The First Go i Sweden

[Seattle Sam]

Anders,
The old drag racers call the US Nationals drag race at Indy "The Big Go"
-Sam

[COPO_Anders]

Thank´s for your reply Sam. That could be the reason why the call it "The First Go".

[COPO_Anders]

Here are some pics taken by Hasse Biörk, who worked as a tech-inspector for SHRA Lidköping. These were taken at "The First Go"

[COPO_Anders]

And here are some pics taken by Start & Speed magazine and published in 1983 at the 15 year anniversary of "The First Go".

[olredalert]

----The strip looks very nice. Really wide and thats a good thing!!!.....Bill S

[COPO_Anders]

Bill, the track was built for Formula 1 racing and as a small airport combined, so the runway is 33 yards wide.

Here is a link to some more pics from 1968: http://pellefotograf.se/Bildspel/And...p_68/index.php

[jannes_z-28]

Those two english fuelers were a great inspiration for the coming dragracers in Sweden.

One fun notice of the First Go event:
The third fastest car was a 1966 Hemi Charger, bought new in New York by a Swedish enthusiast. He was even quicker than the two Swedish built top fuelers that were at the event too.

Here is some info on Clive Skilton, running the pink dragster http://www.britishdragracinghof.co.u.../clive-skilton

and Dennis Priddle in the blue one: http://www.britishdragracinghof.co.u...dennis-priddle

Jan