Fred Farndon

Norwalk, Ohio, 1964; testing our nitro engine on alky

Running with the "big dogs"; 1965 Springnationals; Bristol (In those days, tech
inspection was at the oval track

L to R: Jim, Helga, and Gary Curran (crew guy); Desoronto on the very first race of '66;
32 degrees that day! Burrrr...

Farndon-Arnold-Oska vs. Val LaPorte and his "All-American"; It was all Canada that day
(2 straight)

2 shots in the staging lanes; Grand Bend, Ontario

Racing a nitro small block at St. Thomas (guess which one is us?); Single run at
Desoronto

'Show me the money"

Jim in the seat ready to warm it; yours truly in the Crower shirt behind; Cayuga 1966 (ed.
note; today, Cayuga is Toronto International Dragway)

In the next installment, we will re-tell the Fred Farndon vs. Tommy Ivo and The Royal Canadian Mounted Police incident, his decision to move to the ‘States’, and the years on the Left Coast campaigning both FEDs and REDs. Just when you think it can’t get any better than what’s been told, it does!-ed.

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