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BadNick · 04-14-2008, 07:14 AM

I'm really enjoying all the personal details. Thanks, bobby.

Wondering if perhaps I may have seen Jack Moss at one of the local dragstrips around here (within a couple hours of Phila, PA) when I was a youngster in the late '50's/early '60's, I searched for some history for him. I didn't see any clue that he ever raced in the Northeast, but I found this reminiscing thread by a Mr. Richard Burk http://www.dragracingonline.com/firsttime/i_2.html talking about "...The memories that I have of my first drag race are probably a compilation of several races that I went to with my brother in that summer almost 40 years ago at Amarillo Dragway..." and then he mentions Jack Moss:

"...And of course, our local hero was there that day: Jack Moss in his twin-engined Chevy dragster. He had previously run a Dodge-powered dragster and had actually made it to the final four at the first Nationals (as in "The Nationals"). Back then you didn’t have a national race every week.You had the Winternationals in Pomona and the Nationals that was run in Indianapolis. Our guy actually had been there!..."

04-14-2008, 07:14 AM	#11 (permalink)
BadNick Riding the Ocean Spray Location: S.E. PA in U Sofa	I'm really enjoying all the personal details. Thanks, bobby. Wondering if perhaps I may have seen Jack Moss at one of the local dragstrips around here (within a couple hours of Phila, PA) when I was a youngster in the late '50's/early '60's, I searched for some history for him. I didn't see any clue that he ever raced in the Northeast, but I found this reminiscing thread by a Mr. Richard Burk http://www.dragracingonline.com/firsttime/i_2.html talking about "...The memories that I have of my first drag race are probably a compilation of several races that I went to with my brother in that summer almost 40 years ago at Amarillo Dragway..." and then he mentions Jack Moss: "...And of course, our local hero was there that day: Jack Moss in his twin-engined Chevy dragster. He had previously run a Dodge-powered dragster and had actually made it to the final four at the first Nationals (as in "The Nationals"). Back then you didn’t have a national race every week.You had the Winternationals in Pomona and the Nationals that was run in Indianapolis. Our guy actually had been there!..."