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Tether cars were developed beginning in the 1920s–1930s and still are built, raced and collected today. First made by hobby craftsmen, tether cars were later produced in small numbers by commercial manufacturers such as Dooling Brothers (California), Dick McCoy (Duro-Matic Products), Garold Frymire (Fryco Engineering) BB Korn, and many others.
View north of the Whittier Narrows Dam. The Whittier Narrows Recreation Area is a 1,500-acre (6.1 km 2) multi-use facility, mostly in an unincorporated part of Los Angeles County, containing North Lake, Center Lake, and Legg Lake (where radio-controlled model speedboats may be operated), a rifle and pistol shooting range, numerous softball and soccer fields with picnic tables, a paved airstrip ...
This product was developed into a "whip car", a tethered vehicle which could be manually swung in a circle at high speed. Nitro- and gasoline-powered tether cars with .60 cubic inch miniature engines capable of speeds of 100 mph (160 km/h) were quickly becoming popular. Cox's first contribution to that growing hobby was a cast aluminum midget ...
Image credits: blakelively “Excuse me,” Lively interjects. “My friend and I, when we were in the 10th grade, had crazy crushes, and we’d drive around and stalk these guys.
Kenneth "Ken" Brenn Jr. (April 20, 1952 – May 2, 2019) was an American modified racing driver who won more than 100 feature events at venues in the Mid-Atlantic states. . Equally adept on both dirt and asphalt surfaces, he captured modified track titles on the dirt surface of Flemington Speedway and again after it was p
Two drivers racing at more than 100 mph on Narrows Bridge charged and cars impounded ... Two troopers responded to a call of a red Cadillac CT 4 and a black Mitsubishi Lancer passing cars at high ...
Her racing at Lions Dragstrip, which Mickey Thompson ran at the time, earned Lloyd a job working for him. [1] Early in 1961, Lloyd bought a Ventura for the new season. The car was powered by a 389 cu in (6,370 cc) 348-horsepower Pontiac V-8 engine with Tri-Power, outfitted with headers from Lloyd's friend, Doug Thorley (later famous for ...
A man was run over and killed by a motorist Saturday afternoon in what Whittier police believe stemmed from an earlier road rage incident. Officers discovered a body lying on the street near the ...