Bob Mueller’s 1931 Ford 5 Window Coupe |GSTA’s 1st Car Show

Tom Erickson

Ed Belkengren’s 1932 Ford 5 Window HiBoy Coupe |GSTA’s 49th Car Show 1951 CHEV...... JOHN ORR 1956 1st Annual Entries (partial) 1958 FORD ...... MIKE FEESL BOB MCGINLEY ...... 1935 FORD 1957 FORD...... DAVE LITFIN ERLYN CARLSON ...... 1952 1957 CHEV ...... RICHARD DAME BOYD HARLAN ...... 1940 OLDS 1954 CHEV ...... JAMES WATTS NORM WESP ...... 1955 OLDS 1955 ...... BOB TRUCHINSKI GLEN ANDERSON ...... ANTIQUE 1946 MERCURY ...... MAURICEROSSI BOB MUELLER...... 1931 FORD 1954 FORD ...... DAVE BLOW DENNIS DEYO ...... 1953 FORD GSTA History Queen Contests 1951 DESOTO ...... JOHN THIELEN DICK COLEMAN ...... 1956 FORD 1956 CHEV ...... DAVID TUFTE AL FEHN ...... 1950 MERCURY Reprinted from The Timer August 10, 1957 by Connie Englert 1939 ...... TOM RYAN JOHN FOSTER ...... 1949 MERCURY Lamona, was present at one the meetings, and it 1952 CHEV ...... NORM RISKA BILL LUND ...... 1948 TUCKER 1956 FORD ...... PETE MATHISON ROGER SATHER...... 1950 CHEV was decided that the association should join this Lee Younkin GSTA’s 1st Queen 1950 CHEV...... ROGER SATHER GENE BLANKENSHIP ...... 1946 FORD n 1954, spurred by Captain Bailey of the Northside he first Miss GSTA Queen Contest was started in 1958 CHEV ...... WELLS DOPKINS AL OLSON...... 1950 CHEV The following article appeared in The Timer 1957 FORD ...... ROGER HUBER Police precinct, the Road Knights, Throttle Jammers, organization. The membership was completely enrolled 1957. Each club was to have a representative for the 1936 FORD ...... RAYMOND PIRKOLA 1957 2nd Annual Entries I T Vol.1 No. 7 October 1957 1956 FORD ...... DENIS HINES NORM PETERSON ...... 1956 CHEV 1957 PLYMOUTH...... GERRY CARROL AL OLSON...... 1950 CHEV Piston Slappers, Dualeers, Accelerators, in February of 1956, and the association is contest. The girls were judged in semi-casual outfits on 1955 CHEV ...... JERRY DANNER RON BOYUM ...... 1950 CHEV 1932 FORD ...... RAYMOND HEINEN BOB ELBRECHTER ...... 1957 PLYMOUTH completely satisfied with ATAA. 1932 FORD ...... BILL VETSCH JERRY ANDERSON...... 1954 FORD Lakesters, Bumper Buddies, Rod Nuts, Friday and swimsuits on Saturday evening. The 1939 FORD ...... FRED VETSCH CHUCK RICE...... 1950 CHEV 1932 FORD ...... BOB MCGINLEY DOUGLAS SHELSTAD...... 1954 MERC Cogs, Pied Pipers, Road Ghosts, crowning of the queen and two princesses was on 1932 FORD ...... JERRY QUAM ROGER SATHER...... 1950 CHEV On September 16, 1956, the Gopher 1940 FORD ...... CYRIL KUBISTA JIM MUENCHOW ...... 1953 NASH 1934 FORD ...... JOHN RADEMACHER WAYNE FINWALL ...... 1932 FORD Potters, Road Ramblers, Road Sunday evening before car show trophies were given 1932 FORD ...... HAROLD CORNWELL RICHARD ARCHER ...... 1956 CHEV State Timing Association held its 1932 FORD...... JIM MCELROY FLOYD SABLE ...... 1955 CHEV out. The girls wore evening gowns for this. A queen’s tea 1934 FORD ...... GLENN CUMMINGS TOM MILESTAN ...... 1951 MERC Runners, Cam Snappers, first Car Show. The location was 1932 FORD ...... TED JOHNSON DALE OLSON...... 1952 CHEV 1932 FORD ...... DON SHANTOS TED SHALLBETTER...... 1946 PLYM Strokers, Road Angels, was held the weekend before the contest to introduce 1929 FORD...... GARY HANSON JIM CAVANAUGH...... 1948 CHEV the Red Owl parking lot on 1934 FORD...... RUMBLERS AUTO CLUB BRUCE JOHNSON...... 1946 MERC 1948 CROSLEY...... TOM ECKDAHL BOYD HARLAN ...... 1940 OLDS Universals, Road Busters, Gear the girls and answer questions. 1931 FORD ...... GEORGE LANG PAT NELSON ...... 1929 FORD Lake Street and 21st Avenue ...... BIG WHEEL AUTO STORES LEN SABLE...... 1956 CAMEO Grinders, Drag-N-Wheels, DRAGSTER ...... DOUGLAS HELM DENNIS DEYO ...... 1956 FORD South. There were cars present Miss GS.A and DRAGSTER...... AUTO REPAIR SERVICE WENDY REINERTSON ...... 1952 CHEV DRAGSTER...... JOE WEIKLEENGET BILL ANDERSON ...... 1950 CHEV Kustom Kings, Black Jacks, DRAGSTER ...... CARLSON & SUTHERLAND BILL BOSSART ...... 1955 FORD from as far away as Chicago, her princesses 1956 FORD ...... HARRY DEYO TED READY ...... DRAGSTER 1956 FORD ...... GARY ERICKSON ED PIERCE ...... DRAGSTER King Pins, and Dragons. Got and they drew a terrific crowd. represented the 1959 FORD ...... CURTIS SWANSON BOB BROWN...... 1932 FORD 1958 FORD ...... DARYL EMERY BILL LUND ...... 1940 FORD together and tried to form a 1959 HARLEY ...... ROG NEWMASTER BOB HALL ...... 1927 FORD That particular Sunday, the Association in many 1953 TRIUMPH ...... GORDON HUGHES GARY HANSON...... 1957 CAMEO 1959 INDIAN ...... GARY GUMINGO GARY HANSON...... 1929 FORD lasting organization for the 1959 TRIUMPH ...... BRUCE FELBER BILL MOFFAT ...... 1940 FORD weatherman was just as parades and at race 1955 TRIUMPH ...... DON HASE BOB MCGINLEY ...... 1932 FORD betterment of Minnesota Hot 1958 TRIUMPH ...... BILL CROSS BUD SCHOENER ...... 1940 FORD cooperatively as he could be, and the tracks, even 1959 TRIUMPH ...... MIKE BAIRD JOHN HALL ...... 1932 FORD 1941 FORD ...... SONNY JOHNSON WILLIE EIBNER ...... 1932 FORD Rodders. The first meetings were held at 1958 RAMBLER ...... JIM MUENCHOW HENRY ORFIELD ...... 1932 FORD people just flocked around the area. presenting trophies 1948 CHEV ...... CHARLES OLSON JIM KELLY ...... 1932 FORD 1957 FORD ...... DICK COLEMAN BOB MUELLER...... 1931 FORD the Northside precinct itself, in quarters There was ample parking, and the association at BIR. Eventually 1934 PLYMOUTH ...... EDWARD SCHAFFER BERNIE WAGNILD ...... 1953 STUDE 1956 CHEV ...... MARLYN ENGLERT GARY ERICKSON...... 1956 FORD arranged for by Captain Bailey. One man at these DAVID JOSLYN...... 1937 FORD saw all of its members there. Some of the cars were they joined in the 1961 5th Annual Entries GUY RICH ...... 1938 FORD 1951 CHEV...... JOHN ORR ROGER JACKSON ...... 1940 FORD meetings, made so much sense in every suggestion, 1950 MERCURY ...... LOWELL RAITOR DAVID BABLER ...... 1934 FORD Erlyn Carlson, of Fargo, North Dakota who took three 1973 Queen Patti Niznick with Aquatennial parade 1956 CHEV...... MARLYN ENGLERT GARY AMTSON ...... 1941 CHEV 1952 CHEV ...... NORM RISKA JAMES SPATA ...... 1949 FORD that when the first elections were held, he was voted trophies with this gorgeous 1952 Merc. Custom, Nobby Princess’s Cindy Foy and and, festivities and 1948 BUICK ...... GARY ROSZELL BRAD PETERS...... 1953 STUDE 1949 MERCURY ...... JOHN FOSTER JOHN FOSTER...... 1949 MERC President, and has been re-elected ever since then. Jakie Eilek 1957 PLYMOUTH...... GERRY CARROLL DAVID HEYERDAHL ...... 1955 BUICK Wesps, Olds, and many other fine Rod and Customs. their queen contest. 1960 CHEV ...... TOM HUNT BOB GRANT ...... 1950 FORD 1949 ...... BRUCE MYHRE ROGER BRHRT...... 1956 OLDS That man is John Foster, without whose help and 1956 FORD ...... GORDIE FJESETH ERLYN CARLSON ...... 1952 MERC In 1969 our queen, Sue Theis, was crowned as one of 1956 FORD ...... RON PENSINGER LAVERN SKUTLEY ...... 1953 CHEV As this point I would like to give you all, a slight bit of “Lee Younkin, is one terrific good sport!” These 1958 FORD ...... DARYL EMERY BOB SELMESS ...... 1952 CHEV prodding, the association would not be where it is the Aquatennial princesses. 1951 MERCURY ...... RICHARD WENNEN NORM WESP ...... 1955 OLDS words were spoken by John Foster, at the last 1959 CHEV ...... JIM HERLOFSKY WAYNE PAHL ...... 1957 CHEV today. The other elected officials at this election were background, on the man who made the association 1952 PLYMOUTH ...... LOWELL BREKKE GARY BOSELL ...... 1956 CHEV Through the years of the Miss GSTA Queen Contests, Gopher State meeting, and his reasons for 1952 MERCURY...... ROBERT PETTINGER JAMES MCMORAN...... 1951 CHEV what it is today, by his never ending toil in al our 1956 LINCOLN...... BOB DZEMSKE ROGER BERGMAN ...... 1951 MERC Keith Rogerine, Vice President, Don Niles, Secretary making this statement are many. Lee was, as 1954 OLDS ...... RALPH FERLS JAMES MEWS ...... 1931 FORD behalf. John Foster, a native of LeMars, which ran from 1957 through 1978, many gopher 1941 CHEV...... JOHN ALBRECHT RALLIE VANDIEMAN ...... 1957 T’BIRD and Dave Sohlin, Treasurer. most of you know, selected as Miss GSTA at the 1948 MERCURY ...... TERRY OLIN THOMAS BAUMAN ...... 1950 CHEV 2 members gave numerous hours preparing for contests, 3 1955 OLDS ...... BOB MELIN WILLIAM SHANE ...... 1929 FORD Iowa, moved to Florida, and came to 1950 CHEV...... DICK COX JIM RAUCH ...... 1932 FORD car show, and was therefore our contestant in 1956 FORD ...... DENNIS HINES MAX ALBARD ...... 1956 PONTIAC After the first few meetings, Bob “He has been the building floats, 1946 FORD ...... BILL TAPPER Minnesota in 1946. He joined the the “Miss World Series” contest at Cordova Ill. 1953 OLDS ...... GORDY ZINSCHLAG 1959 3rd Annual Entries 1953 CHEV ...... CHUCK BECK 1 RAY PIRKOLA ...... 1936 FORD Palmer, a kind of gentleman, who was spark-plug of the participating in during the World Series of . She did 1960 CORVETTE ...... ARTHUR FIELD 2 DOUG SHELSTAD ...... 1954 MERC Strokers in 1954, as an advisor, and has 1940 FORD ...... CHUCK MELAND 3 ...... 1955 CHEV one of the many advisors in the first parades and not win, although she had the eventual winner, 1939 FORD ...... JOHN GANNUCCI 4 TED JOHNSON ...... 1932 FORD association ever continued in this capacity ever since, 1940 FORD ...... MYRON BYERS 5 LOU BENDER ...... 1930 FORD a local beauty, far out pointed. This is not an 1937 LASALLE...... BRUCE MYHRE 6 ...... 1951 MERC meetings, said he was able to procure John has had time between all of his chaperoning the 1940 CHEV ...... GUNTHER HUGO 7 RONALD KUSSKE ...... 1955 OLDS since its birth, and exclusive opinion, but one that was reiterated 1939 CHEV ...... TERRY SCHAEFER 8 ...... CROSLEY girls to various 1936 FORD ...... RAYMOND PIRKOLA 9 RAY HEINEN...... 1932 FORD room for meetings, rent free, in the official duties, to assemble the most 1936 FORD ...... WILLIAM BLOCK 10 PHIL FURLONG...... 1940 FORD all the members many times, by varied speed contestants, and 1940 FORD ...... WILLIAM BLOCK 11 BILL BLOCK ...... 1936 FORD James Ballentine V.F.W. at Lake St. and activities. In 1934 FORD ...... MIKE GRISWOLD 12 GARY HANSON ...... 1929 FORD sanitary Merc in this part of the one or two official's. Not one time,during her 1932 FORD ...... BOB MCGINLEY 13 DENNIS DEYO ...... 1956 FORD owe him a terrific 1931 FORD ...... LANG AND HANSEN 14 ALLAN FEHN ...... 1950 MERC Lyndale. The meetings have been held return for the stay at the drags was Lee heard to say anything 1935 FORD ...... WILLIAM GEFRE 15 ...... 1932 FORD country, as you can see if you will find 1932 FORD ...... HAROLD CORNWELL 16 BRUCE JOHNSON ...... 1946 MERC there ever since. As word of the hours donated which was less than completely agreeable, and 1932 FORD ...... TOM YOUNG 17 NORM RISKA ...... 1952 CHEV debt for the time he it here at the show. He has been the 1947 CROSLEY ...... ECKDAHL-HARLAN-MCELROY 18 MARLYN ENGLERT...... 1956 CHEV 1932 FORD ...... JERRY QUAM 19 GARY ERICKSON ...... 1956 FORD association spread, other clubs came they were able to this took no little amount of patience and even 1934 FORD ...... LUD MAYROFF 20 ROGER JACKSON ...... 1940 FORD has spent in getting spark-plug of the association ever since 1932 FORD ...... TOPPERS CAR CLUB 21 RANDY PEARSON ...... 1950 CHEV temperness. I can honestly say that if I were 1932 FORD...... WILLING AND PRAML 22 DON SANDSTROM ...... 1932 FORD seeking membership, and before very its birth, and all the members owe him get acquainted 1931 FORD ...... DELL CLAUSEN 23 ...... 1952 FORD our Drag Strip.” Lee, I would have blacked a few eyes, as she 1930 FORD ...... AUSTIN LODEN 24 ...... 1934 FORD long the size of the organization had with many 1934 FORD ...... JOHN FORSTER 25 ROGER SATHER ...... 1950 CHEV a terrific debt for the time he has spent took a good deal of abuse all the way around, as 1932 FORD ...... TIM HOLT 26 GORDON FJESETH ...... 1956 FORD 1957 MARSERATI ...... HARRY SCHULTZ 27 DICK RODECK...... 1950 MERC doubled, over it’s original charter wonderful far as the contest was concerned. DRAGSTER ...... ROBERT STACY 28 GEORGE LANG ...... 1931 FORD in getting our Drag Strip. It was 1977 Queen Dawn Van Pelp DRAGSTER ...... FINN AND MANKE 29 BOB MUELLER ...... 1931 FORD membership. A constitution was drawn up, and young ladies. |s DRAGSTER ...... JOE WEIKLEENGET 30 ROGER JACKSON ...... 1940 FORD announced about a month ago, that the land has been DRAGSTER ...... STEENERSON & STATTINE 31 THE BIG WHEEL ...... DRAGSTER Lee has lived in Minneapolis for only three 1959 TRIUMPH ...... MIKE BAIRD 32 DAVE ASHLIN...... 1939 FORD amended, and amended until was finally as much to 1960 TRIUMPH ...... DAVE DEPEW 33 BOB STACY ...... 1932 FORD located, and the plans were being dreamt up for our years, hailing from Monrovia, Calif., where our 1950 TRIUMPH ...... CHUCK LUNDQUIST 34 LAVERN SKUTLEY ...... 1953 CHEV 1956 ARIEL ...... JAMES BROWN 35 JIM CAVANAGH ...... 1948 CHEV everyone’s liking as possible, and the copies printed lovely was Monrovia Highs’ “Homecoming HARLEY DRAG BIKE...... ROY EGEBERG 36 ...... 1932 FORD Drag Strip. The backers of the strip, the Optimist Club, GSTA Queen History 1957-1978 1961 HARLEY ...... LEE ROBERTSON 37 TOM RYAN ...... 1939 PLYMOUTH black spaces where the organizations name should be, Queen” in 1953. Besides being a doll, she is also 1947 HARLEY ...... DENNIS FLEMINO 38 CHUCK RICE & LARRY SWAN ...... 1932 FORD are building the strip with a dual purpose in mind. 1958 FORD ...... LEE WELLS 39 ...... 1950 OLDS 1932 FORD ...... JOHN HORKEY 40 EARL KING ...... 1940 FORD as the name was not decided on for about four months. 1957-58 | Lee Younkin 1969 | Kathy somewhat of a hot rodder at heart, having 41 ERLYN CARLSON...... 1952 MERC The first is that the Hot Rodders of our area will have a 1962 6th Annual Entries 42 RON NELSON ...... 1951 FORD 1959 | Sandy Hogan Zimmerman attended the drags at Pomona, Calif.. as often MIKE UZLIK ...... 1940 FORD 43 WAYNE KERR ...... 1941 BUCIK There became more and more talk of a drag strip for place to race their cars against the clocks, under strict LUD MAYROFF ...... 1934 FORD 44 JAMES PELLEGRINO...... 1957 FORD 1970 | Terri Setterlund as was possible. When asked if she would like to RON WHITE...... 1932 FORD 45 DICK ARNOLD ...... 1951 OLDS the organization, but it was felt that to hurry was a 1960 | Jolee Sachs JON DALRYMPLE...... 1936 FORD 46 DICK BROSS ...... 1952 MERC safety supervision. The second purpose is, after the have a roadster or coupe she said she would ROGER HELGESON ...... 1934 CHEV 47 ...... 1957 CHEV 1961 | Judy Darwin 1971 | Mary Ellen JERRY SULLIVAN ...... 1934 FORD 48 ...... 1958 FORD folly, for there had been attempts earlier towards a drag love it, but she knew nothing about building one. HOWARD SWANSON ...... 1932 FORD 49 TERRY MORLOCK...... 1955 PLYMOUTH strip is a paying propositions, the proceeds will go to Zubulake DICK BENEDICT...... 1940 FORD 50 DICK COLEMAN ...... 1957 FORD strip and they had ended in failure. It was also decided 1962 | Sue Bubiltz Lee was “Miss Edina” of 1956, and says she JERRY LA PONTE ...... 1955 BUICK 51 ROGER HUBER...... 1957 FORD the Optimist Youth Work. The location of the 1972 | Kathy Kiefier JERRY WILDE...... 1933 FORD 52 MAXWELL T. ALVORD ...... 1955 PONTIAC DUANE SCHMIDT ...... 1939 CHEV 53 BOB LAUREL ...... 1957 CHEV that a sponsor would be necessary for it would take too 1963 | Judy Strommen really enjoys being in these contests. Her years JOHN GANNUCCI ...... 1939 FORD 54 ...... 1940 FORD installation is about four miles north of Anoka, and is 1973 | Pattie Niznick TERRY SHANTOS...... 1917 FORD 55 JOHN TRULSON...... 1954 STUDEBAKER 1964 | Laura Bolstad have been split up between the “U of M” and her CYRIL W. KUBISTA ...... 1940 FORD 56 ...... 1932 FORD long for the association to raise the money on its own. MACK BOWMAN ...... 1932 FORD 57 ...... 1951 MERC to be running by Labor Day. There will be parking 1974 | Patti Pomeroy & hobbies, which include swimming, dancing, TERRY SCHAEFER ...... 