Race

This 1976 Ford F-100 was built by Charlie Haga and accomplished Class 8 victories in the 1977 Baja 500 and Baja 1000. Haga built the truck for Frank “Scoop” Vessels in 1976, and the ’77 Baja 500 was an important race to Vessels due to the introduction of BFGoodrich Radial tires for the first time…

• First Funny Car in NHRA history to run 250 mph in the quarter mile; set national record at Baton Rouge, May 1982 • Set national record 5.73 elapsed time at the 1982 U.S. Nationals at Indianapolis • First Funny Car in NHRA history to run in the 5.6-second range: 5.637 seconds, Indy, September 1982…

• The original 1967 Hurst Hemi Under Glass exhibition wheelstander piloted by Bob Riggle • Riggle restored the car for collector Bill Sefton, and they campaigned it at exhibitions with Riggle at the wheel • Regularly on public display at the NHRA Motorsports Museum in Pomona, CA • Rear-mounted 426 Hemi engine • Cragar wheels…

This 1963 Pontiac Tempest LeMans 421 Super Duty Factory Experimental Lightweight is one of six examples produced and it is one of only two remaining. Built on December 12, 1962, at the Pontiac, MI, assembly plant, the purpose-built LeMans coupes were all painted white and given blue interiors with bucket seats. Pontiac Engineering fitted high-compression…

1970 Plymouth ’Cuda VIN: 11900201972 Plymouth Duster VIN: 100161967 Dodge D700 “Snake” truck VIN: 17817512931967 Dodge D700 “Mongoose” truck  VIN: 1781731248  

• One of approximately 90 factory-built • Identification plate with unique serial number sequence • Primed and painted body • 6.1L Hemi engine prepared for drag racing • Special BIW modified for drag racing and approximately 1,000 lbs lighter than production • Composite lift-off hood with functional scoop • Lightweight drag-race-only front-brake assembly • Lightweight…

• 136-ci flathead Ford V8 • Rare Edelbrock speed equipment • 130 hp • In/out gearbox • Live-axle suspension with transverse leaf springs • Rear-wheel hydraulic drum brake This Dreyer-Ford was not only a successful racer back in the day, but New Jersey driver John Harris successfully vintage-raced it for decades. It comes equipped with…

Top Fuel terror The Blood, Sweat & Nitro Top Fuel dragster is the only surviving original Jim Davis chassis with a full aluminum body by the famous Jack Hagemann. Driver Gary Ritter terrorized the competition with this car at drag strips such as Famoso, Half Moon Bay, Lions, OCIR, Irwindale, Sears Point, Carlsbad and Fresno.…

• One of 50 lightweight Mustangs produced • Delivered to Ford in Dearborn as a marketing vehicle • Factory-sponsored drag car driven by Dave Lyall • Sold to Lyall for $1 to compete in the Super Stock wars • Documented with copies of the window sticker, Lyall’s $1 contract, Michigan title search, Ford internal memos…

Competition in NHRA Super Stock racing was at a fever pitch by the mid-1960s. The factories continued to trade blows with ever more radical specials to meet the demands of their team drivers, and in 1967 Plymouth upped the stakes, introducing a limited-production lightweight drag-racing package for the Belvedere known as the RO23. Fifty-five 2-door…