O/T Who's truck is at my barn?

37 chief · Nov 24, 2011

I live about a block from my barn, and tractors. Yesterday I was walking over there and saw a black shinny pickup. My brother was talking to the guy in the truck. The guy was Don Prudhomme. Some of you race fans might know him as The Snake. I am not a rece fan, but my brother said he has some impressive victories in drag racing. He said he drives by all the time and stopped in to see all our stuff. He lives in the hi rent district known as Rancho Santa Fe calif, down the road from us. He seamed like a real friendly guy. Stan

bobs old iron · Nov 24, 2011

man: if i had some big named person in my yard, i would take them out to lunch and let all my friends see me and be jealous...auto or movie,,

DCM · Nov 24, 2011

He used to come up here north of the border, seen him at Speedway Park several times in the 70s.

DeltaRed · Nov 24, 2011

Hey Chief,why dont you(please) post some pics of your barn and"stuff" so the rest of us can see them,too.Thanks.Congrats on yuor'celebrity'status.LOL

gtractorfan · Nov 24, 2011

Speaking of Don Prudhomme for some reason just reminded me of Art Arfons and the Green Monster. Pretty sure Arfons went from trying for the land speed record to tractor pulling with turbine engines. Is Arfons still around? Maybe Prudhomme would like to try snaking down a track with a pulling tractor. You could tell him some tractors have enough h.p. to blow the doors off his dragsters!

Bryan inIowa · Nov 24, 2011

When I lived in DesMoines,I was driving by a holiday Inn. snakes hauler was parked there . Stopped in , he wasn't there, but his crew cheif was. took us all through the hauler, they were rebuilding couple motors for the next race . real nice guys .

GordoSD · Nov 24, 2011

I actually hunted quail in Ranch Sante Fe when they started building there We would work our way between the few homes that were there. I think there were about 5 there then, about 1967, on some 1000 acres.

Mark-Mi · Nov 24, 2011

Ahh there is a name from the past.
The famous duel

Anonymous-0 · Nov 24, 2011

Speedway Park in Edmonton? Went to the last ever race there on the road course. Geoff Brabham(sp) won. My brother was real good friends with perhaps the best TIG welder in Edmonton. He did some last minute after hours emergency work for Paul Newmans race team and not only got paid really good but got free pit passes and beer as well. He welded up about a 4 inch hole that was blown out along with several cracks. It wasn't as good as a new gearbox but it allowed them to run the car. He did a bunch of welding for some other teams as well since his dad owned a specialty welding shop.

Don Prudhomme is perhaps one of the top 3 drag racers of all time along with Don Garlits and John Force. It wasn't that long ago he retired.

504 · Nov 24, 2011

My stepbrother hitched a ride in the Green Monster dragster back in the 60s, he was hanging around the track all of the time(just a kid)

ShadetreeRet · Nov 24, 2011

gtractorfan, Art Arfons died in Dec. 2007. I just googled "Art Arfons" and it sent me to wickipedia which has quite a story about him.

JakeE · Nov 24, 2011

i would sy that DYNO DON was bigger match racer than the snake ever was

Aaron Ford · Nov 25, 2011

WOW!

Aaron

hd6gtom · Nov 25, 2011

If he stops in again, get to know him, he has lead the life most car fans dream of.

DCM · Nov 25, 2011

Yup, in Edmonton, also remember Big Daddy and Cha Cha at the park, she always got alot of attention.

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