1939 CHEV 58 DON FRASER ...... 1958 CORVETTE So, the next logical step was to inform Mr. John Q. 1965 | Shirley Moses BRUCE HALVORSON ...... 1940 FORD 59 TERRY MCIVAINE...... 1956 CHEV facilities for about two thousand spectators’ cars, and Chris Maciazka skiing, and horseback riding. Lee lives with her DELMAR CLAUSEN ...... 1931 FORD 60 RICHARD DAME ...... 1957 CHEV 1966 | Sharon Exstrom GEORGE LANG...... 1931 FORD 61 LOWELL RAITOR ...... 1950 MERC Public of intentions and merits of the true hot-rod-der. 1975 | Sue Guttman parents, at 4901 Maple Road, Edina, and works HANNA & BOLTE ...... 1927FORD 62 ...... 1957 PLYMOUTH pit area large to accommodate many, many competitors. BRUCE FEIBER ...... 1934 FORD 62 DOUG ONDICK ...... 1956 1967 | Carol Kozak INTERNATIONAL FIBERGLASS ...... ASTRA 1976 | Margie Klas part-time at Clancy Drugs on West 50th. One of GUNTHER HUGO ...... 1940 CHEV 1960 4th Annual Entries Late in the year of 1955, the question was raised Well, you have read the story of a group of young fellow, PHIL BUNDY ...... 1957 CHEV 1950 MERCURY ...... LOWELL RAITOR 1968 | Jackie Schiel 1977 | Dawn Van Pelp the things that is most impressive about our TOPPERS OF FARGO ...... 1932 FORD 1958 CHEV ...... TERRY HUGHES whether or not the association should join a nation- SPINNERS OF MILWAUKEE ...... 1951 HENRY J 1949 OLDS ...... JERRY SULLIVAN who had their heart set on a drag strip, and how they 1969 | Sue Theis queen, is that she acts more mature than most TOM HUNT ...... 1960 CHEV 1956 FORD...... GORDON FJESETH 1978 | Judy Theis GEORGE BROWER ...... 1956 FORD 1946 MERCURY ...... DUANE NIEMI wide organization. As a result of this, the director of A (Princess of 20 year olds, and all I can say is she was a TERRENCE WOLF ...... 1952 CHEV 1937 LASALLE ...... BRUCE MYHRE got it. We think it is a swell story, how about you? | LOWELL RAITOR...... 1950 MERC 1953 STUDEBAKER ...... BRAD PETERS the Lakes) perfect choice. JAMES TOUSLEY ...... 1949 0LDS 1959 CHEV...... MARK GULBRANDSON the “Automobile Timing Ass’n. of America, James FINN & MANKE ...... DRAGSTER 1950 MERCURY ...... ALLEN FEHN JOE WEIKLEENGET...... DRAGSTER CHUCK MILLER ...... FORCASTA TOM HOOVER ...... DRAGSTER TOM TOLLEFSON ...... 1960 CHEV GSTA ...... DRAGSTER HAROLD OSTMOE ...... 1956 CHEV , , CORKY PAKSLEY...... 1962 PONT CURTIS LUEBKE...... 1960 FORD RICHARD HALVORSON...... 1959 CHEV DENNY COLLINS ...... 1956 BUICK DOUGLAS ONDICK...... 1956 CHEV MAURICE FUGERE ...... 1961 CORVAIR JON MATHISRUD ...... 1956 CHEV ROBERT FISCHER...... 1955 CHEV MATHISRUD, LANGSETH ...... 1956 CHEV WM E JECHOREK ...... 1957 PLYMOUTH JERRY PERKLY ...... 1965 OLDS RALPH FERKS...... 1954 OLDS The 1950 s The 1950 s LOWOLL RAITAR ...... 1950 MERC FRED R. PRUDOEHL...... 1953 FORD CARL SWANSON...... 1950 OLDS BIG WHEEL...... DRAGSTER by Ed Smith TERRY COTTON ...... 1949 CHEV BOB MCGINLEY ...... 1932 FORD across Highway 8 from Twin City Speedway in In 1954 the Minneapolis Police Department’s Captain FRED ROMO ...... 1956 FORD THOMAS GARY LYNN...... 1958 TRIUMPH HARRY MILEHAM ...... 1959 CHEV JAMES HERLOFSKY ...... 1959 CHEV Lexington. Racing continued there until the University Bailey held an organizational meeting for car clubs in BOB BATHKE...... 1959 CHEV KY MICHAELSON ...... 1959 BSA ot-rodding in the Twin Cities was working its way WM. HURLEY ...... 1963 CORVETTE JAMES JOHNSON ...... 1959 INDIAN R. E. POLKINGHORNE ...... 1965 CORVETTE JIM ZIMMERMAN ...... 1956 TRIUMPH eastward from California by the late 40s and 50s. found out what was going on and sent the University the area. The result of that meeting was the Gopher GERALD CALLIHAN ...... SPECIAL BILL LEHMANN ...... 1951 VINCENT H KENNETH VENBERG ...... 1931 CHEV KATHI GALL...... 1937 HD police to end it. There was speculation that the owner State Timing Association that we know today. It was ROBERT WILLING ...... 1932 FORD LOWELL JACOBSON ...... 1932 FORD Although circle track racing with various types of cars ROGER BOETTCHER ...... 1930 CHEV KENNETH CALLIHAN ...... 1934 CHEV 1963 7th Annual Entries of the speedway may have alerted them. incorporated in early 1955. GSTA continued many of KY MICHAELSON, MPLS...... DRAGSTER KEN BRECH ...... 1955 HD had been popular in the area for years, street-driven FLYWHEELERS CAR CLUB ...... DRAGSTER WALT NIESEN ...... DRAGSTER WALTER NIESEN ...... DRAGSTER MARK PIERI AND ART BERGSTROM ...... DRAGSTER modified cars were still a rarity. The arrival of the small the positive things that the previous Associations had SIDEWINDERS RACING TEAM ...... DRAGSTER JERRY MORTENSON ...... 1953 HENRY J HAROLD CROMWELL ...... 1932 FORD GENE SCHILFE ...... 1950 VINCENT started. Member clubs continued the many varied and GARY BENSON ...... 1940 CHEV DONALD WILLIAMS ...... 1955 CHEV size magazines (Honk and Rod & Custom)on PAUL JOHNSON ...... 1940 FORD CHARLES HUTH...... 1962 CORVAIR DAVID JULSRUD ...... 1940 FORD ROBERT T. BATHKE ...... 1959 CHEV fun activities they had done before. A couple of the TOM JAGLO ...... 1940 FORD FRED ROMO ...... 1956 FORD newsstands allowed the youth of the day to be made DON SPIESS...... 1937 FORD BOBBY GJEMSE...... 1951 FORD DAVID ROEH ...... 1958 BSA OTTO KAUFHARDT ...... 1959 CHEV PU aware of what was happening elsewhere. I grew up in clubs started an ice racing event on a small pond near GERALD BUFFINGTON ...... 1952 TRIUMPH JIM EGGLESTON ...... 1937 FORD PU TOM STARCEVIE ...... 1961 TRIUMPH DAVE KELLEY ...... 1932 FORD Prior Lake. Using junker cars without studded , it BOB ROWE ...... 1964 HONDA HEINEN AND MALIN ...... 1932 AUSTIN south Minneapolis in the 50s and can recall a few MARVIN SCHLUELER...... 1950 TRIUMPH GENE CROSS...... 1939 FORD RICHARD WORD ...... 1964 HONDA BILL DRESS ...... 1932 PLYMOUTH modified cars in my neighborhood that caught the was pure fun. Avery small admission was charged one BRUCE KLAVEN...... 1955 TRIUMPH ALAN BODNARCHUK ...... 1928 FORD SAMUEL HELPS ...... 1941 HD GLEN CUMMINGS ...... 1932 FORD VICTORIA Sunday with all proceeds going to the Heart JAMES PREISLER ...... 1959 TRIUMPH WILLIAM T. FORDE ...... 1963 DEVIN “0” attention of those of us riding bicycles: a ’36 Ford JOHN BECKER ...... 1951 TRIUMPH THOMAS D. WILHARBER...... 1934 FORD PU JOHN TROWERIDGE ...... 1965 NORTON JACK BRODT ...... 1957 OLDS Association, since it was Heart Sunday. ROBERT WINSTON...... 1959 BSA JOHN H. SPRECK...... 1941 FORD coupe with fade-away running boards and LaSalle grill, BRUCE JOHNSON ...... 1963 BSA JOHN PATOILE ...... 1956 HD DARYL NELSON...... 1942 HD RICHARD HAMANN ...... 1949 FORD a very nice ’50 Ford convert, a ’49 or ’50 Chev sedan THOMAS GAMMELL...... 1965 HONDA ROGER HELGESON ...... 1934 CHEV DWAYNE PAQUIN ...... 1964 BSA MILAN LONG ...... 1932 FORD MIDWEST POWER BOAT ASSN...... 1965 RACING BOAT JON KOSMOSKI ...... 1934 FORD delivery and a ’40 Buick coupe come to mind. ROGER SCHURER ...... 1956 FORD ELWOOD SPERR ...... 1961 HD AL FEHN...... POWER CAT BOAT DONNY MATSCHE ...... 1959 HD DOUGLAS GALL ...... 1937 HD EDMUND KLISMITH...... 1959 BSA JAMES HERLOFSKY...... 1959 TRIUMPH FRANK SENTYRZ ...... 1947 HD Big Wheel ad from The Timer circa 1957 DUANE PAULSON...... SKI BOAT JAMES VARNO ...... 1948 HD 1950 scalloped Chev owned by Randy Pearson from the LYLE KALAHOR, ...... SKI BOOT DALE RONNING ...... 1954 VINCENT WIBBLE & STEWART...... DRAGSTER TOM RUDD ...... 1962 H.D 3rd GSTA Show in 1959 KY MICHAELSON ...... 1960 B.S.A. 1966 10th Annual Entries ROBERT ROMANO ...... 1962 CHEV One of the prime car-related activities of the car-crazy GEORGE BARRIS...... “THE DRAGU-LA” WALTER SCHUMACHER ...... 1937 CHEV The group that followed the Gofur Timing Association GOPHER STATE TIMING ASSN ...... CHRYSLER JOHN GANNUCCI ...... 1939 FORD GOPHER STATE TIMING ASSN ...... CHEV JERRY L. WILDE ...... 1933 FORD youth was cruising. Popular streets for this in MIKE MACHACEK...... 1941 CHEV PU DEL CLAUSEN...... 1931 FORD was the Twin City Timing Association, which started GERALD WATSON...... 1950 FORD WILLAM JECHORCH ...... 1957 PLYMOUTH Minneapolis were Lake Street from the Flat Top ROBERT PETERSON ...... 1934 FORD TOM JAGLO ...... 1940 FORD ED MCCULLOUGH ...... 1933 FORD WALTER L. RISCH, JR...... 1937 FORD with 15 clubs. Little is known about this organization GARY M. MAGNER ...... 1957 CHEV LESLIE HUFFMAN ...... 1955 CHEV drive-in near the river to Porkey’s near Lake Calhoun. SAMSEL BROTHERS...... 1951 ANGLIA LUD MAUROFF ...... 1934 FORD other than an article in the June 1953 issue of Racing GARY SCHROEDER...... 1957 CHEV GORDON STRAKA ...... 1957 CHEV DICK JUTILA ...... 1940 FORD WILLIOM VETSCH ...... 1939 FORD Another, for the North side, was the Sun Drive-In on JOHN VOGSTROM...... 1954 JAG & 1955 AUSTIN HEALY JOHN MALIK...... TRENDERO 1959 RANCHERO Wheels magazine. Most clubs of the era were interested RON NIEMELA...... 1932 FORD DON VARGO...... 1934 FORD JOCK KEENAN ...... 1964 CHEVELLE HOWARD MITCHELL...... 1929 FORD in improving the public image of hot-rodders. Just PRAMEL-CHEESEBORO-MAEHREN ...... 1937 FIAT WILLIAM ZAHORA ...... 1936 FORD BRAD STEWART ...... 1923 FORD JIMMY LYNCH ...... 1953 STUDEBAKER LOWELL RAITOR ...... 1950 MERCURY about all the clubs had “courtesy JIM HODGES ...... 1964 CHEV II 1964 8th Annual Entries JOHN MADIGAN ...... 1959 BSA CARLSON & CHARBONNEAU ...... 1963 PLYMOUTH Boyd Harland’s 1940 Olds shown at the 1st GSTA Show BOB WINSTON, JR ...... 1959 BSA JOHN HAGEN ...... 1963 CHEV cards”which JOSEPH WHITE ...... 1963 CORVETTE SYNOTT M. MATTHEWS ...... 1960 KARMANN GIHA Henry Orfield’s 1932 Ford CoBest of Show in 1957 GREG AMLUXEN...... DRAG BOOT CHARLES HUTH ...... 1962 MONZA HOLIDAY OLDS...... 1966 OLDS FUNNY CAR CASSIDY & ANTHONY...... 1962 CHEV DRAGSTER 4 By 1953 there was an attempt to get the various clubs 5 HUTCHINSON-WILSON-WAUGH ...... 1926 FORD WALTER J. NIESEN ...... DRAGSTER NORMAN D. SCHNYDERS ...... 1965 TRIUMPH CABROLETS CAR CLUB ...... DRAGSTER In the late ‘50’s a shop teacher at Vocational High RAYMOND P. FLYNN...... 1927 T GOPHER STATE TIMING ASSN ...... DRAGSTER (Cogs, Combustion Cousins, Rod Nuts, etc.) organized GEORGE P. LABELLE ...... 1965 MUSTANG TOM HOOVER ...... DRAGSTER JERRY MORTENSON ...... 1953 HENRY J RAY COLLINS...... 1958 PONTIAC into a master group. The first group that I am aware of School, Clarence (Shorty) Booth, arranged for GSTA ROBERT A. CHONTLAND ...... 1965 TRIUMPH NORM HALL ...... 1951 MERCURY STEWART WIBBELS-SCHEER ...... DRAGSTER RONALD G. PERAU...... 1959 CHEV and the Minneapolis Optimist Club to meet, with the DENNIS L. OSWALD ...... 1937 PLYMOUTH PU RON KNEALING ...... 1963 CHEV was the Gofur Timing Association. This group JAMES STOHR ...... 1950 OLDS TERRY L. COTTON ...... 1949 CHEV ROBERT J. RITCHIE...... 1950 CHEV PU KENNETH R. SAMPSON...... 1949 OLDS organized – and held – drag races on an abandoned ultimate result being Minnesota Dragways, “The FRED ROMO ...... 1956 FORD SAMSEL BROTHERS...... 1932 FORD DOUG MERIWETHER ...... 1963 MERLYN HAROLD CORNWELL ...... 1924 FORD Fastest Piece of Real Estate in Minnesota”. The MARVIN SCHLUETER...... 1947 HARLEY JIM WICKS ...... 1959 CORVETTE stretch of road south of Highway 10, between Elk River ROGER L. NELSEN ...... 1932 BANTAM BILL HURLEY ...... 1963 CORVETTE JOHN NELSON...... 1962 PONTIAC JERRY MORTENSON ...... 1953 HENRY J dragstrip opened for racing in 1959. GSTA, through RODNEY PETERSON ...... 1934 FORD LEROY PSYK ...... 1941 WILLYS and Big Lake. This was a very narrow piece of road DONALD WILLIAMS ...... 1955 CHEV KENNETH YOUKER ...... 1932 FORD JOHN STICHA ...... 1965 CHEV RAY HEINEN ...... 1932 AUSTIN with a curve in the shutdown portion. Timing was income from its car shows, bought bonds to help CHUCK DATKA ...... DRAGSTER GORDY STRAKA...... 1941 WILLYS JAMES LEROY ...... 1958 TRIUMPH RILEY-POWERS-ROSHEK ...... 1948 FIAT finance the building of the strip. RICHARD R. WARD ...... 1940 FORD & 1966 HONDA ROBERT E. MEYER...... 1947 CROSLEY primitive, using a stopwatch (at the finish line) that Allan Fehn’s 50 Mercury shown at 1st GSTA Show BILL KIRTLEY ...... BMC FORMULA JR. CY KUBISTA ...... 1925 FORD MALCOLM MACAULAY ...... 1934 PLYMOUTH JOE CHRENCIK ...... 1931 FORD was started by hand when the starter’s flag dropped. were given out JIM ELSEN ...... 1963 CORVETTE ROBERT STRUKSNES ...... 1927 FORD In 1956 GSTA held its first car show at what was then a GERALD BUFFINGTON ...... 1952 TRIUMPH AI DUCHARME ...... 1915 FORD whenever a club member helped a ROBERT FINLEY ...... 1940 FORD BARRY FRISK ...... 1953 MERCURY Races were conducted fairly regularly during 1953, but RONALD WHITE ...... 1927 MODEL T HAROLD STRUKSNOS ...... 1956 DODGE Central Avenue. I understand the popular St. Paul TERRY L. COTTON ...... 1949 CHEV TOM RYDING ...... 1931 FORD were stopped when a fast ’36 Ford coupe rolled while motorist in distress. Many such motorists offered TONY AUSTIN ...... 1957 CORVETTE TOM JAGLO ...... 1940 FORD cruising street was University Avenue in the area of LOREN RICHARDS ...... 1924 FORD ELDRED REITAN...... 1932 FORD GERALD HOHENSTEIN ...... 1964 CHEV TERRY HEILMAN ...... 1932 FORD payment for the help but were given a PAUL A. JOHNSON ...... 1940 FORD BILL DRESS ...... 1932 PLYMOUTH Porkey’s drive-in. Unfortunately, this cruising activity EARL CHRISTIANSON ...... 1940 CHEV BILL BARNES ...... 1940 FORD card by the hot- SCHIFSKY.JOHNSON ...... 1966 FUEL DRAGSTER GREG BENSON...... 1940CHEV MATHISRUD-LANGSETH ...... 1956 CHEV ROLPH HIBBARD ...... 1958 CHEV often led to impromptu street races to see whose car LYNDON GERNARD ...... 1940 FORD PU FRED ROMO ...... 1956 FORD JERRY PERKL ...... 1929 FORD JIM HERLOFSKY ...... 1959 CHEV was best, or fastest. The one-way streets that crossed GARY PRICE ...... 1955 CHEV BOB BATHKE...... 1959 CHEV JAMES & BARRY SATHER ...... 1951 ANGLIA BRUSE KLEVEN ...... 1956 TRIUMPH WATERSTON-MARSH ...... 1955 CHEV DAVE ROEHL ...... 1958 BSA Lake Street, Portland and Parkwere the best because BILL KINN...... 1934 FORD TIM BRAKSLAD ...... 1959 HARLEY MANKE-KINN-HALLADAY ...... 1966 DRAGSTER KEN KNASS ...... 1961 TRIUMPH MIKE GREEN ...... 1936 FORD TOM GLORVICK ...... 1961 BSA they were wide, with no oncoming traffic – you had to DAVE ROEHL ...... 1958 BSA BERNNIE ECKER...... 1938 HARLEY TOM JAGLO ...... 1940 FORD JAMES G. VARNO ...... 1948 HARLEY watch the cross streets carefully though. BRUCE JONES ...... 1961 TRIUMPH ELWOOD SPERR ...... 1938 HARLEY ROBERT DROGOSCH ...... 1957 CHEV BILL LAHMANN ...... 1947 VINCENT GEIST BROTHERS ...... DRAGSTER-OLDS JERRY BERKS ...... 1962 HARLEY DALE RONNING ...... 1954 VINCENT 1967 11th Annual Entries SATHER BROTHERS ...... 1951 ANGELIA The Rythmn Rods, R&R Racings, 1932 Ford Olds Rocket GEORGE BARRIS ...... BATMOBILE LAMBIE & SONNEN...... 1929 FORD ...... OUTLAW JERRY HANSEN...... 1963 COBRA GSTA ...... CHRYSLER DRAGSTER JON KOSMOSKI ...... 1934 FORD Powered Comp Sedan shown at 2nd GSTA Show in 1957 NEIS NORBERT ...... 1966 ORONDA JERRY FRANKMAN ...... 1956 TRIUMPH RICH POLKINGHORNE ...... 1967 CORVETTE RICHY A. KNOSS...... 1962 TRIUMPH SMITH & GOLDSTEIN ...... 1938 WILLYS PU JAMES R. STOHR...... 1950 OLDS STEVE RAUCHWATER ...... 1959 CHEV DEAN PROBST...... 1933 FORD Red Owl store parking lot on 22nd Avenue and Lake GARY SCHMIDT ...... 1949 ANGLIA KENNY VENBERG ...... 1931 CHEV MERRILL MARKELL...... GO KART LESLIE HUFFMAN ...... 1955 CHEV rodder instead. The MICHAEL HUGHES ...... 1940 FORD GARY HARRINGTON...... 1933 FORD Street. This show had many rods and customs, an JAMES & BARRY SATHER ...... 1951 ANGLIA BOB MCGINLEY...... 1948 FIAT BILL SCHIFSKY ...... DRAGSTER CARL SWANSON...... 1950 OLDS courtesy card stated that the person RON LARSON ...... 1932 FORD DAN GEORGE ...... 1932 FORD PU Roger Dahl’s 1949 Merc shown at the 2nd GSTA Show antique and a Tucker. Trophies were solicited from BILL MORTICE ...... 1951 ENGLISH FORD BOB HELING ...... 1932 FORD JOHN GANNUCCI ...... 1032 FORD had just been assisted by a hot-rodder. local merchants. No admission was charged and TERRY COTTON ...... 1949 CHEV 1965 9th Annual Entries MIKE MACHACEK...... 