what was cookin' on labor day weekend in Southern California in 1967. How good we had it back then, even with all the heavyweights at Indy.LIONS DRAG STRIP
Top Fuel Invitational 6 cars!!
*Howard Cam Special-The Savage-Red Mountain Boys-Hermes & Ayres-Mooneyham & Faust-Jackson-National Auto*
*Junior Fuel 8 cars Winner $235 R/U $135-$70-$35*
*Top Gas 4 cars Winner $135 R/U $70-$35*
*A/Gas Supercharged 4 cars Winner $135 R/U $70-$35*
*Competition 4 cars Winner $135 R/U $70-$35*
*Brackett 1-6*
Gates Open @ 1:30pm.
Eliminations @ 7:00pm.
Admission; $2.00
ORANGE COUNTY INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY
*Stunt Flying By Mira Slovak 7:15pm.*
*Funny Car Invitational*
* Steve Montrelli's "New Breed"-Fiberglass Trends Corvette-Pisano Bros.-Destroyer Jeep-Steve Bovan*
*Jess Tyree's Pontiac-Randy Walls "Super Nova-Clyde Morgans "Vicious Vette"*
*Fuel Altereds 8 car open show Winner $300 R/U $150-$100-$50*
*Pure Hell-Pure Heaven-Super Rat-Leroy Chadderton-Pippins & Green-Wild Wille Borsch*
*Brackett 1-6*
Gates Open @ 2:00pm.
Eliminations @ 8:00pm.
Admission $2.00
IRWINDALE RACEWAY
*2-day Labor Day Special!!*
Saturday
*Top Fuel Invitational*
*"Terrible Ted" Gotelli & Safford-Waters & Edmunds-Trotter & Hightower-Waterman & Hampshire-Doss Bros.*
* Brissette & Sutherland-"Der Weinerschnitzel"-Blair & Goldstein*
*Funny Car Match Race*
* Butch Leals' "California Flash Barracuda vs. Gas Rhonda's Mustang*
*Junior Fuel 8 cars Winner $250 R/U $150-$70-$35*
Gates Open @ 1:00pm.
Eliminations @ 7:00pm.
Admission $2.00
Sunday (night)
*Funny Car Invitational*
* Butch Leal-Gas Rhonda-New Breed-Quarterbender-Destroyer Jeep-Pisano Bros.-Psycho Mustang-Steve Bovan*
* Top Fuel Match Race*
* "Terrible Ted" Gottelli & Safford vs. Waters and Edmunds*
*Brackett 1-6*
Gates Open @ 1:00pm.
Eliminations @ 7:00pm.
Admission $2.00
Carlsbad Raceway (sunday night)
* "KGB Drag Festival"*
*Top Fuel 8 car open Winner $625 R/U $325-$225-$125
*Funny Car 8 car open Winner $625 R/U $325-$225-$125
*Brackett 1-6*
Gates Open @ 1:30
Eliminations @ 7:30pm.
Admission $2.00
So there it is, a great amount of choices back in the day, what a time it was!!!
* My dad and I went to Lions on Saturday and Irwindale on Monday night*
223rd & Alameda
