Three bob Glidden Pro Stock Drag-cars race towards
the sky. (The Tomaso Collection)
Thanks to No Fenders Offical’ photographer
Carpets’, I learned about this Bitchin’ roundabout dedicated to the town’s very
own Bad Arse NHRA Hall of Famer Bob Glidden. With the dedication appropriately
occurring on what would have been Glidden’s 82nd birthday, this past august
18th.
This awesome roundabout installation features
three curved poles arcing upwards. With three of Glidden’s past Pro Stock
racecars racing skywards!
The top car; either white or a “light” colour
is His Ford Fairmont that Glidden went undefeated in during the 1978-79 season!
The
middle red car is one of His Pro Stock Championship winning ford Thunderbirds.
Representing Glidden being the first driver to score 50 NHRA victories.
And the bottom racecar is His career ending Ford
Probe in Glidden’s iconic Motorcraft livery. The car He became the first to win
75 NHRA victories in!
The three “realistic” racecars replete with
sponsor Deckles’, etc. Are quarter scale replicas created from 5/16-ich water
jet cut metal, with graphic wraps applied. They May also include trailing
parachutes? And the words Bob Glidden, NHRA Champ and Whiteland’s Own appear
below them.
Whiteland,
Ind., celebrates Hometown legend Glidden with Roundabout tribute
The artistic, roundabout sculpture installation
was created by Indiana’s local bo-mar Industries.
On the top of the 30-40-foot-tall roundabout
sculpture installation is a working, functional Pro Stock style NHRA Christmas
tree. With the lights going thru various staging sequences until ultimately one
side finishes with a red light.
Very cool that this was unveiled just prior to
this year’s NHRA’s U.S. Nationals! And if you’re ever in Whiteland, its worth a
visit Me Thinks.
Kudos to Carpets for the pictures! And keeping
me abreast of new developments in the Indianapolis area…
Photo C/O No Fenders Offical’ Photographer CARPETS’