1941 CHEV PU DONALD WILLIAMS ...... 1955 CHEV CHUCK JOHNSON ...... DRAGSTER ROBERT-RITCHIE-HOPKINS...... 1950 CHEV PU trying to stop. Another factor in ending the races was The association held many events such as reliability attendance was good. The next showwas in the FRED ROMO ...... 1956 FORD DEAN PROBST...... 1933 FORD LYNDON GERNAND ...... 1963 CORVETTE JIM EGGLESTON ...... 1937 FORD PU the Highway Patrol objecting to the cars parked on the VIC ANDERSON ...... 1960 CORVETTE MIKE MACHAUK...... 1941 CHEV PU runs, poker runs, and treasure hunts with prizes and Minneapolis Armory in 1957 and featured the first LOWELL RAITOR...... 1950 MERC ALEXONDAR-LOPPLA-SANDERS ...... 1917 FORD JOHN TROWBRIDGE ...... 1965 NORTON CY KUBISTO ...... T ROADSTER overpass to watch the races. The drag racing moved to trophies for the winners and clubs. Blood donations GSTA Queen Contest in addition to many fine cars. BOB WALSH ...... 1959 HARLEY DEL CLAUSEN...... 1931 FORD MARVIN SCHLUETER...... 1956 HARLEY BEV & DON GOAR ...... 1961 CHEV SCOTT WINSTON...... 1962 BSA BURTON-CUMMONS ...... 1934 FORD the old University of Minnesota airport which was and donations to telethons also took place. There was no show in 1958, but a Spectacular has been CASSIDY ...... DRAGSTER MERVIN COLBER...... 1935 FORD 1933 Plymouth 3 Window Coupe shown at 1st GSTA Show STEVE PAULUS ...... 1956 CHEV TONY PETERSON ...... 1927 ROADSTER held every year since, starting in 1959. |A DARYL NELSON ...... 1942 HARLEY 3W FRED HOSLEY ...... 1931 CHEV JOHN AFFOLTER ...... 1965 HARLEY GERALD BUFFINGTON ...... 1952 TRIUMPH TONY FOX ...... SONIC CHALLENGER SNOWMOBILE ROBERT SCHAEFER ...... 1966 HONDA JIM HODGES-COKE...... 1969 CAMARO FUNNY CAR TOM ALBOLD ...... 1963 HARLEY , , GARY SCHMIDT...... 1933 WILLYS PT DAVE ROEHL ...... 1953 TRIUMPH & 1965 HONDA JOE HYATT ...... 1932 FORD TANGEN & MANN ...... 1966 OLDS 442 CHUCK DATKO ...... CHRYSLER DRAGSTER LEE MCDONALD ...... 1922 FORD BRUCE ROSS ...... CHRYSLER DRAGSTER DICK WARD ...... 1966 HONDA BILL GEFRE ...... 1940 WILLYS WALTON ...... DRAGSTER KENNY AITKEN ...... 1939 CHEV SD JERRY JOHNSON ...... 1932 FORD The 1960 s The 1960 s DENNY DUNKIRK...... 1948 AUSTIN BOB HALL ...... 1932 FORD BRUCE CRANDALL ...... 1948 ANGLIA BILL GEFRE ...... 1961 FALCON by Charlie Johnson JAMES STAHR...... 1940 WILLYS BRUCE MYHRE ...... 1954 FORD PU DALE JOHSNON...... COMPETITION T-BIRD KENNY AITKEN ...... 1934 FORD LOREN RICHARDS ...... 1923 FORD T DENNIS KEATING ...... 1955 CHEV BOB PETERSON ...... 1950 CHEV BRADLEY STEWART ...... 1923 FORD PU he 60s, ah yes, I remember them well – duck tails, Wife Finds GORDON STRAKA ...... 1957 NOMAD JAMES STOHR ...... 1950 OLDS CAMERON RUETHER ...... 1955 NOMAD RON JOHNSON ...... CHEV DRAGSTER flat tops, poodle skirts, penny loafers, engineer Racing Isn’t TODD BJERKNESS ...... 1948 ENGLISH FORD KY MICHAELSON ...... CHEV DRAGSTER T PAUL NORLING...... 1924 FORD T WALT NIESEN...... CHEV DRAGSTER JOEY PETERSON ...... 1967 CORVETTE JERRY SYKORA ...... 1939 CHEV boots, and GSTA events. a Drag JOHN VAGSTROM...... 1968 J-6 PANATHER MIKE HIGHLAND...... 1938 FORD JAMES SWEDBERG ...... 1970 RM DRAGSTER JACK COLBURN ...... 1929 FORD Mrs. Charles DENNIS SEATON...... 1968 CAMARO THOMAS ROE ...... CLASS C SPORTS CAR DAVID HUTCHINS ...... 1968 BUICK RAY SWALSKI ...... 1954 CORVETTE Johnson knew when JOHN AFFOLTER ...... 1917 FORD T EDBELKENGREN ...... 1967 CHEV PU DAN GOAR...... 1967 CHEV MIKE GAIOVNIK ...... 1934 FORD she got married SANDY BELKENGREN ...... 1923 FORD BOB BORSCHEIDR...... 1956 CHEV PAT O’CONNOR ...... 1957 CHEV GARY MAGNER ...... 1957 CHEV three years ago that JACK HURLEY ...... 1931 CHEV RUSSEL ERICKSON ...... 1960 CORVETTE DAVE ANDERSON...... 1967 CCE DRAGSTER LEONARD LARSOUR ...... 1964 CORVETTE LARRY ITEN...... 1957 NOMAD her husband was a FRANK LANG ...... 1933 FORD 1968 12th Annual Entries BRUCE FRANKLIN...... 1923 FORD T GEORGE MONTGOMERY ...... 1967 MUSTANG car enthusiast JAMES JOHNSON ...... 1934 FORD GSTA...... RCS DRAGSTER MARY ANN DAVIES ...... 1968 CAMARO GSTA ...... STUCKI DRAGSTER interested in drag DATTALO-PETERSON...... 1955 CHEV GARY KOHN ...... 1956 T-BIRD DARWIN PETERSON ...... 1967 CORVETTE DICK WARD ...... 1932 FORD racing.Her lack of RALPH HUMRICK ...... 1964 CORVETTE WALT NIESEN...... CHEV DRAGSTER RONALD KINDE...... 1963 CORVETTE LYLE BURTZLAFF ...... 1955 CHEV interest in the sport JOHNSON-PELLICCI ...... 1969 CHEVELLE JON MATHISRUD ...... 1956 FORD PU MICHAELSON-NELSON ...... CHRYSLER DRAGSTER HOWARD MANNING ...... 1955 CHEV didn’t last long. It PAT BONNETT ...... 1969 GTO TOM ERICKSON ...... 1958 CHEV TOM ERICKSON ...... 1967 CAMARO FRED ROMO ...... 1956 FORD couldn’t. It was her BILL HARDY ...... 1939 FORD KEN NICHOLSON ...... 1949 CROSLEY LYLE ERICKSON ...... 1966 PONTIAC RON LONG...... 1965 VW husband’s hobby, Bob Truchinski’s 1955 Buick OMEGA 3 shown at the 4th GSTA Show in 1960 – look at all that angel hair! WOW!! BRUCE KATH ...... 1963 FORD T RICH POLKINGHORNE ...... 1954 &1967 CORVETTE MICHAEL KALIEN...... 1923 FORD T BILL SHERMAN ...... 1967 CORVETTE and the Sunday MICHAEL MASON ...... 1919 FORD PU JEFF LARKIN ...... 1967 CAMARO STEVE PAULUS ...... 1957 CHEV TANGEN-SMITH-JOHNSON ...... 1966 OLDS 442 schedule in their Each year GSTA has produced a car show. The first one JON KOSMOSKI...... 1966 CORVAIR BURT RODGERS...... 1968 PLYMOUTH Mrs. Charles Johnson, 4033 Chicago JOSEPH BICHSEL ...... 1956 HARLEY 3 W LYNN WOODWARD ...... 1955 CHEV home read 7:30 a.m. Av. Won racing trophy two weeks BILL MILLETTE ...... 1965 HARLEY XLCH PETE PRINDLE...... 1965 OLDS 442 was outdoors at the Hi-Lake Shopping Center. The LARRY KLOBE ...... 1948 HARLEY FLOYD SABLE ...... MAHRYA 1 to 6:30 p.m. – before baby due. ROGER NEWMASTER ...... 1949 HARLEY JAMES KASTL ...... 1934 FORD Minneapolis Armory became the first indoor venue. GARY SCHMIDT ...... 1933 WILLIS Minnesota 1971 15th Annual Entries KEN KONTAS...... 1927 FORD J D ENRIGHT ...... 1963 CORVETTE GENE SONNEN ...... 1940 FORD Dragways, Coon Rapids. “So I decided if you can’t The program each night was hosted by local radio or CLYDE WYATT...... 1968 CORVETTE C. RICHARD SALO...... 1937 PLYMOUTH JIM WYATT ...... 1966 CORVETTE JIM FAGERSTROM...... 1966 MUSTANG RALPH HUMRICK ...... 1964 CORVETTE RICHARD KRIESEL ...... 1966 BUICK fight it, join it,” said the attractive blonde. TV personalities. Roundhouse Rodney was my MICHAELSON-BISSONETT-NELSON ...... 1971 RM DRAGSTER DENNIS HEAPY...... 1966 TORONADO KEITH SYLVESTER ...... 1941 WILLYS PU JIM BETLACH...... 1964 CHEV PU favorite. Each night, Queen candidates from each club BILL BODAVOX ...... 1969 CHEV JIM HODGES ...... 1968 CAMARO And join she did. Mrs. Johnson, 22, became so DONALD JENSEN...... 1935 FORD LOWELL RAITOR ...... 1923 FORD 1932 Ford 5 Window Coupe The SCAG at the 4th BRUCE KATH ...... 1923 T LEE MCDONALD ...... 1923 FORD involved in racing in the Sunday powder puff were interviewed on stage and in private by the Queen ANDERSON-BANG ...... 1970 RM DRAGSTER BOB WINSTON ...... 1923 FORD GSTA Show in 1960 HALEY-BOOK...... AA/F DRAGSTER STEVE PAULUS ...... 1956 CHEV derbies that the pending arrival of their first child committee. On Sunday night Miss GSTAwas crowned. DON LANGSETH ...... 1948 ANGLIA JIM OLESTZKE ...... 1965 PLYMOUTH JOHN WIBBELS ...... 1932 FORD SWEDBERG & LARKIN ...... CHEV DRAGSTER did not slow her down. JOHN NOARD ...... 1948 FIAT BILL SCHIFSKY ...... CHEV DRAGSTER Miss GSTAwas allowed to participate in the MICHAEL MISGEN ...... 1966 CHEVELLE MICHAELSON & BISSONETT ...... CHEV DRAGSTER GREGG HUTCHINS ...... 1951 CHEV HOWARD MARJAMA ...... CHEV DRAGSTER Won First Trophy PAT BONNETT...... 1969 G.T.O. SULLIVAN & RAUSTADT...... CHEV DRAGSTER Drag racing at Minnesota Dragways and Twin City Aquatennial “Queen of the Lakes” event, but not to JIM DRUDICK ...... 1957 CHEV BILL MORTICE ...... CHEV DRAGSTER ROBERT NELSON...... 1934 FORD LARRY KNUTSON ...... 1932 FORD She won her first trophy of the season two weeks become Queen of the Lakes. The Queen and princesses STANLEY WILKERSON...... 1969 EL CAMINO CARL PRAML...... 1932 FORD Speedway was great. There were several people that MIKE MASON...... 1919 T FORD J. HEATER ...... 1932 FORD before the expected birth of their baby (the first GILBERT RADABAUGH ...... 1957 CHEV KENNY AIKEN ...... 1934 FORD campaigned the gas GSTA dragster. At one time there represented GSTA on parade floats and other events DAN LUKEN...... 1941 FORD PU JERRY JOHNSON ...... 1932 FORD SD week of June). “The doctor knew I was racing MARCO SANDBLASTING ...... 1970 DRAGSTER ROBERT HEILING ...... 1932 FORD including races at Minnesota Dragways. TOM ROCKNE...... 1969 MUSTANG RODNEY PETERSON ...... 1934 FORD 6 were two dragsters and two crews. In addition to and didn’t say anything against it, so I told my 7 RON SPLITTSTOESSER...... 1967 CAMARO TERRY HENRICKS ...... 1930 FORD PAT MAHONEY ...... 1940 FORD JERRY PERKLE ...... FORD winning many races home and away, the dragster crew husband I would do it as long as I could fit behind CHUCK & HUEY MORTEL ...... 1933 WILLYS JON KOSMOSKI...... 1966 RIVIERA Marlyn Englert’s 1956 Chev Convertible at the 4th BILL DEWEY ...... 1923 FORD PU DENNIS DUNKIRK...... 1949 AUSTIN the steering wheel.” She explained that drag RICH CARLSON...... 1969 BARRACUDA ROBERT STICKLER ...... 1946 HARLEY won “Best Appearing Crew” at the nationals at Indy. GSTA Show in 1960 PHIL GADBOIS ...... 1968 CAMARO JOHN MADIGAN ...... 1959 BSA racing in the powder puff derby involves only two BOB PETERSON ...... 1955 CHEV ROBERT JUETTEN ...... 3 W HARLEY JIM PETRYKOWSKI ...... 1955 CHEV JOHN AFFOLTER ...... 1967 HARLEY Much workwent into the car and uniforms – a real cars and it is a straight track, no curves. “It’s JERRY CHRISTENSEN ...... 1957 FORD CLARENCE TOVAR ...... 1966 HONDA GSTA is an association of clubs. To encourage clubs to DALE JOHNSON...... 1971 COMET RON BROWN...... 1956 HARLEY team effort. based on your acceleration for a quarter mile,” BOB TANGEN ...... 1971 HARLEY GARY SULLIVAN ...... 1959 HARLEY JIM MANN ...... 1941 WILLYS STEVE & TIM CUNNINGHAM ...... 1965 HONDA she added. “You are timed for miles-per-hour do good things beyond drag racing, there was a points PETE OLSON ...... 1940 FORD MARVIN SCHLUETER...... 1951 HARLEY JIM ALEXANDER ...... 1939 FORD and elapsed time.” She said that the race a week committee formed to honor good works, positive KENNY AITKEN ...... 1934 FORD 1969 13th Annual Entries JERRY JOHNSON ...... 1923 T GSTA ...... RCS AA/G DRAGSTER and a half ago will probably be her last one of the BRUCE CRANDALL ...... 1948 ANGLIA GSTA ...... STUCKEY AA/G DRAGSTER deeds, and fun events. Clubs submitted reports on JIM STOHR ...... 1940 WILLYS THE “FIRE TRUCK”...... 1914 T FIRE TRUCK season since she will have a baby to care for. CHUCK PATCO ...... AA DRAGSTER “WILD CHILD” ...... HARLEY 3 WHEELER BRUCE ROSS ...... AA/F DRAGSTER CHUCK CURTIS...... 1961 CORVETTE such things as drag racing, road runs, blood drives, SMITH & FETRO ...... A/F FUNNY CAR DEAN LINDQUIST ...... 1957 NOMAD JOE HYATT ...... 1932 ROADSTER DON CRANUSCOTTY ...... 1960 CORVETTE Her interest in cars and drag racing came and community service projects. Each year at the ROBERT NELSON ...... 1951 HARLEY 3 W BRYAN FORSYTH ...... 1962 PLYMOUTH LARRY WHEELER...... 1970 HARLEY LYLE ERICKSON ...... 1966 TEMPEST gradually, she said. “My husband didn’t push me BOB LONGHANS ...... 1955 BSA AL TSCHIDA ...... 1933 WILLYS annual GSTA banquet, clubs were honored for their JIM LANDREE ...... 1960 HARLEY XICH JIM EGGELSTON ...... 1932 FORD into it. He let me go to the dragways when I ROBERT ADAMS ...... 1956 HARLEY 3 W MICHAEL JANSMA ...... 1958 PONTIAC accomplishments. For our entertainment at the TOM RASINSKI ...... 1965 SUZUKI ROBERT RICHARDS ...... 1967 CAMARO wanted to and let me work on the car.” When the DAN HASE ...... 1966 TRIUMPH JOHN AFFALTER ...... 1923 T ED STALE...... 1948 HARLEY CLAUDE BOYLE...... 1929 FORD powder puff derby was set up at the dragways, annual banquet we had guest speakers such as LYLE ERICKSON ...... 1970 AMX WAYNE STEINKE...... 1962 FALCON JIM SWEDBERG...... FIAT PHIL BUBAR ...... 1963 AVANTI her husband encouraged her to enter. 1932 Ford D/ owned by Dave Kelley of Albert Lea DAVE SANDQUIST ...... 1968 CHEV II Don Garlits, Tony Fox (of Sno Pony Snowmobiles 1972 16th Annual Entries KENNY AITKEN ...... 1934 FORD SEDAN at the 7th GSTA Show in 1963 JIM TUNSEY...... FORD GT 40 TERRY ERDRICH ...... 1935 FORD TK & Pollution Packer fame), Jerry Stahl and Craig RALPH HUMRICK ...... CORVETTE JIM HODGES ...... 1968 CAMARO ‘All for the Sport’ JERRY JOHNSON ...... FORD ROADSTER BOB PETERSON ...... 1955 CHEV PAT BONNETT ...... 1968 CHEV PELLICCI-SWEDBER-MANN ...... 1967 CAMARO “Once I was driving and out on the strip, I was all Breedlove (from the land speed record attempts at Salt GSTA...... TWIN ENGINE DRAGSTER REX MANION ...... 1940 FORD for the sport,” she said. And she added she no At the GSTA Rod & Custom Spectaculars in the ‘60’s, GSTA ...... #2 DRAGSTER PAULUS-JOHNSON ...... 1957 CHEV Lake). The banquets usually averaged 200 attendees. ED BELKENGREN ...... 1932 FORD LEROY PSYK ...... 1955 CHEV PAUL LARK...... ROADSTER JAN RENSLOW ...... 1958 CHEV longer objects to money spent on the car, the one cars came from Canada, North Dakota, South Dakota, LORENRICHARDS...... FORD T ED BELKENGREN ...... 1932 FORD BILL SCHIFSKY ...... PINTO JACK HURLEY ...... 1931 CHEV Trendero 1959 Ford Ranchero, built by John Malik and they use for both their personal use and racing. JIMALEXANDER...... 1934 FORD DENNIS VANALSTINE ...... 1949 PREFECT Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, and Iowa. Many came SCOTT ARNSTROM ...... 1956 NOMAD BARRY LARSON ...... 1929 FORD Dave Puhl at Trend Custom Shop near Chicago was Their home is also a meeting place for the 3- RICH & PAT BEST ...... 1971 DRAGSTER JOE HYATT...... 1932 FORD through adverse weather conditions and more than DALE BLOOMBERG ...... 1970 CUDA PAUL HUBLER...... 1933 BEACON shown at our 7th GSTA Show in 1963 Two’s Club, which her husband organized when LARRY BOWMAN...... C/GAS DRAGSTER GARY KOHN ...... 1956 T BIRD LYLE ERICSON ...... 1969 MUSTANG W/C/BURTON-SWANSON ...... MCF AA/G DRAGSTER he was 15 years old. The car club is a member of once the “Minnesota Boys High School State basketball RAY FLEISHMANN...... 1923 FORD JERRY JOHNSON ...... 1932 FORD SD GEORGE FLUERY...... 1967 CHEV TOM ERICKSON ...... 1967 CAMARO the Gopher State Timing Association and several storm”. Weather in March was a threat for travelers and BRYAN FORSYTH ...... 1962 PLYMOUTH THE ORR FAMILY ...... C/ DRAGSTER Many individuals also drag raced. One local mom KENT GILDNER ...... 1934 FORD GARRY SULLIVAN ...... B/ DRAGSTER of its trophies are in the Johnson home, 4033 BRUCE HALVORSON...... 1970 CHEV PICK UP MARCO SANDBLASTING ...... TUTTLE AA/G DRAGSTER (9 months pregnant) won the powder puff drag race patrons. GREG HUTCHINS ...... 1932 FORD MICHAELSON-WINTER ...... RCS AA/F DRAGSTER Chicago Av. They have other trophies too. Her GILKESON & PELLICCI ...... 1972 CAMARO DENNY DARROUGH ...... RCE AA/F DRAGSTER FRANK LANG ...... 1932 FORD FREDENBURG-BRAIN ...... 1957 CHEV SD two weeks before the delivery of her first-born son husband, and industrial spray painter for Control The 60s were great for street rods, drag cars, and JEFF LARKIN ...... 1967 CAMARO RICK SCANNELL ...... 1923 FORD T BARRY LARSON ...... 1929 FORD ALLAN BRENN...... 1966 CORVETTE Data, has won between 15 and 20 trophies racing WILLIAM LYBYER...... 1932 FORD JIM BASS...... 1960 CHEV (see sidebar). custom cars of all makes. Some came back year after KEN JENSEN...... 1967 OPAL DOUG MASCH ...... 1939 CHEV cars. And she has three trophies from last year RON KINDE ...... 1971 PONTIAC TONY PATCHEN...... 1967 DODGE year, but never like the previous year. Fred Romo and GORDON JOHNSON ...... 1969 CHEVELLE JIM FAGERSTROM...... 1966 MUSTANG GSTA built and entered parade floats. In the in addition to the one she won this season. She KEN KOSANDA ...... 