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In this Discussion
- 1947 Hudson Super Six November 2008
- Aaron D. IL May 2008
- bent metal July 2010
- BJ__TN June 2008
- dougson November 2008
- dwardo99 August 2010
- esfoder January 2010
- ESSX28-1 November 2008
- half baked March 2008
- Harry Hill May 2008
- Huddy42 June 2008
- Hudson-ike May 2008
- Hudson308 July 2010
- hudsontech May 2008
- ivanz62 May 2008
- L Hudson July 2012
- Lee ODell August 2010
- maasfh August 2010
- MLKbness February 2010
- nhp1127 July 2010
- Ol racer March 2011
- OlHudson8r January 2010
- onerare39 July 2010
- PaceRacer50 August 2010
- ralpie July 2010
- rambos_ride September 2008
- RL Chilton August 2008
- Roger Harmon March 2008
- royer March 2008
- rsmith August 2009
- SamJ December 2010
- schillaz October 2010
- super651 August 2010
- SuperDave February 2010
- terraplane8 August 2010
- tristansdaz May 2008
- TwinH April 2008
- Uncle Josh May 2008
- wayc4e28 September 2008
- WildWasp April 2008
Racing Pictures
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Ok,lets FLOOD THIS forom with pictures of drag racers,salt flat cars etc.
Come on RANDY M.and SON, Bill A. Hudson Boys and all the rest of you . Get them pictures (and youall have many) and post them yourself or send to OLRACER and he will be of MUCH Help. Them Flathead Hudsons did very well years back and they STILL do well TODAY.
I will send a few as i did not have one of them picture takers back then so some of the locals took what we have.
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FYI
I remember these Sprint racers like it was yesterday. This was an awsome racer in its day (even Today) with the Stroked Hornet, big valves, Weber cam, Rochester Carbs in the light chassis running large slicks, Ford gearbox, coil over Susp, and Quick Chg rear...Chuck Neitzel Boise Id in Picture #1 in Feb '64... Picture curtesy Rudy Bennett
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Hudson Sprint Racer Picture # 2
...............Curtesy Rudy Bennett
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[B]Hot Rod Mag Article 'Return of the Hudson' [/B]'Drag Jet' 14.8 @ 92 MPH Stock... Also mentions friends Stroker Hornet with early Jack Clifford's Modifications ran 12.5 @ 106 MPH in an Anglia............. HORNET..Quite a motor then and Now....... Even More Potential with Todays Advancements available......Pic Rudy Bennett collection............... Ol Racer
PS: Please post some pictures or send to me and I will Post for you. (cv.cars@verizon.net)
Hot Rod Mag Hud 1_120523232148464.JPG613 x 793 - 71K
H Rod Hud 2_120523008648464.JPG407 x 531 - 69K
H Rod Hud 3_120522715848464.JPG556 x 743 - 66K -
1959 Drags @ P.I.T.A Won some (but suprised a few times too)
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Here is a color Picture of Jim Bellovich's National Record Holder Hornet 6 Powered Drag Jet (pictured above)
Picture from Rudy Bennett............. Ol Racer
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National Champion Jack Clifford's Hudson Hornet from Hot Rod Magazine Article Curtesy Rudy Bennett...... Ol Racer
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Chuck Parcell's Black Beautie dominate Record Holder'54 Hornet......
Picture from Rudy Bennetts collection........
Ol Racer
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Hudson Hornet is Power 'the way to Go FAST'...........and attract a lot of attention!!
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FYI
This is where we used to hang out after doing some serious 'Street Racin' (Cant pinch us now), and then some girl watchin'
Rudy Bennett picture modified by Ol' Racer
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Couple more Pictures of Hudson Record Holders puttin away some OHV 8's
From Rudy Bennett's Collection
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Hey, did anybody else notice that the fuel pump that Jack Clifford selected used 3 HP less!? (you have to read the fuzzy print in the Hot Rod Magazine article). Three horses is a LOT to a Model T guy. Do you think they're talking about the difference between a single-acting and double-acting pump, or is it that particular brand and model?
R/ RogerR/ Roger. -
Roger, I asked Jack about that when he was drag racing and he told me to put a double type pump in a vice and a single and move the lever up and down with a Vice-Grip so i did. The double is very,very,very Hard to move compared to the single.
Jack did a lots of small tricks to the 54 that he never told anyone about but Dick Thorp,who did a lots of drag racing with Jack. -
Hudson Power Wins! Ck this out... Ck out the Ford with Hornet Power..Couldnt beat the Hornet so he switched....If your building a Hudson consider modified Hornet Power using todays technological updates to be even faster than precious decades....
