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Crietz and Donovan Vintage Dragster 1:24 scale diecast by 1320
Extreme high quality and superb detail describe this 11" long diecast from 1320 inc.. You have to see the quality to believe it. One of the nicer diecasts we have. Thirteen twenty TT1118, 1118
In the early days of drag racing , that is, before the era of corporate sponsorship, most Top Fuel cars were known by the name of the people involved with the race car. The car could be named after the owner and driver, the engine builder and tuner, driver and mechanic, tuner and the financier or any combination of those things. As such, you would go to the track to see such greats as the Warren-Coburn-Miller, the Crossley-Beebe team, the Baney-Prudhomme dragster and so on. And, at that time, one of the most feared teams in the sport was the team of Bob Creitz & Ed Donovan.
Bob Creitz was a brilliant tuner who lived in the Tulsa, Oklahoma area. When a friend of his told him that famed engine builder Ed Donovan was looking for some help Bob didn’t hesitate to contact him and one of the great relationships in drag racing history began. “Ed liked Okies,” Bob said. “In fact, he told me once to send him some more of those dog-eared Okies because they love to work.” The two formed a partnership and ran a series of cars that featured some of the great drivers of their time. Mike Snively, Mike Sorokin, Billy Tidwell, Bennie Osborne and Richard Tharp all drove for the team of Creitz & Donovan, but one of their most successful drivers was Steve Carbone, another Okie. In 1968 the team went to Indianapolis and made it to the final round of the Nationals only to lose to “Big Daddy” Don Garlits. Years later Carbone would have his revenge when he beat “Big” at the ’71 Indy race after one of the classic staging battles of all-time.