1969 PLYMOUTH PAT BONNETT ...... 1966 CHEV G M MAGNER ...... 1957 CHEV TODD BJERKNES ...... 1948 THAMES Minneapolis Aquatennial 1966 parade, the float won gives credit to her husband for the pointers he Marlyn Englert were always up for a better car. Lots of MARCO SANDBLASTING ...... 1972 DRAGETER LYLE BURTZLAFF ...... 1955 CHEV MICHAELSON-BISSONETT...... REAR ENGINE DRAGSTER JAY FORSS...... 1947 HARLEY MICHAELSON-BISSONETT ...... SNOW DRAGSTER MARVIN SCHLUETER...... 1947 HARLEY 3 WR the “Governor’s Award”. Many floats and many local has given to her in driving. “He taught me how to work by owners and local custom shops; Jon Kosmoski MARTEL BROS ...... 1933 WILLYS ROBERT MENNING ...... HARLEY 3 WR JOHN NOARD ...... 1948 FIAT ROBERT JUETTEN ...... 1966 HARLEY & 1969 HARLEY 3 WR line up the car, watch the lights and where to spent many sleepless nights the week before the show. ROBERT NELSON ...... 1948 PANEL TRUCK ELWOOD SPERR ...... 1969 HARLEY DRAGSTER parades leave us great memories, i.e., Rasberry Festival TERRY NYSTROM ...... 1938 FORD DENNIS FLEMINO ...... HARLEY shift,” she explained. BOB PETERSON ...... 1955 CHEV 210 MURRELL ERNST WALD ...... CYCLETTE and ’49er Days. Who would have known GSTA would have a Golden OLSEN-WOODWARD ...... 1955 CHEV 150 PETE OLSON ...... 1940 FORD 1970 14th Annual Entries This Article first appeared in The Minneapolis Star A WILLIAM PRATT ...... 1967 CHEVELLE SCHIFSKY-HOOVER ...... 1970 FUNNY CAR Ray Heinen’s Champion Auto 1932 Austin Altered Anniversary Rod and Custom Spectacular in 2006? | BOB RITCHIE ...... 1932 FORD EXHIBITION CAR ...... LITTLE RED WAGON Wednesday, May 21, 1967 GREG SIMONS...... B/ ALTERED TONY FOX ...... DRAGSTER SNOWMOBILE at the 8th GSTA Show 1964 GENE SONNEN...... 1940 FORD WOODY JOHN VAGSTROM...... 1971 PANTHER ROGER MEYER ...... 1970 CORVETTE RON WEISE ...... 1963 CORVETTE JOSEPH MURPHY ...... 1/4 MIDGETS FRED WILLNER...... 1929 FORD , , BRUCE NELSON...... 1974 RANCHERO LARRY DAHL ...... 1965 CHEVELLE DWIGHT O’BENT...... 1928 FORD ED BITTNER ...... 1948 HARLEY JAMES PACKER...... 1967 CORVETTE GERALD BUFFINGTON ...... 1936 HARLEY STEVE PAULUS...... 1938 CHEV SED DEY MIKE ROY ...... 1947 HARLEY DOUG PEDERSON ...... 1967 CHEVELLE JIM PENNER ...... 1920 FORD PU 1973 17th Annual Entries The 1970 s The 1970 s BOB PETERSON ...... 1973 BUICK THE TONY TEAM ...... SONIC CAR LARRY PETERSON ...... 1973 CHEV PU DUANE ENGESS...... FUNNY CAR by Pat Bonnett GSTA#1 ...... 1973 MCF DRAGSTER GSTA ...... GOPHER #2 DRAGSTER GSTA#2 ...... STUCKY DRAGSTER ANDERSON & ECKERT ...... 1932 BANTAM NED A PIERCE...... 1933 WILLYS LAWRENCE MISKOWIEC ...... 1937 FORD LUKE RAITOR ...... 1950 MERC GARY ATKINSON ...... 1969 CORVETTE here can never be too GARY RINGEN...... 1940 FORD RAY FLEISCHMAN ...... 1924-T Paint Jargon DAVE RINGEN ...... 1934 FORD JON MATHISRUD...... 1927 FORD many colors on a car! DALE SCHERBER...... 1973 PINTO JOHN WIBBELS ...... 1932 FORD T TERRY SCHNABEL...... 1953 CHEV JAMES MC GILL ...... 1927 FORD Candy, candy apple: A transparent paint, tinted in consisting of candy paint sprayed over tiny GENE SONNEN ...... 1932 FORD PAUL LARK ...... 1921 FORD PU Or can there? This seemed ROBERT SPANDEL ...... 1966 MUSTANG DALE JOHNSON...... 1920 FORD PU any Kool-aid color, that is applied aluminum foil squares, like glitter, ROGER SWANSON...... 1953 FORD MIKE MASON ...... 1927 BUICK BOB TANGEN ...... 1964 VETTE DAVE RINPIN ...... 1934 FORD to be the theme of the RALPH TROMBLEY...... 1974 DODGE VAN DON LANGSETH ...... 1948 ANGLIA over a reflective base coat (usually usually silver but in other colors, too. JAMES WYTTENBACH ...... 1932 PLY MIKE NYSTROM...... 1940 FORD PANEL experimental seventies. LARRY ANDERSON ...... 1964 FALCON ED BELT ...... 1934 3 WDW CP gold or silver) to produce a deep, ALLEN MCKENZIE ...... 1939 FORD TERRY SCIBORSKI ...... 1966 CHEVY II Pearl, pearlescent: A custom paint TERRY YAGER ...... 1930 CHEV ROGER ZEMKE ...... 1957 CHEV. With wild paint and TIM YAGER ...... 1940 FORD ROGER WILSON ...... 1966 CORVETTE rich hue said to have been originally made ELMER DAHL...... 1929 CHEV MARTI BORNEMAN ...... 1970 CORVETTE ROBERT OHM ...... 1948 FORD RONALD JULKOWSKI ...... 1971 CORVETTE colors galore, it seemed ROBERT SIEMERS ...... 1923 FORD PAT BONNETT ...... 1966 CORVETTE Fade, fadeaway: A paint job that from ground fish scales (this may or MICHAEL DOLENCE ...... 1937 FORD STANLEY PALLUCK ...... 1966 CORVETTE that the more colors a BRUCE HENNEN ...... 1971 HARLEY ROGER MEYER ...... 1970 CORVETTE blends one color or shade into may not be true). It is now made JACK BERG ...... 1973 VOLKS TRIKE JOHN RADIMAKER ...... 1969 FORD DALE LAROCHE ...... 1975 KAWASKI KLINGBERG-BORCHERT.PREKKER ...... 1965 FETROW vehicle had, the cooler it another without a maskoff line. from mica particles. Mixed into, or RICH & BOBBIE STUDNEK ...... 1953 HARLEY EVERETT BLAKELY JR...... 1972 DRAGSTER TOM SUMMERS ...... 1973 HONDA KERN & BISSONETT ...... 1971 DRAGSTER was. If there was a way to get an idea from the painter’s EARL JOHNSON...... 1958 HARLEY BOLLMANN & BISSONETT ...... 1971 DRAGSTER Flames, flamed: A paint scheme of applied over, any color of paint, it RON PAUL ...... 1972 HARLEY JERRY HEHN ...... C DRAGSTER ALBERT RICCI ...... 1975 HONDA DOUGLAS BANG ...... 1968 CAMARO & 1973 CAMARO imagination thru the spray gun and on to the car, it makes the color shimmer like the WAYNE LOCKREN...... 1973 HARLEY FRANK LANG ...... 1932 FORD stylized, usually undulating, flames GEORGE FLUERY ...... 1967 CAMARO iridescent surface of a pearl or abalone shell. 1976 20th Annual Entries DAVE WYATT ...... 1967 CHEVELLE was tried and done. Sometimes those paint schemes that cover the nose, and/or sides of a car. VIC & TOOTS ANDERSON ...... 1976 DRAGSTER GARY MASIEJNY...... 1970 DART Tom Erickson and Ron Braun discussing how he controls AL BERGE ...... 1970 BUICK GS DUANE HUNT...... 1964 CHEVELLE worked, and other times people stated “What in the Scallops: A paint design of long, usually thin ROY BJERGO ...... 1951 FORD PU BOB PETERSON ...... 1969 EI CAMINO all the equipment it takes to run the show. Gloss coat: The final coat of paint that is sprayed KERRY BLAISDELL ...... 1976 DODGE VAN DOUGLAS PEDERSON ...... 1967 CHEVELLE EVERETT BLAKELEY JR ...... 1971 MCF DRAGSTER BOB SPANDEL ...... 1957 FORD world was he tapered spears, either flowing backwards from DALE BLOMBERG ...... 1968 CORVETTE DALE BLOOMBERG ...... 1970 CUDA t was called Tom Erickson’s Multi-Media on smooth and glossy, and which gets rubbed out JIM BOMBENGER ...... 1955 CHEV DAN GALLAWAY...... 1972 CHEV PU thinking?” With the nose of a car or intertwined throughout the BOOK & ROSS ...... 1976 VEGA FUNNY CAR CRAIG BOND...... 1972 FORD PU IRod and Kustom Screen Extravaganza, on a custom; apposed to a base coat. CLAIR BOOTH...... 1940 FORD & 1956 FORD PU RALPH HUMRICK ...... 1973 CHEV VAN DARRELL BOWERS ...... 1947 MERCURY GARY KAMPMAN ...... 1971 CHEV VAN painters and body body panels. RUDY BREITZMAN ...... 1972 SNOWMOBILE JACK MCFARLANE ...... 1971 CUDA AA/FC and for 5 years between 1976 and 1980 Metalflake, flake: A kind of custom paint job RON BUCKSA ...... 1957 CHEV ALAN TSCHIDA ...... VEGA FUNNY ROGER CALIES ...... 1964 EL CAMINO KEN JENSEN ...... 1967 OPEL shops opening in DENNIS CHRISTENSEN ...... 1961 TRACTOR RICHARD STUDNEK ...... 1953 HARLEY you could go up the third floor of the Armory RODNEY CHRISTOPHER ...... 1966 CHEV PU WILLIAM ERICKSON ...... 1961 HARLEY everyone’s garage, ELMER DAHL...... 1936 CHEV DATTALO & PETERSON ...... 1955 CHEV 1974 18th Annual Entries during the GSTA Car Show and for 25 cents MIKE DIETSCH...... 1971 VEGA PANEL GAPP & RAUSH ...... MUSTANG II PRO-STOCK there were a lot of DOTTY & BISSONETT ...... 1974 CHEETAH BILL SCHIFSKY...... AA/F PINTO FNY CAR see a 22-minute mind-blowing movie shown Waaaay cool! With the development of all these new RICHARD ERICKSON...... 1935 CHEV GSTA ...... REAR ENGINE DRAGSTER ideas and schemes DON EVELAND ...... 1958 CHEV DON LANGSETH ...... 1932 FORD patterns and design ideas it was common to have paint BRUCE FALK ...... 1948 ANGLIA GENE SONNEN ...... 1932 FORD every hour during the Car Show. DENNIS FORCELLE ...... AA/DA DRAGSTER FRED ROMO ...... 1940 FORD out there. JOHN FOSTER JR ...... 1972 PLY CUDA STEVE HALSTENSON ...... 1924 FORD jobs approaching 20, 30, or STEVE GONNELLA ...... 1971 VEGA ST WGN MIKE MASON ...... 1926 FORD The Screen Extravaganza was projected GSTA #1...... 1975 MCF DRAGSTER BOB & RICH GOODIN ...... 1926 FORD We had lace patterns (which really did use lace that was even 40 coats of paint. JOHN CHRIS HANSEN ...... 1948 ANGLIA JIM MC GILL ...... 1927 FORD onto a ten-by-thirty foot screen using 18 PETER HEIM ...... HARLEY TOM VOLLBRECHT ...... 1934 FORD DAVE HUTCHINS ...... 1972 CAMARO JOHN ELLINGSON ...... 1932 FORD purchased at the fabric stores), webbing designs, free Thus the longevity of BUTCH JOHNSON ...... 1969 CHEVELLE JERRY & CAROL IVERSON...... 1927 FORD ektagraphic slide projectors, 8 dissolve EARL JOHNSON...... 1956 HARLEY TRIKE BOB EMERY ...... 1934 FORD RONALD JULKOWSKI ...... 1971 CORVETTE RAY FLEISCHMAN...... 1934 FORD flowing lines, shell patterns, fogged edges, smoke soot these works of art was GARY KAMPMANN ...... 1957 CHEV JON MATHISRUD...... 1927 FORD units, and one 8mm and two 16mm film KISE & HEDDAN...... 1970 DODGE BUTCH BARNEY...... B/F DRAGSTER from an acetylene torch, isometric designs, air bubbles, some times short lived. A SCOTT KJESETH ...... 1969 OPEL A/GAS FORCELLE & CLARK ...... B DRAGSTER projectors. Quadraphonic sound equipment CURT KLINE ...... 1937 PLYMOUTH RICHARD DUNBAR ...... 1957 CHEVROLET R KNEALING ...... 1974 PINTO PHIL HANKINS...... 1969 MUSTANG 8 water bubbles, and the deep rich Kandy Kolors were number of these paint 9 GARY KOLLOFSKI ...... 1955 CHEV GARY ANDERSON ...... 1951 FORD PREFECT was also used in the presentation to mirror KEN KOSANDA ...... 1956 CHEV WAGON BOB JOHNSON ...... 1969 CAMARO KROOMA & SANDBERG ...... 1973 OPEL GT MARTY HANFT ...... 1968 OLDS gaining popularity. There was even some talk of rubber jobs even cracked before KEN KRTNICK...... 1967 CAMARO BUTCH & CONNIE JOHNSON ...... 1969 CHEVELLE all the glitter and chrome of the car show. DINO DOMENICO LAPESIO...... 1969 CORVETTE BOB PETERSON...... 1955 CHEVY bands being used in a multi-colored Kandy dragster they were finished, the TOM LARKEY ...... 1950 MERC GORDON BRUSS ...... 1928 FORD RICK LINDGREN ...... 1967 CORVETTE STEVE PAULUS ...... 1938 CHEV SD A press release issued to the Twin Cities LARRY LOTTON ...... 1968 CAMARO ROBERT STUBBS ...... 1923 FORD that belonged to Vic (Super Swede) Anderson and his cure, more clear. These BUTCH LYSHOLM ...... 1976 BRADLEY GT LARRY PETERSON ...... 1950 CHEV media also said, “He (Tom) draws his JAMES MCGILL ...... 1929 FORD RON BUCKSA...... 1962 NOVA wife Cheryl. paint schemes and application techniques carried over MCINNIS & SALZBRYNN ...... 1973 VEGA FUNNY CAR WAYNE SUNDE...... 1956 NOMAD “Killer Vette” painted by Pat Bonnett donned panel JOHN MAHONEY ...... 1969 CORVETTE DALE BLOMBERG ...... 1974 CHEV VAN influence from the rod and CHALES MARKGRAF...... 1934 FORD K RICE & B THOMPSON...... COMP MACHINE to the drag racing scene with even more schemes and paint, fish scales, and 10 colors & shades of candys over BOB MAROLS ...... 1970 DODGE RANDY MARKLEY ...... 1972 NOVA world, overwhelmingly evident in his ROGER MELAND ...... 1/4 MIDGETS STEVE CHRISTEN ...... 1941 WILLYS PU JIM MIKA ...... 1966 CHEVELLE JAY BERINE...... 1971 DODGE color combinations, due to the vast number of cars and a silver metalflake base. VAL MILLER ...... 1965 JOHN DEERE ATKINSON/ANDERSON ...... 1965 MUSTANG production: One does not have to be a car PETE OLSON ...... 1940 FORD DOUG BANG ...... 1972 CAMARO FNY CAR sponsors. They all seemed HERBERT KEATH NEWSTROM ...... 1971 PLY DUSTER ARDEN BRAND ...... 1959 FORD STEVE PAULUS ...... 1938 SDN DVRY RANDY LE CLAIR...... 1968 CORVETTE freak to enjoy this show. Even though I use STEVE PAULUS ...... 1974 SNOWMOBILE PAT BONNETT ...... 1966 CORVETTE to think that the wilder DOUG PEDERSON...... 1967 CHEV VIC’S AUTO BODY ...... 1969 CORVETTE images from the Rod & Custom car world, BOB PETERSON...... 1973 CHEV VAN MICHAEL EIDEN ...... 1966 CORVETTE BOB PETERSON...... 1967 GTO DOUG RIPPLE ...... 1969 CORVETTE and more exotic the paint LARRY PETERSON ...... 1970 CADILLAC CRAIG WADZINK ...... 1967 CORVETTE the Customs themselves are art forms ELDON RATH ...... 1939 IH F-20 TRACTOR J.D. ENRIGHT...... 1963 CORVETTE scheme was, the more MIKE RICK ...... 1924 FORD ROADSTER JERRY HEHN ...... 1973 DRAGSTER rolling down the street.” So witness the DAVE & CHAD RINGEN ...... 1936 FORD SEDAN MICHAEL ADDISS ...... 1971 HONDA 750 GARY RINGEN ...... 1940 FORD COUPE FRANK SCHRIETZ ...... 1973 HONDA 500 people would take notice FRED ROMO ...... 1949 PONTIAC ALBERT HENDERSON ...... 1969 HARLEY phantasmagorical universe of Custom Cars RONE & SCHMIDT ...... 1975 DRAGSTER DALE JOHSNON ...... 1972 SUZUKI and buy their products. DAN SCHREYER ...... 1957 CHEV CAMEO ROBERT JUETTEN ...... HAND BUILT 3 WHEELER BRIAN SCHULTZ...... 1971 PLYMOUTH through the vehicle of multi-media. THOMAS R SHORT ...... 1962 CHEV 1975 19th Annual Entries That theme certainly is RICK SMITH ...... 1974 DODGE VAN CHRIS KARAMESINES ...... DRAGSTER GARY SNELL ...... 1923 FORD CONKLIN COMET ...... ROCKET DRAGSTER In 1981 the GSTA Rod and Custom Show RON & SKIP SPLITTSTAESSER ...... 1967 CAMARO TOM HOOVER ...... FUNNY CAR still prevalent in today’s JIM THOREN ...... 1923 FORD JERRY ALTMAN ...... 1955 CHEV moved to the Coliseum on the State Fair JOHN VOGSTROM...... 1933 PLYMOUTH VIC & CHERYL ANDERSON...... 1975 RC DRAGSTER market with NASCAR TOM VOLLBRECHT ...... 1937 FORD DAVID BATES...... 1928 FORD PU This is a sample of panel painting on a ‘67 Camaro done LYNN WOODWARD ...... 1955 CHEV JEFF BIEGERT...... 1974 FORD VAN Grounds. Unfortunately space limitations JIM WYATT ...... 1976 SNOWMOBILE DAN BJERGO...... 1939 FORD by Jon Kosmoski in 1969-70. The owner said only that and the wild funny cars of KEVIN BLAKE ...... 1966 CHEV forced the end of one exciting experience. 1977 21st Annual Entries DALE BLOOMBERG ...... 1970 PLY CUDA he wanted a wild paint job. $450.00 dollars later this is Shagadelic Man! GLENN ANDERSON ...... 1963 VW TRUCK DAVID BORELL ...... 1967 CAMARO drag racing. JOHN T. ANDERSON ...... 1955 CHEV ROGER BRAATEN ...... 1935 FORD a portion of what he got! KEN & KATHY ANDERSON ...... 1957 CHEV GORDON BRUSS ...... 1948 CHEV MICHAEL ANDERSON...... 1937 CHEV RON BUCKSA ...... 1939 FORD To go with the street rods and customs, one of the In 1979 Bob Peterson showed his wild 74 Olds Cutlass ANDERSON-ATKINSON-WODTKE ...... 1964 MUSTANG E/G RICHARD BURNS...... 1973 CORVETTE WILLIAM BERG...... 1974 INTERNATIONAL DAVE CAMPBELL...... 1974 DODGE VAN To go with the ever popular flames and scallops, there largest areas of painting innovation was with the at our 23rd Show. JAY BERINE ...... 1973 PANTERA BRIAN CARLSON...... 1958 FORD DANIEL BJERGO ...... 1971 HONDA JERRY CHRISTENSON ...... 1957 FORD DAYTON BLOOMQUIST ...... 1934 FORD RAY CHRISTOPHERSON ...... 1960 CHEV was even actual ground glass being used to give some growing community of van owners. From murals to DENNIS & JANI BOHN...... 1965 CORVETTE JIM DAVIS ...... 1934 FORD PAT BONNETT ...... 1975 YAMAHA LARRY DEFORREST...... 1975 CHEV VAN & 1975 DODGE DARRELL & JANINE BOWERS ...... 1947 MERCURY ROY DEMARS JR...... 1962 CORVETTE paint schemes that fine sparkle effect. And of course other customizations, this group led the way in tricking EUGENE BRASETH ...... 1968 CAMARO JOE DOTTY ...... B/ALTERED RUDOLPH BREITZMANN ...... 1937 FORD MIKE EASON ...... 1931 FORD we always had the multi-colored metal flakes. Jon out the plainest vehicles on the road. They started with RON BUCKSA...... 1962 NOVA GAVIN ENGEN...... 1965 CORVAIR DENNIS CHRISTENSEN ...... 1961 CT TRACTOR THOMAS ERHART ...... 1971 CAMARO ROBERT COPLAN ...... 1932 FORD AL FICKER ...... 