ChiPs Dragracing episode

[George Mirza]

I was watching an old episode of ChiPs today and it was about drag racing. It started out with Doug Lambeck making a pass in a Volare' or Aspen tube chassis type car and it was filmed somewhere on the west coast. There was also a scene with an AMX that looked like a Super Stocker of that era and it blows the motor. There are several shots of what look to be stockers and SS's as well as some modified cars. Also a good shot of a Funny car and you can clearly see the name John Force on the sides.
It aired in 1981, anybody remember or maybe was involved in it?

[Bob Lambeck]

it was a pro stock hemi im doug's dad bob lambeck it was at terminal island close to long beach ca. john force was also . randy humprey and I ran that car we held the pro stock record at 8.47 159.01 at Fremont ca won the mile high and randy finished number 5 in the world. by the way doug was9 years old then.

[George Mirza]

Bob,Thanks for the reply, after I though about it I realized I wrote Doug not Bob, I thought he might be a little young to be driving then. So that was a Pro Stocker, I'm not sure what they called it on the show. It looked like a handful to drive. Was that an 1/8 mile track?

[Myron Piatek]

Coincidently, I happen to have caught that too while channel surfing today. The Camaro that the AMX ran looked like a Stock or SS car as well. Mr. Lambeck's mostly blue Volare popped up again in the background of a later scene.


I keep hoping to see Officer Kathy Linihan (Tina Gayle) again in an episode. She was a cast member from 1982-1983, a Dallas Cowboys cheerleader (forgot the years) and a NHRA Miss Winston in 1980. I got my pic taken with her after winning Pro ET in Division 2 that year, but never got a copy of the photo!

[Chuck Norton]

There were several Stock, Super Stock, and Modified cars at Terminal Island that weekend. The episode was shot on Friday and Saturday after Thanksgiving, 1980. The Camaro that raced the AMX was the '68 that belonged to Tony Janes, Warren Winchester, and myself (see attachment before we re-lettered the car). We bought the car in 1979 from the original builder who held a union card for stunt driving. He drove the car during the filming and he arranged for the car to be featured. I'm sure that Tony will read this and add more names to the list but I recall Jeff Wood's '57 Corvette, John Barkley's '60 Chevy V/SA as well as Bob's Pro Stocker plus others.

Terminal Island Drag Strip was created in a parking lot by Big Willie and the Brotherhood of Street Racers. It had good air, so-so bite, and the surface was anything but even. At that point we'd lost San Fernando, Lions, Irwindale and OCIR was on the way out. We didn't have a lot of choices when it came to tracks in the L.A. area.

I continued to race that car until 2001 when it was sold to Jim DeFrank. I'm not sure where it is today.

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[cudadoug]

Originally Posted by Bob Lambeck

it was a pro stock hemi im doug's dad bob lambeck it was at terminal island close to long beach ca. john force was also . randy humprey and I ran that car we held the pro stock record at 8.47 159.01 at Fremont ca won the mile high and randy finished number 5 in the world. by the way doug was9 years old then.

I am proud to say that I was standing at the front of the lanes when you set that record, Mr. Lambeck. As a Mopar guy it didn't get any better than that!

RIP Fremont...

[Dave Noll]

I believe this is the episode

http://www.4shared.com/video/Hg-CXO8...tons_of_t.html

[Dave Noll]

& just for fun there's this one.

[CMcAllister]

Originally Posted by Dave Noll

& just for fun there's this one.

I thought of that episode right away. Dick Clark as a track operator is classic.


This is my favorite.

[Jim Caughlin]

For those of us older yet, do you remember the Adam 12 episode where they were drag racing?

Jim Caughlin
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