Gene and kelly faced off countless times over the years. The banzai top fuel car, 1969 nhra springnationals, dallas. Nhra national champion and world champion in competition eliminator driving the yanceycamp afuel dragster in 1970. Previously, bires drove competitively for jtg daugherty racing, jr motorsports, and braun racing in the nationwide series. 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. The vegas were an anomaly in an insanely busy race car schedule. 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. Make offer 1970s drag racing kelly chadwick s 1972 chevy vega funny carcapitol raceway. The drivers of the cars were dick fugler and john cooke, employees of the public service company of colorado, who owned the two vehicles.
The chevrolet team of kelly chadwick and don hardy of floyd ada, texas, fits this description perfectly. Though the focus was primarily on circle track competition, nhra and ahra drag racing was used on occasion in this fullcolor periodical. Visit the in progress page to see the extensive work that was done to our only correct resin model resin model includes. By 1969, chadwick was known on the dragrace circuit as the professor, due to his years of teaching high school. Kelly bires born august 25, 1984 is an american professional stock car racing driver. We got it back together, in the car and staged for the next race in time. A plastic model kit of his racing car made him even more famous.
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. Ollie chadwick racing career profile driver database. Welcome to the official internet home of kellen chadwick from oakley, california. 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. Playing on his name sakes famous tv show, azs jim west called his line of funny cars wild, wild, west. Chadwick was a heavy hitter during what many consider the golden. 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 was another racer who watched the rain wash away the funny car event at detroit dragway. 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. Nhra held no funny car races in 1968 but returned with three in 1969. Don hardy built all of kelly chadwicks cars, including the pictured camaro. Built by woody gilmore, the car was campaigned in socal by richard bays and driver frank rupert beginning in the 71 season. 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.
Professor kelly chadwick and the wild thing ii camaro tom. See all 40 photos shot from down low, the view of thorleys old ride accurately depicts the high center of. His race cars were immaculate, his car haulers were kept clean, and harrells. Kelly chadwick s 1969 camaro funny car ran in the cocacola cavalcade of stars, winning the championship in 1969 and 1970. Cavalcade of stars troupe of traveling professional race drivers. This list shows drivers that have a racing entry at driver database from the last two years. Jamie is articulate and photogenic and has a natural manner on camera. Chadwick was known on the dragrace circuit as the professor, due. Kelly was a legend in two fields, drag racing and coaching basketball. He formed a partnership with building contractorracer kelly chadwick.
In this painting we see dick harrell driving kelly chadwicks wild thang ii. Dec 08, 2015 even though car building business was eating up a lot of his time, harrell continued to drag race. The wild and wooly funny cars of the come to life with photos and details of these great machines and drivers. Johnny lightning cocacola festoon collection 1974 ford mustang ii funny car moc. 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. 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. For approximately twenty years 19581978, indianapolis based photographer ray mann published a quarterly magazine called racing pictorial. The stock gm hydramatic had a fluid coupling with the usual driverdriven vaned. In more ways than one, kelly williams is like one of her race cars, strategically driving her way forward at highspeed. In texas, kelly is well known as a girls basketball coach. A nostalgic look back at drag racing funny cars from the model cars kits. Nov, 2018 kelly chadwicks 1969 camaro funny car ran in the cocacola cavalcade of stars, winning the championship in 1969 and 1970. Kelly girl sutton, a nascar goodys dash series woman driver. 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.
Christman came out with the blown comet that was a real race car, and ddoge wouldnt let them run if christman showed up. He was named ahra driver of the year in 1969 and was driver of the decade in 1970. In 1904 lee chadwick bought the remaining parts from the bankrupt searchmont automobile co. 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. This auction is for a photo of professor kelly chadwick s 1969 camaro funny car on its transporter truck. Green valley raceway was the place for match racing in texas. Tumblr is a place to express yourself, discover yourself, and bond over the stuff you love. The beautiful 69 camaro was chadwicks third funny car and his first with a fliptop tube chassis.
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. 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. Foster continued to build funny cars and became a nationaleventwinning driver. He most recently drove parttime for go green racing in the nascar sprint cup series and nationwide series. 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. Here are a few photos of some of the cars kelly raced.
Super stars photos and history 60s funny cars kelly chadwick at ocir. Chadwick s camaro spent the day in the same motel parking lot as dick harrells flopper. Chadwick is also known as a premier drag racer in texas and beyond. 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. Original 1960s color pics of fuelers and funny cars from drag races in texas. Drag racing story of the day cocacola cavalcade series. 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.
Chadwick retained by williams driver academy racer. Kelly dale chadwick floydada kelly dale chadwick, age 82, of floydada. 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. Nov 14, 2018 by 1969, chadwick was known on the dragrace circuit as the professor, due to his years of teaching high school. On saturday, the first round was called to report to the staging lanes but the pabst blue ribbon car was a noshow. She won the inaugural w series championship in 2019, and joined williams grand prix engineering as a development driver in the same year. In 1969 and 1970 he was captain and series champion of the wildly popular cocacola cavalcade of stars troupe of traveling professional race drivers. After its debut at the 1966 world finals, the fledgling class was showcased. Kellen chadwick competed in a total of events during the 2019 season piloting his fye motorsports no. Those cars werent very successful as they were pretty much stock cars with a blower on a max wedge. Ford v ferrari 2019 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. 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. Don hardy built all of kelly chadwick s cars, including the pictured camaro. Kelly chadwick obituary idalou, tx lubbock avalanche.
