Pomona PVTA drag racing
Weekly-Rivero dragster, Engine by FoxHolding decals on red body of Frantic 4 AFD (Top Fuel dragster with open bucket seat hot rod body) at Pomona Raceway (note the Rat Fink logo and illustration by renowned artist Ed Roth, aka Big Daddy Ed Roth) / driver wearing protective face mask and racing helmet while squeezed behind wheel / shiny exposed front-mounted engine of Top Fuel dragster, driver talking with mechanics / driver DON GARLITS (Don Big Daddy Garlits) sitting behind wheel of Top Fuel dragster Swamp Rat VI, eventually pushed by GMC truck toward drag strip / Chevy pickup truck pushing Frantic 4 AFD Top Fuel dragster / rear view of flag waver standing on center lines of drag strip, waving flags, two fuel altered dragsters racing from starting line / Wildebeast (looks like a late 1950s model Ferrari Type 250) stock car pulling to starting line, Wildebeast drag racing against 1930s convertible roadster / two Top Fuel dragsters racing from starting positions, burning rubber; note the drag strip Christmas tree lights (1964 was the first year of implementation) / drag strip lights changing, two 1940s model Willys hot rod roadsters racing from starting line. Pomona PVTA drag racing on January 26, 1964 in Pomona, California (Footage by Getty Images)
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Credit:
Editorial #:
125692630
Collection:
Archive Films: Editorial
Date created:
January 26, 1964
Upload date:
License type:
Rights-ready
Release info:
Not released.ÌýMore information
Clip length:
00:02:17:15
Location:
Pomona, California, United States
Mastered to:
QuickTime 8-bit Photo-JPEG SD 720x576 25p
Originally shot on:
16mm OCN 24p
Source:
Archive Films Editorial
Object name:
15142_505633_8-WPA-15.mov
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