Showing posts with label nitro drag bike. Show all posts
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Wednesday, September 29, 2010
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Joe Smith's All Harley Drag Racing Forum
Grand Daddy Joe Smith
Builder Of The Worlds Fastest & Quickest Two Wheel Dragsters Of That Era
Joe Smith
1971, 1974, 1975 NHRA US Indy National Champion
1964 - 1969 Joe Smith's Knucklehead Powered H-D
This Machine Set Numerous Track Records On Gasoline and Became The Wolrds Fatsest & Quickest Knucklehead Of That Time
Early Knucklehead Power Plant
Joe Built The Quickest & Fastest Knuckleheads Of That Era On Both Gasoline & Nitro
Joe & Pat Smith
Bonniville Salt Flats
The Crowd Pleasing Burn Out
Photo One Of Three Shots
Still Producing Smoke
Picture Two Of Three
And Then Some
Picture Three Of Three
Last Minute Intructions To Team Mate Jim Cook
Before The US Indy Nationals Final Where Both Of Joe's Machines Took Winner & Runner Up
Who Would Have Thought That Joe's Two Entries Would Have Taken Winner & Runner UpAt Indy
Yet At The End Of Race Day Both Riders & Machines Found Their Way To Victory Circle
The Burn Out Prior To Drag Racings 1st 8 Second Pass On Two Wheels
Photo Taken At Bakersfield California March, 1971
The Smith Family Racing Team
Joe's Wife Pat, Son Gene, & Daughter Patsy Watched Joe Win Many Championships
Builder Rider Joe Smith
2 - 108 Cubic Inch Harley-Davidson Shovelhead Powerplants. This Monster Put Out Some Major Horse Power In It's Day
The Machine Was Built, Tunned & Riden By Joe Smith
Joe's Riding, Tunning & Building Abilities Placed The Man & The Machine In The Record Books & The Winners Circle At Many Outtings Across The Nation
Double The Trouble On The Race Crew
Yet This Machine Made The Finals Many Times
6061 T-6 Aluminum Plates
These Aluminum Plates Handled The Torque Of The 2 Power Plants
Joe Smith Hi Performance Racing Heads
Joe Performed All His Own Porting, Polishing, Valve, Valve Guide & Valv Seat Configurations. This Baby Used Manely Thin Stem Valves & Was Set Up With 220 Lbs. Of Sprng Pressure
Paul Burhkart 4130 Chromoly Cylinders
Joe Ran 10.8 To 1 Compression
D&K Hi Performance Push Rod's
Tappered For Extra Strength
Joe Smith Top Motor Mount
4130 Heat Treated Chromoly
Joe Smith Centrifical Slidder Clutch
Using Centrifical Arms & Weights
Diamond Chains Connected The Power Plants
Joe Used Custom Made Heat Treated 4130 Sprockets
Custom Built 6061T-6 Aluminum Fuel Tanks
Built By Grand Daddy Joe Smith
S&S Fuel Carburators
Joe Ran Some Trick Jetting & Dump Tubes That Very Few Ever Saw In Those Days
Top View Dual Float Bowls
Check Out That Fuel Hose Diameter
Joe Smith Dual Float & Needle And Seat Fuel Delivery System
This Fuel Delivery System Fed The Massive Powerplants
Aluminum Velocity Stack
Known For Chewing Triumphs, Nortons & Jap Bikes Up
Air Craft Fuel Shut Off Valves
This Baby Drank The Nitro Methane
Top View Aircraft Fuel Shut Off
Joe Performed All Of His Own Heli Ark Welding
M&H 8" Rear Tire
This Tire Grew 3" In Diameter In The Traps At 180 Plus Miles Per Hour.
The Rear Seat
The Spectators Just Loved This One
The Front End Sported Baby Ceriani Racing Forks & Hurst Air Heart Dual Disk Front Brakes
It Wasn't Unusual To See Sparks Flying From The Bottom Of The Chassis At Night Time In The Traps As Joe Was Trying To Get This Baby Stopped On The Shorter Tracks
Front Steering Dampner
Custom Built By Joe Smith
Joe Hunt Magneto's
Reworked By Joe Hunt. These Mags Fired The Massive Amounts Of Nitro That The Powerplants Drank
Rear Brake Hurst Air Heart
With Braided Line's & Foot Control
Grand Daddy Joe Smith
Noted For Hole Shots Off The Line
Joe Smith Lights Up The Rear Tire
This Machine Could Easily Make 800 Feet Burn Outs
Friends & Sponsors Of Joe Smith
Over Joe's Racing Career Names Like Torco Motor Oil, Champion Spark Plus, Joe Hunt Magnetos, M&H Tires, Barnett Clutches, Venolia Pistons, Arias Pistons, Diamond Chain, Bell Helmets, Bates Leathers, Jimmy Lienweber Cams, Hang Ten Shirts, Manely Valves, Laidlaws Harley-Davidson, The Southern California Harley-Davidson's Dealers Assoc., The Harley-Davidson Motor Company & Others Were Proudly Displayed On The Machine.