Dorothy Davis drag racing her 426 hemi 1964 dodge 1960's

Dorothy Davis held National records in the 1960's in her 1964 Dodge Factory lightweight 426 Hemi, The Wild Wild West.YOU ROCK DOROTHY !!!

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• mopar
• 426
• Hemi
• dodge
• drag
• racing
• oregon
• fast
• national
• record

[jaded16340]

continued continued continued. I hate to say it but I sold it to a guy (jerk) that, aside from ripping me off for 100 bucks said he was going to put a chevy motor in it. I almost didn't sell it to him because of that but I'd bought a "real" race car and need the money, full tube chassis, 4 link and had an 1981 Dodge Omni body on it of all things. Sounds ugly but the body actually looks pretty good on it. I used the money to redo the car and build a new 500" mill for it. 9.27@148 has been my best

[ldidreams]

@jaded16340 Thank you for the great comment....if you ever post pictures of your car, I would love to see it. Have a great summer racing, and I will pass on your great spirit to my Mom..

[mobeers1]

How do I get more information on her? Mopars and an unknown to me(Texan) Thanks~PS~Cool Video~

[ldidreams]

@mobeers1 It's tough to get information on the early top woman drag racers like Dorothy...but youTube has been a great outlet for information. Thank you for the comment, and I hope to post more video's of her and my Dad.

[contax1993]

Nice vid :)

But engine sound next time ;)

[ldidreams]

@contax1993 Yeah, I understand..especially that Hemi...I will make a video of her racing with the engine only sounds...thanks for the comment.

[MOPARDIVA]

YOU ROCK DOROTHY

[jaded16340]

They don't exactly make it easy to put a vid in as a response. Hope it works!

Thanks,

Wayne

[jaded16340]

The owners son was so pissed they chased me out of there. I've not been there since. Anyway, the clip is pretty rough and there's no scoreboard (extremely dumpy track) to verify my time. That 9.27 @ 148 was right off the trailer and it's first shakedown pass. It has quite a bit more potential. If I could only stop breaking things! LOL. The following pass I went up for my burnout, the owners son was trying to wave me off. Of course I was ignoreing him, and I promptly shattered the rear end. ohwel

[jaded16340]

@jaded16340 I actually have a clip on youtube. I'll attempt to link it. It's very "amature" video. The first pass, in the left lane there was a huge "step" in the track where they added fresh ashphalt but never ground or at least pounded down the edge, it was a step at least 2" tall and was enough to disrupt the rearend and promptly put me in the other lane. When I asked the owners kid about it he made a snotty reply "oh, we have real 10 sec cars run here with no problem". I click off a 9.27

[jaded16340]

continued continued. The maroon paint was extremely faded and the interior was so bad I basicly just VACUUMED it up off the floor LOL. I ended up back halving that car with a ladder bar setup. I used a set of adapter motor mounts meant for 318 to 440 swap. I gutted it and got it down to 3000 lbs. Eventually I built a stroker 500" mill for it and in it I made my first 10 second pass. was actuallty 10.999 LOL but I was soo cool after that. Next pass I blew it up. huge hole in the block LOL

[jaded16340]

Continued, my 66 Coronet was a really cool car. The 67s had a different grill and the trim/moldings were different, just a whole different car. Mine was a V8 car and was actually a Coronet 500. Basically ment it had the v8 and AC LOL. I bought it from a guy in Indiana, I was from northern Michigan. My wife and I hauled it back with a car dollie with my 96 intrepid. Frond drive cars and hauling with a car dollie wasn't a good deal, then to top it off it started snowing!

[jaded16340]

Yea, it would be pretty incredible to have her for a mom. Hell, I tried and tried to get my wife to race or at least come along, have bar b que, meet the other "racing wives" at the track. Couldn't get her to do it. Maybe that's why were split up now! LOL I was born in 1966 so a lot of the really cool stuff was before my time unfortunately. I actually didn't get into racing until I was around 30 but from the first pass I was hooked! I raced everything I could get. a 66 coronet, crotch rocket bik