The vegas were an anomaly in an insanely busy race car schedule. Chadwick s camaro spent the day in the same motel parking lot as dick harrells flopper. Don hardy built all of kelly chadwicks cars, including the pictured camaro. By 1969, the funny car class was in full bloom and contested at three nhra national events. The stock gm hydramatic had a fluid coupling with the usual driverdriven vaned. Though the focus was primarily on circle track competition, nhra and ahra drag racing was used on occasion in this fullcolor periodical. A karting race aged 12 at little rissington circuit. Kelly was a legend in two fields, drag racing and coaching basketball. Jamie chadwick is a british racing driver best know for being the first ever female and youngest winner of the british gt championship. On saturday, the first round was called to report to the staging lanes but the pabst blue ribbon car was a noshow. The beautiful 69 camaro was chadwicks third funny car and his first with a fliptop tube chassis.
Drag racing story of the day cocacola cavalcade series. Ollie chadwick racing career profile driver database. Norms driver, was a blower specialist, and ran a supercharger shop for. Christman came out with the blown comet that was a real race car, and ddoge wouldnt let them run if christman showed up. The drivers of the cars were dick fugler and john cooke, employees of the public service company of colorado, who owned the two vehicles. Dec 08, 2015 even though car building business was eating up a lot of his time, harrell continued to drag race.
Green valley raceway was the place for match racing in texas. The banzai top fuel car, 1969 nhra springnationals, dallas. The black plague car was campaigned for 2 years before the team made the switch to an unused cuda body found at don kirbys shop wearing don schumacher blue and yellow colors. Gene and kelly faced off countless times over the years. In more ways than one, kelly williams is like one of her race cars, strategically driving her way forward at highspeed.
Here are a few photos of some of the cars kelly raced. See all 40 photos shot from down low, the view of thorleys old ride accurately depicts the high center of. Pictured is chadwick s last flopper from the 72 season before he made the move to pro stock in 1973. The chevrolet team of kelly chadwick and don hardy of floyd ada, texas, fits this description perfectly. Kellen chadwick competed in a total of events during the 2019 season piloting his fye motorsports no. Kelly dale chadwick floydada kelly dale chadwick, age 82, of floydada. This auction is for a photo of professor kelly chadwick s 1969 camaro funny car on its transporter truck. His entire life was was steeped in motorsports and drag racing was his first and last love. Nhra held no funny car races in 1968 but returned with three in 1969.
The car has been concours restored and along with the restoration comes the history. He was named ahra driver of the year in 1969 and was driver of the decade in 1970. Those cars werent very successful as they were pretty much stock cars with a blower on a max wedge. In this painting we see dick harrell driving kelly chadwicks wild thang ii. For 1967, chadwick and hardy have a match race camaro, but before we delve into their new car, lets check into the past and. The coke circuit provided eight car funny car shows across the country in the late 60s and early 70s. Oct 06, 2016 this car, built by the legendary don hardy, had a second claim to fame in that chadwick was part of the inaugural year of the cocacola cavalcade of stars match race circuit. Ford v ferrari 2019 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The era when a funny car owner, driver and crew chief were one and the same. It was kelly s 1st flipbodied funny car and was powered by a 427 supercharged nitro burning chevy motor. After its debut at the 1966 world finals, the fledgling class was showcased. We lost a famed racer this week when kelly chadwick passed away in texas.
Chadwick had brought his wild thing blown camaro to detroit, only to have rain spoil his chances to mix it up with the other funny cars. Kelly chadwicks 1969 camaro funny car ran in the cocacola cavalcade of. Built by woody gilmore, the car was campaigned in socal by richard bays and driver frank rupert beginning in the 71 season. Pictured is chadwicks last flopper from the 72 season before he made the move to pro stock in 1973. For 1967, chadwick and hardy have a match race camaro, but before we. Kelly worked his way through a series of race cars until he reached the funny car ranks.
Haupt, who drove the chadwick big six, the first supercharged racing car, to a 10th place finish in the 1908 vanderbilt cup race. Driver russell long put the pbc in the field with a great run on friday and things were looking good for the milwaukee based funny car. He formed a partnership with building contractorracer kelly chadwick. Kelly chadwick,launching hard at ocir in his camaro fc. A nostalgic look back at drag racing funny cars from the model cars kits. Chadwicks camaro spent the day in the same motel parking lot as dick harrells flopper. Its where your interests connect you with your people. I have to give him a lot of credit for the races we won.
