Great stuff as always Larry! Dale was one of my Canadian drag racing heroes that I had always hoped to cross paths with and have a chat. Sadly never to be. Hope you're doing well! Thanks again for sharing your awesome history with all of your fans!
One of the true giants of N.H.R.A. drag racing! As a Canadian there has been a few drag racing legends that come from Canada 🇨🇦 such as Rob Atchinson who is a 3x I.H.R.A. Alcohol Funny Car Champion & N.H.R.A. Nitro Funny Car driver Jeff Arend who is the first Canadian to win a race or a “Wally” as they call it. Also I.H.R.A. Pro Stock driver Kevin Wicke who i’m a big fan of because he is from Stratford,Ontario & i grew up only 20-25mins from Stratford & grew up watching Kevin Wicke drag race at St.Thomas Dragway a.k.a. “Sparta” or “London Motorsports Park”. Kevin is a Mopar fan & has always raced Mopar for as long as i can remember with his old 1968 Plymouth Barracuda nick named “short temper” & his Dodge Arrow car nick named “pappys toy”. Pappy name came from his Grandson not being able to pronounce “Grandpa or Grampy” & would say “Pappy” instead lol. Then Kevin later on down the line many years later Kevin would purchase a “Bears” I.H.R.A. pro stock Dodge Stratus car, i’m sure most of you Americans know the name “Bears” a.k.a. “Bears Chassis” powered by Mopar. Another Stratford,Ontario,Canada🇨🇦 drag racer is Scott Wildgust who has raced in I.H.R.A. & N.H.R.A. with his nitro rail dragster & a few other classes along the way. Anyways Cheers from Windsor,Ontario,Canada which is right across the river from Detroit the “Motor City”.
Great stuff as always Larry! Dale was one of my Canadian drag racing heroes that I had always hoped to cross paths with and have a chat. Sadly never to be. Hope you're doing well! Thanks again for sharing your awesome history with all of your fans!
Once my fave dragracer, please note I never saw him race as I lived in Sweden...I followed him from the Hot Rod Magazine's
One of the true giants of N.H.R.A. drag racing! As a Canadian there has been a few drag racing legends that come from Canada 🇨🇦 such as Rob Atchinson who is a 3x I.H.R.A. Alcohol Funny Car Champion & N.H.R.A. Nitro Funny Car driver Jeff Arend who is the first Canadian to win a race or a “Wally” as they call it. Also I.H.R.A. Pro Stock driver Kevin Wicke who i’m a big fan of because he is from Stratford,Ontario & i grew up only 20-25mins from Stratford & grew up watching Kevin Wicke drag race at St.Thomas Dragway a.k.a. “Sparta” or “London Motorsports Park”. Kevin is a Mopar fan & has always raced Mopar for as long as i can remember with his old 1968 Plymouth Barracuda nick named “short temper” & his Dodge Arrow car nick named “pappys toy”. Pappy name came from his Grandson not being able to pronounce “Grandpa or Grampy” & would say “Pappy” instead lol. Then Kevin later on down the line many years later Kevin would purchase a “Bears” I.H.R.A. pro stock Dodge Stratus car, i’m sure most of you Americans know the name “Bears” a.k.a. “Bears Chassis” powered by Mopar. Another Stratford,Ontario,Canada🇨🇦 drag racer is Scott Wildgust who has raced in I.H.R.A. & N.H.R.A. with his nitro rail dragster & a few other classes along the way. Anyways Cheers from Windsor,Ontario,Canada which is right across the river from Detroit the “Motor City”.
Dale was a brilliant engineer and innovator, not to mention crew chief
and driver. He was a great one!