NHRA National Records

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I think this might be my dad's old car. He had a blue '74 Chevelle that he raced at Scribner (Nebraska) and Thunder Valley South Dakota in the late 70s and early 80s. He sold it around 1983-1984 to a guy named Jay Roth who was also from Nebraska. He repainted it, raced it for a little while then sold it (not sure of the timeframe). The last my dad heard of it, it was sold to someone who took it across the pond to Europe.

He bought it around 1977 and drove it on the street a little bit then turned it into a racecar. It ran in O- and N/SA, set an AHRA record in 1980 in I think O/SA. My dad likes telling the story of tearing it down at the track (Kansas City) in the middle of a gravel pit and people coming up kicking rocks saying "Whatcha doin'?"

It's also the first car I went down the drag strip in, as a passenger of course because the NHRA wouldn't let 8-year-old kids drive.

I probably have some pictures of it ... somewhere. I'll see what I can dig up to compare.

Pat

[ChevelleStocker]

Thank You!

Pat - that sounds like interesting information. I hope you can find some pics on it for comparing. You say it was sold to Europe. That is definitely a strong clue, since I know that not many of these were bought here. Especially Drag Cars - I've never seen another one in here actually. Interesting info. If you remember more, please feel free to share that info as well.

Edit: I swapped a couple of E-Mails with your dad. Looks like you were correct, this is the same car!

-Niko

[patred]

Originally Posted by ChevelleStocker

Edit: I swapped a couple of E-Mails with your dad. Looks like you were correct, this is the same car!

-Niko

Cool! Good to see it's still racing! He can see this thread but for some reason hasn't been able to register. He e-mailed me today saying that Jay (the guy he sold the car to) painted it that tan/brown livery.

Pat

[TinSoldier 3215]

We bought it from Jay and that's the color it was when we pick it from Jay.

[TinSoldier 3215]

2 girls bought it from is and they lived in finland.

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This is the only picture I can find, taken at Thunder Valley Dragway in South Dakota.

Pat

[patred]

[ChevelleStocker]

Originally Posted by jonesracing

2 girls bought it from is and they lived in finland.

Alright, that's cool! I guess that means that there are all of the fellows who have owned this car when it was being raced in the States. (Jonh & Pat, Jay and John).

Another one of those girls indeed was driving the car back then. We bought it from her and her husband a few years ago and they have helped us a lot while rebuilding and racing the car, so thanks to them as well if you happen to read this.

[ChevelleStocker]

Originally Posted by patred

Cool! Good to see it's still racing! He can see this thread but for some reason hasn't been able to register. He e-mailed me today saying that Jay (the guy he sold the car to) painted it that tan/brown livery.

Pat

Yep, its great to see that this car has a long racing history! Before this I knew pretty much of the Finnish history of this thing but very little history from the U.S. years.

Very good pics as well, a big thank you! It looks like that shade of blue is quite close to the color it's painted nowadays. It definitely was a good looking car back then, too.