Pittsburgh International Dragway Reunion

[Supercar_Kid]

Tom, I wish I could have taken it all home with me. Nothing was for sale, but you could look all you want for a buck. Quite an impressive photo collection and a great group of PIDHoF inductees this year who's speeches were unforgettable. I wish I had a video camera with me to capture some of the stories of the "good 'ol days." Probably the most memorable was when one inductee was asked when he first met another fellow Hall of Famer, he explained it was "very shortly after my clutch/pressure plate/flywheel landed on his hood." According to his story he was running an illegal lightweight flywheel and he didn't have a proper scattershield. Naturally it all came unglued as he tried to launch the car off the starting line, and the whole works came out from underneath the car, over the guardrail and into the parking lot situated below the starting line. The driver luckily avoided injury, but the majority of the scattered parts landed on the hood of a new 390 Ford owned by the fellow racer. They've been friends and competitors ever since, and that was nearly 40 years ago. Good things happen when old racers get together.

[sYc]

If like me, for the best that nothing was for sale. Other wise I would have gone home broke.

As priceless as the cars, pictures and related memorabilia are, nothing compares to the stories. I have spent hours visiting with Burce Larsen, listening to him talk about some of his race cars, including his funnies, the Chevelle and even the Cobra. To hear Ed Hedrick talk about "the Grump" at SCR8 was unforgettable.

But, my all time favorite has to be Ed Lowther at SCR1. Man I wish I had a video of that. Talk about LMAO.

[Mr70]

Hey Tom..I didn't know you were Moonlighting back then.

[hvychev]

Very cool Erik! That pic of Harell in the begining is very freakin cool! Great job with the on location report!

[JoeG]

Really --photos---Especially liked the shootouts and time trial shots

[DarrenX33]

This car.



Looks a lot like this car.



What do you think John?

[Mr70]

Hey! get off the roof of that 70 SS Chevelle!

[sYc]

"Hey Tom..I didn't know you were Moonlighting back then"


I was wondering who was going to mention the hearse and ambulance.

[camarojoe]

I agree Tom, and I'm now glad i couldn't make it, because i would probably still be there haggling with those guys, trying to buy some of those pics... very cool stuff.

...now, whos yellow Yenko is that? Could it still be out here somewhere undiscovered in the hills of PA?

[Kim_Howie]

Eric, Great pictures. If we only knew then what we know today!!! WOW Kim