Indy 62 Pics

troublemaker427 · 10-31-2011, 05:39 PM

Great story!! My friend Mike Strickler has some great photos from the '62 Nats. Mike is Dave's son and the photos were taken by Dave's father. Here are a few.

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Originally Posted by bob shirley

we went to the 62 nats to watch.we needed a few parts for the car we were driving and went to blank chevrolet down from the track to buy them.turns out all the top chevy guys were there working on their cars.
tom strum
dave striclker dyno man in his nalley car along with platt
hadyen
all of them were there
we conned our way in the shop and ended up helping don install some new traction bars on his car.i held them while he tack welded them.
thrill of a lifetime

Geerhead55 · 11-01-2011, 02:22 AM

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Originally Posted by troublemaker427

Great story!! My friend Mike Strickler has some great photos from the '62 Nats. Mike is Dave's son and the photos were taken by Dave's father. Here are a few.

Looks like the photos on pages 26 & 27 in the "Grumpy's Toys" book,,, a must have for any Bill Jenkins fan.
Danny Durham

troublemaker427 · 11-01-2011, 07:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Geerhead55

Looks like the photos on pages 26 & 27 in the "Grumpy's Toys" book,,, a must have for any Bill Jenkins fan.
Danny Durham

They are. Mike provided many photos for the book.

Geerhead55 · 11-02-2011, 12:45 AM

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Originally Posted by troublemaker427

They are. Mike provided many photos for the book.

Ah,,,that explains it,, thanks Jody,,,and to Mike for his contributions to the book.
Danny Durham

Hemi Moose · 11-03-2011, 06:30 PM

62 Plymouth C/SA hardtop and 63 Dodge B/SA wagon...

oldskool · 09-23-2021, 01:03 PM

Ain't that a thing of beauty ?

Just goes to show that lots of guys don't care, at all, how a car looks, if it'll win.

I suppose this saying can also be applied here: "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder."

To many, any car that wins for them is beautiful.

oldskool · 09-23-2021, 02:09 PM

The OP mentioned his parent's Pontiacs.

'62 was a big year for Pontiac racing, drag & circle track. I call the years '57-'63 Pontiac's "Glory Years".

The M/T '62 Tempest also won A/FX at the Winter Nats that year, & a '63 Tempest won it in '63.

Carol Cox had also won S/SA at the '62 Winter Nats.

I suppose the Indy '62 win was the only Pontiac powered Top dragster win ever, at Indy. No Nitro dragsters were run that year @ Indy. I've read where Don Garlits said he built a dragster that year especially to run @ Indy, using a 413 Mopar engine, as requested by Mopar. He lost the final round, to the M/T Pontiac powered dragster, driven by Jack Chrisman.

At Indy '63, Jim Wangers won the B/FX class, in an All-Pontiac final.

"...Arlen Vanke's Tin Indian and a few other..."

Bill Abraham & Arlen Vanke both ran several Pontiacs & drove some of Knafel Pontiacs "Tin Indian" cars.

Those 421SD engines did a lot of winning back in the early '60's. The 389SD engines also got their share of wins. Several '58 Pontiacs did quite good, for several years after that, getting class & event wins, setting records, & winning div points championships.

Like many other older threads on car forums, many of the pics that were posted are no longer visible. So, I'll add a few pics of Pontiacs that were @ Indy '62, plus others, back in that time period.

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09-23-2021, 02:09 PM	#7
oldskool VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: The Land of Bayous, Boudin & Crawfish Posts: 1,668 Likes: 223 Liked 747 Times in 362 Posts	Re: Indy 62 Pics The OP mentioned his parent's Pontiacs. '62 was a big year for Pontiac racing, drag & circle track. I call the years '57-'63 Pontiac's "Glory Years". The M/T '62 Tempest also won A/FX at the Winter Nats that year, & a '63 Tempest won it in '63. Carol Cox had also won S/SA at the '62 Winter Nats. I suppose the Indy '62 win was the only Pontiac powered Top dragster win ever, at Indy. No Nitro dragsters were run that year @ Indy. I've read where Don Garlits said he built a dragster that year especially to run @ Indy, using a 413 Mopar engine, as requested by Mopar. He lost the final round, to the M/T Pontiac powered dragster, driven by Jack Chrisman. At Indy '63, Jim Wangers won the B/FX class, in an All-Pontiac final. "...Arlen Vanke's Tin Indian and a few other..." Bill Abraham & Arlen Vanke both ran several Pontiacs & drove some of Knafel Pontiacs "Tin Indian" cars. Those 421SD engines did a lot of winning back in the early '60's. The 389SD engines also got their share of wins. Several '58 Pontiacs did quite good, for several years after that, getting class & event wins, setting records, & winning div points championships. Like many other older threads on car forums, many of the pics that were posted are no longer visible. So, I'll add a few pics of Pontiacs that were @ Indy '62, plus others, back in that time period. Attached Thumbnails Last edited by oldskool; 10-30-2021 at 08:35 PM.