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Racing
Memories

Congratulations to our friend, "Methanol Mel"
Anthony, who at
80+, won the trophy dash, his heat and the feature
at the
Art Pollard Memorial Race in his restored Scio
Offenhauser midget.

Here's a great youtube tribute to open wheel
racing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_r5hY49jLM

Brian Itule is looking for a
photograph of Tequila Sunrise, the dragster his father
Mike campaigned in Tucson in the
1970s. Please email
Brian if you have an image.


In 1956 at the National Championship Drag Races in
Kansas City, Missouri, Carl Grimes of Phoenix
won the A Altered Class with an ET of 12.63 @
116.88 MPH.

EL CID MAKING DRAG RACING
HISTORY
  
Pretty Impressive Credentials on the Rear
Fender....
 
El Cid is now in the NHRA Wally Parks Motorsports
Museum


El Cid photos courtesy of
FalconArmsCo.com
&
FalconMarine.net

NASCAR IN ARIZONA

The first NASCAR race in Arizona was April 22, 1951. This
was the sixth race in the season, and was held on the one mile dirt oval at the
Phoenix, Arizona State Fairgrounds. Marshall Teague won driving the Teaguemobile,
a 1951 Hudson. His average speed over the 150 laps was 60.153 MPH.
Other drivers of note
Tim Flock, Fonty Flock, Herb Thomas and Lee Petty.

A replica featured on
conceptcarz

We found some copies of our book, American
Automobilia.
They are as new, and signed by the authors.
Postpaid in the US, $9.99 US
Postpaid, shipped via International Priority Flat
Rate, $19.99 US
Print the
orderform
and mail a check or money order or send Paypal payment to
nancy@arizonaracinghistory.com

From Wes Swinford, Ron's nephew:
Ron
Miller passed away in his home on
December 31, 2009. Originally from
Texas, Ron was a Winslow, Arizona
resident for well over 40 years
where he worked for the Santa
Fe Railroad and in his spare
time owned and operated Ron's Speed
Shop on Old Highway 66.
Ron's
passion for drag racing was only
exceeded by his willingness to help
anyone, especially if it had
anything to do with drag racing.
His knowledge of the sport was truly
unbelievable. A person could spend
hours with Ron and learn a life
time's worth of knowledge and yet
walk away realizing they could spend
countless more only to scratch the
surface of his knowledge of the
sport and what it took to run a drag
car. Known by thousands both in
Arizona and around the country Ron
originally raced and promoted races
in Winslow on the old air strip
literally across the way from his
home.
Throughout
his life he helped numerous racers
and became the organizer for the
annual Standard 1320 Invitational
Drag Races and Reunions that started
in Inyokern and later moved to Speedworld
in Surprise, AZ.
Ron will
truly be missed. God Speed Ron!
1320 race at Speedworld on March
21, 2010

A tribute sign that will be
hanging in the staging lanes

Ron's front engine dragster on
display.
The 1320 event photos are
courtesy of photographer
Mike Bieke.
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Nancy Schaut. Our mission is to preserve the rich history of automobile racing in the
American West. Although this site deals
primarily with auto racing before 1980, we also cover the current
nostalgia racing scene.
We have done our
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but it is sometimes impossible to find the original source. We welcome
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