El Mirage Dry Lake Tank Testing - Tank Rodding

Yes, this really happened: a U.S. Army tank was timed by Chrondek’s Otto Crocker at El Mirage Dry Lake in Southern California in 1958.Yes, this really happened: a U.S. Army tank was timed by Chrondek’s Otto Crocker at El Mirage Dry Lake in Southern California in 1958. That much is evident, but the rest of the story has vaporized in time because we could not find any documentation of this event in the Petersen Publishing magazines of the day, despite that these were shot by staff photographer Eric Rickman. Perhaps HOT ROD Editor and NHRA founder Wally Parks had Rickman shoot it for an NHRA promotion; the organization’s National Dragster would not appear for another two years.


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