Rudy Bennetts collection from Drag Race Mag .... Ol' Racer
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Picture of the 'Beast' ('54 Hudson) built from scrap Parts that Won many Class races..... From Drag Race Mag 2Pg Article "Overheads can be beat fy a 'Flathead' from Rudy Bennett
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Dick Cook's Hudson Hornet Racer that Won it all in his area in 1961 entitling Dick to carry the #1 Picture from White Triangle News April '07
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Another Action Shot Dick Cook overtaking a Rocket 88......
Picture from Apr '07 White Triangle News
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Dick Cook's Hudson Racer that Won it all in his area in 1961
Picture from White Triangle News April '07
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Please send in a few of your Hudson Racer Pictures to Post here.
Thanks Ol' racer
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Randy Bill A. Where are them pics,you both have lots of them . Come on SHOW-EM. Hudsonly Rudy and the local Hudson Drivers Folk.
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Dick Thorpe Hudson Drag Racer Pictures
Ran Mid 14 & mid 90's mph
Bill A. Do you remember? Pictures from Rudy Bennett....... (Ol. racer)
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Close up Thorpe Hudson.. Note AFB Carb & Finned Aluminum Head
Rudy Bennett Collection
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Hot Rod Magazine Article on Dany Spring's Hudson Drag Car......
Usually turns mid 14sec & middle 90's mph
Sent by Rudy Bennett
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An Awsome Anglia with..... 'HORNET' Power!
11.92 @ 114 MPH was really 'Leapin'
Picture by Rudy Bennett ..........enhanced by Ol'Racer (Happy St Patricks Wknd)
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interesting to note the reinforcing plates running along the top of the head on "little toad". it kind of makes you wonder what compression ratio they were trying to hang onto there
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Enlarged Picture of ToAd's Hornet Motor..
I know Text not ledgible. Few Brief Stats...... Anglia was built by 'long' time Rodder Loran Sapp.. Loran ran Hudson's way back in Santa Ana days... Loran set Records with the Anglia using a lot of 'home made' parts inc the Injector & Pump Set-Up....Edmunds aluminum Head had alloy bars to assist. Chambers were 54cc... Isky dual pattern cam 282 Int/270 Exh, Hydro Stick with 3.70 Gear... 11. 9 @ 114.50
From Rudy Bennett collection.......... Ol 'Racer
Tods Hud Mtr_120561752948464.JPG718 x 654 - 78K -
a Hauling Hudson JET
Pic by Rudy Bennett ,,, Old White Triangle
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Rudy Bennetts Class winning Hudson Hornet powered Drag Jet in 1970 Edmunds Head and Intake, etc...
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Horn Mtr_120568644848464.JPG795 x 879 - 79K -
Running low on pictures......
guess Post one of my Hornet powered Terraplane's back in the ol Days. This particular motor was all stock except for 2" valves & 262 head, direct drive thru a Ford 'Floater' 3/4 Ton rear end.....
'65 Winner_120577029348464.JPG945 x 759 - 79K -
Couple more pictures old Dirt Sportsman Division mid 60's... If have you any Hudson Powered Pics send to me to Post @ SIZE="2"][I]email]cv.cars@verizon.net[/email[/I][/SIZE
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Bent but Fast_120589085748464.JPG743 x 621 - 78K -
My Dad's been enjoying all the Hudson racing pictures here on the forum. He didn't have a picture, but he wanted to share this story.
"In the summer of 1963, I had a 1953 Hornet sedan with Twin-H Power, high compression aluminum head, Mallory ignition, dual range hydromatic and a 4:10 rear end. Hit the gas from a dead stop and you could point the headlights to the sky.
The Hornet was very competitive in the local street racing scene, even out-running the small V-8's of the day. One warm evening I was sitting at a stoplight with the windows down when a '58 Ford pulled up beside me, giving a few hits on the throttle. I thought 'He must not know much about this old Hudson!' The light changed, Hudson headlights tipped to the sky, and the Hudson was maintaining a full fender length ahead. Suddenly, I heard an awful roar coming through the open window. The Ford left me like I was sitting still.
That weekend at the Mason Dixon drag strip I saw that same Ford with it's hood up. There sat a 352 with dual 4 barrel carbs. The roar I heard had been the second 4 barrel opening up.
Unfortunately, Hudsons didn't win them all." - Lee Royer -
I appreciate your honesty and can relate to your story. The Ford must have had the Interceptor engine.. Not many of us guys had camera's back then.. I put a Hornet/hydro in this Pacemaker (pictured) and it became a Rocket ship light to light with the Std 4.09 rear... I added a few sparkplug washers under the Hydro pressure spring to raise shift points...It would lunge & out-run (practically) everything for a couple blocks....I would purposely only race short distances. I remember beating a std shift Old's 88 and a std shift V8 Dodge and felt like a king until eventually getting beat by a '50 Ford business cpe with a 6cyl!!... I like to think the motor was getting tired....
