatever-gearhead-is, I'm without your valuable

reactions in politics. But no second-guessing pressure here.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

15. I feel your frustrations,

but I've just grown tired of the discord in politics today and, at my age, I don't need the aggravation in my life, I just celebrated my 78th birthday yesterday and am satisfied with my choice for threads on DU............for now.
Peace out
Dan.

[Oeditpus Rex]

20. 'Gearhead':

An automotive enthusiast who's into high performance and works on their own cars, not just to repair them but doing stuff that increases horsepower and speed.

[OldBaldy1701E]

19. I remember that.

She did not like being called 'Cha-Cha' and I seem to recall one time where she let someone have it verbally because he was trying to get her an autograph but he kept yelling at her, "Hey Cha-Cha!"

I remember my mother making us wear ear protection and making my dad promise not to let us go down near the 'pits'.

We didn't and he did. LOL.

[OldBaldy1701E]

18. I did not forget.

I was in 'Camp Snake', so...