Drag Racing Funny Cars: Factory Flyers to Flip-Top Fuelers
Since the early 1960s, dealer-sponsored Super Stockers battled for supremacy on the quarter-mile and in the dealer showrooms. Evolving into the Factory Experimental class, these wild steel bodied, altered-wheelbase monsters were stuffed with massive fuel injected and supercharged engines that attracted crowds to the dragstrip Legendary pioneers "Dyno" Don Nicholson, Jack Chrisman, Bill Shrewsberry, Butch Leal, Dick Landy, Arnie Beswick, Phil Bonner, Gas Ronda, Don Gay, Sox & Martin, Richard Petty, and many other A/FX stars were instrumental in the development of the funny car as it morphed from a heavy production car into seven-second 250mph aerodynamic fiberglass, tubular chassis missile. The popularity of funny cars led "Jungle Jim" Lieberman, Bill Lawton, Lew Arrington, Bill Flynn, Norm Kraus, and "Big" John Mazmanian to become household names. Tom "Mongoose" McEwen, Don "Snake" Prudhomme, Tom Hoover, Kenny Safford, Terry Capp, John Force, Kenny Bernstein, Jake Johnston, Larry Reyes, Richard Tharp, Roland Leong, Randy Walls, Jess Tyree, Rich Siroonian and others who achieved success racing funny cars are all featured in over 300 incredible color and black and white photos.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1583882200
ISBN13:9781583882207
Release Date:November 2008
Publisher:Enthusiast Books
Length:160 Pages
Weight:1.50 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 8.5" x 11.0"
Customer Reviews
5 ratings
A fine effort.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
I really enjoyed Mr. Hart's work again. His other titles really deserve to be reprinted so they can still be had for a reasonable price. There are occassional mistakes in the captions, but they are easy to overlook in light of the value of the gift of seeing all the great old cars and racers who made this era so special once again. Well worth the money.
Must have book
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
Lew is one of the best writers of Drag Racing in the world. If you build model cars his books are the best source of info about both the cars and the drivers.
Drag Racing Funny Cars
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
It brought back memories of the fun years of racing the in 60's and early 70's.
Nostalga Deluxe
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
Very Entertaining portrayal of the birth of the Funnies. Excellent quality and Photos .
Smell the nitro
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
Great photos, "Memorable Moments", gas-saving tips from the Snake!!! (page 138), bitchin foreward by Jungle Pam.
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