Rusty Hobbs with a 1932 ‘high boy’ roadster, Gene Stinnett driving an econo dragster in Bracket One.

This 1972 Ford Pinto was constructed and raced mostly in Kansas by Gene Stinnett when the ‘small car’ revolution hit Pro Stock. A safety engineer for the Santa Fe Railroad, Stinnett was transferred to Orange County in ’74 and brought a Chevy-powered dragster with him. Gene and Debbie Stinnett were mainstays at OCIR Brackets for several seasons, operating with sponsorship from Precisioned Speed in Anaheim. If you look closely at the door under Crew, you will note the crewman was Gary Stinnett, Gene’s son and today one of the foremost Sportsman racers in the US.

Joe Botino, driving a blown alcohol-powered dragster and then a Dave Smith Corvair Funny Car, when Doug Thorley made that type of car popular in the late ‘60s.

Bob Anderson, driver of the Generation Gap Chevy II which ran A/FX or heads-up Super Stock in 1969, became the fourth Pro Stock driver to be sponsored by Dave Smith. Bob was one of the racers who attended Bernie Partridge’s “Heads Up” Super Stock meetings, held in the OCIR tower prior to Pro Stock becoming an NHRA Eliminator in 1970.