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In the podcast we talk we three members of the Thunderbolts Car Club from Taylor, Texas established in the 1950s. They are one of the earliest car clubs formed following the guidelines of the NHRA to go club racing in the state of Texas for the regional national drag racing championships. A time when drag racing was organized on converted airstrips or blocked off streets for a 1/4 mile drag race.
March, 2 1956 -Austin Jaycees played a “big brother role” for the cities hotrodders. The club’s safety and youth activities committees also helped in organizing the Highland Lakes Timing Association, an organization for hot rod enthusiasts. The next project was to obtain a dragstrip for the new club a paved area of 1320ft in length for various car classes. A similar hot rod control effort in San Antonio had also been supported by the Bexar County Commissioners Court, safety organizations and the city police department according to the Jaycees spokesman, Tom Baley. Officers of the new timing association listed were listed as: Bob Beaubien, Bob Davis, treasurer, and Joe Pearson, Sergeant-at-arms.
March 17, 1956 – Announced: The following corporate charters approved by Secretary of State Tom Reavely, Highland Lakes Timing Association Inc.
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