1957 FORD Kosmoski even developed a plain jane box, and ended up with a van with bubble BRUCE COTTON ...... 1932 FORD JOHN FOSTER JR ...... 1972 PLY CUDA SCOTT DAHLBERG...... 1968 DODGE GARLAND FROKJER ...... 1965 CHEV a paint called Vreeble. top windows, a bed in the back, and a mural of a FRANK DATTALO ...... 1956 CHEV BOB & RICH GOODIN ...... 1927 FORD BRAD DAVIS ...... 1940 CHEV PHILLIP HANKINS II ...... 1967 MUSTANG JOHN DAVIS...... 1948 AUSTIN RON HELMS...... 1954 FORD PU This paint was sprayed unicorn on the side. Unfortunately due to the gas BILL DONALD ...... 1963 CHEV SS TERRY HENRY ...... 1974 DODGE VAN BRUCE FALK ...... 1948 ANGLIA KEN JENSEN ...... 1967 OPEL RICHARD & BETH FARNIOK ...... 1932 CHEV JOHN JOHANSON ...... 1975 DODGE VAN over a high metallic base shortages and leap in prices, the era of the Customized GARY FARRINGTON...... 1962 CHEV SS BOB JOHNSON ...... 1975 CHEV VAN TED FLOHRS...... 1941 FORD PU DALE JOHNSON ...... 1932 FORD color and then after a Van would be a short lived one. The depth and vastness DONALD FORCELLE ...... 1930 FORD ROGER KERN...... 1971 FORSLEY MCF JOHN FOSTER JR...... 1972 PLY CUDA JAMES KRASKY...... 1930 FORD BOB FULLER ...... 1970 GTO FRANK LANG ...... 1939 CHEV short time it separated of the colors and techniques led to the largest era of MILEY GJERTSEN...... 1933 FORD HOWARD LEE ...... 1974 DODGE VAN NO ONE DOES IT TO YOU G.S.T.A...... 1975 MCF DRAGSTER MICHAEL LONG ...... 1974 DODGE VAN and cracked open to reveal design, innovation, and creativity in the world of hot DON GROFF ...... 1928 FORD HOLLY MCGILL ...... 1939 CHEV JAMES HAUGH...... 1941 CHEV JAMES MCGILL ...... 1929 FORD LIKE TOM ERICKSON! JERRY HEMMINGSON ...... 1977 PINTO PS RANDY MARKLEY ...... 1974 CHEV VAN the base color below. rod painting. |A Van Mural from around 1976 fantasy themes where big. TERRY HOESE ...... 1976 MINI-ROD TRACTOR TIM HOLT ...... 1973 FIREBIRD BOB JOHNSON ...... 1963 CHEV TOM HOOVER ...... 1976 FUEL FUNNY CAR DALE “STUBBY” KINNEE ...... 1957 NOMAD JON HORKEY...... 1934 FORD CRAIG J. KOZAR ...... 1950 CHEV LARRY ITEN ...... 1933 PLYMOUTH FRANK & ELAINE LANG ...... 1932 FORD JERRY IVERSON ...... 1941 GRAHAM DINO LOPESIO...... 1969 CORVETTE TED JACOBSON ...... 1932 FORD BUTCH LYSHOLM...... 1947 CHEV DELIVERY MIKE JANSKY...... 1972 NOVA JOYCE MILLER...... 1955 CHEV STEVE JENSEN ...... 1970 CAMARO BRAD NEWCOMB ...... 1976 GMC TRUCK DALE KARPE ...... 1967 BUICK The Dragsters of GSTA The Dragsters of GSTA ROBERT NIELSON ...... 1932 FORD DENNIS KEATING ...... 1923 FORD RDSTER PU JIM NIESSEN ...... 1963 CORVETTE GARY KOLLOFSKI ...... 1955 CHEV by Dave Smith DON NUMMI ...... 1971 FORD & 1975 BRICKLIN STEPHEN LARSON...... 1972 CORVETTE DALE PELVIT ...... 1976 FORD PINTO FC FRANK LANG ...... 1939 CHEV BOB PETERSON ...... 1974 OIDS CUTLASS CLIFFORD LEE ...... 1965 CHEV VAN JOEV PETERSON ...... 1973 CHEV VAN HOWARD LEE ...... 1974 DODGE B-100 VAN nce Minnesota Dragways opened, it changed the LARRY PETERSON ...... 1978 EI CAMINO BUTCH MANESS...... 1941 WILLYS TOM RAD ...... 1972 RANCHERO WAYNE MANNING ...... 1976 TRIKE face of GSTA. In January 1963, Larry Johnson of PHIL RASMUSSEN...... 1969 PLY BARRACUDA RANDY MANS ...... 1969 CAMARO O DAVE RINGEN ...... 1934 FORD JAMES MCGILL ...... 1932 FORD BOB RITCHIE ...... 1932 FORD RICHARD MEYER ...... 1955 T-BIRD the Cogs brought up the idea for GSTA to buy a AA DAVE ROEHL...... 1933 FORD MN QUARTER MIDGETS ...... 1/4 MIDGETS ROBERT ROMANO ...... 1964 CHEV PICK-UP NEIL MORTENSEN ...... 1974 PLY CUDA GERALD W. SIEVERS...... 1966 CHEV PICK-UP G. RONALD MUNDALE...... 1934 FORD dragster. On March 7th, based on information from GENE SONNEN ...... 1950 MERCURY BRUCE “PEANUTS” MYHRE ...... 1967 CHEVELLE SANDRA SPERNICK...... 1960 CORVETTE H. KEATH NEWSTROM ...... 1972 PLY John Foster, Dave Anderson made a motion to buy KEITH JAMES STEIES ...... 1955 CHEV DENNIS NORGAARD...... 1973 CORVETTE DAVID STELCK ...... 1934 FORD KEVIN OLSON ...... 1974 HARLEY THERMO-KING...... STREAMLINER DAVID OSWALD ...... 1959 IMPALA Jack Moss’ AA Chev dragster for $3000. This was ROGER VORWERK ...... 1934 FORD STEPHEN PAULUS ...... 1957 CHEV PU ROGER J. WORTH...... 1976 FORD VAN DEAN PERKINS ...... 1973 CHEV PU CHARLES PETERSEN ...... 1933 FORD 1980 24th Annual Entries BOB PETERSON ...... 1974 OLDS AL BAUMER ...... 1977 JEEP JOEY PETERSON ...... 1973 CHEV VAN DON BARTLETT ...... 1975 CAD PICKUP FRED PRUDOEHL ...... 1970 CHEV PU DONALD BONIN ...... 1965 CHEV LUKE RAITOR ...... 1934 FORD ROBERT BROWN ...... 1963 CORVETTE PHIL RASSMUSSEN ...... 1969 BARRACUDA TERRY BROWN ...... 1957 CHEV MICHAEL RICHARDSON ...... 1957 CORVETTE JOE CARSON ...... 1927 T DAVID RINGEN ...... 1933 FORD KAREN COTTON ...... 1937 FORD DOUG RIPPIE...... 1964 CORVETTE BRUCE CRANDALL ...... 1975 VEGA BILL SCHMIDT ...... 1962 CORVETTE CHARLES Z. DUPAUL...... 1924 FORD TOM SUMMERS ...... 1974 HONDA JOHN DAVIS...... 1948 AUSTIN DAVID SZYMANSKI ...... 1969 NOVA FRANK J. DATTALO ...... 1956 CHEV ROBERT TAYLOR...... 1949 INTERNATIONAL PU DAN DANA...... 1954 CHEV BRITTON TOENSING ...... 1971 SATELLITE DERWIN DUGGER ...... 1929 HIBOY TONY WEICHT...... 1975 DODGE VAN GSTAs 3rd Dragster-The Rod Stuckey AA/D Dragster. DAN DURLAND ...... 1955 CHEV THOMAS WENDOLEK ...... 1974 CHEV CORVETTE MAURICE J. EHERINGER...... 1923 FORD T JAMES WHITING ...... 1971 MUSTANG GSTA won Division 5 Top Gas in 1966. WILLIAM F. ELLIS ...... 1977 DODGE VAN GSTAs 5th Dragster-The George Wepplo Minnesota Custom Fabrication AA/D ”Gopher Twin“. This car has DENNIS FORCELLE ...... 1980 DRAGSTER 1978 22th Annual Entries DONALD FORCELLE ...... 1930 FORD JOHN ANDERSON ...... 1923 FORD campaiged at major drag racing meets all over the country and is always a hard charging, good looking entry. JOHN FOSTER JR...... 1972 CUDA JOHN ANDERSON ...... 1955 CHEV MILEY GJERTSEN ...... 1932 FORD STERLING ASHBY ...... 1950 MERCURY In 1965 GSTA took another G.S.T.A...... 1980 DRAGSTER LYNN AUSTIN ...... 1974 DODGE VAN EUGENE L. HESSE ...... 1955 CHEV JOHN BABINSKI ...... 1977 KENWORTH also earned the Best In 1973 GSTA made the switch from front engine to JODY HORKEY...... 1969 CHEV Z28 GREG BALLANGER ...... 1969 CHEVELLE of Tom Hoover’s hand me JOE HYDE ...... 1973 TRIUMPH NORM BALTUS ...... 1956 CHEV Appearing Crew award at rear engine dragsters. George Wepplo again was the MARC HAMMERO ...... 1957 CHEV ROBERT BEATTY ...... 1966 CORVETTE downs. This time it was a JEFF HAAR...... 1960 CHEV EDWARD BELKENGREN ...... 1932 FORD SD Minnesota’s Fastest Piece of Real Estate DARRELL HELMIN ...... 1955 NOMAD WILLIAM BERGERON ...... 1966 HARLEY the US Nationals in Indy builder and Pat Bonnett painted the car. The car first TIMOTHY JOHNSON ...... 1967 CORVETTE GARY BLAKELY ...... 1967 CORVETTE full bodied Rod Stuckey America’s finest DALE STUBBS KINNEE ...... 1940 FORD BYRON BODE ...... 1957 CORVETTE GSTAs 1st Dragster-The Jack Moss AA Chev with Ray in 1969. ran a 417 Donovan motor and finally a big block ROGER KERN ...... 1977 DRAGSTER BOHNENKAMP-THOMPSON-COX ...... 1968 CHEVY car. The car did the job as PAUL KJORNES...... 1968 CHEV Z28 GORDON BOYLE ...... 1923 FORD Ruettiman driving. Drag Strip owned JACK KEENAN ...... 1977 TRANS AM NEIL BRODIN ...... 1958 CORVETTE Chevrolet. This car ran a Best Time of 7.31. The car was STEVE LARSON ...... 1972 CORVETTE TOM BROST ...... 1940 FORD GSTAwas the 1966 In March, 1970 Ron Braun TIM LANGE ...... 1937 CHEV ROBERT BROWN ...... 1963 CORVETTE and operated by the FRANK LANG ...... 1969 CHEV LYNN CERMAK ...... 1974 CORVETTE seconded by Lynn Woodward and passed and Marlyn Englert finally sold in 1987 after several seasons of limited use. GARY LAMUSGA...... 1923 T BUCKET MITCHELL CZESWIK ...... 1970 PLY CUDA Division 5 Top Gas Twin City Optimist DINO LOPESIO...... 1972 CORVETTE RICHARD DOBBELMANN ...... 1957 CHEV unanimously. ROBERT MCGINLEY ...... 1935 FORD BOB DOSDALL ...... 1923 FORD Champion again! GSTA pitched the idea of the #1 ROBERT MEYERS ...... 1974 VEGA DERWIN L.DUGGER ...... 1956 CHEV Clubs Timing G. RONALD MUNDALE ...... 1932 FORD KENNETH EHRHARDT ...... 1957 CHEV JIM MC GILL ...... 1957 CHEV MARLIN ENGLERT ...... 1976 CHEV PU The “Little One” became GSTA’s first race car. John continued to campaign and #2 crews to put the CLIFF NICKOLSON ...... 1946 FORD PU GORDON ERICKSON ...... 1940 BUICK Association. An KEITH NYBO ...... 1977 FORD VAN TOM ERICKSON ...... 1959 CADDY TAILFINS Foster, Dave Anderson and Ron Braun made the first spare motor in front of the TED ONEY ...... 1976 DODGE VAN GENE FASCHING ...... 1977 CAMARO A/G this car until 1976. Ultra-modern JAY OLSON ...... 1956 THUNDERBIRD GREG FLEURY ...... SCRATCH BUILT ST ROD TOM POTTS...... 1951 ANGLIA BRIAN FRAULY ...... 1972 VEGA three runs in the car. Jack Loza, Vern Smith, Bob other one and run a twin STEVE PAULUS ...... 1938 CHEV SED DVY MILEY GJERTSEN ...... 1930 FORD In February 1967, GSTA racing plant which STEVE PAULUS ...... 1939 CHEV G.S.T.A...... 1975 MCF DRAGSTER JAMES POMROY ...... 1968 CAMARO RICHARD GOODIN ...... 1926 FORD 10 Johnson, Ray Ruettiman, Doug Ondeck, Don engine dragster. This idea 11 CHARLES POBUDA ...... 1953 CHEV JAMES GREEN ...... 1946 MERCURY ordered its fourth, but first features the finest MIKE RICK...... 1939 CHEV DON GROFF ...... 1928 FORD Williams,and Dick Murry rounded out the 10 drivers led to the building of the GLENN RUSSELL ...... 1971 CHEV GARY GUDIM ...... 1950 MERCURY NEW,dragster from Race facilities for fast TIMOTHY RUNDLE...... 1972 CHEV PU JEFF HAAR ...... 1963 CHEV GARY RINGEN...... 1934 FORD DALE A.HAGERT ...... 1923 FORD Gopher Twin by George FRED ROMO ...... 1949 PLYMOUTH AL HAMILTON-J.GAUTHIER ...... 1965 MUSTANG Car Specialties (RCS). This and safe drag GREG SIMMIS ...... 1957 CHEV DEAN HANSON ...... GO-KART DRAGSTER Wepplo at Minnesota KEITH STEIES ...... 1954 FORD DAN HASE ...... 1970 TRIUMPH car became known as the racing. The 1969 KURT SENESCALL ...... 1964 CHEV KEVIN & KENHILL ...... 1957 CORVETTE TOM SUMMERS ...... 1976 HONDA JON HORKEY ...... 1932 FORD Custom Fabrication. The JOHN M. SCHOLLA ...... 1972 CUDA JIM ISCHER ...... 1955 CHEV #1 car and the Stuckey car competitive season GSTAs 7th 1964 Dragster- The Yellow Car. ROGER WECKWERTH ...... 1937 FORD JAMES KARELS ...... 1972 HARLEY DONALD WILLIAMS ...... 1939 CHEV JOHN KOSMOSKI ...... SCRATCH BUILT ST car made it to the semi- TOM WILZBACHER ...... 1967 OPEL CARL KUSNIA ...... 1929 FORD was the #2 car. The #1 car opened Sunday March 16 and the strip will run TOM WILZBACHER ...... 1978 HONDA FRANK LANG ...... 1939 CHEVY finals at the US Nationals In 1997 the racing bug bit again, however, and the 1981 25th Annual Entries TOM LARKEY ...... 1956 FORD was crewed primarily by each Sunday, and all holidays each week BARRY LARSON ...... 1931 FORD MICHAEL ACKENNAN...... 1969 CAMARO STEPHEN A.W. LARSON ...... 1972 CORVETTE at Indy and came away search began for a new race car. A1964 dragster, very CLIFF ANDERSON...... 1948 BUICK JERRY LOMNES ...... 1938 CHEV Ron Braun, Ray thoughout the summer. Located 3 miles east of LEE ANDERSON ...... 1981 BIESEMEYER BOAT CURTIS LUGERT ...... 1926 FORD with Best Appearing Car. similar to the Stuckey car, was found and purchased in MARTIN ANDERSON...... 1973 VEGA ROGER MELLMAN ...... 1939 FORD Ruettiman, Terry Gageby Anoka, Minnesota, on Highway 242, Minnesota PAUL BARGMAN...... 1932 FORD RICHARD MEYER ...... 1958 C MODIFIED SR ED BELKENGREN...... 1932 FORD RONALD G.MUNDALE ...... 1932 FORD Crew members Phil Ohio. The car was rebuilt and updated. The seventh BYRON BODE ...... 1957 CORVETTE DENNY NECHKASH ...... 1925 FORD and Marlyn Englert. The Dragways is only a 20 minute drive from the CURTIS CASSO ...... 1968 CHEVELLE J.NOVACK ...... 1976 MERCURY DAKOTA CO VO-TECH ...... 1957 MERC KEITH NYBO ...... 1976 FORD VAN Bubar and Roger Kern GSTA dragster has had 5 drivers so far and been BRAD DAVIES ...... 1940 CHEV JERRY OTTO ...... 1931 FORD several outstanding paint metropolitan area. DAN DONAHUE ...... 1965 MUSTANG LARRY PETERSON ...... 1973 CHEV PU were added to the Twin worked on by over 40 different members. Best Time is RICHARD ERICKSON...... 1935 CHEV LUKE RAITOR ...... 1954 FORD PU jobs by Jon Kosmoski GREG FLEURY...... 1951 CHEVY PU LOREN RICHARDS ...... 1927 FORD BILL FRAHS ...... 1947 CHEV MIKE RICK ...... 1928 FORD crew. The Twin ran 8.2 and top speed 162 MPH. In 2004 the “Yellow Car” MILEY GJERTSEN...... 1923 FORDT PETER SCHNEIDER ...... 1956 NOMAD won Best Appearing car GARY GROUSTRA ...... 1948 ANGLIA RICH SCHNELL ...... 1940 FORD GARY GROUSTRA ...... 1979 DODGE VAN JIM SCHNETTLER ...... 1939 FORD through 1973 and made Best failed to be recertified by NHRA for sub-10-second G.S.T.A...... DRAGSTER DANIEL SCHREYER ...... 1957 CHEV CAMEO awards at many meets. GSTA tied for Division 5 Top JEFF HAAR...... 1967 PONTIAC KURT SENESCALL ...... 1958 CHEV Time of 7.33 and Top Speed of 200 MPH with its two speeds. It is still being run as a training car. DOUG HANSEN ...... 1972 CAMARO RICHARD SORENSON ...... 1977 HARLEY GSTAs 2nd Dragster-The Hoover Dragmaster AA/D. Gas Champions in 1968. In 1969, GSTAwon the Can- PAUL HARMON ...... 1932 ROADSTER ROBERT SPANDEL ...... 1966 MUSTANG PAUL HARMON...... 1966 CHEV ROBERT STALEY ...... 1976 FORD VAN with GSTA winning Division 5 Top Gas. 392 Chrysler hemi engines. MARK HELTNE ...... 1964 CHEV TOM SUMMERS ...... 1971 TRIUMPH Am Top gas Championship in Winnipeg. The #1 crew DON HERING ...... 1979 FORD VAN JEFF THRUN ...... 1974 DODGE JIM ISCHER ...... 1955 CHEV RICHARD WEISS ...... 1968 MUSTANG LARRY ITEN ...... 1930 FORD JAMES V. WHITING ...... 1971 MUSTANG JOHN JAKWAY ...... 1936 FORD JOHN WIBBELS ...... 1932 FORD in 1963. Best time: 8.80, top speed: 176 MPH. DOUG JENSEN ...... 1979 BIESEMEYER BOAT BILL WOJAK ...... 1970 CAMARO RON JOHNSON ...... 1946 LINCOLN DAVE WYATT ...... 1937 CHEV REDI MIX MARV JORGENSON...... POLARIS SNOWMOBILE JIM WYATT ...... ARCTIC CAT In 1964, Tom Hoover’s Dragmaster became GSTA’s PAUL KJORNES ...... 1974 CAMARO MARK ZIESKA ...... 1977 FORD VAN MICHAEL KNOLL ...... 1956 T-BIRD JIM KNUTSON ...... 1962 PLY FURY 1979 23rd Annual Entries second car and the Crossmembers bought the Little JOHN KOEBENSKY ...... 1966 CORVETTE ROGER ALBRECHT ...... 1969 FORD FRANK LANG ...... 1981 CAMARO ED BELKINGREN ...... 1933 FORD DON LANGSETH ...... 1967 CORVETTE BERGEN & HORKEY ...... 1938 FORD TRUCK One. The performance of the two AA/D cars and the BARRY LARSON ...... 1932 FORD DAN BJERGO...... 1929 FORD JIM LE FEBURE...... 1934 FORD PAT J. BONNETT ...... 1973 EI CAMINO many drivers that year resulted in GSTAwinning the CHUCK LOFGREN ...... 1971 PLY CUDA WALTER BRADLEY...... 1973 CORVETTE JERRY LOMNES ...... 1938 CHEV GORDY & NANCY BRUSS...... 1934 FORD JACK LYSNE ...... 1969 CORVETTE BRUCE R. COTTON ...... 1932 FORD Division 5 Top Gas Champion title. Darrell JOE MCDOWELL ...... 1940 FORD MARLON G. DAHL ...... 1972 CAMARO GARY MAGNER ...... 1934 FORD JACK DE JOY ...... 1939 CHEV MIKE MASON ...... 1915 FORD TONY DVORACEK...... 1940 FORD Zimmerman said, “This is a really great group of guys. MICHAEL MATTESON ...... 1969 CAMARO GAVIN ENGEN ...... 1973 PORSCHE ROSS MATTSON...... 1980 KAWASAKI SCOTT ERLANDER ...... 1969 OLDS GSTA runs Minnesota Dragways at Minneapolis. The DON MILINKOVICH...... 1949 FOUR RODNEY FIERST...... 1969 RANCHERO ROB NELSON...... 1932 FORD FLEURY & GMACH...... 1967 CAMARO GSTAs 8th Dragster- The powerplant is an all AI NEMCHIK ...... 1940 FORD PATRICK FOSLIEN...... 1948 ANGLIA hat of west central is off to GSTA for winning the DWIGHT 0’BERT...... 1933 ROCKNE 4DR.SEDAN DENNIS GARVEY ...... 1956 CHEV WAGON aluminum, alcohol injected 414” Rodeck tall block CAROL & LARRY OLSON...... 1933 FORD JEFF GAUTHIER ...... 1977 FORD TRUCK central divisional points contest and a big GREG PERRELA...... 1979 DRAGSTER RON GAZDA ...... 1958 CADILLAC ROB PETERSON ...... 1973 HARLEY MILEY GJERSTEN...... 1933 FORD JOSEPH POLNASZEK ...... 1923 ALTERED T G.S.T.A...... 1975 M.C.F. DRAGSTER congratulations to you all.” A new225 in. dragster was started by Stubby Abraham RON QUARNSTROM...... 