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Southern California Funny Cars

Author : Steve Reyes
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 146710972X
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (671 download)

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Download or read book Southern California Funny Cars written by Steve Reyes and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2023-06-19 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Southern California was the birthplace of organized drag racing, with the first organized race held at the Santa Ana airport in 1949 and the subsequent founding of the National Hot Rod Association in 1950. Over the next decade and a half, the dragster became the king of the quarter mile on Southern California drag strips. In 1964, veteran dragster owner/driver Jack Chrisman had an idea for something different to grace Southern California's drag strips. It was not a dragster but a stock-bodied race car using nitromethane for fuel in a supercharged engine. With the help of Gene Mooneyham, Mercury's Fran Hernandez, and sponsor Helen Sachs, Chrisman put together the world's first nitro-burning "funny car." It was a steel stock-bodied Mercury Cyclone with a supercharged 427 Ford engine running on pure nitromethane. Chrisman started the evolution that soon turned stock steel-bodied cars into fiberglass-bodied tube chassis funny cars. Southern California drag racers began to lead the way for racers all over the United States in the new funny car class.

Dragster And Funny Car Memories

Author : Don Montgomery
Publisher : Motorbooks International
ISBN 13 : 9780962645464
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (454 download)

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Download or read book Dragster And Funny Car Memories written by Don Montgomery and published by Motorbooks International. This book was released on 2000-12-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Drag Racing Funny Cars

Author : Lou Hart
Publisher : Enthusiast Books
ISBN 13 : 9781583882207
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (822 download)

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Download or read book Drag Racing Funny Cars written by Lou Hart and published by Enthusiast Books. This book was released on 2008-11-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Drag Racing Funny Cars of the 1970s

Author : Wallace A Wyss
Publisher : Enthusiast Books
ISBN 13 : 9781583880685
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (86 download)

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Download or read book Drag Racing Funny Cars of the 1970s written by Wallace A Wyss and published by Enthusiast Books. This book was released on 2002-06-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: See the cars raced by many of the legendary names in drag racing, including Don Prudhomme, Tom McEuen and Jim Dunn. The authors include action shots, as well as clear, detailed "in the pits under-the-shell" shots. Photographs show various makes and models of cars that have been reconstructed as funny cars, plus everything from stock to modified Camaros, Mustangs, Javelins, Dodge Chargers, and Firebirds, to oddball exhibition cars like the "backwards pickup."

Early Funny Cars

Author : Lou Hart
Publisher : CarTech Inc
ISBN 13 : 1613256981
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (132 download)

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Download or read book Early Funny Cars written by Lou Hart and published by CarTech Inc. This book was released on 2022-04-15 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Blast through the evolving early years of Funny Car drag racing when doorslammers morphed into flip-top rail monsters. The era features historic mounts from Arnie "the Farmer" Beswick, Al “the Flying Dutchman” Vanderwoude, "Jungle" Jim Liberman, Don “the Snake” Prudhomme, and many more! The metamorphosis from doorslammers to fiberglass flip-top dragsters wasn’t ever a cut and dry plan. As drag racers pushed the envelope for more speed, a series of innovations quickly evolved and refined the genre. Funny Cars cut their teeth in the A/Factory Experimental (A/FX) and Experimental Stock (X/S) classes in 1964 with the 2-percent Mopars that looked funny with their axles moved forward. However, it was Jack Chrisman’s supercharged, nitro-fueled 427 Supercharged Factory Experimental (S/FX) Comet Caliente that trailblazed the class on which the NHRA turned its back and the AHRA fully accepted. Showmanship became the draw in the dawn of Funny Car with half-track burnouts and flame-throwing headers that packed fans five deep at the fence. By 1969, the NHRA had no choice but to create a class for these nitro-breathing, flip-top-sporting rail bruisers, indoctrinating the Funny Car (F/C) class at the Winternationals with 40 cars vying for 16 places in the field. The rest, as they say, is history!

Smokin' Dragsters and Funny Cars

Author : Jim Gigliotti
Publisher : Enslow Publishing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1622851595
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (228 download)

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Download or read book Smokin' Dragsters and Funny Cars written by Jim Gigliotti and published by Enslow Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2013-07-01 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fun volume explores the personalities, the history, and the crazy cars associated with the wild world of drag racing. Readers get a look into the different types of drag racing, and a "day at the races" for an exciting you-are-there feeling.

Funny Cars

Author : Robert Genat
Publisher : Motorbooks International
ISBN 13 : 9780760307953
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (79 download)

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Download or read book Funny Cars written by Robert Genat and published by Motorbooks International. This book was released on 2000 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the development of funny cars from the stock cars of the early 1960s to the dragsters of today, including coverage of the sport of funny car racing, types of funny cars, and famous drivers.

Funny Cars

Author : Susan Creighton
Publisher : Silver Burdett Press
ISBN 13 : 9780896863620
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (636 download)

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Download or read book Funny Cars written by Susan Creighton and published by Silver Burdett Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the sport of funny car racing, an event in drag racing competition, including its history, types of funny cars, the drag strip, and famous drivers.

