Earlier this summer we attended Billetproof – “the world’s least important car show”.  It was a blast and my favorite part is how every car there is unique in some way instead of your typical pastel cookie-cutter street rod or restored Mustang.  I try to go to this show every year, but I hadn’t ever made it to the Billetproof Drags.  Wish I wouldn’t have waited so long! It’s one thing to admire the cars while they’re all parked in neat rows, but it’s another thing entirely to watch those same cars haul ass down the 1/8 mile drag strip at Riverdale Raceway. (yes, the same Riverdale we ride the dirt bikes at… isn’t that convenient?)  There was everything from semi trucks and flathead powered roadsters to a front engine dragster with twin Chevy smallblocks… As I stood there by the starting line barely able to hold my camera because my hands were shaking and my right foot wouldn’t sit still, I realized that I really have to get my truck going and get back into drag racing.  I really miss it.  Might have just gotten the motivation I needed to get going on my project again! So without any more unnecessary words, here are the photos:

This car eventually did a big wheelie and smashed his oil pan.  Wish I could have seen it!
This car eventually did a big wheelie and smashed his oil pan. Wish I could have seen it!
Beautiful gasser
Beautiful gasser
Skinny Butt.  Saw this car at the Billetproof show but it was covered with a tarp due to rain.
Skinny Butt. Saw this car at the Billetproof show but it was covered with a tarp due to rain.
It's so little!
It’s so little!
I might build something like this little car next. It just looks like a blast to drive!
I might build something like this little car next. It just looks like a blast to drive!
Bet this car is interesting to keep in a straight line....
Bet this car is interesting to keep in a straight line….
Shine runner
Shine runner
Rusty ole Ford
Rusty ole Ford
There were semis!
There were semis!
Beautiful coupe... really nailed the stance on this ole girl...
Beautiful coupe… really nailed the stance on this ole girl…
Eat me
Eat me
Racemaster slicks
Racemaster slicks
Hood ornament
Hood ornament
This was a fast little truck. There's a nitrous bottle behind the rear tire...
This was a fast little truck. There’s a nitrous bottle behind the rear tire…
Pretty orange chevy
Pretty orange chevy
Stacks!
Stacks!
Love the pistachio green on this truck
Love the pistachio green on this truck
Would have loved to see this one run, but it broke right off the line.  Maybe next time.
Would have loved to see this one run, but it broke right off the line. Maybe next time.
Digging the gold paint and red windows... Might have to copy that for the '37
Digging the gold paint and red windows… Might have to copy that for the ’37
Saw this little rat rod at the show as well.
Saw this little rat rod at the show as well.

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Another 50's gasser
Another 50’s gasser
...and another
…and another
Awful Austin
Awful Austin
This one was sky high!
This one was sky high!
Little sedan
Little sedan
This guy's flip-up hood came unhinged halfway down the track. Luckily it didn't cause a crash.
This guy’s flip-up hood came unhinged halfway down the track. Luckily it didn’t cause a crash.
Cutest dragster ever.
Cutest dragster ever.
Caught him almost about to do a wheelie!
Caught him almost about to do a wheelie!
Falcon
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Standing right at the line.
Standing right at the line.
This was a fast car.
This was a fast car.
...and one of like 3 people who know how to burn out and stage properly.
…and one of like 3 people who know how to burn out and stage properly.
Classy brown
Classy brown
Antagonizer. LOVE this car.
Antagonizer. LOVE this car.

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The guy in front looks worried. That's a mean looking little coupe!
The guy in front looks worried. That’s a mean looking little coupe!
About to launch
About to launch
This is a neat car. I approve of anything involving colored plexiglass.
This is a neat car. I approve of anything involving colored plexiglass.
Just clean as hell...
Just clean as hell…
I'd like to have a little roadster someday...
I’d like to have a little roadster someday…

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It's so ugly. I can't decide if I love it or hate it.
It’s so ugly. I can’t decide if I love it or hate it.
Fun looking little bikes. Wish I knew what they were.
Fun looking little bikes. Wish I knew what they were.
Broken glass
Broken glass
Jason's favorite cars.
Jason’s favorite cars.
Marvin the Martian
Marvin the Martian
"The End"
“The End”
Push Off
Push Off
Don't see vette's turned into gassers very often. Love them!
Don’t see vette’s turned into gassers very often. Love them!
and there were two!
and there were two!
Leggin' it!
Leggin’ it!
Awful Austin.  I love how all the old cars had names.
Awful Austin. I love how all the old cars had names.
Vintage race car hauler. So cool!
Vintage race car hauler. So cool!
Sign painting is an art form
Sign painting is an art form
This is one of my favorite styles of car.
This is one of my favorite styles of car.
Public Nuisance.
Public Nuisance.
Jason's favorite car.  He loves the traditional looking flattie powered roadsters.
Jason’s favorite car. He loves the traditional looking flattie powered roadsters.

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Nice little coupe
Nice little coupe
Don't know what car this is even from...
Don’t know what car this is even from…
TWIN ENGINE DRAGSTER!!!! ...be still my heart!
TWIN ENGINE DRAGSTER!!!! …be still my heart!
::drools::
::drools::
This car was ridiculously nice..even the interior. Wish I 'd gotten to see it run.
This car was ridiculously nice..even the interior. Wish I ‘d gotten to see it run.
This is a '37ish Chevy like mine!
This is a ’37ish Chevy like mine!

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This thing is beautiful
This thing is beautiful
A cabover! Next year I'd like to have my '58 Jeep going....
A cabover! Next year I’d like to have my ’58 Jeep going….
FAST.  I don't know if I like these cars better as gassers or slammed like modern drag cars... either way works.
FAST. I don’t know if I like these cars better as gassers or slammed like modern drag cars… either way works.
Like the ladder bars
Like the ladder bars
Showdown
Showdown

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Baby blue, stacks and magnesium wheels?
Baby blue, stacks and magnesium wheels?

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Shark teeth on the front of a dragster
Shark teeth on the front of a dragster
LOVE this truck.
LOVE this truck.
Hooligan
Hooligan
Antagonizer
Antagonizer
Another little dragster
Another little dragster

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Smoke out!
Smoke out!

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Fast as shit for a semi truck...
Fast as shit for a semi truck…

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"Fran"
“Fran”

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I'm liking the cream colored frame...
I’m liking the cream colored frame…

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A flock of Falcons?
A flock of Falcons?
'57
Back in Black


 

2 Comments

  1. Lawrence Mecklenburg August 28, 2014 at 4:17 pm

    I think I saw “Pa Pa’s Outlaw Moonshine” up at the Clearwater casino at Bainbridge Island in Spring 2013.

    Do you know what the red handle sticking out of the red taillight is for in the “Push Off” photo?

    1. admin September 1, 2014 at 9:02 pm

      There was a car show at the Clearwater Casino last year! Sponsored by the Rock-it Roost in Bremerton. The red handle is a battery cutoff switch!