Kelly chadwick s 71 pearl white camaro funny car part number 7008kc70fc driver kelly chadwick team car 71 camaro funny car series drag season scale 125th kit this decal is designed to be used on the competition resins cr1011 camaro fc along with a early revell fc chassis or model kingamt fc chassis. Jamie chadwick professional racing driver official website. Kelly chadwick obituary idalou, tx lubbock avalanchejournal. The car won the 1963 nhra winternationals had drivers like kelly chadwick, don hardy, and event mr. He was one of the few racers that was loyal to the chevy engine. She has received training with louise goodman, and continues to work on these skills with the support of veloce sports and soapbox london pr. A plastic model kit of his racing car made him even more famous. Kelly dale chadwick floydada kelly dale chadwick, age 82, of floydada passed away on thursday, sept. Petillo competed in the indianapolis 500 on ten occasions, winning the race in 1935 in a year that marked the first win by a car powered by an offenhauser engine. For approximately twenty years 19581978, indianapolis based photographer ray mann published a quarterly magazine called racing pictorial. Kelly chadwick camaro funny car at atco nj car humor, drag racing. Kelly chadwick is well known in two different fields. May 17, 20 thus steakley chevrolet was connected with both the basketballcoachfunny car driver as well as the science fiction writeractor. Oct 01, 20 i jumped in my car and raced home, found the yoke, wide spline borg warner and got back with about 30 minutes to spare.
Although my current focus in on my driver potential, i am also intending to complement this with my education so that, whatever course i eventually take, i will be involved in motorsport at the frontline. Even though car building business was eating up a lot of his time, harrell continued to drag race. Evan had down some work assisting wayne kelly work on cars at waynes workshop and wayne had loaned tires to evan to use in a hillclimb. Kelly girl sutton, a nascar goodys dash series woman driver. Drag racing has lost, much to early, yet another of its family and this particular loss hit many of us on a deeply personal level.
Nov 14, 2018 by 1969, chadwick was known on the dragrace circuit as the professor, due to his years of teaching high school. In memoriam pat foster drag racing, dragsters, funny. Cavalcade of stars troupe of traveling professional race drivers. Don hardy built all of kelly chadwick s cars, including the pictured camaro. Nov, 2018 kelly chadwicks 1969 camaro funny car ran in the cocacola cavalcade of stars, winning the championship in 1969 and 1970. The flying professor because of his teaching background and fast chevy cars. This list shows drivers that have a racing entry at driver database from the last two years. New bridge hotel on newbridge road a favorite viewing site for the races.
When the biggest sponsorship was your buddy or brothers auto garage and that package of hot dogs and soda was the food that was going to get you through a week of match racing. Kelly collins racing career profile driver database. Kelly chadwick vs ray capps, fc race circa1967 ebay. Jan 31, 2020 chadwick has been confirmed as a member of the williams driver academy again this season but has yet to test f1 machinery, and admits she expects it will take more time before she will feel ready for an f1 seat. In texas, kelly is well known as a girls basketball coach. Of course it is early days, but i feel that i have a lot to offer. Kelly chadwick i dont mean to share what i am going to for the purpose of making me look good, so please do not take it that way. Playing on his name sakes famous tv show, azs jim west called his line of funny cars wild, wild, west.
You are looking at one of three remaining examples of a 1962 chevrolet impala z11 on earth and this may damn well be the nicest one. Professor kelly chadwick and the wild thing ii camaro. Funny stars randy walls, bruce larsen and kelly chadwick, bill maverick golden, driver of the famed wheelstander, the little red wagon and scores of others. Feature those were the days more fun with funny cars. Original 1960s color pics of fuelers and funny cars from drag races in texas. Kelly chadwick was another racer who watched the rain wash away the funny car event at detroit dragway. Nhra sports driver of the year, south central division, 1970. He collected eight wins, 18 top5 finishes, and 25 top10 outings. She won the inaugural w series championship in 2019, and joined williams grand prix engineering as a development driver in the same year. Sep 28, 20 kelly dale chadwick floydada kelly dale chadwick, age 82, of floydada passed away on thursday, sept. Make offer 1960s drag racing kelly chadwick 1969 cocacola funny car cavalcade of stars. The current owner bought this car from noted z11 collector willie smith of utah, who purchased it unrestored from the warrick brothers out of texas its history can be traced all the way back to race car builder don hardy. They were rated at 15 horsepower and were capable of reaching a top speed of 60 mph and accelerating from 0 to 40 mph in 10 seconds. Tumblr is a place to express yourself, discover yourself, and bond over the stuff you love.
Super stars photos and history 60s funny cars kelly chadwick at ocir. Chadwick was known on the dragrace circuit as the professor, due. Jamie is articulate and photogenic and has a natural manner on camera. I am delighted to confirm that jamie chadwick will continue her work in the williams racing driver academy this year, williams said. Although a 65 gto awb has been attempted by others, it has never been done correctly. Some of the more notable were, pro stock superstar bob glidden, super stock ace herb mccandless, top fuel driver dale funk, top gas star gordon collett, modified and comp eliminator driver joe williamson, funny stars randy walls, bruce larsen and kelly chadwick, bill maverick golden, driver of the famed wheelstander, the little red wagon. Dick harrell 67 camaro funny car kelly chadwick 67 camaro funny car both cars were built by don hardy. Jan 04, 2015 vintage drag racing afx kelly chadwick. The current owner bought this car from noted z11 collector willie smith of utah, who purchased it unrestored from the warrick brothers out of texas its history can be traced all the way back to racecar builder don hardy.
