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Leonard “Len” H. Williams was from Seattle, Washington and was a pre-entrant for the Fourth Annual Bonneville National Speed Trials held between August 25th and August 31st, 1952. ©AHRF/Ed Winkler Collection. (EWC_003)

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Early rodders were an inventive bunch. This unknown ride was shot at the dry lakes after WWII. It uses what looks like a ’35 Ford chassis fitted with a ’28-’29 open cab pickup body.

©AHRF/Don Zabel Collection. (DZC_015)

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This cool rear end shot of Dick "Magoo" Megugorac's Cragar equipped '31 Model A was snapped in Santa Monica, California back in 1946.

©AHRF/Robert Wenz Collection. (RWC_076)

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This cool rear end shot of Dick "Magoo" Megugorac's Cragar equipped '31 Model A was snapped in Santa Monica, California back in 1946.

©AHRF/Robert Wenz Collection. (RWC_076)

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This 1956 shot, taken on pit road at Indy, shows that year's version of the Dunn Engineering Kurtis-Kraft 500B.

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This unknown owner/driver of a banger-powered Model A was snapped at Harper Dry Lake in 1940.

©AHRF/Chuck Schultz Collection via Leslie Long. (CSC_029)

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Brandon Bernstein doing his first burnout at Pomona as a Top Fuel Dragster driver in his father's Budweiser King ride. The shot is dated Thursday, February 6, 2003.

©AHRF/Roger Rohrdanz Collection. (RRC_058)

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This shot was taken at the Shrine Auditorium at the first ever Motorama Car Show.

©AHRF/Robert E. Petersen Collection. (REP_087)

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The inner workings of Bud Winfield’s NOVI Indy car laid bare at his home workshop in La Crescenta, California back in early 1949.

©AHRF/Ed Murman Collection. (EMC_079)

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𝚂𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝙰𝚞𝚐 𝟹𝟷, 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟺

This wild mid-engined fuel burning Funny Car was called Chevoom and was sponsored by Gratiot Auto Supply and Dean Moon.

©AHRF/Dean Moon Collection via David Fetherston. (MOO_098)

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In the early part of the 1947 S.C.T.A. racing season, Dick Kraft had run this Class C Streamliner as number 18 at the August 31 meet when the car was timed at 125.89 mph.

©AHRF/McNatt Family Collection. (MCN_261)

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Jim Sampson only had to drive 80 miles from his home in Salina, Kansas to take part in the First NHRA Nationals.

©AHRF/Josh Mishler Collection via his grandfather Jim Golden. (MSL_027)

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This particular shot was actually taken at the November 3, 1946 races. It shows Lancers member, Jack Calori, accelerating off the starting line.

©AHRF/Ron Main Collection. (RON_099)

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We see Ed Korogan shoeing the Betes Brothers Riley Four-Port powered Track Roadster at a California Racing Association event at Carrell Speedway on September 29, 1948.

©AHRF/Johnny MacDonald Collection. (MAC_023)

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The Perry Boys Dodge Hemi powered Model A on Deuce rails Class B Roadster at Bonneville during Speedweek in 1955.

©AHRF/Fred and MaryLou Larsen Collection. (FLC_102)

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Bo Laws out of Orlando, Florida ran a series of Chevrolet rides in the late ‘60s and early 70s.

©AHRF/Jeano LaCoste Collection.(LAJ_180)

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Jimmy Keller’s slick looking Deuce Roadster was snapped at El Mirage on August 20, 1944.

©AHRF/Pete Henderson Collection. (PHC_084)

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1953 was the year of the Shadoff Special on the salt. Ray Brown was tagged with prepping the 500” ’53 Chrysler Hemi that powered the car.

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Pasadena photographer J. Allen Hawkins’ 1927 Capitol-1928 National Series Chevrolet Touring car was turned into this hot daily driver gow job.

©AHRF/J. Allen Hawkins Family Collection. (HFC_003)

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𝚆𝚎𝚍𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚍𝚊𝚢, 𝙰𝚞𝚐 𝟸𝟷, 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟺

On April 4, 1948, Don Waite, running as a member of the Coupes Club, brought his Class C rear engined roadster to the Russetta Timing Association meet at El Mirage.

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