"FRANTIC 4 RACING"
The Way it Was

 

 

This is the earliest shot we have of the car at Pomona in 1962. Norm Weekly in the seat.

 

 

Team Frantic 4 pose behind their most famous A/FD at San Gabriel in 1963. Dennis Holding, Jim Fox, Ron Rivero and Norm Weekly.

 

Another group shot from San Gabriel in 1963 - Dennis Holding, Jim Fox, Norm Weekly and Ron Rivero. Nice shot of the front end of the Pepmuller chassis.

 

 

 


 

Norm Weekly VS Chris Karamesines during the 1063 NHRA Winternationals at Pomona.

 

 

Bakersfield 1963. Norm smokin' the tires Ron Rivero running back to the state-of-the-art (at the time) FF truck.

 

 

For sure one of the wildest and most photographed wheelie shots in history was of Norm Weekly in the "Frantic 4" A/FD against Don Moody in the "Golden Thing" AA/FD at the 1963 Winternationals. This angle was caught by Bill Turney and unfortunately doesn't show Moody who is in an equally wild power wheel stand.

 

Same meet different wheel stand. Here Norm Weekly carries the front end for about 500 feet before settling down to low ET of the race.

 

 

A great overhead shot of Norm at Fontana in 1963.

 

 

From the pages of Popular Hot Rodding in 1963.

 

 


The Teams first World Record

 

 

 

Another candid shot of Norm Weekly and Ron Rivero standing behind the Frantic 4 A/FD as it sat on the trailer prior to going to a race in 1962. This is a rare shot with their own engine by Demar Ray.


 

 

Norm Weekly (far lane) is off to another victory at the Smokers Meet at Bakersfield in 1963.

 

 

Weekly (far lane) pulling way from Zane Schubert at the Smokers Meet at Bakersfield in 1963.

 

 

 

 

 


 

 


 


 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weekly blazing the tires at Fontana on his way to a Top Eliminator win with an 8.17 at 189.86 in late 1963.

 

 

From the pages of Cars Magazine in 1963.

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There's More at: "The Frantic 4" - Part 2

Frantic 4 Racing - Page 3