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Pure Hell AA/FC by Danny White. After racing fuel altereds in the 1960s, Rich Guasco switched over to funny cars. Much like his altereds had been, the “Pure Hell” AA/FC Dodge Demon was drop dead gorgeous. - Feb 28, 2007 |
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It’s A Gas! by Danny White. This little unknown Top Gas dragster got a little too much bite at Indy. - Feb 27, 2007 |
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Before & After by Danny White.
Those who utter the old cliche, “A bad day racing is better than a good day working,” probably have never talked to Aussie funny car pilot Geoff Pratt. - Feb 26, 2007 |
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Hot Rod by Danny White. Dr. Marvin Smith sent a shot of this wild looking altered coupe. The Outlaws & Legends car is super clean and show worthy. - Feb 22, 2007 |
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Last of the Mohicans by Danny White. When Pro Comp was formed in late 1973, it included the injected nitro A/Funny Car class. By 1975, A/FC cars mostly died out as most flopper racers converted to the blown alcohol BB/FC combination. But a few die hards stuck it out, including John Hughes, Ron Rice, and the team of Springer & Price, caught here by Mike Ditty at Portland. - Feb 21, 2007 |
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Fab Fiat by Danny White. The Trillo Bros from San Jose were true nitro racers, running all the nitro classes. The brothers will best be remembered for running AA/Fuel Altereds in the seventies and eighties. - Feb 20, 2007 |
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Firefly: Bringing the Art back to Front Engine Dragsters by Mark Gredzinski. Here is designer Mark Gredzinski's take on a modern slingshot with a couple of extra innovations. - Feb 19, 2007 |
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The First Official Five! by Danny White. The late Mike Snively took the beautiful T/F dragster of “Diamond Jim” Annin to the first "official" five second pass in drag history at the 1972 NHRA Supernationals. - Feb 18, 2007 |
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One Race Wonder by Danny White. You've probably never seen a photo of Bob Alberty's Ford Probe because it crashed and was totalled on its only pass. - Feb 17, 2007 |
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Seeing Green! by Danny White. Tim Beebe and Jim Murphy's green dragster is caught in action at Indy! - Feb 16, 2007 |
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Up & Away by Danny White. Before Gary Ormsby became a nationally known Top Fuel owner and racer, he partnered with other racers in a number of cars. The Wilson & Ormsby machine was famous for this wheelstand and for being the quickest DNQ at the time. - Feb 15, 2007 |
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Injection is Nice! by Danny White. The A/FC Satellite of Steve Wiencek was one of the last successful injected Pro Comp funny cars. - Feb 14, 2007 |
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Gold Coast Duster by Danny White. The Gold Coast Duster of Don Nieves was one of the Southeast’s best funny cars of the mid-seventies. The team had great success in IHRA, NHRA Division 2, and local match racing action. - Feb 13, 2007 |
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Farewell, Doug Moody by Wayne King, Herman Marchetti, and Dave Wallace Jr. This is a belated memorial for Doug Moody, a hard running Pro Comp racer in the early days of the class. Doug passed away in 2006, leaving many friends. Northwest racing legend Wayne King remembers his friend. - Feb 12, 2007 |
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The Screamer by Mike Ditty. Richard Day ran a series of funny cars until the early 1980s. One can argue that none were as pretty as this awesome looking Corvette. - Feb 11, 2007 |
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“Rollin’ Stoned” by Danny White. Geico Insurance never tried funny car racing, but this modern day caveman did. The infamous Joe Jacono was a match race legend in the Northeastern part of the United States with the "Rollin' Stoned" Cuda. - Feb 5, 2007 |
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Big Daddy, 1977 by Danny White. Don Garlits built and ran this very successful Donovan powered dragster in 1977. - Feb 4, 2007 |
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Pure Hell! by Danny White. Bob Brown took this classic shot of the most successful AA/FA of the 60s, Rich Guasco’s “Pure Hell” Bantam with Dale “The Snail” Emery at the wheel. - Feb 3, 2007 |
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Superstitious! by Danny White. Curt Wasson had one of the best pure Chevy powered funny cars with the “Superstitious” Vega. - Feb 2, 2007 |
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The Sizzler! by Danny White. James Morgan shot the “Yankee Sizzler” Monza of Tim Kushi in the pits. The patriotic paint was stunning on this well-detailed version of the famed match race funny car. - Feb 1, 2007 |
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Color Me Gone! by Danny White. Kevin at www.badhabitmotorsports.com took this great shot of Roger Lindamood at a Coca Cola funny car race at Lebanon Valley in New York. The beautiful “Color Me Gone” is caught in all its fury while burning out. - Jan 31, 2007 |
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Joe Clement by Danny White. A friend of the Drag Racing List and many others, Joe Clement has been missed since he died in an auto accident a couple of years ago. - Jan 30, 2007 |
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Fuelin' Around by Danny White. Veterans of the Supercharger Outlaws gang, the Sheridan family switched to funny cars in the 90s. Ryan Sheridan shoed the Thunderbird into the high five second range, but the low buck “Just Fuelin’ Around” AA/FC was only raced a couple of times before being parked. - Jan 29, 2007 |
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Time to Panic! by Danny White. John Lumb had the roof collaspe on his Panic AA/FC. What did the Aussie do? He just cut off the roof and kept racing! - Jan 28, 2007 |
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Hawaiian & the Heat by Bob Coker. Remember the 1970s, when drag racers used to do photos shoots in unusual places? Roland Leong did this humourous photo in that era. - Jan 23, 2007 |
