File:1972 AMC Gremlin veteran dragster 99 WIBG mdD-do.jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file ‎(2,592 × 1,944 pixels, file size: 5.14 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary

[edit]
Description
English: Side rear view of the 1972 AMC Pro Stock Gremlin with driver's door open. This is a historic professional dragster that was driven by Rich LaMont and sponsored by radio station 99 WIBG broadcasting in Philadelphia, PA. This car RUNS the quarter-mile at around 8.75 seconds achieving over 150 mph (240 kph). This Pro-Stock racer is restored, period correct, and raced regularly. Photograph taken at Potomac Ramblers automobile club's 2011 "All AMC Drag Race Day" held at the Capitol Raceway, a NHRA sanctioned, 1/4 mile, asphalt and concrete, drag strip located in Crofton, Maryland.
Date
Source Own work
Author
English: CZmarlin — Christopher Ziemnowicz, releases all rights but a photo credit would be appreciated if this image is used anywhere other than Wikipedia. Please leave a note at Wikipedia here. Thank you!
Permission
(Reusing this file)
English: I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. This applies worldwide.
Other versions
Front view
Race driver's cockpit and controls
The Pro-Stock Gremlin and several other AMCs waiting for their turn
The Gremlin doing a burnout
At the starting line for the race: the 99 WIBG Gremlin in lane 1 and and a two-seat AMX in lane 2
Returning from a run down the drag strip
Approaching the timing booth
Rear right side view
The 1972 AMC Pro Stock Gremlin's trailer

Licensing

[edit]
Public domain I, the copyright holder of this work, release this work into the public domain. This applies worldwide.
In some countries this may not be legally possible; if so:
I grant anyone the right to use this work for any purpose, without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law.

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current17:33, 2 January 2012Thumbnail for version as of 17:33, 2 January 20122,592 × 1,944 (5.14 MB)CZmarlin (talk | contribs)== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |Description= {{en|1= 1972 AMC Gremlin historic veteran professional dragster that was driven by Rich LaMont and sponsored by radio station 99 WIBG broadcasting in Philadelphia, PA. This car RUNS the quarter-mile at

You cannot overwrite this file.

Metadata

This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:1972_AMC_Gremlin_veteran_dragster_99_WIBG_mdD-do.jpg&oldid=789661349"