GPC: Late 1960's and 1970's Drag Racing

During the early years of Gilchrist's photographic career (1968 thru 1976) he photographed race cars professionally, working mostly in Ohio (Thompson Drag Raceway, Dragway 42, Norwalk, Quaker City, Lorain County Speedway, Sandusky Speedway, Cloverleaf Speedway, Etc.). During this period he made many thousands of black & white negatives which are still in perfect condition. These images are of famous and not so famous racing personalities, drag racing cars, sprint cars, late models, flat track bikes, hill climbers, and all kinds of off-roaders. Charles was published constantly and won several awards for this work but moved on to become a commercial studio and Fashion/Beauty Photographer.

And now (over 35 years later) we are presenting these terrific racing collectibles to the world. This site will be constantly updated as there are numerous outstanding racing related images in the Gilchrist negative files. It is a small piece of Drag Racing history. If you feel you have additional information regarding any of the cars, drivers, teams, etc., please email us and we will add your contribution to these histories.

These racing galleries where revised on February 22, 2006 and now include 256 images! We need your support to keep this site alive. Please Buy Some Prints!

All these collectible images (high quality Silver Gelatin Prints) may be purchased through this site at dealers wholesale prices. "Gilchrist Photographic Collectibles," is the official Factory Outlet. For detailed information about Gilchrist Collectible Prints, see (About Silver Prints).

Each 8 inch by 10 inch RC silver print, hand crafted by the artist, is very reasonably priced at $29.95 plus $5.00 I/S/H. Ordering more than one print equals discounts (About Silver Prints)

A definition of Hill Climbing: Motorcycle Drag Racing up a steep and bumpy dirt hill . . . the quickest man to the top (and still alive) wins.

A complete list of Two Wheelers can be found at the bottom of this page

For three days in June 2002, numerous Gasser nuts from around the country, including big name Gasser racers, grass roots Gasser racers, hard-core Gasser fans, and even some brand-new Gasser fans returned to Ohio's Thompson Drag Raceway to celebrate those days when Gassers were king. Viva Gassers!

And so, appropriately, Gilchrist also returned to his home track to join the celebration and to once more put his photographic eye on Gassers. This gallery features the best of this new black and white work. Check it out Gilchrist fans, he's better than ever!

This relatively new section of Gilchrist Photographic Collectables, is dedicated to all the weekend warriors who are, and always have been, the very heart and soul of hot rodding; the so called "Little Guys." It features several galleries with Gassers, Altereds, Dragsters, Hot Rods and Street Rods. Love makes the wheels go round. Click on the image or titles.

Grass Roots Hot Rodding

A complete list of grass roots racers can be found at the bottom of this page

Check out our new Gallery located in the miscellaneous section of Gilchrist Photographic Collectibles. The Gallery holds images of Fine Arts Silver Gelatin Prints (with more to come). They are all beautifully designed and are inspired by various cool automotive machines. Gilchrist is a real "Piston Head." Enjoy!