The "Goose Cooks at Riverside!"
Limited-Edition Print of 350 (13x19) Signed and numbered by the Artist. By the time June rolled around, California had already hosted 4 major Drag Racing events, including NHRA, AHRA, UDRA, and Bakersfield, with all four races being won by different teams. The “Hot Rod Magazine” Championships at Riverside was the next major race in 1966 schedule. The 66 HRM meet, (in the words of Hot Rod Magazine writer Jerry Gross) would be known as “The Great Tire Showdown.” Leading engine builders such as Ed Pink, Keith Black, and Dave Zeuschel had been screaming for ‘more traction!” Claiming that they had all the horsepower in the world but they couldn’t get it connected to the track… M&H RaceMaster, along with Goodyear had heeded the call as they arrived at the race with truckloads of newly developed tire (slicks) combinations. M&H’s new “Silver Streak 350” tires were 11.08” in width and 30.5” tall. The tire provided a 7” footprint