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Originally Posted by Paul Ceasrine
July 1959.........."Fuel and Gas Invitational"
Approximately 150 Dragsters participated in the 3-Day Event.
Final Day Attendance......10,000
The Danbury Modifiers,,, had one of the fastest 'Rails' classed in A/D
* Art Afrons 'Green Monster #5'.......
* Engine........Allison V-12...'1710 Cubic Inches'....Liquid-Cooled and Supercharged = 2000 Horsepower
* Pump Gas
Timed at........9.40 @ 169.61 MPH
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Not 100% sure...but think that noise ended Montgomery's days...Paul, I don't want to drag this on...but wondering if you got anything on Dunkirk, NY?
There's a bit of a "tie-in" there..."Mr. Bad Banana"...Dave Colbert...who frequents this site...had his early days there...And speaking of that name...I think there was a '57 Chevy wagon...a Stocker back in the day...owned by a guy named "Ted" ...from Western NY..who called his car "Bad Banana"...and he may have run there too...
I'm wondering if there were TWO "Bad Banana" cars...from the same region...run at the same time? Maybe somebody knows....
Also wondering that once Niagara Dragstrip got up and running...it pretty much spelled the end of Dunkirk...which I believe was an airport...like Montgomery?
Think Garlits ran at a major NASCAR-sanctioned drag race at Dunkirk also...but that's all I know....