Nhra world champion runnerup, 1979 in carroll bros. The coke circuit provided eight car funny car shows across the country in the late 60s and early 70s. Kelly chadwick won more than 1,000 games as a coach as well as many drag races. Dick harrell 67 camaro funny car kelly chadwick 67 camaro funny car both cars were built by don hardy. Kelly chadwick obituary idalou, tx lubbock avalanchejournal. High school teacher turned fulltime racer the professor kelly chadwick never. Jan 04, 2015 vintage drag racing afx kelly chadwick. Of course it is early days, but i feel that i have a lot to offer. For 1967, chadwick and hardy have a match race camaro, but before we delve into their new car, lets check into the past and. Kelly dale chadwick floydada kelly dale chadwick, age 82, of floydada passed away on thursday, sept. In addition to those drivers listed in drag racing usa magazine are the following. I have to give him a lot of credit for the races we won. 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.
Pictured is chadwicks last flopper from the 72 season before he made the move to pro stock in 1973. Jamie chadwick professional racing driver official website. By 1969, chadwick was known on the dragrace circuit as the. 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. Although a 65 gto awb has been attempted by others, it has never been done correctly. The car has been concours restored and along with the restoration comes the history. Its where your interests connect you with your people. Professor kelly chadwick and the wild thing ii camaro. Bergler occasionally hired drivers, this entry was driven by butch maas. New bridge hotel on newbridge road a favorite viewing site for the races. Norms driver, was a blower specialist, and ran a supercharger shop for. Make offer 1960s drag racing kelly chadwick 1969 cocacola funny car cavalcade of stars.
The car won the 1963 nhra winternationals had drivers like kelly chadwick, don hardy, and event mr. Kelly worked his way through a series of race cars until he reached the funny car ranks. Leong went on to race and tune funny cars for the next 25 years with a seemingly endless list of drivers. Kelly chadwick is well known in two different fields.
Kelly chadwick,launching hard at ocir in his camaro fc. Kelly chadwicks 1969 camaro funny car ran in the cocacola cavalcade of. Correct awb body with semihollow door handles, awb chassis, interior tub. Drag racing team listings from 1950 to present, plus drag racing photos, stories, video clips, and much more. It was kelly s 1st flipbodied funny car and was powered by a 427 supercharged nitro burning chevy motor. Team driver callier recalls what a handful the ckc chevy ii fastback was to drive in those halcyon days. 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. Kelly chadwick 69 coke series champion per national dragster 7795 drove the steakley chevrolet sponsored camaro. His entire life was was steeped in motorsports and drag racing was his first and last love.
Hardy and driver kelly chadwick raced this car in 1965 after receiving it through a connection of none other than dick harrell. Even though car building business was eating up a lot of his time, harrell continued to drag race. I am delighted to confirm that jamie chadwick will continue her work in the williams racing driver academy this year, williams said. The total weight of the batteries in each car was 1,700 pounds. He collected eight wins, 18 top5 finishes, and 25 top10 outings. Nhra sports driver of the year, south central division, 1970. May 17, 20 thus steakley chevrolet was connected with both the basketballcoachfunny car driver as well as the science fiction writeractor. The flying professor because of his teaching background and fast chevy cars. Kelly chadwick camaro funny car at atco nj car humor, drag racing. The era when a funny car owner, driver and crew chief were one and the same. 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. Snow and chadwick are backing up their altered wheelbased match bashers at the valley. Back in 1964 i was racing a 1961 black impala ss 409 and worked at ernest allen chev in ft worth, texas. Drag racing pictures of front engine fuel dragsters.
By 1969, the funny car class was in full bloom and contested at three nhra national events. Chadwicks camaro spent the day in the same motel parking lot as dick harrells flopper. Racing team drag racing nhra pro stock ford maverick old race cars drag cars car humor hot cars stock pictures. Willie haupt 1908 vanderbilt cup race driver of the week is william willie h. 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.
We lost a famed racer this week when kelly chadwick passed away in texas. In memoriam pat foster drag racing, dragsters, funny. Jamie laura chadwick born 20 may 1998 is a british female racing driver currently competing in the f3 asian series and the w series. Kelly chadwick went on to become a prominent member of the famous cocacola cavalcade of stars.
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. She has received training with louise goodman, and continues to work on these skills with the support of veloce sports and soapbox london pr. 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. Sep 28, 20 kelly dale chadwick floydada kelly dale chadwick, age 82, of floydada passed away on thursday, sept.
Haupt, who drove the chadwick big six, the first supercharged racing car, to a 10th place finish in the 1908 vanderbilt cup race. Kelly collins racing career profile driver database. Feature those were the days more fun with funny cars. 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. Pictured is chadwick s last flopper from the 72 season before he made the move to pro stock in 1973. A karting race aged 12 at little rissington circuit. Jamie chadwick is a british racing driver best know for being the first ever female and youngest winner of the british gt championship.