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There are some jobs we like to keep the "braggin rights" to and this is definitely one of them! A great friend and great driver, Hollis Jones, shown below turning the quarter mile in 7 seconds!
Larry Blackman painted this beautiful 1966 Nova years ago and she still looks great today! Shown in the video with the original motor, she has since gone through some major engine upgrades. But, this was the motor that took Hollis to the top and ensured his success in the drag lanes! The new motor is shown here in the pic to the left! Some major upgrades there!
Hollis Jones, owner of City Suburban Auto Parts in Joliet, IL, "has loved the sport of drag racing since we met", said Larry Blackman. "This guy just loves going fast and I love watching him do it!"
Hollis and Larry have been friends for over 40 years and that's a comraderie that won't ever quit. Larry painted the car for Hollis back in the '90's and again in 2008. "He just loves white, and as hard as we tried to get him to add some color to that car, he just wouldn't budge on that", Larry said of the now 70 year old drag car driver. "Even his wife couldn't talk him in to putting even a stripe on the pure white car".
We've since found out that Hollis sold his auto parts empire and is now driving that beautiful car full time! We wish him the best of luck in his new endeavor.
Summer fun from where we came from in Illinois always includes racing and the drags are my personal favorite! I've been a drag racing fan ever since I was a little girl. Growing up on the South Side of the great City of Chicago, the infamous "Chi-Town Hustler" was being built in a garage just down the block from me. I can remember the sound of the enormous motor revving up on Saturday mornings as they worked endlessly tuning her up for Sunday's drags.
Although I was only 11 or 12 years old at the time, I somehow knew that that sound and that smell of burning rubber and Nitro Methane would stick with me forever. At that time, ChiTown Hustler was in her infancy. Who would have known that it would become a legend in drag racing history. And Austin Coil, of Team John Force, would become my hero!
As time passed and I met my husband, I had no idea that we would someday be working with cars like these and watching our friends on the same tracks that I remembered from my much younger years.
Here are a few videos of friends and customers having fun in the quarter mile!
Hollis Jones wins the Byron Wheel Stand Contest in Byron, IL!
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