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Holley-Venables-Martin Go Airborne!

By Bob Holley
Photo by Dan Watley

Ronnie Martin gets big air in the Holley & Venables Top Fuel Dragster. Photo by Dan Watley
Ronnie Martin gets big air in the Holley & Venables Top Fuel Dragster. Photo by Dan Watley

Here is a picture of one of my T/F Dragsters from early ‘70s. Dick Venables from Houston and I owned the car. I built the chassis at my company at the time, Precision Specialties. Dick and I did the engine work and the driver at this race was Ronnie Martin of Dallas.

This was the final round at a Division 4 points race and the other car is Childs & Albert. Needless to say, we were way out front but the car continued to go up and almost over backward. I brought it home and completely rebuilt the chassis from firewall forward and returned from Houston to La Place, Louisiana, for a race the next weekend. I am currently building an A/Fuel Dragster to compete in NHRA National events (the second coming).

The photo is by Dan Watley.

Bob Holley
bobholley@computron.net

 




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