"Night of the Comets " Pete Gates vs. Dyno Don Nicholson.... Drag Racing Art

Limited-Edition Print of 500 (13x19) prints Signed and numbered by the Artist.  Pete Gates Winning the 1966 Super Stock Nationals, is arguably one of the Greatest upsets in the history of Drag Racing.  The scene was the 2nd. Annual "Super Stock Magazine" Nationals, held at New York National Speedway. After the initial 1965 "one-day" action packed race, (which would go down in History as Drag Racing's "Woodstock,") the 66 gathering promised to be an even more spectacular event, stretched out over 3 full days. The odd on Favorite to win was "Dyno Don" Nicholson in his "State-of-the-art" "Flip-Top" Mercury Comet Cyclone. The Mercury contingent, featuring Don and Ed Shartman in twin "Cyclones," had been tearing up the tracks across the country, with their first ever "'One-piece" fiberglass bodied Injected Funnies. Shartman had set Low Et. and Top Speed of the meet, running an 8.41, at 172.74mph in the 2,000-lb class. However, no one expected upstart Pete Gates (in the