View Full Version : where are they now
nitrodave
09-27-2006, 06:38 PM
would anyone care to play?how about,John Carey [hank enders],Bob Strauss from stone mountain ga. or the Evil Wicked Mean & Nasty ta/fc?
CrewGuy
09-27-2006, 07:35 PM
I think John Carey is deceased.
enraeh
09-27-2006, 11:58 PM
I think John Carey is deceased.
Didn't he at one time try to field a diesel dragster? Back in the early 80's I could swear I saw one at Fairplex.
nitrodave
09-28-2006, 12:07 AM
yes,one of just one.
stephenkj
09-28-2006, 12:15 AM
I'ld like to know if Gary Burgin is still around!
nitrodave
09-28-2006, 12:16 AM
boy,i can remember hearing for the first time two fuel cars warming up side by side under awnings [big money back then to have those let alone two t/fuelers on his own dime] WOW, hank enders 2nd car pilot,and i think i heard he'd passed away.
Paul Songas
09-28-2006, 04:47 PM
boy,i can remember hearing for the first time two fuel cars warming up side by side under awnings [big money back then to have those let alone two t/fuelers on his own dime] WOW, hank enders 2nd car pilot,and i think i heard he'd passed away.
A few times back in 86 he actually had a 3 car team at the track, Himself, Hank Endres, and Bill Mullins.
Bob Meyer
09-28-2006, 11:41 PM
I'ld like to know if Gary Burgin is still around!
He's more than just around !
His business of supplying race parts to Europe and Australia keeps him busy enough that when I asked him if he was interested in finding the "Orange Baron" to restore, he said he had no time to even think about it, let alone do it!
Didn't he at one time try to field a diesel dragster? Back in the early 80's I could swear I saw one at Fairplex.
Interesting, I'm going to Maple Grove tomorrow with a friend of mine who has a Diesel truck that he raced in SG about 5 -6 years ago.. It used to be "Conn Diesel" He still runs exhibition with it.. now he's running in the 9.xx twin turbo , if he uses NO2 he can run high 8's..
Pat McGill
09-29-2006, 12:02 AM
A few times back in 86 he actually had a 3 car team at the track, Himself, Hank Endres, and Bill Mullins.
All 3 out of one trailer too.
RAJUNZ
10-10-2006, 07:01 PM
All 3 out of one trailer too.Badass trailer it was, the side would open up and he would hoist them out of the side of the trailer, then at the end of the day hoist them back through the side and stack them. Carey designed and built the whole rig.
swcmaz
10-10-2006, 07:07 PM
Hank Endres is alive and well as of last July. Talked to Chip Brown and he told me he has a horse farm in TENN.
Plum
Tim5636sc
10-11-2006, 01:35 AM
would anyone care to play?how about,John Carey [hank enders],Bob Strauss from stone mountain ga. or the Evil Wicked Mean & Nasty ta/fc?
Dave.... R U a So cal Drag Racer>? I remember that evil wicked mean and nasty car had to be the best name for a race car that I ever saw, growing up At OCIR, Carlsbad and pomona in the late 70's early 80's! They always had their crew guys wearing halloween masks! The finals at Pomona were always a treat when they'd show up! I guess Dave Meziere's HOT N' Nasty Vette was up there as well! Of course I'm kinda partial to the ALCOHOL ABUSE Super Comp car! Hey,,,what ever happened to Craig and Rocky Epperly?....Tim Grose?.... And my favorite So Cal Alcohol Funny Car Driver Chuck Beal?
God I miss So Cal Dragracing....
Livin life at 5280......
Tim
Tim5636sc
10-11-2006, 01:38 AM
boy,i can remember hearing for the first time two fuel cars warming up side by side under awnings [big money back then to have those let alone two t/fuelers on his own dime] WOW, hank enders 2nd car pilot,and i think i heard he'd passed away. Dave...ya know...I think I was at Pomona when Carey had the two cars set up there! maybe 89..90? I also remember the 1st time I saw two Fuelers in the same pit...Gary Beck and Larry Minor top fuel cars! Circa 1984! Love the memories!
marks599
10-11-2006, 01:58 AM
last i heard of beal he put a funnycar together and had jeff diehl driving about a year or two ago. diehls not there anymore though. just saw gary reed driving the crazy horse n/fc at the reunion, kinda bitchen!:cool:
Kingnitro
10-11-2006, 02:44 AM
would anyone care to play?how about,John Carey [hank enders],Bob Strauss from stone mountain ga. or the Evil Wicked Mean & Nasty ta/fc?
I think Harley Griffith sold the Evil, Wicked, Mean and Nasty Alky FC to Don Moffit around 94-95?. And Don burned the car to the ground the very next year.
DONGA
10-11-2006, 10:28 AM
What ever happened to KC Spurlock?
techrat_77
10-11-2006, 03:00 PM
Wasn't Spurlock involved with Roy Hill's Pro Mod when Ritchie Stevens was driving it?
Bob Korreck
10-11-2006, 04:42 PM
What ever happened to KC Spurlock?
