BILOXI DRAGWAY RESULTS JULY 31, 1965

FEATURED EVENT ATTRACTION: JIM O'CONNOR DODGE VS HOWARD NEAL FORD

Jim O'Connor Astounds Crowd With a 9.52 Blast (By Charles Meek)

BILOXI DRAGWAY, BILOXI, MISS. (July 31, 1965) -- Jim O'Connor from Mr. Norm's Grand-Spaulding Dodge in Chicago, IL, was at Biloxi Sat. night to take on Howard Neal's '65 fuel injected Falcon. The featured attraction was a three out of five match race between these two cars and the fans turned out in droves to see Gulf Coast's first appearance of a Mopar "Funny Car". The little Falcon made a warm-up run at 10.75 and 129.40 mph. The big Dodge stayed in the pits being carefully tuned by Jim, who decided not to take any warm-up runs.

First round of the match race and the crowd packed the sidelines to get a little better glimpse of the cars. Jim O'Connor seemed to be the favorite with the crowd as the big Dodge Funny Car roared through the rosin several times. Finally both cars were ready, the lights started blinking and then the red came on in the lane the Falcon was in.

Jim O'Connor blasted thru the quarter with a 10.26 at 127.65 mph letting off before the first top speed clock and the crowd went wild.

Second round the crowd was really noisy yelling for Jim to put the big Ram in the nines It was a good start and Jim didn't disappoint them. 9.79 at 131.38 and still not staying on it through the clocks. That gave O'Connor two wins in a row over the Falcon. By this time it was apparent that little Falcon from Ellijay, Ga. was a little outclassed. Bob and Howard can turn in the 10.30 to 10.60 bracket but the nines are out of their reach with the old Wedge.

Third round was called and the people liked to have went wild. This big Dodge of Jim O'Connor was by far the most crowd-pleasing car to be at Biloxi all year, and that includes the "Little Red Wagon", Connie Swingle's Swamp Rat. and Dickie Harrell's Little Chevy II. Now back to the third round -- as the lights started their count down Jim's Dodge caught the red light giving the round to the Strip Teasers Falcon, but listen to the times on the Dodge--a fabulous 9.52 at 138.46 mph.

It was getting very close to the 12:00 curfew so the match race was shortened to two out of three so there would be time for the Eliminator runs.

31 July 65 BILOXI DRAGWAY NEWSLETTER

A 65 stock bodied car in the 9's ?!!! You saw it 31 july at Biloxi Dragway as Jim O'Conner in Mr Norm's Grand Spaulding Dodge went 9.52 at 138.46 mph.

Winner
 E.T.
 MPH
Grand Spaulding Dodge
 10.26
 127.38
Grand Spaulding Dodge
 9.79
 131.38
Strip Teaser Ford

Dodge Red Light (Tr'k Rec'd)
 9.52
 138.46


ELIMINATOR WINNERS

Elim.
 Class
 Name
 Hometown
 Vehicle
 E.T.
Gas Elim.
 C/G
 G.J. Coludrovich
 Gulfport, MS
 55 Chev.
 13.59
#1 Elim.
 B/A
 Jermy Mooney
 Pass Christian, MS
 31 Ford
 14.90
#2 Elim.
 A/MP
 Oswald Dahl
 Gulfport, MS
 62 Dodge
 13.30
Jr. Stock
 G/SS
 Bob Davis
 Utica, MO
 64 Chev.
 15.90
Stock Elim.
 D/S
 Knight Robicheaux
 Biloxi, MS
 57 Chev.
 13.82


