RPM EXCLUSIVE ISN’T THAT ODDY Blown engine builder and legend Jim Oddy’s Austin first came into the gasser wars in 1965. Jim built a 480-inch Chrysler engine topped with a 6/71 blower. The beautiful little BB/Gas is seen here at York for the Nationals in 1970. Now, the same car that put Oddy on the map has been restored by another New Yorker, John Cassiol.
DAY AT THE BEACH Colonial Beach Dragway in Colonial Beach, Virginia has not really changed much at all since this shot taken in 1971. Here, a Modified Production Vette faces off with a Ford Gasser.
magazines, buy some old race footage that has been converted to DVD, and get out to the races where the real stars of drag racing that are still with us will make the odd appearance. You won’t regret it! These folks won’t be
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around forever and when they are gone all we have are memories, and for me, I’d like to be able to look back and say that I had the good fortune to meet some of the best there was. Now that is my meaning of nostalgia!
june 2016 | RPM Magazine