I wouldn't have guessed that anyone would come all the way to Barona drags (in East San Diego) from Santa Barbara ... but Seth Hammond and his friend Chip Foose went home with a 1st place trophy

Gray Baskerville got it right back in 1975 when he wrote, “Seth Hammond is slightly eccentric…”

Running a Pinto four-cylinder he set his first-ever Bonneville record at 140 mph in 1976 and has managed to keep his name in the record book every year since then.

In 1981, Seth bought a Lakester that was built in his hometown of Santa Barbara, California, by Tim Rochlitzer and that was on the cover of HOT ROD in 1962. He ran it until 2003, putting nine people in the 200 MPH Club and three in the 300 MPH Club, including his wife, Tanis (at 305, the first woman above 300 mph)

What's the connection with Chip Foose? Chip's dad Sam had a shop next to Seth, and Chip learned from Seth how to use a lathe and a mill. He's been painting Seth's race cars for decades.

Seth has been drag racing since the late 60s

https://www.facebook.com/chipfoose/posts/pfbid031958GzRJGT8oUmLQe1WEkGLVhmJvE76boPD54VTpHvr7yLbtCwxpeh5t3R5GkSGvl

https://www.museumofamericanspeed.org/77sethhammondlakester.html