NC: Tom Talmon: Keeping Drag Racing’s History Alive & Well

 

There was a time when many drag racers competed not necessarily for the highest dollar that they could earn or even to race their ways up the ranks of either the NHRA or IHRA.

Competitors like Tom Cobbs and Fran Hernandez brought some of what most of us car aficionados consider true classic hot rods to the first open street legal drag race in Santa Barbara, California. Tom Talmon uses his love of old school automobiles by competing in what continues to be a very popular form of drag racing today.

Talmon, who currently spends most of his free time either working on or racing his 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air alongside his fellow Classic Gear Jammers, found his love for drag racing at the tender age of 17-years-old.

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