Timing Slip From Oswego Dragway, Used with Slingshot Dragster, 1963
THF91620 / Timing Slip From Oswego Dragway, Used with Slingshot Dragster, 1963
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Artifact Overview
Drag racing is racing in its simplest form. From a standing start, two cars race to the finish line one-quarter mile away. After the run, competitors receive a timing slip recording their top speed. Sam Buck and Bob Thompson received this slip at Oswego Dragway, near Chicago, in 1963. It verifies a top speed of 123.29 miles per hour.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Timing slip
Date Made
1963
Subject Date
1963
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2007.45.4.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Buck & Thompson Racing Team.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Handwriting
Printing (Process)
Color
Green
White (Color)
Dimensions
Length: 2.938 in
Width: 3.625 in
Inscriptions
Printed headings on front, with data handwritten in pencil opposite them: NUMBER 3 / CLASS DD / ELAPSED TIME ------ / MILES PER HOUR 123.29.
Printed at bottom: Oswego Dragway / OSWEGO, ILLINOIS / OFFICIAL TIME
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Related Artifacts
Artifact1960 Buck & Thompson Slingshot Dragster
Sam Buck and Bob Thompson built this car in 1960. They bought the chassis as a kit, and the 1948 Ford engine was highly modified with special cylinder heads, crank, pistons, magneto, camshaft, and fuel injectors. In this style of dragster, popular from the mid-1950s through the early 1970s, the driver sat behind the rear wheels "like a rock in a slingshot."