Don Prudhomme gets wet

[Bite the Bullet]

Long Beach Marine Stadium around 1967. I can't seem to find the exact date.

 

[old rigger]

No exact date but it was in '64.

The day Don Prudhomme went drag boat racing

Seeing the post @Bite the Bullet posted about Mario Andrretti going for a ride in Proud Mary back in the mid '70s reminded me of this run Prudhomme made also at the Stadium a decade earlier. Pics are and text are from his book I found on the net, they're crappy pics but there're better than...

www.riverdavesplace.com

 

[Bite the Bullet]

No exact date but it was in '64.

The day Don Prudhomme went drag boat racing

Seeing the post @Bite the Bullet posted about Mario Andrretti going for a ride in Proud Mary back in the mid '70s reminded me of this run Prudhomme made also at the Stadium a decade earlier. Pics are and text are from his book I found on the net, they're crappy pics but there're better than...

www.riverdavesplace.com

Thanks! I hadn't seen your post from yesterday about Prudhomme until now. Crazy happenings back in the 60's!!!