CLASS WINNERS

Class
 Name
 Hometown
 Vehicle
 E.T.
A/FX
 Frank Marshall
 Biloxi, MS
 65 Mustang
 12.34
AA/S
 Robert Allen
 Covington, PA
 65 Chev.
B/S
 Willis Moonly
 Hattiesburg, MS
 65 Olds.
 13.34
C/S
 Philia Alangil
 New Orleans, LA
 65 Comet
 14.20
D/S
 C.H. Knight
 Biloxi, MS
 57 Chev.
 13.60
E/S
 David Dupuis
 Houma, LA
 57 Chev.
 13.99
F/S
 M. Williams
 Hattiesburg, MS
 65 Ford
 16.14
G/S
 Authur Callihad
 Baton Rouge, LA
 57 Chev.
 14.77
H/S
 Malcolm Kenting
 LaPlace, LA
 56 Chev.
 15.41
I/S
 Charles Naurer
 Slidell, LA
 55 Chev.
 16.62
J/S
 Eugene Chiasson
 West Wego, LA
 64 Ford
 16.46
K/S
 Gary Herbert
 Baton Rouge, LA
 62 Ford
 15.99
L/S
 Dallas Powell
 Bay St. Louis, MS
 64 Corvair
 17.78
M/S
 Gery Robertson
 Biloxi, MS
 64 Plym.
 18.02
N/S
 William Asmistbad
 New Orleans, LA
 63 M.G.
 18.33
B/SA
 Lincoln Pevon
 New Orleans, LA
 63 Ply.
 13.75
C/SA
 Carl Mosher
 Jacksonville, FL
 65 Ply.
 14.97
D/SA
 Clyde Taylor
 Paris, KY
 65 Chevy
 16.97
F/SA
 Joseph Caire
 Metairie, LA
 60 T-Bird
 14.76
G/SA
 Jame McAllister
 LaComb, LA
 58 Chevy
 18.24
H/SA
 Carroll Seeman
 Keesler AFB, MS
 64 Ford
 17.28
I/SA
 Alfred Byrd
 Bond, MS
 61 Buick
 17.18
J/SA
 Danel Lambert
 Matarre, LA
 64 Chev
 17.51
B/G
 Robert Ryan
 Baton Rouge, LA
 Anglia
 12.06
C/G
 A.J. Colvdrovich
 Gulfport, MS
 55 Chev.
 13.48
D/G
 Henry Breeding
 Slidell, LA
 57 Chev.
 14.05
E/G
 Walter Hague
 New Orleans, LA
 59 Chev.
 13.62
B/A
 Jerry Mooney
 Pass Christian, MS
 31 Ford
 14.20
C/A
 Joe Aiena, Jr.
 New Orleans, LA
 55 Chev.
 13.31
A/MP
 Oswald Dohf
 Gulfport, MS
 62 Dodge
 13.18
B/MP
 James Taylor
 Biloxi, MS
 65 Ford
 15.39
C/MP
 Charles Ballas
 Metairie, LA
 65 Falcon
 14.38
D/MP
 Harey Eylks
 Baton Rouge, LA
 51 Chev.
 14.91
E/MP
 Aycgakas Shalty
 New Orleans, LA
 38 Chev.
 16.56
AO/SS
 Vidmer Orsa
 Mobile, AL
 64 Ford
A/SS
 Freddie Ballard
 Bogalusa, LA
 65 Chevell
 14.47
B/SS
 Daryle Sonner
 Chalmette, LA
 65 GTO
 14.83
C/SS
 Authur Serdas
 Chamette, LA
 65 Chev.
 15.01
D/SS
 Charles Willie
 Fulsom, LA
 64 Chev.
 16.10
E/SS
 Douglas Palmintier
 Hamond, LA
 65 Ford
 15.50
F/SS
 Donald VanGilder
 Slidell, LA
 64 Mustang
 15.23
G/SS
 Robert Davis
 Utila, MO
 64 Chev
 15.55
H/SS
 Jack Mass
 Hattiesburg, MS
 65 Chev.
 16.39
I/SS
 Jack Hughes
 Ponehatoula, LA
 63 Ford
 17.40
J/SS
 Gary Leet
 Maneoi, LA
 64 Comet
 17.51
K/SS
 Frank Caiso
 Bay St. Louis, MS
 65 Ford
 18.40
L/SS
 Britton Curtis
 Okla City, OK
 65 Chev
 19.50
M/SS
 Patrick Maher
 Madosto, LA
 61 Valiant
 21.59
N/SS
 Dexter R. Marcantea
 Slidell, LA
 65 Austin
 21.75
B/SSA
 Billy Crosby
 Bogalusa, LA
 64 GTO
 15.08
C/SSA
 Gregg Lyons
 LaComb, LA
 62 Ply.
 15.50
F/SSA
 Charles Whitmore
 Pascagoula, MS
 63 Pont.
 16.12
G/SSA
 Ashton Bordelon
 New Orleans, LA
 62 Chev
 16.12
H/SSA
 James Taylor
 Biloxi, MS
 65 Ford
 16.95
I/SSA
 Mike Fetzharris
 Keesler AFB, MS
 56 Olds
 18.52
J/SSA
 Dion Holden
 Slidell, LA
 64 Chevy
 17.74
K/SSA
 David Workley
 Keesler AFB, MS
 56 Ford
 19.76
M/SSA
 John Duprey
 LaComb, LA
 54 Stud.
 19.88


NEXT RACE AUGUST 14, 1965
Overhead-Cam Comet Verses Leonard Hughes Plymouth
Sources: Drag News, Biloxi Dragway Newsletter, Copyright BiloxiDragway.com

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