1976 PINTO FUNNYCAR JEFF HAAR ...... 1967 GRAND PRIX GSTAs 6th Dragster-George Wepplo AA/Gas Rear MIKE RICK...... 1934 FORD STEVEN HALSTENSON ...... 1959 CORVETTE GSTAs 4th Dragster-Race Car Specialties AA/Gas in 2004. The car will campaign during the 2006 season DAVE RINGEN...... 1934 SEDAN DELIVERY DON HERING ...... 1979 FORD VAN engine Dragster. The car first ran a 417 Donovan motor ROBERT RITCHIE ...... 1932 FORD MIKE HUMPLE...... 1975 BRICKLIN Dragster. Pictured above at the NHRA National FRED ROMO ...... 1964 PONTIAC LARRY ITEN ...... 1933 PLYMOUTH and finally a big block Chevrolet. Pat Bonnett painted with anticipated times for GSTA’s 8th dragster in the MIKE SARGE ...... 1978 CADILLAC TED JACOBSON ...... 1932 FORD Championship in Indianapolis. Ron Braun, one of GSTA’s JOHN SCHOLLA...... 1972 PLY CUDA JERRY JOHNSON...... 1940 FORD DELIVERY both cars. mid-7’s and speeds over 175 MPH! |A RICK SCHNELL...... 1950 MERCURY JOHN JOHNSON ...... 1933 FORD top drivers, on a quick trip in GSTA’s number one car. GENE SCHULTZ ...... 1923 T ROADSTER JIM SIMONTON ...... 1971 CAMARO BARRY & JOAN LARSON...... 1932 FORD KENT SMITH ...... 1941 FORD HOWARD LEE ...... GERALD SIEVERS...... 1966 CHEVY PU , , MICHAEL LUGER ...... GENE SONNEN ...... 1940 FORD PATRICK MATHEWS...... DENNIS STEDMAN ...... 1931 PONTIAC DAVE MILLER...... MARK STILLINGER ...... 1965 SCOTT MILLER ...... RICHARD STROMQUIST ...... 1933 FORD TIM MILLER ...... TYRONE STROMQUIST ...... 1946 FORD LINDA JEANNE MIX ...... TOM SUMMERS ...... 1976 HONDA The 1980 s The 1980 s HUGH MUNRO ...... SKIP THOMAS ...... 1981 HYDROBOAT DAVID MURRAY...... 1967 CAMAR0 JERRY THRALL ...... 1940 CADILLAC RICK NAU ...... JOHN TOBIAS ...... 1933 FORD WALT NIESEN...... RANDY VANDELOO ...... 1969 CORVETTE MARK NORDIN ...... PHIL VANTASSEL ...... 1950 FORD DENNIS OSWALD...... NORM VENESS...... 1939 BUICK RODNEY OVERCASHIER ...... JOHN WIBBELS ...... 1932 FORD JIM & KATHY PACKER ...... DENNIS WOOD...... 1965 GTO BOB PETERSON ...... 1979 CUTLASS MICHAE WLOLFF ...... 1970 CAMARO DENNIS PETERSON...... ROGER J WORTH ...... 1976 FORD VAN DONALD REUER...... The Car Clubs of GSTA RON RICHARDSON ...... 1982 26th Annual Entries RIVERBEND AUTO CLUB ...... MICHAEL ANDERSON ...... 1937 CHEV COUPE PETER SCHNEIDER ...... PAT BASSET ...... 1969 BOSS 429 MUSTANG LARRY SILUK ...... KURT BAUMGARTNER...... 1967 VW BEETLE ACCELERATORS PACE SETTERS DON SMITH ...... AL BAUMER ...... 1979 MUSTANG BILL STENGER ...... LOREN BLACK ...... 1949 SEDAN DELIVERY PERFORMANCE JIM STILLER ...... 1934 DODGE DAVE BOE ...... 1931 FORD AMBLERS VINCE STROM ...... DAVE BOE ...... 1931 FORD RANDY SULLIVAN ...... JOE BRENNAN ...... 1978 FIREBIRD AQUA CITY TIMERS ASSOCIATES PAUL SWENSON ...... TERRY BROWN ...... 1957 CHEV BELAIR JAY SWENSON...... THOMAS CARLSON...... 1958 VW BEETLE PHAROHS SCOTT TABAKO...... BOB CATES ...... 1979 FORD 4X4 BARONS VICKI TERCERO ...... RON CHRISTENSEN ...... 1982 MUSTANG BOB TORGERSON ...... TOM CONLAN ...... 1969 CORVETTE PIED PIPERS JEFF UDELL...... DAKOTA CO AVTI ...... 1955 PONTIAC BEATER BOYS DON UDELL ...... FRANK DATTALO ...... 1955 CHEV GREG UNDERDAHL ...... FRANK DATTALO ...... 1956 CHEV BLACK JACKS PIPERS ROGER VARWERKE ...... FRANK DATTALO JR...... 1972 CAMARO JEFF WALL ...... DALE DOMBROCK ...... 1974 SEDAN DELIVERY PISTON PILOTS RICHARD WARD ...... MARLIN ENGLERT ...... 1950 CHEV GSTAs 23nd Annual Rod and Custom Spectacular. The Our new “digs” the Coliseum on the Minnesota State fair BOLTIN’ BISHOPS FRED WINES ...... 1976 CORVETTE MARLIN ENGLERT ...... 1931 FORD MARLIN ENGLERT ...... 1976 CHEV PICKUP year was 1979 and in 1981 we would be moving. grounds.Shown above was our 31st annual 1987 show. PISTON SLAPPERS 1984 28th Annual Entries MARLIN ENGLERT ...... 1978 POLARIS SNOWMOBILE BRAVADOS JERRY ADAIR ...... 1923 T MARLIN ENGLERT ...... 1976 HONDA MC The dash in Gene Sonnen’s1940 Ford with classic Dave FRED AHERN ...... 1959 EDSEL JUDY FORCELLE ...... 1957 CHEV POTTERS LEE ANDERSON...... 1984 CORVETTE TONY GRIFFITH ...... 1955 MONTECLAIR by Russ Peterson Bell pinstriping the year 1981. BUMPER BUDDIES BERNIE BALDER...... 1965 FORD GSTA ...... DRAGSTER RICK BATES ...... 1984 YAMAHA SNOWMOBILE HENRY HACK ...... 1934 HARLEY W/SCAR CABROLETS QUADS KURT BAUMGARTNER ...... 1982 FORD RON HERRMANN ...... 1938 PLY BILL BERRY ...... 1969 SUPER BEE DENNY HOLM...... 1973 MUSTANG y 1981we had a new location in the State Fair of the shows in the 80’s and drew huge crowds and RAM RODS MARK BLESSING ...... 1979 HD TIM HOLT ...... 1973 FIREBIRD CAM SNAPPERS ROGER BLESSING ...... 1973 HONDA TOM HOOVER ...... 1982 “SHOWTIME” FC Coliseum. It was our 25th Silver Anniversary year. Elvis may even have been there in spirit. A number of GARY BREDE ...... 1957 MORRIS MINOR JOE HYATT ...... 1929 DODGE B RELICS ED BREMER ...... 1969 NOVA KEN JACOBSON ...... 1974 NOVA CLUTCHMEN LOREN & JUDY BROVOLD ...... 1967 NOVA DOUGLASJOHNSON ...... 1966 ROLLS-ROYCE Forced to move because the National Guard brought in hydraulic lowriders participated in the shows in the BILL BUBOLTZ...... 1967 CHEVELLE RON JOHNSON ...... 1946 CONTINENTAL COACHMEN RENEGADES ROD BUCK ...... 1957 CHEV STEVEN JOHNSON ...... 1976 MUSTANG two forty foot trailers and screwed them down into the 80’s. Bob Peterson would show Sneaky Pete for the last RON BUCKSA ...... 1934 ROADSTER MARV JORGENSON ...... SNOWMOIBLE ROAD ANGELS TERRY BUNCE ...... 1953 F-100 JAMES KAUFHOLD ...... 1927 FORD COGS TERRY BUNCE ...... 1948 PLYMOUTH PAUL KJORNES ...... 1969 CAMARO hardwood basketball court! The Armory was history. time in 1979 and his wife, Joey would show a custom LEONARD CALLAHAN ...... 1912 T TOURING JEFF KLINE...... 1969 ROADRUNNER ROAD CRUISERS DOUG DAHMES...... 1978 TRANS AM DENNIS KLOCOW ...... 1949 DODGE COMPETITION INC. DAKOTA CO VO-TECH ...... 1959 FORD/1955 PONTIAC KEN KOSANDA & GLEN GRUBER ...... 1968 CHEVELLE Ford pickup with a chopped top also. Fred Romo FRANK DATTALO ...... 1961 IMPALA JON KOSMOSKI ...... 1977 HARLEY CORSAIRS ROADUALERS PAUL EBEL...... 1932 CHEV STU KUEHL...... F100 FORD TK would also show his latest creations and Rick Schnell JIM ELWOOD ...... 1951 CHEV DAVE LANG ...... 1937 CHEV JAMES ESTLUND ...... 1939 LINCOLN TIM LANGE ...... 1939 CHEV CROSSMEMBERS ROAD GENTS RONALD EVENSON...... 1938 CHEV DON LANGSETH ...... 1932 FORD would show his custom Mercury called Misty Blue BRYAN FISCHER ...... 1978 BLAZER HOWARD LEE ...... 1940 CHEV ROAD GHOSTS MARV & JUDY FORCELLE...... 1955 CHEV LARRY LINDBLAD ...... 1963 VW DUNE BGY DIFFERENTIALS DICK GILBERT...... 1969 CAMARO TONY LUPPINO ...... 1970 DUSTER around 1990. Jon Kosmoski brought back his custom JIM GJERTSEN ...... 1966 CHEV ROLAND MCALLISTER ...... 1955 THUNDERBIRD ROAD KINGS GARY GRUNWALD ...... 1937 FORD JAMES MCGILL ...... 1975 CHEV PU 58 Ford pickup and some custom Harleys also in the DRAG LINKS STEVEN HACKBARTH ...... 1927 FORD T MERWIN, GARY ...... 1962 CORVETTE BOB HAESSLY ...... 1939 FORD SHERYL MERWIN ...... 1963 CORVETTE DRAG-N-WHEELS ROAD KNIGHTS BILL HALEK ...... 1951 MERCURY RICHARD & EMILIE MEYERS ...... 1980 PHOENIX 90’s. Ron Brown teamed up with Dennis Heapy and DOUG HANSON...... 1972 Z28 DON MILINKOVICH ...... 1949 FORD COUPE ROAD RAMBLERS RICHARD HARNDEN ...... 1974 EL CAMINO PAT MORAN ...... 1971 CHEVELLE SS together, they had several top quality street rods in DRAGONS STEVE & DIANE HAWKINS ...... 1929 SEDAN DELIVERY HUGH MUNRO ...... 1981 ARROW AA FC MIKE HAZEL ...... 1982 HD CHARLES MUNSON...... 1946 CHEV PU ROAD REBELS JEFF HIXON ...... 1961 CHEV JIM NISSEN ...... 1929 MODEL A 12 the shows and Ron Gorrell was coming of age and DROVERS 13 GERRY JENTZEN ...... 1959 EDSEL JOHN NOARD...... KAWASAKI DRAG BIKE PAUL JOHNSON ...... 1929 FORD WILLIAM NOLAN ...... 1951 FORD PU Loren Richards 1927 Ford powered Ford a trend that ROAD RUNNERS MICHAEL KARTAK...... 1968 CHARGER STEVE ORTTEL ...... 1948 INDIAN doing some great quality body and paint work for DUALERS RONALD KELM ...... 1957 CHEV CARROLL PARTRIDGE ...... 1974 DODGE VAN was just taking hold shown at our 22th annual show. ROAD TOPPERS FRANK KIRCHNER ...... 1924 BUICK AL & LILI PEHRSON...... 1978 TRANS AM several entrants and getting a lot of recognition. DUALEERS JAMES KISE...... 1969 CORONET RT BOB & JOEY PETERSON ...... 1977 FORD 4X4 JEFF KLEIN ...... 1968 GTX JIM & DIANE PETERSEN ...... 1956 FORD F100 OF DULUTH GREG KRAUSE ...... 1982 NEIL & PARKS RUSSELL PETERSON ...... 1969 CAMARO when we bought our 7th dragster) Our main focus now Bill Michaelson also created a wild 54 Ford that DUST DEVILS CARL KUZNIA ...... 1958 CHEV PETTENGILL/RICH...... DRAGSTER ROD BUSTERS FRANK LANG ...... 1932 FORD GERALD POCZERWINSKI ...... 1959 CHEV looked like it came right out of the little pages of a RON LARSON ...... 1955 CHEV RON QUARNSTROM ...... 1976 PINTO FC was the Rod & Custom show held in the spring of the ESCORTS MICHAEL LUGER...... 1948 HD TOM RAD ...... 1972 RANCHERO ROD NUTS DAN LYSHOLM...... 1965 BUICK GS RICHARD RUSCH ...... 1968 CAMARO custom car magazine 40 years before and John SCOTT MCGINNIS ...... 1974 VEGA BILL SCHIFSKY ...... 1982 CITATION FC year. The custom van and muscle car era had come to a FLYING STEVE MELGARD ...... 1979 CHEV BRUCE SCHINTGEN ...... 1970 MUSTANG RUMBLERS RICHARD & EMILIE MEYERS ...... 1978 CORVETTE RICK SCHNELL ...... 1955 FORD PU close and the custom car movement was coming Schleicher was starting to turn out some great CLUTCHMEN HANK MILLETTE...... 1975 BUICK TOM SCHREINER...... 1966 MUSTANG RANDY & SUE MOLIN...... 1955 CHEV LYNNE SCHUMACHER ...... 1957 CHEV customs also. We can’t overlook Mark Moriarity with RHYTHM RODS RON MYLNICK ...... 1966 MUSTANG THOMAS SIMON...... 1929 FORD around again. FLYWHEELERS BRETT NEUMAN...... 1970 NOVA JOE SIEVERTS ...... 1968 DODGE SPARTANS WILLIAM NOLAN...... 1937 FORD DWAYNE SMITH ...... 1937 FORD his passion for Ed Roth customs. GEAR GRINDERS INGE OLNESS ...... 1972 HD & 1983 HD DAVE SWANSON ...... 1956 CHEV Wewere seeing radical customs built by Marlyn BILL OLYNYK ...... 1975 HONDA TOM SUMMERS ...... 1976 HONDA SPINNERS DENNIS OSWALD ...... 1968 NOVA ROBERT TORGERSON...... 1979 CAMARO GEAR JAMMERS DON PETERSEN ...... 1955 CHEV PATRICK TRIPP ...... 1979 CHEV PU Englert, Don Milinkovich, which were impact cars STEVE POLENTAS ...... 1972 AMX RICHARD WARD ...... 1967 CHEVELLE STOCK BLOCKS DARRELL QUINEHAN ...... 1965 CORVETTE TOM WILZBACHER ...... 1976 CHEVETTE GOLDEN RODS PAUL RESCHKE ...... 1967 CUTLASS BOB WINSTON ...... 1935 FORD and received national attention. Marlyn had a large BERT ROGERS JR...... 1923 FORD TOM WISWELL ...... 1969 CAMARO STREET CUSTOMS KIM SANDVIG ...... 1968 CAMARO DENNIS HOOD ...... 1965 GTO display titled Marlyn’s GOVERNORS JIM SCHMIDT ...... 1957 CHEV ROGER WORTH ...... 1976 FORD VAN STROKERS BRIAN SCHULTZ...... 1971 DUSTER JIM WYATT ...... SNOWMOBILE GUARDSMEN WALTER SCHUMACHER...... 1945 TRUCK HAULER MN QUARTER MIDGET ASSN...... 1/4 MIGETS Toy Box with several JOHN SEVELIUS ...... 1923 T TAPPETS BRAD SIEFERT ...... 1953 F-100 1983 27th Annual Entries of his newly finished HEADERS JIM SIMONTON...... 1972 VEGA DON ANDERSON...... JENNY SIPES ...... 1955 CHEV TOM ASHTON ...... THREE-TWOS TOM SMITH ...... 1969 OPEL LYNN AUSTIN...... projects. We had an HIBBING TIMING ED STULC ...... 1940 CHEV ROGER BLESSING...... THROTTLE TOM TACHENY ...... 1961 IMPALA HOMER BOYD ...... ASSOC BOB TAYLOR ...... 1973 CUTLASS GARY BREDE ...... Elvis Collection at one BOB TAYLOR ...... 1950 HD RUDY BREITZMAN...... JAMMERS JEFF THEILE ...... 1957 CHEV JEFF BRODE ...... HIGHWAY SAINTS TIM THOMAS...... 1968 FED JERRY BUBOLTZ ...... TIMERS JIM THOREN ...... 1977 CORVETTE RICK BURKHARDT ...... HIGHWAYMEN SCOTT UDELL ...... 1939 FORD CHARLES BUTLER ...... PHIL VAN TASSEL ...... 1950 MERCURY CAMPBELL BROS ...... 1967 CAMARO TOPPERS OF DAVE & DONNA VOGT...... 1933 FORD ROGER CHRISTENSON...... We may have had Porky from the “Little Rascals” at our car IDLE WILDS MIKE VOSS ...... 1956 CHEV JERRY CHRISTENSON...... ANOKA THOMAS WANTLANDER ...... 1980 CHEV MITCH CLAUSEN...... show , but “Porkys” Drive-In was the place to be in the 80s. BILL WARZEKA ...... 1967 CAMARO CURT CLAUTHIER ...... IGNITORS MARTY WENIGER ...... 1979 CORVETTE THOMAS CONNOY ...... 1929 Ford Sedan delivery “Renaissance” at our TOPPERS OF VIC WENZEL ...... 1902 BRUSH KAREN COTTON ...... 1932 FORD GARY WIRTH ...... 1966 GTO & 1976 TRANS AM DAKOTA CO VO-TECH ...... 1987 31st annual show. KING PINS FARGO DENNY WOOD ...... 1965 GTO FRANK DATTALO SR...... PAUL ZAHALAN ...... 1968 CAMARO FRANK DATTALO JR...... The queen KUSTOM KINGS JOHN ZECHBAUER...... 1957 BUICK JOHN DAVIS...... TORQUERS JOE DE MARIAS...... contests had been MSRA always had great support for GSTA and the 1985 29th Annual Entries GEORGE DEGE ...... 1937 CHEV LAKESTERS TRENDSETTERS MIKE ACKERMAN ...... 1969 CAMARO GLORIA DOLECKI...... DAVID BARNARD...... 1951 CHEV 2 DR WESLEY DOPP ...... discontinued and street rod of the year and custom were always at our RICK BATES ...... 1977 MOD/SNOWMOBILE MITZI DYER ...... LONG LAKE TWIN CITY TERRY BEDIN ...... 1923’T’ MOREY EHLERINGER ...... show. The Twin City Roadsters also had nice displays. GENE BOBICK ...... 1923 FORD ERVIN EHRENS...... 1939 FORD we had sold our ROADSTERS KNIGHTS DON BOHNENKAMP...... 1950 OLDS JOHN ELLINGSON ...... PAT BONNETT ...... 1968 CORVETTE GAVIN ENGEN ...... dragster. (Note: MELODY MUFFLERS BOB CATES ...... 1979 HARLEY MARLYN ENGLERT ...... SNOWMOBILE Drag racing at Minnesota Dragways and Twin City UNIVERSALS CURTIS CLOUTIER ...... 1975 KAWASAKI DARYL & CAROL GABRIELSON ...... TOM CONLAN ...... 1974 CORVETTE JEFF GAUTHIER ...... GSTAwould be Speedway was only a fond memory and we had to carry NOMADS KEVAN COTTON ...... 1941 FORD BILL GEFRE ...... VAGABONDS STEVE DANELIUS ...... UNLIMITED FUNNY SLED BILL GEFRE ...... without a race car DAKOTA AVTI ...... 1965 FORD STEVEN GLUBKE ...... on and endured without them. GSTAwas up for the OVERHEADS VENTURIES DOUG DAHMES...... 1978 TRANS AM MERWIN HANSEN ...... JACK DEJOY ...... 1950 CHEV VEM HENDRICKSON ...... 1923 FORD T for ten years from Dennis Stedman 1931 Pontiac 4Dr.Sedan shown in 1981 DAN DONAHUE...... 1975 F-350 WRECKER BILL HERUTH ...... challenge and is still a very strong organization today FAT DYER ...... 1956 CHEV BUTCH HOFFMAN ...... Keith Nybo’s 1977 Ford Van shown in MARLYN ENGLERT ...... 1950 CHEV JON HORKEY ...... 1987 till 1997 and this will continue into the future. |A MARLYN ENGLERT ...... 77 MOD/STOCK SNOMOBILE KEN HOWE ...... 1980 or 24th annual show. MARLYN ENGLERT...... 76 340 MERCURY SNOMOBILE EVERETT JASMER...... MARLYN ENGLERT...... 78 RXL SNOMOBILE MARLYN ENGLERT ...... 84 800 SNOMOBILE JASON TRIPPLE ...... 1975 OLDS MARLYN ENGLERT ...... 85 650 SNOMOBILE HANK TROJE JR...... 1941 FORD RICH FELEGY ...... 77 MOD/STOCK SNOMOBILE , , LEON VALLEY ...... 1954 CHEV 2DR BOB GAGE ...... 1934 FORD MICHAEL VOSS...... 1956 CHEV JED GAMEC ...... 1923 T TERRY YEAGER ...... 1948 CHEV JEFFERY GAUTHIER ...... 1977 & 1975 F100 4X4 JOHN ZECHBAUER...... 1969 CHEVELLE HOWARD GILBERT ...... 1929 FORD CARL ZIEBARTH ...... 1967 NOVA STEVEN GLUBKE ...... 1964 DODGE BOB ZIEBOL ...... 1972 DODGE LANCE GOODMANSON ...... 1978 HARLEY The 1990 s The 1990 s RICHARD GRUNDMEIER ...... 1973 MUSTANG 1987 31st Annual Entries MICHAEL GRUETT ...... 1972 NOVA by Dave Smith TODD ANDERSON ...... TRIMUPH STEVEN HALSTENSON...... 1932 FORD MIKE ARENS ...... 1967 H-D BRAD HANSON ...... 1967 CAMARO DAVID BARNARD ...... 1957 CHEV DAVE HARLANDER ...... DRAGSTER ED BELKENGREN...... 1940 CHEV RON HELMS ...... 1953 F100 ewwould have thought back in 1956, in that Red In memory of John & Margie Foster RON BLAKE ...... 1966 CHEVY II JANET HELTEN ...... 1975 TRANS AM GENE BOBICK ...... 1923 FORD T CARY HOOVER ...... 1976 KAWASAKI Owl parking lot on Lake Street in Minneapolis that JERRY BUBLOTZ ...... 1958 CHEV JON HORKEY, ...... 1932 FORD F by Bill Bissonett GEO/CONNIE BOULTOW ...... 1957 CHEV DALE JOHNSON ...... 1963 CORVETTE DAN BOYKIN ...... 1956 CHEV TOM JOHNSON ...... 