Re: Flintstone Flyer

Posted by Peter Packard On 2009/8/11 0:53:52

G'day all, In the late 1970's a friend in the US sent me a heap of stuff on Packards involved in drag racing, including the Flintstone Flyer . The flintstone Flyer won the NHRA Nationals in both 1962 and 1963 running in F/Gas.
I have a copy of the For Sale ad from Dave Koffel ( with or without engine).
Another person to look up is Everett Hatch, who ran a 55 Packard and was apparently very successful against the lighter D/Gas cars (57 Chevys). He was protested almost every time he ran but always came up clean. His packard was just not supposed to beat the Chevs, on paper anyway.
Also look for Roger Gaskill who ran a 39 La Salle with V8 Packard power, it used to run in the 13's, 105 mph order.
Also Sirk brothers, Packard powered, running 15.51 (87.15et) at the National Trail raceway, Columbus Ohio, July 11 1965.
A packard powered AA (rail ) ran 10.3 (140.4 mph) on June 19 1965 at the Woodburn drag strip in Woodburn, Oregon.
He also sent a lot of detail about Packards versus Hudsons etc on speedway. Packard put up some impressive victories in the speedway arena. There was a very interesting article "IS HUDSON SLIPPING?" in "SPEED AGE" NOVEMBER 1953.
best regards Peter Toet