
George Snaffuir built this car himself from the ground up. He only bought the clutch operations and the narrowed rear end. Photo by Mike Bell
When you start out at 6 AM to a new place, you always hope that it is worth it. After about four hours in the road, I found Gregory Park in Richmond Hill, near Savannah, GA. Not having been to Gregory Park before, I did not know where to go. At first, I went to an open-air pavilion but saw a bunch of kids and knew I was in the wrong place. But wait! There are two street rods headed to a small closed building. It was 87 degrees at 10 and I knew the worst was yet to come.
There was a sign for the Southeast Georgia Timing Association and I followed it and the street rods.
Eventually, there were some 80 folks enjoying the tales of drag racing in the Savannah area from the old days. Some brought photos and I talked with many about theirs. The main players that day were Larry Lanier (who raced slingshot dragsters), Lynn Wardlow (who was a NHRA official), Sandra and Jack Quick (who were there from the very start) and so many others.
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