1970 NOVA GSTAwould be going strong in its fourth decade of car Those of us who RON BUCKSA ...... 1934 FORD MARV JORGENSON ...... UNLIMITED FUNNY SLED JERRY COOK ...... 1951 MERCURY JIM KALKES...... 1932 FORD are actively MIKE COOPER ...... 1966 CHEVELLE RON KELM ...... 1957 CHEV shows in the 1990’s. The “Gopher Show” had been born RICHARD COX ...... 1934 FORD MICK KIEFFER ...... 1953 CHEV interested in the JERRY DALTON ...... 1923 FORD BOB KISON...... 1969 OPEL in the “Club” years of the 1950’s, grown in the “Drag DAKOTA VO-TECH ...... 1958 ISETTA DENNIS KLAS...... 1969 DODGE DART sport of NHRA FRANK DATTALO SR ...... 1961 CHEV KEN KOSANDA ...... 1968 CHEVELLE FRANK DATTALO JR ...... 1972 CAMARO DAVE & BARB KURTTI...... 1934 FORD Racing” years of the 1960’s, survived the “Psychedelic drag racing in the DANIEL DATTALO ...... 1965 CHEVELLE CLAUDETTE LACLARE ...... 1955 BUICK DATTALO FAMILY ...... 1969 CAMARO FRANK LANG ...... 1957 CORVETTE Paint Job” years of the 1970’s, toured it’s way through Minnesota area ABEL DAVISON ...... 1940 DODGE HOWARD LEE ...... 1955 T-BIRD & 1956 PLYMOUTH ROY DEMARS JR ...... 1937 FORD ED LEIPUS ...... 1963 CHEV are in deep debt David Alfred’s 1966 Nova Shown in 1996 at our 40th Show. FRANK DELCASTILLO ...... 1958 CHEV KEITH MARSH ...... 1981 VW TRIKE the “Street Rod” years of the 1980’s, and was now DERWIN DUGGER...... 1934 FORD ROY MASTEL ...... 1970 CHEVELLE to John and RAYMOND DUZINSKI ...... 1978 CHEV S-10 MICHAEL MATTESON ...... 1969 CAMARO entering the “Nostalgia” years of the 1990’s. SCOTT EATON ...... 1981 CHEV PU HARVEY MATTFUIES ...... 1932 FORD Margie Foster. This was also the year we gave Anniversary Jackets to MARY LOU ELWOOD ...... 1961 CHEV ROSS MATTSON...... 1974 TRANS AM MARLYN ENGLERT ...... 1929 FORD ED NOREN...... 1970 DART ROGER FALK ...... 1929 FORD TK MARK MORIARITY ...... 1955 CHEV It goes without any member who worked 10 hours or more at the show. DARYL GABRIELSON ...... 1956 CHEV SD CHARLES MUNSON...... 1946 CHEV PU JED GAMEC ...... 1923 FORD RON & JENNY NELSON ...... 1955 BUICK saying that they DICK GILLITZER ...... 1959 CHEV GARY NEWMAN ...... 1956 NOMAD We gave away a lot of jackets and lost a lot of money JOHN GOSH ...... 1966 PONTIAC GTO DENNY NORGAARD ...... 1979 CORVETTE have had a very JIM/SHARON GREEN ...... 1946 MERCURY LARRY OLSON...... 1933 FORD that year as our eyes were bigger than our wallet but DON GROFF ...... CUSTOM ENGINE JON PASKE ...... 1962 CORVETTE positive impact on RON GROTHE ...... 1946 OLDS BRUCE PAUGERL ...... 1967 CAMARO Ed Roth showed his “Outlaw” at our show in 1967 only GSTA ...... DRAGSTER RICHARD PEAKE ...... 1928 FORD PU that great sport in everybody sure had fun! RANDY HALVORSON ...... 1940 CHEV TERRY PEASE ...... 1953 THAMES to return in 1996 to be our guest of honor and show the JERRY HANOVER...... 1934 FORD JOEY PETERSON ...... 1977 FORD this area. Until CAROLE HANER ...... 1947 FORD RUSSELL PETERSON ...... 1971 BUICK In 1992 the red inkwas still wet so we scaled back and MERV/CAROLE HANSON ...... 1972 CHEV PU GERALD POCZERWINSKI ...... 1959 CHEV “ 2” below at our 40th show. they came on the scene in the 1950’s the sport STEVE HENDRICKSON ...... 1964 CHEV PU LEROY QUADE ...... 1984 CAMARO DON HERING/PAT TRIPP ...... 1983 MONTE CARLO RICHARD & KARLA RABANUS ...... 1938 CHEV was running under very loose safety rules, only presented KITN’s Car Crash Theater and the 2nd HENN. CNTY. VO-TECH ...... 1971 FIREBIRD TOM RAD ...... 1982 HONDA ATC GEBRGE/JANE HIRSCH ...... 1974 MONTE CARLO RONALD RAYMOND...... 1965 GTO 1990 kicked off the decade with a even on public streets in many cases. Johnnie Annual swap meet. JACK HOGBERG ...... 1948 CHEV SD BOB REED ...... 1934 FORD DAVID HOMSTAD ...... 1956 DODGE NORM RISKA ...... 1956 CHEV return of the Elvis Presley and a few other guys with his viewpoint on JON HORKEY...... 1932 FORD RICHARD RUSCH ...... 1968 CAMARO JOHN KAUFENBERG ...... 1929 FORD MIKE SCHARFFBILLING ...... 1968 ROAD RUNNER safety started a car club called The Strokers, a 1993 was our last 3-day car show. In 1994 we JEFFREY KEELER ...... 1955 CHEV LARRY SCHERBER ...... 1950 FORD display. This time it was BOB KEUTE ...... 1950 CHEV WALTER SCHUMACHER ...... 1937 CHEV club which is still active. He then found several decided to “Gopher It” and had the Make-A-Wish RICHARD KOWALIK ...... 1939 BUICK JOHN SIMON ...... 1972 CORVETTE FRED KRITZMAN ...... 1948 ANGLIA LARRY SPEAR ...... 1957 FORD part of the Jimmy other area clubs and convinced them DAN/KEN KRTNICK ...... 1927 FORD SPLITTSTOESSER BROS ...... 1967 CAMARO Jr Dragster and His Honor CARL KUZNIA ...... 1932 AUSTIN MIKE SPORLEIN...... 1952 CHEV Velvet that together they could be a much more FRANK LANG ...... 1987 FERRARI KEITH STEIES ...... 1953 FORD Talk about Nostalgia Kurt Senescall‘s1932 Ford is dead FRANK LANG ...... 1957 CHEV MICHAEL STRUSINSKI ...... 1950 FORD effective group in trying to accomplish the goal DALE LAROCHE...... 1975 RANCHERO TOM SUMMERS ...... 1976 HONDA MC on. Kurt showed this beauty in 1994 at our 38th show. BERRY MACK ...... 1969 ROADRUNNER DAVE SWANSON ...... 1956 CHEV of a new safe NHRA dragstrip in the Twin RANDY MANS...... 1987 OLDS THOREN JAMES ...... 1978 EL CAMINO ROSS MATTSON ...... 1934 FORD BOB TORGERSON...... 1979 CAMARO Cities area. MIKE MELGARD ...... 1966 IMPALA JEFF WALL ...... 1978 DODGE PU ANDREW MEYSEMBOURG ...... 1953 FORD PU JOHN WIBBELS ...... 1932 FORD GSTA had been at the forefront of bringing the latest With Johnnie’s leadership they formed The JIM MCGILL ...... 1937 FORD & 1969 PORSCHE HARRY WINSLOW ...... 1977 3-WHEELER MC TIMOTHY MCGUIRE ...... 1935 FORD CALMER WOOD ...... 1956 F100 hot rod and custom feature cars to Minnesota. In 1962 Gopher State Timing Association, one of the KENNETH OCH ...... 1949 CHEV PU MN QUARTER MIDGET ...... 1/4 MIDGETS BOB PETERSON ...... 1934 FORD JAY SWENSON ...... 1970 HARLEY most successful and well know hot rodding ED PIENTKA...... 1968 CORVETTE MALLARD TEAL...... 1984 HARLEY at the 6th Annual Car Showwe premiered Mickey TIMOTHY PITTMAN ...... 1966 CHEVELLE JERRY POCZERWINSKI ...... 1959 CHEV 1986 30th Annual Entries groups in the history of the sport of organized BILL PUDNEY ...... 1966 PLYMOUTH JIM ALEXANDER ...... 1932 FORD 14 Thompson’s Challenger. It brought the highest drag racing. They then convinced the Twin 15 MN 1/4 MIDGET ...... 1/4 MIDGETS JIM ALEXANDER ...... 1958 IMPALA MIKE REDMOND...... 1961 CORVETTE TODDANDERSON...... 1958 BISCAYNE attendance to any GSTA show ever in our 50 year Cities Optimists clubs that a new first-class, DAVE RINGEN ...... 1934 FORD SD LEE AVEL ...... 1929 FORD ROBERT RITCHIE ...... 1932 FORD JACK BAETHKE ...... 1968 CAMARO safe dragstrip in this area would contribute BOB/JOANNE RUCHTI ...... 1956 CHEV FLORIAN BLENKER...... 1939 CHEV PU history! Five years later we brought the hottest car RANDY SCHADE ...... 1969 CAMARO ROGER BLESSING...... 1973 HONDA 750 greatly, to the overall safety of our streets and JOE SCHNEIDER...... 1971 CHEV PU BYRON BODE...... 1937 BUICK from TV to the Armory, the Batmobile. Also at this JOHN SEVELIUS ...... 1954 BUICK DALE BOULEY ...... 1972 PANTERA “Superstars On Tour” display, which included Evel highways. MARVIN SEVERSON ...... 1955 CHEV ROBERT BROWN JR...... 1940 CHEV Mark Moriarity brought the Ed Roth built “ROTAR” to MIKE SPORLEIN...... 1952 CHEV PAT BONNETT ...... 1968 CORVETTE 11th Annual showwe had Roundhouse Rodney Kneivel’s Harley Davidson, the Rocky III motorcycle DAVE SWEET ...... 1970 HEMI CUDA BYRON BREAULT...... 1932 FORD Johnnie and Margie became the managers our 40th annual show in 1996. MALLARD TEAL...... 1987 HD CUSTOM BYRON BREAULT...... 1930 FORD STEVE TINGVOLD ...... 1981 CAMARO DOUGLAS CARLSON ...... 1968 PLY GTX making appearances. In 1973 Tony Fox brought the and Herbie the Love Bug. and operators of Minnesota Dragways in Coon JAMES TORGERSON ...... 1979 CORVETTE DAKOTA CO VO-TECH ...... 1965 FORD Jesse Ventura’s motorcycle. In 1995 we had “More JOHN WIBBELS ...... 1932 FORD DAKOTA CO VO-TECH ...... 1958 LLOYD Proud American sonic car to town for our 17th Rapids when it opened in 1958. Over the many GENE YOUNK ...... 1939 CHEV STEVE DANELIUS ...... RACING SNOWMOBILES 1991was the 35th Annual Show and it was “One Hot BRIAN ZAPPA ...... 1966 DODGE JIM DONAHUE ...... 1971 NOVA years that they managed that very fine facility, Horsepower Under One Roof Than You Could Handle” MARLYN ENGLERT ...... 3 RACING SNOWMOBILES Annual show. In 1977we had one of the best fuel 1988 32st Annual Entries VAL FINNEMAN ...... 1980 HODA CBX Number!” We did things up big in ’91. We had Eclipse, Johnnie earned a reputation as an innovator with a Monster Truck crushing two cars on the ice STEVE ADAMS ...... 1969 CAMARO CRAIG FOHRENKAMM ...... 1939 PLYMOUTH funny cars in the country, the home town favorite Tom JAMES ALEXANDER...... 1932 FORD & 1958 CHEV MIKE FRYE ...... 1970 BUICK a 1932 Ford PU, and the Hirohata Merc clone. We and a tough disciplinarian when it came to LEE ANDERSON ...... 1957 BUICK MILEY GJERTSEN ...... 1932 FORD SD rink floor! FRED ANGELL ...... 1930 FORD BILL GEFRE...... 1967 CHEV PU Hoover’s Showtime on display. And around 1988 we enforcing safety rules. I don’t think there are HOWARD APPLEBY...... 1939 CHEV DOUG HANSEN ...... 1972 Z-28 presented several bands, including Johnny Holm’s GENE BOBICK ...... 1954 BUICK HARLANDER RACING...... 1977 DRAGSTER any among us active NHRA racers who did not 1996 was the 40th Annual, which we celebrated with a STEVE BRUNELLO ...... 1964 HARLEY BOB HOFFMAN...... 1949 FORD had the Elvis Presley display. GLEN BROWN ...... 1980 MAZDA AILEEN HYKE ...... 1951 CHEV Traveling Fun Show, Lamont Cranston, High Noon at some time or another have a disagreement JERRY BUBOLTZ ...... 1966 NOVA MARV JORGENSON ...... RACING SNOWMOBILE reunion banquet where we inducted the first 11 RODNEY BUCK ...... 1963 IMPALA RONALD KELM ...... 1957 CHEV with Johnnie on how those rules should be TOM CARDINAL ...... 1951 CHEV DALE KISSNER ...... 1970 ROAD RUNNER HARLAN CLARK ...... 1969 GTO DALE LAROCHE...... 1975 RANCHERO applied to us. When you looked into Johnnie’s members into the GSTA Hall of Fame. Our guest was GERALD COOK ...... 1949 PLY WAGON JERRY LOMNES ...... 1938 CHEV BRUCE COTTON ...... 1932 FORD MN QURTER MIDGETS...... 1/4 MIDGETS eyes during a dispute, it was obvious that his Big Daddy Ed Roth, “The Rat Is Back!” with his KAREN COTTON ...... 1932 FORD ROY MASTEL ...... 1970 CHEVELLE KEVAN COTTON ...... 1941 FORD ROSS MATTSON ...... 1980 KAWASKI view was going to prevail. No physical force DICK COX ...... 1934 FORD SCOTT MCGINNIS ...... 1970 CAMARO Beatnik Bandit II. We also catered to those nostalgia FRANK DATTALO JR ...... 1969 CAMARO DAN MCGOVERN ...... 1963 HARLEY was required, just Johnnie’s determined look, FRANK DATTALO SR ...... 1955 CHEV KEN MIELKE ...... 1926 FORD cravings by having Casey Jones, T.N. Tatters, Clancy JACK/JOYCE DEJOY...... 1973 MERCEDES DON MILINKOVICH ...... 1965 BUICK and the argument was over. But without DENNIS DIGEROS ...... 1948 ANGLIA DON MILINKOVICH...... 1950 FORD CALVIN DOLEZAL...... 1980 FORD PU RANDY MOLIN ...... 1955 CHEVY exception, I’m certain that anyone who may the Cop, Willie Ketchum and Carmen the Nurse SCOTT EATON ...... 1966 BONNEVILLE ED MOREN ...... 1970 DODGE BILL EDMUNSON...... 1937 FORD DOUG MOSCH ...... 1934 FORD have disagreed with him would say today that BUZZ FARRELL ...... 1923 FORD T CHUCK MUNSON...... 1940 FORD make appearances. GREG GERNENTZ ...... 1967 CAMARO WALLY NELSON ...... 1970 CHARGER they respected him and appreciated what he WILLIAM GREISINGER ...... 1948 BUICK CHUCK OLSON...... 1933 FORD TIM HAGAN ...... 1928 FORD JERRY OLSON ...... 1953 CHEV did for our sport. In 1997we tried to create future nostalgia for the kids JOHN HANSEN...... 1948 BUICK STEPHEN PAULUS ...... 1938 CHEV RICHARD HARNDEN ...... 1929 FORD & 1941 CHEV STEPHEN PAULUS ...... 1938 CHEV SD In an effort to make the sport more fair to RICHARD HELINS...... 1976 CUSTOM BOAT THOMAS PAULUS ...... 1938 CHEV by having the Pinewood Derby Drags! We’d been SCOTT HENDERSON ...... 1977 CADILLAC STEVE PEASLY ...... 1956 FORD all, John came up with the idea of handicap JAMES HERLOFSKY ...... 1934 FORD & 1949 FORD RONALD PETER ...... 1955 CHEV “Grinding Gears for Forty Two Years” by 1998 and we LARRY HOLSAPPLE ...... 1935 FORD BOB PETERSON ...... 1965 CORVETTE bracket racing. Johnnie’s wife,soul-mate and RICK ISRAEL ...... 1967 CORVETTE RUSS PETERSON ...... 1971 RIVIERA MARV JORGENSON ...... RACING SNOWMOBILE STEVE POLENTAS ...... 1972 AMC AMX workmate, Margie, was with him always, and celebrated by bringing up Norm Grabowski, Father of RON KELM ...... 1957 CHEV DAVE PRIBNOW ...... 1975 CHEV PU JERRY KONOBECK ...... 1967 CAMARO BILL PUDNEY ...... 1966 BELVEDERE was loved by all. When the dictionary people the T-Bucket and his Kookie II. PETE KORSUNSKY ...... 1974 JEEP CJ5 CHUCK PURDIE...... 1952 HARLEY JON KOSMOSKI ...... CUSTOM MOTORCYCLE LEROY QUADE ...... 1984 CAMARO defined the term”classy,“ I’m certain that CY KUBISTA ...... 1958 DIRT TRACK RACER MARK RABE ...... 1975 CHEV 4X4 We closed out the ‘90’s by asking “Got Speed?” While FRANK LANG ...... 1962 CHEV JAMES RAPP ...... 1975 PLY CUDA Margie was their example. No question about DON LANGSETH ...... 1963 IMPALA SS REGELMAN,GROTH,TROK ...... BUD SNOWKING MICHAEL LONG ...... 1979 CHEV CREWCAB NORM RISKA ...... 1956 CHEV Our best of show in 1997 was Gordy Jacobson‘s radical 1955 Ford F-100 Pickup here at our 1998 show. Starting in it, they really were the ”godfather and The Little Rascal’s Porky didn’t, Rick Schnell’s flathead JOHN MCGARRAHAN ...... 1949 MERC SCOTT ROCHEFORD ...... 1983 CAMARO TIM MCGUIRE...... 1935 FORD RICHARD RUSCH ...... 1968 CAMARO the 90‘s it became a tradition to invite the best of show back the next year. godmother“ of drag racing in Minnesota. KIRBY MCLAUGHLIN...... 1986 HONDA JIM RZESZUTEK ...... 1974 KAWASAKI dragster, the Flatlanders Speed Society roadster and the DON MILINKOVICH ...... 1956 MERC TED SAUMER...... 1960 IMPALA JOHN MURZYN ...... 1972 EL CAMINO JERRY SCHERER...... 1977 HARLEY I thank them for the memories that they Street Rodder Street Rod of the Year, built by Kurt JOHN NAGY ...... 1967 CAMARO SD JOHN SEVELIUS ...... 1923 FORD T RAY NELSON ...... 1931 FORD PETE SNYDER ...... 1956 NOMAD gave us all, and I thank God for allowing us to GEORGE NERBURN ...... 1958 CHEV IMPALA JAMES STEFFEN ...... 1954 FORD PU Those were some tough acts to follow but GSTA gave it and the Rockin’ Hollywoods, all in the freezing Poultry Senescal and owned by Ken Bentz, sure did. |A CHUCK OLSON ...... 1933 FORD TOM SUMMERS ...... 1976 HONDA walk with them on part of their journeys HARLEN OLSON ...... 1935 FORD KITTIE SWANSON ...... 1958 IMPALA a run and here are some of the highlights from the DOUG BALFI ...... 1980 HD JIM THOREN ...... 1978 EL CAMINO Building across from the Coliseum. We had our first through life. May God bless them and give TOM PALM ...... MN LSR PROJECT ROBERT TAYLOR...... 1973 OLDS 2 DR MICHAEL PAVOLNY ...... 1985 CAMARO MALLARD TEAL...... 1985 HARLEY 1990’s Rod & Custom Spectaculars: swap meet this year. Governor Arne Carlson them eternal peace and happiness. SCOTT PERRY ...... 1967 MUSTANG MALLARD TEAL ...... 1985 FORD PU BUTCH PREAM ...... 1940 FORD BOB TORGERSON ...... 1979CAMARO RAUL PREBLICH ...... 1978 CAMARO DON TRIPPEL ...... 1969 CAMARO proclaimed April 20th, 1991 as GSTA Day in Minnesota. BILL PUDNEY ...... 1966 PLYMOUTH MIKE/PEGGY REDMOND ...... 1955 CHEV JERRY DALTON ...... 32 FORD PAUL RESCHKE...... 1974 CAMARO JIM ANDERSON ...... 59 BUICK NORM RISKA ...... 1956 CHEV , , JIM KALKES...... 39 CHEV FRED ROMO ...... 1940 FORD JIM PACKER ...... 37 WILLYS HARLAN RONNEN ...... 1977 CHEV PU JOHN GILBERT...... 28 FORD ED SALKOWICS ...... 1957 CHEV JOHN HOLLAND ...... 32 FORD JOHN/KRISTI SCHAFHAUSER ...... 1957 CHEV JOHN KAUFENBERG ...... 29 FORD KURT SENESCA.LL ...... 1930 CHEV PU JOHN MCGARRAHAN ...... 49 MERC DENNIS SHIRLEY ...... 1979 HONDA The 2000 s The 2000 s JOHN MURZAYN ...... 