2019 Funny Car Nationals Photo Review

An old-fashioned funny car love fest easily describes the 11th Annual Great Lakes Nostalgia Funny Car Circuit Funny Car Nationals held July 13th at Keystone Raceway Park. Four Injected and 14 blown alcohol funnies put on a great show. An added touch was guest announcing by Brian Lohnes of the NHRA/Fox TV coverage. Here is the story in photos by Dave Oakes.

Bob Daly’s War Horse took home the injected title with a string of 7.80s including a 7.82 in the final

The Frantic Ford team joined by the Sweetman family and driver Drew paid tribute to the late Dodger Glenn with the Frantic Ford 75 Mustang II.

Jami Russell used a holeshot and a 7.01 in the final to win the BB/FC crown over Bob Toth’s 6.99 in the Time Bomb.

Bob Tryseck got the Crazy Bear Vega really crossed up on this burnout.

Krista Massarella’s Temporary Insanity was runner-up in the injected category.

Daryl Arnold’s first two full passes ever in a funny car were 7.67 at 177 and 7.70 at 176 in Greg and Donna King’s Deuce on the Loose Chevy II!

Chris Massarella missed making the blown category final by .002 in the Total Insanity Monza.

Robin Stambaugh laid down vicious burnouts in the family’s Generation X Corvette.

Stacy McGlory made her Funny Car Nats debut in the Country Girl Cutlass and ran an amazing 6.73 on the 6.90 blown alcohol index.

Bob Toth reduced the launch RPM in the Time Bomb Vega to slow the 6.50 car to a 6.84 and a 7.03 that qualified for the final.

Keith Bronson Jr’s gorgeous Glidden look-a-like sportsman T-Bird.