BangShift.com It is A Game Child! The Superb Tale Of Drag Racing At ATCO, And The Means It Formed Northeast Drag Racing In The 1960’s.
(Phrases by way of Joe Grippo) Are in a position for the most efficient 25 mins of your week? I provide to you, “It’s a Game, Child”, an area Philadelphia CBS TV produced quick movie/documentary from the mid 1960’s, hosted by way of Tom Brookshier. Recognized within the Philly space as “Brooky”, Tom performed defensive again for the Philadelphia Eagles within the 50’s and early 60’s, then become an NFL play-by-play sportscaster after which later a radio host on a sports activities communicate station, all in Philadelphia marketplace. This by myself extremely joyful me as a local of the Town of Brotherly Love. This outdated video tugs at my center strings and has many connections to non-public BangShifting historical past, I’ll give an explanation for.
The hole series with the new rods was once filmed on Entrance Side road in south Philadelphia, probably the most town’s giant boulevard racing spots, more or less corny however the machines are killer. We might spend many nights parked at the aspect of Entrance St. staring at the motion and noticed some wild stuff taking place. I by no means partook myself, simply spectated. The true motion was once filmed on location at Atco Dragway, New Jersey. Atco remains to be going sturdy, actually that was once the final day trip for Grippo Racing this yr. It was once additionally the first actual monitor your creator attended, in a child stroller whilst my father Joe. Sr. was once racing in J/Inventory within the very early 70’s. However again to the video, this deal is chockful of native Philly space legends. The primary center of attention is at the Okay&G Pace Store workforce of Bob Keough and Chris Gans, with the previous Mooneyham and Sharp 554 blown gas altered coupe, then resplendent within the acquainted Okay&G yellow livery. The scenes within the store running at the injector and pictures from throughout the Havertown location of Okay&G Pace are superb. I frequented the Okay&G in Broomall, Pa from the mid-80’s proper till they in spite of everything closed in March of 2022. I sported considered one of my Okay&G Pace Store shirts at PRI a couple of weeks in the past.
Some private pals are highlighted on this piece additionally, search for the sweet apple crimson Hine Auto Frame roadster with cigar chomping Carroll Hine Sr. on the wheel. Carroll’s store remains to be humming in Douglasville Pa, his son Jerry does the frame paintings and within the again is Broad Open Applied sciences, a customized engine and dyno carrier owned by way of Carroll Hine, Jr. Carroll, Jr constructed the stroker Windsor in my Mustang and the FE in my dad’s Fairlane. Carroll, Sr can nonetheless be discovered putting out across the store, supervising, and telling superb tales. Additionally prominently featured is Jim the Painter and his blown Austin Gasser. Jim is a mythical Philly space pinstriper, letterer and signal painter, and shall be celebrating 60 years of slinging the 1-Shot in 2023. Painter has performed a number of helmets for Grippo Racing over time or even has designed some emblems for us. Jim has performed paintings for Jungle Jim, Grumpy Jenkins and numerous different drag racers and scorching rodders. It was once actually cool seeing my present pals thru a portal in time, taking a look again on the previous.
This video is loaded with bitchin’ nuggets. Search for a tender Atco Dragway and long run NHRA announcer Bob Frey, killer snapshots in time just like the race automobile names, cool t-shirts, Garlits within the crimson Wynns Charger and badass duration vehicles like the virtually new Shelby and Corvette with the correct quantity of rear lights. This movie could also be a marginally hokey by way of as of late’s requirements, however it’s the sort of slice in time, so completely immortalized.
So, dig into this YouTube gem and experience, I’ve watched it numerous instances and like it extra with each and every viewing.