NHRA top fuel and funny car drivers view runs
- Thread starter taliovelez
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Muskrat
Senior Member
- Location
- Mainly arizona
Two words…formula 1….
taliovelez
NYP to WUS
To each his own. Take care.
squatting dog
We don't have as far to go, as we've already been
- Location
- Arkansas, and also Florida
I still like drag racing even though the last time I ran was a long time ago with the AHRA.
33 chevy 1800 lb car. worked over 327 with a 3 speed and 4:11 gears.
Turned flat 11 sec @ 130.2 mph in the 1/4 mile.
33 chevy 1800 lb car. worked over 327 with a 3 speed and 4:11 gears.
Turned flat 11 sec @ 130.2 mph in the 1/4 mile.
JBR
Senior Member
I was very young and met Don Garlits on a viist with family members down in California. They took me to Freemont drag strip and got a pit pass. Don set a record there (for that strip). Drag-chutes were just beginning to be used then. At the time, Don and other top-fueler were pushing up to 200mph in their home-built slingshots, with engines built up from junkyard Chrysler hemis.
What class?
squatting dog
We don't have as far to go, as we've already been
- Location
- Arkansas, and also Florida
C/A It was a funky time. Classes were being morphed together and rules were changing all the time. The last car I faced, had a stretched wheelbase and an engine setback that hadn't been allowed before. (I suppose the AHRA was trying to align more with the NHRA). That was the main reason I went back to circle track racing and converted the Chevy into a street car.
Look at the headers exit on this car. With the engine setback and stretched wheelbase, I stood no chance.
Drag racing was very expensive back then like it is today. Unless a person had a sponsor with deep pockets, it’s doubtful if the owner would get very far. Many of the big time NHRA drivers or owners of a car had a sponsorship.
I built a ‘62 Chevy and had a ton of money in it until I got married and couldn’t afford to do it anymore. Unless the car owner did all the work himself and only had to pay for parts, they may have been able to get by.
Today, racing is all about who has the most money or the sponsor who is most willing to give the owner a blank check. Every now and then I go to Bruce Larson’s garage here in PA and see what he’s working on. Years ago when I was at his garage, Keith Black and him was building a 4000 horsepower engine. He was sponsored by GM in part. The car is an Olds Cutlass.
I built a ‘62 Chevy and had a ton of money in it until I got married and couldn’t afford to do it anymore. Unless the car owner did all the work himself and only had to pay for parts, they may have been able to get by.
Today, racing is all about who has the most money or the sponsor who is most willing to give the owner a blank check. Every now and then I go to Bruce Larson’s garage here in PA and see what he’s working on. Years ago when I was at his garage, Keith Black and him was building a 4000 horsepower engine. He was sponsored by GM in part. The car is an Olds Cutlass.