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more info was added to the first picture above here is second photo and story....xoxoxoo
This is same car in George's Tradewinds photo, but about four months later with a body. Photo taken at 1st NHRA Nationals in Oct. of 1955. The event started in Great Bend KS, but was rained out.
NHRA moved the final elimination event to AZ sunshine, to be run as part of an Arizona State drag meet.
The cartoon on the car's nose says "Ramblin' Ram from Texas" and has a ram (goat) for logo. (Yes, that is your cuzzin' before I was your cuzzin'.) I believe photo was by Eric Rickman of Hot Rod Magazine fame, who gave photo to Jack Moss. He had it posted over his work bench for years. I did not know photo existed until a reunion of Amarillo hot rod guys in 2000 where it appeared.
I was at the AZ drags with another ex-Amarillo racer, also at Northrop Institute in Inglewood. We drove all night, after Friday's class to work as pit crew for Moss. Jack had top time of about 142, and defeated the dreaded "Bustle Bomb" (one of the first successful twin engine cars), but later lost to Cal Rice, from S. Cal. (not the Bean Bandits, as I said earlier). Moss still says that Rice had "used up" his flathead at Great Bend, and could not have made the final rounds without the respite between events when he rebuilt/replaced his engine. But, that's racin'.. Rice was eventual top eliminator.
BTW: I still have that Barons Racing Team club jacket. I wore it to the car show in Amarillo last month.
Cheers, From your faithful cuzzin', Leroy
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