Eye-catching black and whites

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Brooklands - End of the start-finish straight by Austin7nut, on Flickr

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1935 Austin Seven Type AEK Speedy - 1935 Le Mans 750cc. Class Winner - Then by Austin7nut, on Flickr

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Just keep walking mate and they'll never guess..... by Austin7nut, on Flickr

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Brooklands Museum - The Napier Railton Experience by Austin7nut, on Flickr

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Ferry by Austin7nut, on Flickr

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ADDINGTON SQUARE CAMBERWELL SE5 LONDON by pete from camberwell is back, on Flickr

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nan and grandad by pete from camberwell is back, on Flickr

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From left: Don Garlits - Marvin Miller - Shirley Muldowney at the 1977 Bakersfield March Meet

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Don Garlits and who I believe is Keith Black, at the very first Bakersfield March Meet, in 1959

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Wally Parks "refreshes" Robert Stack on Muroc Dry Lake, in 1938. Stack doesn't seem to mind.

Parks went on to found the NHRA and Stack became an actor, playing Eliot Ness in The Untouchables (1959–’63).

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Wally Parks awards "Sneaky" Pete Robinson the 1961 Nationals Top Eliminator trophy at Indianapolis, in 1961.

Crewmen Julius Hughes (left) and Bill Word look on.

Robinson suffered fatal injuries during qualifying at the 1971 Winternationals.

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Don “The Snake†Prudhomme, in 1968.

Not sure about the location, but it could be Indianapolis.

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Veda Orr, Karl Orr's wife and the first female SCTA member, in 1947.

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Karl and Veda Orr's shop.

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Linda Vaughn and Warren Mockler, in 1966.

I'm not sure Warren's attention was on the handshake.

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Carol "Bunny" Burkett, in 1969. Compare with the other photos of her in the Girls and Cars thread.

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Bunny Burkett again.

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Top Fuel Funnycar pioneer Della Woods, in 1968.
She and her brother Bernie campaigned their "Bernella" brand entries, exemplified by the "Funny Honey" Charger.

When Roger Lindamood, Don Garlits and Don Kohler signed-off on her competition licence, the NHRA revoked it, claiming, "It's too dangerous for a woman to drive in that class."

Woods countered by demanding NHRA to rescind all female licences (there were many female racers, just not many famous ones).

The resulting uproar quickly called NHRA's bluff, and Della hit the circuit within a week.

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A California's Benders car club member applied advanced lightweight technology to his Deuce.

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Look who is tinkering with his Messerschmitt.

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It was this incident at Lions Dragstrip in 1970 that prompted Don Garlits to invent the rear engine dragster.

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Used cars aren't what they used to be.

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Boris Karloff is having a tea break with full make-up.