This photo is not mine, but I am 100% sure it was taken 1978 in Columbiaville, Michigan. In those days the APBA had a sanctioned drag strip course on this part of the Flint River a long way from Flint, Michigan.
The driver was a good friend of my dad in those days. We were also friends with the driver in the boat beyond which was a Blown Fuel boat. Ours was Blown Alcohol engine. Lots of power at 1500+ horsepower! I was still in High School. High Skrewl.
Fun memories go along with vintage photos! 🙂
Precious memories! 🥰
Definitely!
That’s a lot of power.
It sure is! I’ll never forget seeing our boat at full throttle on the strip at 175 180mph. Those still racing today are going even faster… Great times and memories, Timothy.
Gotta get your speed.
You betcha! My fastest speed to date with no info beyond that (😂) is 110mph…
My fastest speed on a motorcycle is 135 mph. My highest speed on a bicycle going downhill with a tailwind and drafting off a semi is 70 mph. The fastest speed I crashed in a criterium on a bicycle is 36 mph. I know that because a cop was clocking the racers with radar. When I went down he came running over all excited and showed me the radar gun with a big red 36 on the screen. I couldn’t get too excited about it at the time because I was all covered with blood from road rash. Even though I have three cars governed at 150 mph, 125 mph is the fastest I’ve driven any of them.