'Judy Lilly' ~ 'The 360 Duster'
I met Dick in Hawaii spring of 66.
I was in the Navy stationed at Pearl Harbor.
We heard that Dick was going to appear at the local track near us and just had to see for ourselves what the new Hemi cars could do.
There was a local hot shoe there that Dick smoked.
They talked and Dick convinced him to let some air out of his tires to get better traction on his launch. He ended up doing a huge wheelstand and let off the gas too fast and collapsed the front end on his GTO!
I will never forget seeing that!
Man, that was a looong time ago!
cudamike13
Gentlemen,
Your compliments are very much appreciated............Thanks.
Judy Lilly > Good lady and one tough competitor.
Don Garlits > The whole family 'Good People'.
TV Tommy Ivo > Great guy and a fantastic showman.
Sox & Martin > Class act.
Dick Landy > Gave a lot of his time to the little guy. A good man.
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During 1975 > Judy Lilly {and 'Boss-Wrench" Dennis Mauer} won the 1975 Gatornationals
and 1975 Fallnationals with the 74' Duster 360 in classed 'SS/LA'.
Judy Lilly had 'devoured' the 69' Camaro 350/255 HP and 69' Nova 350/255 HP Chevy's classed
with her in 'SS/LA'.
As a 'GIFT' > the NHRA re-factored the 1974 Mopar 360/245 HP to 290 HP, and bumped the 74' Duster 360 to 'SS/KA' in 1976.
I met Dick in Hawaii spring of 66.
I was in the Navy stationed at Pearl Harbor.
We heard that Dick was going to appear at the local track near us and just had to see for ourselves what the new Hemi cars could do.
There was a local hot shoe there that Dick smoked.
They talked and Dick convinced him to let some air out of his tires to get better traction on his launch. He ended up doing a huge wheelstand and let off the gas too fast and collapsed the front end on his GTO!
I will never forget seeing that!
Man, that was a looong time ago!
cudamike13