Photo Gallery for A/Sedan and A-B/Production cars

[PURESS]

Jon.....What Kind of car is this in the last post?  A/sedan   or A-B/Production....Falcuda?

[OCTARD]

That is a Holman-Moody built Challenger III.  The car has been restored by a fellow in Alabama, and was very pleased to see these great Jerry Melton period photos.

[PURESS]

Very cool!   Thank you for the post....great story

[Jon Mello]

Unfortunately for the Challenger III (Falcon), it was not considered a production car or a sedan so they made it run as an A/Sports Racer. Hence it could wind up running against something like a big block McLaren or a Lola.

[PURESS]

Thank you Jon...neat car..by the angle of the second picture looks like it would have been hard to see out of that back window and no passenger mirror...Scott

[Jon Mello]

Waterford Hills 1969. I don't know the driver of the #1 Corvette but the #96 car is driven by Paul Van Valkenburgh.


Photo by Jerry Melton


Photo by Jerry Melton


Photo by Jerry Melton


Photo by Jerry Melton


Photo by Jerry Melton

[Jon Mello]

Waterford Hills 1971. This is the Pontiac Tempest driven by Bob Tullius in the 1971 Trans-Am series however it looks
like it might be Pontiac engineer Herb Adams doing the driving here at the Waterford track.


Photo by Jerry Melton

[oldtransamdriver]

I have a vague recollection that there was a husband and wife team that drove Corvettes at WH, but can't recall their names or whether they shared one car or each had one.

Robert Barg

[Jon Mello]

Robert, Maybe you're thinking of Tom Swindell and his wife Mary? They ran a white '62 which is currently owned by Franz Estereicher and a Stingray also. There are some photos of them in the Waterford Hills thread.


Waterford Hills circa 1968, Unknown Cobra racer.

Photo by Jerry Melton


Waterford Hills 1968, Dan Schlames in his 289 Cobra (5 pics below).

Photo by Jerry Melton


Photo by Jerry Melton


Photo by Jerry Melton


Photo by Jerry Melton

Larry Beaupre's K-code Mustang notchback and Bob Transon's Lotus Cortina following the Cobra.

Photo by Jerry Melton

[oldtransamdriver]

ah, a Cobra! As much as I liked my old camaros, there would be nothing a like a wind-in-the-face Cobra - no airbags, no modern electronic gizmos etc.

Anyone got a spare Factory Five kit they don't want? (I might put a 327 in it).

Robert Barg

[Jon Mello]

Waterford Hills 1971, Corvette Stingray #93.

Photo by Jerry Melton

Waterford Hills 1972, Three Corvettes running in a pack.

Photo by Jerry Melton

Waterford Hills 1972, The Mustang looks like it may be a car that ran in Trans-Am and the Javelin in the back may be ex-Penske.  

Photo by Jerry Melton

Waterford Hills 1972, A Stingray, a Lotus Super 7 and an early Mustang convertible. A Mustang with no roof or even a windshield just
looks strange to me. It obviously happened but I can't recall seeing another Mustang like this at the races back in the early '70s.

Photo by Jerry Melton

Waterford Hills 1972, A C-3 Corvette, car #37.

Photo by Jerry Melton

[cuda48]

Fenders look wrong for ex-Penske Javelin but Boss 302 looks legit.

Mike

[Jon Mello]

Kent Field (Michigan), May 1964. Dan Gerber's winning A/Production Cobra with Jim Mederer's Cobra in the background.

Photo by Ron Lathrop


Photo by Ron Lathrop


Photo by Ron Lathrop


Photo by Ron Lathrop


Photo by Ron Lathrop

[Jon Mello]

More from Kent Field, May 1964

Dick Doane's aluminum bodied "Chevette" sports racer.

Photo by Ron Lathrop

This shot shows the small block Chevy nestled inside the Chevette's engine compartment.

Photo by Ron Lathrop

Dick Doane was a well-connected Chevy dealer and successful Corvette racer.

Photo by Ron Lathrop

This looks like another Chevy-powered sports racer but not the Chevette. Anyone know what it is?

Photo by Ron Lathrop

Here's Doane's Chevette battling with the Dan Gerber Cobra.

Photo by Ron Lathrop

Doane's Chevette broke a lap before the end of the race and Gerber's Cobra took the overall win.

Photo by Ron Lathrop

[Jon Mello]

More wonderful Ron Lathrop photos from Kent Field, May 1964.

Lew Draper's Corvette won the B/Production class.

Photo by Ron Lathrop

A.W. "Josh" Joslin's split-window Corvette.

Photo by Ron Lathrop

Joslin hangs the tail out a bit.

Photo by Ron Lathrop

Ed Gelder's 1957 Ferrari 315S (s/n 0684) with Joslin in hot pursuit.

Photo by Ron Lathrop

Gelder's Ferrari is a multi-million dollar car these days.

Photo by Ron Lathrop

Another big-dollar car... Wayne Burnett's 1958 Ferrari Testa Rossa (s/n 0714)

Photo by Ron Lathrop

Wayne Burnett behind the wheel.

Photo by Ron Lathrop

Gerber, Doane and Joslin.

Photo by Ron Lathrop

And now, just for fun, a little Fiat Abarth Bialbero running in D/Production.

Photo by Ron Lathrop

VWs, Porsches and Corvairs are not the only production line cars with their engine in the back.

Photo by Ron Lathrop

Another look at the double-overhead-cam engine.

Photo by Ron Lathrop