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                    This 1967 Camaro is nicknamed "Sinister", because it has a bad attitude according to the owner. It's powered by a Dart Big M block stroked to 565 CI . A Holley 1050 CFM Dominator feeds this beastly big block, which sits on-top of a  Dart single plane intake manifold.  A Barry Grant BG- 400 fuel pump supplies Sunoco 110 octane race fuel from the rear mounted 10 gallon cell .  A huge four-core Griffin radiator with three electric fans cools that large big block , for fast cool downs between runs.       The Camaro  has a full ATI drive line , including a TH- 400 transmission with a  4000 RPM stall converter with a trans- brake.  Shifting is courtesy of a B&M Pro- ratchet shifter.  There are massive Wilwood disk brakes on the front & rear and  if that is not enough stopping power , the Camaro is equipped with a Simpson parachute .   It rolls on a set of...

  The 'Virginia Gentleman' is a  1967 Chevrolet Corvette that was built and driven by John Boughers . Originally the car was green with a white interior and was equipped with an automatic transmission,power windows and air conditioning. John raced the Vette on the East coast from the 1970's to the early 1980's, in 1980 the car was painted red when Champion spark plugs came onboard as a major sponsor. He won many races and was best known as ' The oldest man in Drag Racing '. The power plant was built by Justice Brothers Racing in Virginia with Carlton Philips.It's a 620 HP small block with 13:1compression. It's shifted by an ATI Powerglide with a brake. In 1985 the the car was purchased by Gino's Auto Body and raced by Gino from  85' to 1989 in the West Palm Beach area,in 1985 the Corvette won the five day championship tournament at Moroso Motorsports Park , now Orlando Speed World.  This is a time capsule that deserves to be in someones collect...

          This 65' Econoline must sound amazing! It looks like it's running a set of Jet Boat headers for an exhaust system.      For power this beast has a big-block 460 Ford V8 sporting a polished 8-71 blower, it's sitting on top of 2 Rude Ron's four-inch spacers.  Mixing the fumes are two Edelbrock Carbs. with an Enderle Big and Ugly injector scoop catching the fresh air.   Shifting is handled by a heavy-duty C6 Automatic Transmission.Then the power is sent to the ground via a Dana 60 Rear End with 3.73:1 Gears with a locker . For stopping power a set Wilwood  4-Wheel Disc Brakes are at each corner.                                                           ...

  If your the owner of this car please reach out to me. I would love to know more about it ! Photo's by Mike Salemme 2021

      These are some of the sights and sounds from Island Dragway located in Great Meadows ,New Jersey     It was a hot afternoon at the 61st Funny Car Throwdown presented by The North East Timing Organization (NETO), it was well over 90 degrees , and the cars were just as hot ! There were over 16 vintage Nitro & Alcohol  Funny Cars and plenty of vintage Drag Cars to enjoy between rounds . There was everything  from classic 1950's front engine Dragsters to Altered wheel base cars , and 8.90-9.90 Door Cars . Do to the intense sun shining that day filming the racing action was  difficult but we did capture some great pit action.  We shot some great photos and captured the true essence of grass roots racing . Island Dragway is one of two quarter mile tracks still operating in New Jersey , it's about 50 miles west from the George Washington bridge .  The Dazed & Confused 69 Camaro Funny Car is owned by Neil  Murley from Weymo...