Chadwick retained by williams driver academy racer. Make offer 1970s drag racing kelly chadwick s 1972 chevy vega funny carcapitol raceway. High school teacher turned fulltime racer the professor kelly chadwick never. Leong went on to race and tune funny cars for the next 25 years with a seemingly endless list of drivers. He was also a seasoned chevrolet racer, having been through a series of wild rides that included an afx 1965 chevelle, 1966 chevy ii match racer, and a steelbodied 1967 camaro funny car. Kelly chadwick 69 coke series champion per national dragster 7795 drove the steakley chevrolet sponsored camaro. Kelly chadwick s 1969 camaro funny car ran in the cocacola cavalcade of stars, winning the championship in 1969 and 1970. We got it back together, in the car and staged for the next race in time. The total weight of the batteries in each car was 1,700 pounds.
West got his flopper start in 74 with a 72 hardy vega, ran the car in div 7 competition through 77 when he stepped up with an exdon beachcomber johnson monza. Bergler occasionally hired drivers, this entry was driven by butch maas. Willie haupt 1908 vanderbilt cup race driver of the week is william willie h. Foster continued to build funny cars and became a nationaleventwinning driver. Dec 02, 2012 wayne kelly was a very successful racer and race car builder who died in an accident at mosport in 1971 during a formula ford race. In addition to those drivers listed in drag racing usa magazine are the following. Nhra world champion runnerup, 1979 in carroll bros. Team driver callier recalls what a handful the ckc chevy ii fastback was to drive in those halcyon days. By 1969, chadwick was known on the dragrace circuit as the professor, due to his years of teaching high school. Like any other profes sional auto sport, this means a good driver, with a good feel of his car and an able mechanic, who form a systematic team. In 1969 and 1970 he was captain and series champion of the wildly popular cocacola cavalcade of stars troupe of traveling professional race drivers. Jamie laura chadwick born 20 may 1998 is a british female racing driver currently competing in the f3 asian series and the w series. Johnny lightning cocacola festoon collection 1974 ford mustang ii funny car moc. He most recently drove parttime for go green racing in the nascar sprint cup series and nationwide series.
Jan 07, 2020 chadwick will return to defend her w series title this year and deputy team principal claire williams says she has been improving quickly at williams at the same time as raising the profile for female drivers. Kelly chadwicks 1969 camaro funny car ran in the cocacola cavalcade of stars, winning the championship in 1969 and 1970. High school teacher turned fulltime racer the professor kelly chadwick never wavered in his loyalty to chevy powerplants throughout his funny car career from the mid60s to the early70s. Welcome to the official internet home of kellen chadwick from oakley, california. Kelly chadwick went on to become a prominent member of the famous cocacola cavalcade of stars. Snow and chadwick are backing up their altered wheelbased match bashers at the valley. Drag racing pictures of front engine fuel dragsters. Previously, bires drove competitively for jtg daugherty racing, jr motorsports, and braun racing in the nationwide series. Kelly chadwick obituary idalou, tx lubbock avalanche. The race was on good ole kelly with his z11 powered 64 chevelle came through by winning 2 out of 3 and the crowd went wild. Drag racing team listings from 1950 to present, plus drag racing photos, stories, video clips, and much more. The wild and wooly funny cars of the come to life with photos and details of these great machines and drivers.
As spokesperson for car care canadas be car care aware campaign, williams brings her experience as a race car driver, educator, safety advocate and promoter to the canadian public. Kelly bires born august 25, 1984 is an american professional stock car racing driver. Hardy and driver kelly chadwick raced this car in 1965 after receiving it through a connection of none other than dick harrell. His race cars were immaculate, his car haulers were kept clean, and harrells. Professor kelly chadwick and the wild thing ii camaro tom. Chadwick was a heavy hitter during what many consider the golden. Kelly chadwick won more than 1,000 games as a coach as well as many drag races. Back in 1964 i was racing a 1961 black impala ss 409 and worked at ernest allen chev in ft worth, texas. In 1904 lee chadwick bought the remaining parts from the bankrupt searchmont automobile co. Visit the in progress page to see the extensive work that was done to our only correct resin model resin model includes. Kelly chadwick chevy car hauler and camaro old race car haulers page 91 yellow bullet forums does anyone have pics of the old racecar haulers from the and i am thinking of building one and looking for ideas. By 1969, chadwick was known on the dragrace circuit as the. Nhra national champion and world champion in competition eliminator driving the yanceycamp afuel dragster in 1970. Correct awb body with semihollow door handles, awb chassis, interior tub.