72 ELCAMINO MEL SIMMONS ...... DRAGSTER JOHN NOARD ...... SNO-MO JENNY SIPES ...... 1955 CHEV by Steve Andersen JOHN ZECHBAUER...... 47 PLYMOUTH DONNY SMITH...... HARLEY DAVIDSON JON HORKEY...... 70 FORD LEE SOLOMUN ...... 1923 FORD T JON SHERWOOD ...... 55 CHEV AL/SUE STYCZYNSKI ...... 1938 CHEV KEN MIELKE ...... 26 FORD MIKE STRUSINSKI ...... 1950 FORD shering GSTA into the twenty first century brought KEVIN REILLY...... 65 PLY HERB SWEDEEN ...... 1978 CHEVETTE KEVIN RICKBEIL...... 79 YAHAMA MIKE TAYLOR ...... 1933 FORD along with it the advent of the senior era. Many of KIETHPIETRASZEWSKI ...... 57 CHEV MALLARD TEAL...... 1963 NOVA SS U KURT BAUMGARTNER ...... 67 BRONCO SONNY TOMLINSON ...... 1950 MERC LARRY BONAZZO ...... 67 PONTIAC BOB TORGERSON...... 1979 CAMARO our members became legally capable of ordering from LEE SOLOMON ...... 23 T-BCKT RICHARD TORGERSON ...... 1930 FORD LINDA REMPFER ...... 50 CHRYSLER STEVE TRUTWIN ...... 1955 CHEV LUCKY REIGER ...... 87 CAMARO AL TSCHIDA...... FUNNY CAR the back page senior citizen menu at Perkins. Although MARK LARSON ...... 70 MONTECARLO SCOTT UDELL ...... 1967 MUSTANG MARLYN ENGLERT ...... SNO-MO JEFF VOSS ...... 1953 FORD F1OO most of us possibly still secretly consider ourselves just MARY ZIMMERMANN ...... 54 KAISER MARK WEINHAGEN ...... 1969 GTO MICK KIEFFER ...... 53 CHEV WGN SCOTT/TERRY WICKLUND ...... 1934 PLY MIKE ARTMANN ...... 64 NOVA RONALD WINTERS ...... 1950 MERC past our teenage years, we’ve indeed passed through MIKE BROWN ...... 37 CHEV MIKE HASELTINE ...... 57 CHEV 1989 33rd Annual Entries MIKE LARSON ...... DRAGSTER AL PEHRSON...... 78 TRANS AM having been beatniks, or hippies, then yuppies, spent a MIKE STRUSINSKI ...... 29A FORD AL & MARYLOU GEROLD ...... 34 FORD 2DR NORMAN BALTES ...... 31 FORD ALLEN JAMES ...... 66/67 OLDS short hiatus as an adult and now are becoming PAT BONNETT ...... 86 CHEV B. SWANSON...... 58 IMAPALA PAUL EBEL ...... 34 CHEV BARRY JENSEN ...... 38 FORD PAUL JOHNSON...... 29 FORD BARRY LARSON...... 32 FORD PHAE “abbies”. . . aging baby boomers. Odd as it may seem, PAUL PITTMAN...... 72 CHALLENGER BILL SAMPSON...... 48 AERO SED RANDY SCHADE ...... 69 CAMARO BOB SEDERSTROM...... 56 BEL AIR many of us still believe that we’ll likely die before we RANDY THOMPSON ...... 69 DART BRIAN WARHOL ...... PEDAL CARS RAY DUZYNSKI ...... 78CHEV PU BRUCE HAAR ...... 67 CAMARO RICH WINDEN ...... 82 SUZUKI BUTCH KARCHER ...... 65 IMPALA grow old. As members of the generation that vowed to RICHARD HARNDEN ...... FORD 29 CHARLES WALBURG ...... 62 CHEV NOVA RICHARD WOLFE ...... 40 FORD CHET HERUBIN ...... 33 CHEV CPE RICK SCHNELL ...... DRAGSTER COLLIN FJETLAND ...... 56 OLDS 2DR stay forever young, we all began, perhaps reluctantly ROBERT HELMS ...... 65 CHEV PU CRAIG FOHRENKAMM ...... 84 FORD F150 1939 Chevrolet Convertible Best of Show in 2002 GSTAs ROBERT STALEY ...... 64 FORD DALE NORDSTROM ...... 46 BUICK S8 at first, to consider exactly to whom we might pass RON CONLEY...... 56 FORD PU DAVE LEPLEY ...... 56 CHEVY RONALD LEHRKE ...... 39 CHEV DAVE SCHAFHAUSER ...... 64 IMPALA SS 46th Annual. Owners Al and Linda Lucas SCOTT KIENNE ...... 78 CAMARO DAVE & BARB KURTTI ...... 34 FORD SED the baton. STAN BELEVEAU ...... 32 FORD DAVID BOE ...... 39 CHEVY 2DR STEVE CHELTE...... 77 VETTE DENNIS KLAS...... 69 ROADRUN TED FISHER ...... 67 CAMARO DENNIS PETERSON ...... 33 FORD 2DR Knowing that procrastination in dealing with this nations oldest car club associations and active racing In TOM FLAHERTY ...... 54 VETTE DENNIS SHIRLEY ...... 79 HONDA CBX & 84 HARLEY TOM FLAHERTY...... 58 PONTIAC DEREK GROSS ...... 70 GTX clubs. Since GSTA’s largest annual public venue is our 2005 we hosted Zane Cullen from DICK KINNAN...... 70 BUICK GS issue would surely spell the end of this great association, 1991 35th Annual Entries DON HERING...... 88 THUNBIRD AL CARPENTER ...... 1934 FORD FRANK LANG ...... 88 PORSCHE one of the first major efforts we made was to reach Rod & Custom show, an event which would follow in Creative Concepts in Santa Rosa, CA, the Goodguys ALLEN LUCAS ...... 1937 CHEV FRANK TOUSLEY ...... 64 FORD 4DR ”Salsa Verde“ owned by Robert & Erma Wolf 1948 Buick ANDY BRUNNER...... 1964 FAIRLANE FRED RICE ...... 35 CHEV CPE two short years, the decision was made to BILL GAUTSCHE III...... 1957 FORD F-100 FRED ROMO ...... 40 FORD 4DR out to a car club made up exclusively of young 2004 Trendsetter of the Year award winner and Grand BOB & CINDY OLSON...... 1956 CHEV GARY & JUDY LAWRENCE...... 68 CHEV PU Special Best of Show in 2005 at GSTAs 49th Annual. BOB GOSSEN...... 1969 ROAD RUNNER GORDON COOK...... 67 FARE WAG reserve the celebration for the 2006 National Roadster Show Builder of the year. He also BOB LARKIN ...... 1936 FORD J S NELSON ...... 63 NOVA SS members. In 2003 the suggestion was BOB RITCHIE ...... 1978 EL CAMINO J. GAVIC ...... 36 FORD BOB SCHUH ...... 1951 MERCURY JACK WALTHER ...... 57 CHEV PU made to the Ignitors Car Club to spectacular. Our half century markwas brought his beautiful award winning board BOB SEDERSTROM ...... 1956 CHEV JAMES ALEXANDER ...... 49 FORD BUZZ FARRELL...... 1966 GTO JAMES HAYES ...... 55 CHEV 210 thus limited to a picnic for track racer styled Ford roadster “Full Speed BUZZ FARRELL ...... 1923 FORD JERRY DALTON...... 32 FORD SED consider joining the CHARLES MOTZKO...... 1940 WILLYS JERRY MIKE ...... 68 MUSTANG CHUCK OLSON ...... 1934 DODGE JIM GREEN...... 46 MERCURY association. In members and held Ahead”. Zane also signed auto graphs and CINDY DUDECK ...... 1955 SUNLINER JIM KNUTSON ...... 85 THUNBIRD CRAIG PETERSON ...... 1937 FORD JIM PETERSON ...... 40 FORD DEL without a great deal CRAIG STEINMETZ ...... 1968 CHEVELLE JIM SPETT ...... 57 CHEV 2DR 2004 they made visited a few shop in town during his stay. D.W. CHRISTENSEN...... 1978 HARLEY JOEL & MARY FRARY ...... 33 PONT. 2DR DALE NORDSTROM ...... 1949 PLYMOUTH & 1936 CHEV JOHN HANSEN ...... 41 STUDEBAKE of fanfare. We are also very pleased to have him and DALE OLSON...... 1954 FORD F-100 JOHN HOLDEN ...... 32 FORD 2DR application and DAN MCDONALD...... 1974 HONDA BIKE JOHN SEVELIUS...... 48 STUDEBAKE DANA HALLBERG ...... 1967 CHEVY II JOHN ZECHBAUER...... 47 PLYMOUTH The annual one of his current cars here for the 50th DAVE HARLANDER ...... DRAGSTER JON PASKE...... 39 FORD 2DR DEAN BEAULIEU...... 1969 PLY. GTX KEITH LANCE...... 48 CHEVY SD anniversary show. DENNIS JARNOT ...... 1934 FORD KEV & RUTH RICKBEIL ...... 79 YAMAHA 16 GSTA Rod & 17 DICK KINNAN ...... 1962 CHV BELAIR KEVIN ROBINSON ...... 64 HARLEY DON GROFF ...... DRAGSTER KIRBY LAWRENCE ...... 56 BEL AIR DON HERING ...... 1988 T-BIRD LEE BURRIS ...... 57 CHEVY Custom show The racing division of GSTA saw a change DON ROHWEDER ...... 1963 IMPALA LEE SOLOMON ...... 23 T-BUCKET DONALD BADGER ...... 1973 PLY.CUDA LISA SCHAFHAUSER ...... 69 CHEVELLE has over many in the form of creating an official position DOUG HALVERSON...... 1932 FORD MARK BANGERT...... 57 CHEV 4DR ED LEIPUS ...... 1963 IMPALA MARK MORIARITY ...... 55 BEL AIR FRENCHY FUGERE...... 1933 FORD MARK WEINHAGEN...... 69 PONT. GTO years made of Crew Chief, an elected member to GARY & SHARON ROEHM ...... 1955 CHEV 150 MATTHEW BOULAY ...... 87 T-BIRD GORDY JOHNSON ...... 1975 TRANS AM MAURIE LAMB ...... 32 FORD extraordinary oversee and manage the race car and crew. JACK & DEBBIE COTA ...... 1966 NOVA MIKE FROST...... 57 HARLEY JAMES ALEXANDER ...... 1949 FORD MIKE GOVEK ...... 70 BUICK GS JEFF BOULEY ...... 1948 CHEV MIKE HOVLAND...... 30 FORD CPE efforts to only exhibit the highest Entering the 21st century the club car was JEFF HAMLIN ...... 1964 CHEVELLE MIKE IVERSON ...... 56 FORD F100 JEFF STANKE ...... 1963 IMPALA MIKE MCQUAID ...... 53 OLD 2001 GSTA 46th Annual Best of Show. Owner Dana Hallberg JERRY & SHEILA BUBOLTZ...... 1958 CHEV MIKE MCVEIGH ...... 55 BEL AIR quality hot rods, custom and race cars with a strong a beautifully restored full bodied 155” JERRY JOHNSON ...... 1961 OLDS MIKE & PEG REDMOND...... 55 BEL AIR 1967 Chev Pickup JIM & DONNA THOREN ...... 1978 EL CAMINO PATRICK PEINE ...... 72 CHEVELLE focus on the most traditional ideas that have governed nostalgia front engine dragster, powered by JIM & JUDY HOFFMAN...... 1938 CHEV PEGGY NICOLAI ...... 78 CAM Z28 Best of Show in 2004 at our 48th Show-Ron Browns JIM GILBERTSON ...... 1934 PHAETON & 1941 FORD RAY DUZYNSKI ...... 71 PLYMOUTH members. In 2005 several of the newly inducted Ignitors JOEL & MARY FRARY ...... 1947 CHEV RICK RILEY ...... 23 FORD TROD 1932 Highboy Roadster. this sport. We have gone to great lengths to try to avoid a 500+ hp alcohol injected small block Chevy motor. JOHN & NANCY SEVELIUS ...... 1953 FORD VIC RODNEY MEAD...... 66 MERCURY JOHN GILBERT...... 1938 FORD RON ACKER ...... 77 BUICK showing cars that are trendy or that in some way took official possession of the car and before year end JOHN HANSEN ...... 1948 ROADMASTER RON & JEN NELSON...... 56 BUICK Originally built in the mid ‘60’s the car and club suffered JOHN JORDAN ...... 1966 MUSTANG RUDY BREITZMANN ...... 46 FORD JOHN PASKE ...... 1939 FORD SCOTT PERRY ...... 67 MUSTANG were unanimously voted in as our current eleventh club, wander too far from what we all respect are the roots of a major setback in 2003 when the NHRA certification managed to launch a very successful racing program JOHN WIBBELS ...... 1932 FORD RDSTR SONNY TOMLINSON ...... 50 MERC 2DR KENT SMITH ...... 1953 FORD F-100 STEVE BRUNELLO ...... 64 HARLEY marking the beginning of the extended effort to grow that will continue on into 2006. KEVIN REILLY ...... 1965 PLY FURY STEVE MATSON...... 65 HARLEY hot rodding. We’ve also managed to continue this show was pulled due to tubing wall dimensions falling below KIM & MIKE POVOLNY ...... 1948 ANGLIA STEVE MEYERS...... 67 CHEV IMP KIM HENRY RICE ...... DRAGSTER TIM MARCHIAFAVA ...... 70 FORD into the next and hopefully future generations of hot over the years without having to depend on the need to the current upgraded minimum requirements. Faced KIRBY & PAT LAWRENCE ...... 1956 CHEVY TIM MCGUIRE ...... 35 FORD SED A proposal was made in late 2003 to build a new LEE SOLOMON ...... 1923 FORD TODD ANDERSON...... 58 CHEV BIS LEE BURRIS ...... 1957 CHEV TOMMY ZELLER ...... 78 KAWASAKI rod and drag racing enthusiasts. The 2000’s also bring in current celebrities from outside the car with the choice of either placing the car into full nostalgia front engine dragster. After discussing LORAN SIREK ...... 1973 CAMARO TRY & ANN MANSKE ...... 39 PONTIAC MALLARD TEAL ...... 1962 IMPALA WILLIAM MILLER ...... 47 CHEV CPE brought us another new club with the addition of the MIDWEST MINISPRINT ASS ...... 1989 KENNEDY community (i.e. pinup girls, Movie personalities, sports retirement or running the car in a much slower budget’s and having firm commitments from the crew MIKE & SHIRLEY RAGAN ...... 1947 FORD 1990 34th Annual Entries MIKE ARTMANN...... 1965 CORVETTE JIM THOREN ...... 67 CAMARO Long Lake Roadsters. heros, etc.) As a result we have attained great respect as category, the membership voted to MIKE FROST ...... 1990 HARLEY BRIAN WALLACE ...... 70 CHEVELLE chief as well as a variety of contractors, the proposal to MIKE SCHARFFBILLIG...... 1968 CHARGER VERLYN HUSMAN ...... 70 CHEVELLE MIKE ULRICH-TIM PITTMAN ...... 1977 CHEV WILLIAM MOORHOUS ...... 55 CHEV Perhaps the greatest milestone was accomplished in well as a loyal following that depend on this annual keep the car as a training vehicle build a new car was passed unanimously NORM RISKA ...... 1956 CHEV AL OSCARSON...... 65 BUICK RICH KERNER ...... 1952 CHEV AL STYCZYNSKI ...... 61 CHEV show as an oasis of tradition. RICHARD KLEVEN...... 1957 STARCHIEF ALL AM TOWING...... 30 FORD WRKR 2004 when GSTA turned 50, making us one of the for potentially up and and construction began in 2004. The RICHARD QUNELL...... 1922 FORD BARRY NELSON...... 31 FORD RICK RILEY ...... 1923 FORD BARRY TANNER ...... 90 T-BIRD coming younger new car has a 225 in. Sterling design RICK BALTHAZOR ...... 1986 FIERO BILL ASHE...... 77 COMET In 2004 we did return to the idea of RICK BURKHARDT ...... 1951 HENRY J BOB ELM ...... 37 FORD ROBERT KEUTE ...... 1955 CHEV BOB FULLER ...... 48 FORD bringing in a guest dignitary from chassis built by Stubby Abraham ROBERT ROGNESS ...... 1990 KENNEDY BOB LAMPHER ...... 62 VETTE RON BIRKHOLZ ...... 1958 FORD BOB PETERSON ...... 32 FORD RON WILSON ...... 1956 CHEVY BOB RITCHIE ...... 32 FORD within the sport and were honored to Race Cars and was just certified to RONALD LEHRKE...... 1939 CHEVY & 1970 COUGAR BRIAN WARHOL ...... PEDAL CRS RUDY BRIETZMAN...... 1965 RIVIERA BRUCE LAVOI ...... 38 CHEV have the now legendary Chip Foose for run 6.30 et, making it a legal nostalgia RUSSEL RUZIN ...... 1969 DODGE BUZZ FARRELL ...... 23 T-BCKT SCOTT MCCLURE...... 1969 CAMARO CRAIG FOHRENKAMM ...... 39 PLY SONNY TOMLINSON ...... 1948 OLDS CRAIG TROJE ...... 34 CHEV both days, and was in fact at our show dragster. The motor is a fully STEPHEN LAUGTUG ...... 1955 CHEV DERRAN DUGGER ...... 70 CHEVELLE STEVE & JONI JENSEN...... 1956 CHEVY DICK OLSON ...... 32 FORD reconditioned all aluminum, alcohol STEVE BRUNELLO ...... 1964 HARLEY DICK WEISS...... 68 MUSTANG on the Saturday evening that debuted STEVE PEASLEY ...... 1957 FORD DON LANGSETH ...... 40 FORD STEVEN CASPERSON...... 1940 FORD DOUG BOETTCHER...... 39 CHEV the first scheduled showing of injected 414” Rodeck tall block capable of generating TAYLOR VAILLANCOURT ...... 1969 ROADRUNNER DWIGHT BICKFORD ...... 51 CHEV TIM MCGUIRE...... 1932 FORD ED BELKENGREN ...... 32 FORD TOM RAD ...... 1991 HARLEY FAY LA ROCHE...... 60 T-BIRD Overhaulin’. In addition to signing an approximately 850hp. This car will be making it’s debut VIC TORASSO ...... 1969 AMX FRANK COE...... 57 CHEV FRANK TROJE ...... 63 CHEV this year on the nostalgia circuit as an A/Fuel dragster GARY HANVELT ...... 70 CHEVELLE autograph for everyone that wanted one, GARY RINGEN...... 40 FORD GORDY MACLENNAN ...... 56 CHEV each of which was accompanied by a and will compete in the Nostalgia I class. Although still GREG DUMMER ...... 40 WILLYS HANK TROJE ...... 47 FORD in the final stages of completion at this writing, we’re all J CLINTON SHAVER ...... 27 FORD T sketch of a car, Chip also managed to JACKIE ANDERSON ...... 59 VETTE JAMES ALEXANDER ...... 49 FORD visit the shops of a couple of the leading “Full Speed Ahead” a board track racer styled Ford hoping to have the finished car in this years 50 JAMES NELSON ...... 50 FORD ”The Lowsmoblie“ owned by John Pazik 1950 Oldsmobile Fastback Best JEFF DYPWICK...... 57 CHEV roadster owned by Zane Cullen. Our feature car from 2005. A JERRY BUBOLTZ...... 71 EL CAMINO of Show in 2003 GSTAs 47th Annual. local professional car builders. Anniversary show. | Credits

I would like to thank the following people for their support and help in putting this magazine together. Lets start with the writers, Bill Bissonett, Connie Englert, Ed Smith, Charlie Johnson, Dave Smith, Pat Bonnett, Russ Peterson, Steve Andersen and a big thank you to Rosemary Bonnett for compiling all the names of show entries for the last 50 years. The Photographers over the years whose work shows up in these pages are Jim Gallop, Richard Erickson, John Foster, Pat Bonnett, Tom Erickson, Dave Andersen, Ed Smith, Dave Smith, Bruce Danielson, Reyes/Callaway and a bunch more I’m sure I missed. For that I am sorry. My two daughters Molly and Emily who help retype articles for this magazine and for putting up with me for the last 3 months while I ignored them. Also a BIG thank you to Michael Keene, Sandy Doody, and John Foster Jr. at John Roberts Printing Inc. for coming through and helping us print and make this magazine look fantastic. Last but not least all the Rod and Custom car owners and builders whose, what I like to call them, ”their rolling works of art“ filled out the entry blanks for the Gopher Show over the last fifty years and sent them in to make all this possible. Thanks to you all. –Tom Erickson