I'm pretty sure he owns the West Virginia Motor Speedway near Parkersburg, W. Va.
Brandon Welch
10-11-2006, 07:36 PM
last i heard of beal he put a funnycar together and had jeff diehl driving about a year or two ago. diehls not there anymore though. just saw gary reed driving the crazy horse n/fc at the reunion, kinda bitchen!:cool:
Chuck had a deal with Jeff to get his Nitro Funny Car license last year ('05). After that was completed, we went to Pomona and Phoenix in February of this year and didn't qualify. Chuck still has his car and a lot of parts and we will compete part time in '07 with a new driver tba shortly. www.chuckbealracing.com is still in development, but we should be adding more content and updated news in the near future.
Brandon Welch
VP Marketing
Beal Racing
marks599
10-11-2006, 11:32 PM
Thanks for the info, i still remember seeing beal do a 3/4 track burnout at the last drag race at fremont against b.a . It was totaly BITCHEN, i think he rolled through the traps at 60+ mph, total standing ovation.
nitrobandit
10-13-2006, 09:48 PM
Rocky Epperley lives down by Laughlin. I usually see him at the Vegas race and sometimes at Pomona.
Fuel Dragster
02-03-2009, 07:25 PM
Badass trailer it was, the side would open up and he would hoist them out of the side of the trailer, then at the end of the day hoist them back through the side and stack them. Carey designed and built the whole rig.
I hate to dig out a dead thread but is that the same trailer being used by Steve Faria now because his trailer had the side fold out too
RacerRoy
02-03-2009, 07:37 PM
The best times of my life were sitting in the stands at Bakersfield after racing all day and watching TA/FC's "Evil, Wicked Mean, & Nasty, run against "The Boogie Man".
Those were the days:) .......
Bill Sweeney
02-03-2009, 07:44 PM
I hate to dig out a dead thread but is that the same trailer being used by Steve Faria now because his trailer had the side fold out too
Yes, it is the same trailer. Robert Reehl owned it before selling it to Faria a couple of years ago. Ran his dragster and Oyama's out of it.
And it really wasn't a 3 car team in that trailer. The two fuel cars were Careys, but the other was Mullins sbc alky car.
Bill Sweeney
02-03-2009, 11:35 PM
FYI - after Kile's post I wanted to clarify that Reehl never had two cars in there at the same time. After he was done driving his own deal, the Japanese driver used it under Reehl's direction.
John Sparks
02-03-2009, 11:57 PM
I haven't talked to John in a few years but I think he is still alive. This is his web site www.careysdiesel.com
It is a fact they did run 3 T/F cars out of that trailer for a while. Long ago they raced the Brainard race with all 3 cars and blew them all up one after another on a qualifying shot. The next week there was a picture on the cover of National Dragster of them all on fire, the title said " the Delaware destroyers"
John,
was that after 1987? My mind isn't going back as well as it once did.
They did blow up a lot of stuff...there was another ND cover photo (pre restraints) with the blower case wedged atop the wing
davel348
02-04-2009, 12:52 AM
i would love to see those covers!
Tim5636sc
02-04-2009, 11:20 AM
the Evil Wicked Mean & Nasty ta/fc?
Harley Griffith???? My Favorite TA/FC (besides Chuck Beal, but that's because he was also from the San Diego area too) of all time. I'd like to know where he is too. Honestly, if I had the money to start up my own TA/FC, I would try to contact him and ask him if I could bring that car back to life!
Also, if I were running super gas, contact Dave Mezeire and ask him to bring back the "HOT N NASTY" (I think 61 Vette) that dominated Pro Gas in So Cal in the early 80's.
Argon
02-05-2009, 01:30 PM
where's he
http://i718.photobucket.com/albums/ww181/graffix/d-1.jpg
Tim5636sc
02-05-2009, 03:04 PM
where's he
http://i718.photobucket.com/albums/ww181/graffix/d-1.jpg
Well, the last I heard, the "RED X" was still running his auto body shop in Springfield...(pick your state). He got tired of the same old thing, and simply said, the heck with it: Sold all his racing hardware.
btw.... who was it that you were talking about? All I see is a "RED X";)
Argon
02-05-2009, 04:20 PM
[QUOTE=Tim5636sc
btw.... who was it that you were talking about?
Dan Pastorino football player who drove the coors silver bullet top fueler, another ball player comes to mind drove the taco bell top fueler i think his name is jack clarke, they still drag racing ?
Tim5636sc
02-05-2009, 05:55 PM
[QUOTE=Tim5636sc
btw.... who was it that you were talking about?
Dan Pastorino football player who drove the coors silver bullet top fueler, another ball player comes to mind drove the taco bell top fueler i think his name is jack clarke, they still drag racing ?
Ah....DANTE! I heard something a while back that Pastorini was still involved in racing, (the outlaw 10.5 stuff), but I am not sure about that.
As far as I know, Jack Clark (the former 1st baseman for the Cards, Padres and San Francisco Giants) is out of the sport.
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