like the Little Red Wagon:

The cool thing with Hemi Under Glass was, "Which way is it going?"

Loved that cab-forward style of pickup, too. Besides the Dodge, Ford had the Econoline, Chevy the Corvair pickup with the deep bed, and of course Volkswagen had one. Were there any others?

here's a video of Bob Riggle's last run with Hemi Under Glass:

was that old 'Cuda with the body on backwards.

...my friend's dad was Bob's brother.

I lived in a town about 60 miles directly south of Chicago.

Whenever The Hemi Under Glass was making an appearance at US 30 drag strip, he'd come to our town and park the rig carrying the car in their driveway.

Next day, I'd ride with my friend, his dad and Bob to the drag strip, and we'd hang out in the pits with Bob and the crew.

One time the car performed at the Great Lakes Naval Air Station, and we also saw the Blue Angels put on their show. Pretty cool when you're 10 or 11 years old!

Side note: Bob Riggle was the first "celebrity" I ever met. Since then, I have worked for many celebrities (starting with Madonna) from music, movies and tv shows, but that's another discussion.

and personally two of my favorites in the Little Red Wagon and Hemi Under Glass. Thanks for posting!

but in the late sixties and early seventies that was not anything I was paying attention to, so no, I do't remember.

The big thing in my house, however, was this...

I still love drag racing, but don't attend NHRA events much anymore, just too damn busy.

I should check.

Tom Mc Ewen.

Wonder how many times they punched off in the finals of an event.

And lest we forget, the First Lady of Drag Racing,
Shirley, Cha Cha, Muldowney.
When she split with Connie Kalitta, she abhorred the title of Cha Cha.

who announced every NHRA and AHRA event for like 50 years (or, so it seemed) hung that on her. And then sponsors hashad her posing for ads and posters in pink hot pants and the like.

It makes for a nice change of pace.

reactions in politics. But no second-guessing pressure here.

but I've just grown tired of the discord in politics today and, at my age, I don't need the aggravation in my life, I just celebrated my 78th birthday yesterday and am satisfied with my choice for threads on DU............for now.
Peace out
Dan.

An automotive enthusiast who's into high performance and works on their own cars, not just to repair them but doing stuff that increases horsepower and speed.

She did not like being called 'Cha-Cha' and I seem to recall one time where she let someone have it verbally because he was trying to get her an autograph but he kept yelling at her, "Hey Cha-Cha!"

I remember my mother making us wear ear protection and making my dad promise not to let us go down near the 'pits'.

We didn't and he did. LOL.

I was in 'Camp Snake', so...