Funny Car Fever

Author : Steve Reyes
Publisher : Cartech
ISBN 13 : 9781932494433
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (944 download)

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Download or read book Funny Car Fever written by Steve Reyes and published by Cartech. This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There wasn't always a class for these "funny-looking" cars. In the mid 1960s, many of drag racing's fastest drivers were outgrowing the Super Stock and Factory Experimental classes, building cars that stretched and eventually broke the rules. Promoters discovered they could pair up these altered-wheelbase, injected, blown machines in exhibition match races--and the spectators came running. Rivalries were born, the Funny Car class was created, and the cars kept getting faster and faster. Funny Car Fever is a humorous, heart-felt, first-hand account of the most exciting and memorable years of the Funny Car class. Steve Reyes followed these fiberglass-bodied, nitro burning machines and their drivers from the years leading up to the creation of the Funny Car class through its halcyon days. He's included over 350 of his favorite images and more than a few never-before-heard stories to bring the feeling of the class and the era home to you.

Funny Car Dragsters

Author : Tyrone Georgiou
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
ISBN 13 : 143394698X
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (339 download)

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Download or read book Funny Car Dragsters written by Tyrone Georgiou and published by Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn about how fast funny cars can go and why they are funny.

Funny Cars

Author : Angie Peterson Kaelberer
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 9780736843898
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (438 download)

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Download or read book Funny Cars written by Angie Peterson Kaelberer and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2006 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses funny cars, including their main features and how they are raced.

Funny Cars

Author : Denny Von Finn
Publisher : Bellwether Media
ISBN 13 : 161211413X
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (121 download)

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Download or read book Funny Cars written by Denny Von Finn and published by Bellwether Media. This book was released on 2013-08-01 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Funny cars get their name from their appearance. Their back wheels are much larger than the front wheels. Students will learn about the history and technology behind these fast, exciting race cars.

Hottest Dragsters and Funny Cars

Author : Jim Gigliotti
Publisher : Enslow Publishers, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9780766028722
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (287 download)

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Download or read book Hottest Dragsters and Funny Cars written by Jim Gigliotti and published by Enslow Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2007-08-01 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Learn about drag racing, funny cars, and experience what it feels like to spend the day at a drag race"--Provided by publisher.

Autos Funny Cars/Funny Cars

Author : Angie Peterson Kaelberer
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 9780736866330
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (663 download)

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Download or read book Autos Funny Cars/Funny Cars written by Angie Peterson Kaelberer and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2006-09 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn about funny cars and how they race.

Funny Cars

Author : Cameron Steele
Publisher : Bellwether Media
ISBN 13 : 1600145876
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Funny Cars written by Cameron Steele and published by Bellwether Media. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Amazing photography accompanies engaging information about funny cars. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--Provided by publisher.

Fire, Nitro, Rubber, and Smoke

Author : Bob McClurg
Publisher : Cartech
ISBN 13 : 9781932494372
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (943 download)

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Download or read book Fire, Nitro, Rubber, and Smoke written by Bob McClurg and published by Cartech. This book was released on 2007-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book looks back fondly on drag racing's greatest era with 300 of the best drag-racing photos ever taken. Tells the stories of the cars, the racers, and the events that made drag racing such a great sport. Photos cover dragsters, funny cars, gassers, altereds, pro stocks, and exhibition cars, bringing the sights, smells and sounds of the golden age of drag racing to life.

Butch "The California Flash" Leal

Author : Bob McClurg
Publisher : CarTech Inc
ISBN 13 : 1613257104
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (132 download)

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Download or read book Butch "The California Flash" Leal written by Bob McClurg and published by CarTech Inc. This book was released on 2022-07-15 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Check out the first ever biography on the popular drag racer, Butch “The California Flash” Leal. Born and raised in central California, Larry “Butch” Leal was obsessed with cars from a very early age. What began with field cars turned into hard work and new Chevrolets. This took place when the golden era of drag racing was in its infancy, and Leal joined with enthusiasm. He performed well at the track with his early Chevys and had an impressive number of wins before he was out of high school. His success brought him plenty of attention and collaboration with other big names in the sport. In 1963, GM pulled out of the sport on an official basis. As a result, Butch (at age 19) teamed up with Mickey Thompson and joined the Ford camp, securing a ride with the factory team and its new Thunderbolts for 1964. After his success that season, including winning the Super Stock (S/S) class at the 1964 NHRA US Nationals in Indianapolis, Chrysler came calling, and Butch signed on to race the new altered-wheelbase cars in match races for 1965, as the NHRA did not have a class for these new “funny” looking cars. While Leal dabbled again with Ford and Chevrolet later, his relationship with Chrysler lasted well into the following decades, running both Funny Cars and Super Stockers. Penned by talented automotive historian Bob McClurg, who was there for it all, and featuring full collaboration with the book’s subject, Butch “The California Flash” Leal covers the span of his fascinating career during arguably the most interesting era in drag racing history. Butch was an 11-time NHRA champion and 4-time recipient of Car Craft Magazine’s All-Star Driver of the Year award in a career that spanned the 1960s through the 1990s. It’s all here, the events, great vintage photography, and the stories from one of the best storytellers the NHRA has ever known. Add this entertaining volume to your drag racing library today.