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1959 Courtesy of George W. Young

1959 - Advertisement for the Drag Races at Amelia Earhart Field

Miami, Florida


According to Dick Besola, who is older than me and who knew just about everyone in town, these drag races at Amelia Earhart were run by three gents: Ernie Schorb, Harry Steele and another gent whose name he can't remember right now. Harry Steele invented the Xmas tree light device that changed colors downwards until it was the start of the drag race. They all belonged to a car club called The Cabriolets that met just a few doors in from the 103rd Street overpass on East 10th Court in Hialeah.


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larry Creel 24-Mar-2009 10:19
I was in the Cabriolets about 1961 & my wife & I use to work in the bus on the timing lites almost every race. That was back when Don Garlits was just starting out trying to make a name. We would stay in the bus when there were 3 day races to guard the equipment from vandals. I had a 1947 Ford 2 dr. sedan-Olds powered that I use to run sometimes. back then there were a lot of Willy's Altered's & a guy use to run a water injected 37 Plymouth coupe that was real fast. I took hundreds of pictures back then & gave them to a friend in the 80's.