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Ivan Zaremba's '35 Railton at Speed at Laguna Seca.... Built on Hudson 8 Chassis and Powertrain...
(Pic from other Race Thread)
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This is far too nice a picture of Ivan Zaremba's Hudson Hornet 'at speed' racing at Laguna Seca last summer to sit in my computer.....
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Jim Skinner's El Mirage record holder..... picture from other Thread posted earlier by Ivan Zaremba
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Better picture of Ike Smith's '54 Wasp Stock Class Drag car "Beast" built from spare Parts.... Ran mid 15's at nearly 90 mph.... (Ike's S&S Enterpise was responsible for some of the Record Holding Drag Hudson's (and Jets) posted earlier) Pic from Rudy Bennett collection .... Ol'Racer
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Another Hudson Hornet former Record Holder..... Won both Indy Nationals and Cardova Il. World Series Events in 1965!
Picture from Ike Smith ...... Ol' Racer
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Another Fast Hudson Hornet Powered Jet....S/S Enterprise's 'Factory Experimental'............
This particular Jet was built to run in 2 different NHRA Classes.......
Ike Smith Picture ... Post by Ol'Racer
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Heads Up...
Check out the brand New NASCAR 60th Yr Anniversary commemorative Picture just posted in the 'Official NASCAR Racing' Thread ....
Ol Racer -
Good News... More Drag Race Pictures are enroute...
In the interim here is a picture of an original 7x Motor built by Smokey Yunick to drool over.....
Ol'Racer
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Yes, Sorry the 7X Motor is in the Darlington Museum under cover....
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FYI
Here is Park Waldrop's nice '38 Hudson that he whipped new Olds & Caddy;'s at the Granetelli's North Chicago Half Day Drag Strip way back in '53. They had it out 4 Times and Won every time out. Once with the Motor in a '40 Tudor Hudson. Car Turned 83.67 regularly but no Timing Strips were available back then..Calculated out to 17 seconds....Park still has the Trophy's today. (Probably wished he had the car too)...
Thanks for sending the pictures Park.......Ol Racer PS: Lets keep the pictures coming regardless of age.
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Park, Was the engine a 6-8 cyl. I wish That I had that 38 now.
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FYI
More Info on Park Waldrop's draggin '38...It had a splasher 8 Cyl from a '42 Commodore convertible built by a Shop in Fort Wayne that ran two splasher 8's on the local 5/8 mile high banked circle Track. One was a '36 cpe and the other a slant back sdn and were the only non-ford cars....The 8 had lightened Jet pistons (and more) turning over 85 at the Strip in the heavy Hudson sdn,,, Eventuallythe Motor was freshened then put into a '35 Terraplane (that weighed 800+ lbs less).
Park stated the Terraplane would do smoky burnouts and actually smoked a new '56 Vette. No 1/4 mi spd or picture available of the Terraplane but there could be more to add after reading an interesting Article from a previous White Triangle News.... (Here I thought I was the only one that successfully raced a 4dr sdn (because cpes were scarce) Ol Racer
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Here are a couple better pictures right from Drag Race Magazine that Ike Smih from Or sent me of the Record Holder Hudson's!....
Ol Racer
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Closeup of Jim Bellovich's NHRA National Record Holder Hornet Motor ....
Ike Smith picture Ol Racer[/SIZE]
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OUR 4dr '37 TERRAPLANE Stock Car...(Couldnt find a cpe) Ran a 212" splasher motor in '59 & 60 against all V8's and a few other Hudsons finishing 5th both Seasons in a 4Dr against all lighter cpes. In 61 we put in a 'junk yard' Hornet with 2"valves 30 Degree seats and litterly cleaned house... The Track reduced us to 1 carb (like everyone else, despite only a 6) to equalize the field, but we stuck on a large White Trk 2bbl with little port blending and still won the Season Championship...(Pictured).. Usually had to start in the rear and often Won Heat, Semi, and Features... Not because of me but because the car was way over powering the competition... Just a matter of steering around the traffic...
In '62 the Track (because of all the complaints made us drop to a 262 Wasp but we cleverly lowered the gears to rev higher and still Won so we were Thrown Out... Barred[/U]said because we won so much we had to be illegal.......Couldnt even go in to watch... Mid Season I switched to 'Modified' Hornet with many Clifford Parts at a larger 1/3 milr Track that opened in the Area fot next few yrs.....picture to follow later....
Ol'Racer
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Forgot that the 'junkyard' Hornet motor above also had a milled 262 Head when we did the valves....
Below Our first '37 Tudoor Win! Started to modify the motor a little and run 'direct' drive at the new larger area Speedway.... Ol' Racer
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I hope the VW was souped up......
Ike Smith 'Hole shot' toward another Win!! More Race Pictures coming...
from Drag Race Magazine 1965
Ol Racer
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Here's the Jet at Don Garlits Museum in FLA.
