NOSTALGIA SPOKEN HERE
King Rat 1971 Indy Winner Double King Rat 1974 & 1975 Indy Winner
1st 8 Second Motorcycle 1st 7 Second Harley Davidson
My wife Pat and Daughter Patsy doing all the hard work
1967 - 19691970 - 1972
1972 - 1976
1971, 1974 and 1975 Indy Champion Wally Trophy's
I've been ask by quite a few if I had the Timing Ticket for the Eight Second Run at Bakersfield. I had a little trouble finding it; I thought it was lost while one of my Bike's was in the NHRA Museum on display.
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2 ft X 3 ft Poster. Can be an 8 X 10 Autograph Picture.
Details available in the future.
Forum History Number one
Forum History Number Two Exhibition Run at the Bowling Green Sport Nationals, 1974
Over the past year I have made over 1000 postings to various Motorcycle Forums. Here is a collection I have chose for you, reading these posting will give you a little personal history on Granddaddy Joe Smith and my racing career. It reads from the latest to the oldest postings. The following articles and photographs are the property of Joe Smith, Granddaddy Joe Smith Forum History. All Rights Reserved
Here are a few new postings I have made on Motorcycle Forums plus postings that I will begin to add here. If you have a comment or a question you can use my Web Site Email or make a comment on the posting you are reading. Just mention the Topic so I will know which one we are dealing with. It reads from the latest to the oldest postings. The following articles and photographs are the property of Joe Smith, Granddaddy Joe Smith Forum History. All Rights Reserved
In 1974 at Indy I didn't back this run up, but I knew there was something different. I tried to get that feeling again during the day and failed.
Early days of my Double with the front wheel in the air.
Jim Ditulli, of Race Visions, known as Puppet has a hobby of drawing cartoons of Drag Racers and there Bikes. I call them Puptoons and this is one he has been kind enough to draw of me.
New way to tell time.
Take a look at some racing on wood,
You got to see this
King Rat - NHRA Motorsport Museum
Links
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Kersten: Girl Fuel Bike Rider
AHDRA
Don Garlits Museum
Laidlaws Harley Davidson
Draglist.com
Race Visions
"Yagel" Harley Davidson Sales and Service--Napoleon, OH
Notice to Viewers
The pictures shown on my Web Site and Blogs are pictures I’ve had for over 32 years, some are ones I or some one in the family took or was bought from photographers at the races and some I don’t know where I got them. If any one believes any are there’s, let me know through my Web Site E-Mail and I will remove them.
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