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Gene Snow (M) from
Fort Worth, Texas
USA
(Comp Nr/Finish:
401 ) |
1971 - Category: FUELFC, Type: FN, Class: AA/FC, Div: 4 |
| "Gene Snow's Rambunctious" Owned by Gene Snow
from
Fort Worth, Texas
USA
| Crew Chief: Gene Snow |
| '70 Dodge Challenger by
Logghe Stamping Co. |
Powered by Supercharged Nitro 484 Keith Black Hemi with
2 speed manual transmission |
| 1/4 Mile ET: |
6.820 at Orange County CA 1971 |
1/4 Mile MPH: |
215.30 at Fremont CA 1/71 |
| 1000 FT ET: |
Unknown at Unknown |
1000 FT MPH: |
Unknown at Unknown |
| 1/8 Mile ET: |
Unknown at Unknown |
1/8 Mile MPH: |
Unknown at Unknown |
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Entry's 1971 Performance Ratings (0 to 100) based on comparison to average ET/MPH:
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1/4 Mile Rating: ET 66.00,
MPH 68.94 |
Entry is 0.97708 times average ET and 1.03510 times average MPH |
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1000 FT Rating: ET 00.00,
MPH 00.00 |
Entry is 0.00000 times average ET and 0.00000 times average MPH |
| 1/8 Mile Rating:
ET 00.00,
MPH 00.00 |
Entry is 0.00000 times average ET and 0.00000 times average MPH |
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| 1971 Records: |
1/4 Mile: 6.480 ET, 227.27 MPH |
1000 Ft. 0.000 ET, 0.00 MPH |
1/8 Mile: 4.520 ET, 173.00 MPH |
| 1971 Average: |
1/4 Mile: 6.980 ET, 208.00 MPH |
1000 Ft. 0.000 ET, 0.00 MPH |
1/8 Mile: 4.780 ET, 161.29 MPH |
| 1971 Minimum: |
1/4 Mile: 7.480 ET, 194.10 MPH |
1000 Ft. 0.000 ET, 0.00 MPH |
1/8 Mile: 5.110 ET, 150.87 MPH |
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Notes: Gene Snow started the '71 season behind the wheel of his highly successful '70 Logghe-built Challenger. He started the season by running at Irwindale's New Year's Day Funny Car Festival. Snow qualified #5 in the sixteen-car show with a 7.10 and an opening round 7.96/121.45, advanced over a tire-smoking Frank Rupert, who was driving Don Cook's Corvette. Gene lost before the finals. He was at Fremont's sixteen-car New Year's Day race. Gene started the new year right. He ran 7.05/211.26 to beat Rupert, and a second round 6.90/215 advanced as he was given the "odd lot" solo. In the semifinals, he beat "Jungle Jim" Liberman with a 6.89/213.28. He saved the best for last when he ran 6.83/212.26 to beat Don Prudhomme's 6.99/214 in the final. Gene's 6.83 and his earlier 215 were new Fremont track records. From there, he went to OCIR for the first All-Pro race. There he ran Low ET and Top Speed at 6.88/214.88. A semifinal 6.96/201.34 beat Ron O'Donnell in the "Fighting Irish" car, and he went up against Jim Dunn in the final. Unfortunately, Snow had problems and slowed to a 7.41/152.28 in a runner-up finish to Dunn's 6.96/203. The old Challenger proved that it had another win or two in it at the Lions AHRA Grand American race. A little bit of luck was on Gene's side as well. In the first round, he ran 6.94 to beat Tom McEwen's 7.10. Luck played a part in the next round, where Gene broke, but opponent Rich Siroonian crossed the centerline and was disqualified in "Uncle John" Mazmanian's car. In the semifinals, Leroy Goldstein broke in the "Ramchargers" car, broke, so Snow advanced into the final against Stan Shiroma. Once again, racer's luck came into play as Shiroma lost fire and Snow singled for the victory. Shiroma got some revenge by beating Snow in the opening round at the second OCIR All-Pro event. Next stop was at Pomona for the NHRA Winternationals. Gene had runner-upped here the year before and was hoping for a win this time around. He looked strong in qualifying, where his 7.10/214.28 (Top Speed) qualified #2 behind teammate Jake Johnston, who drove Snow's #2 car to a 6.94 for the pole. In the first round, Dunn's 'Cuda broke, and Snow advanced with a 7.33/188.67. In the second round, a blown rear end slowed the car to a 16.33, but he still won when Shiroma lost fire on his burnout. But that was as far as Gene would go in eliminations as he was unable to repair in time for his semifinal race with eventual winner Butch Maas who was driving the "Hawaiian." The following week (February 13), he was back at OCIR for the third All Pro event. Prudhomme was running strong there,e and in the semifinals, the "Snake's" 6.71/225 beat Snow's 7.10/169.49. AHRA's second race of the season was the Winternationals held at Beeline Dragway on February 21. Snow qualified #3 among AHRA's "seeded" entries with a 7.18. It was a 32-car show, and Snow made it into the final. He started with a 7.33 over Vic Cecelia in the "Telstar." A second round 7.04/196.50 beat teammate Johnston's 7.12/204. Then came a close round three battle with Liberman that saw Snow's 6.87/211.76 get the win over "Jungle's" 6.91/211. In the semifinals, Snow ran Low ET and Top Speed at 6.84/214.28 while beating Mart Higginbotham. He faced Dick Harrell in the final and Harrell got the win. Snow then debuted his new Charger in primer at Southland Dragway in March, just before the NHRA Gatornationals. The Challenger managed to get one last win at Amarillo on March 28. Gene had been competing at the OCIR All-Pro final with his new Charger (which he won), and then jumped on a plane to race his Challenger in a four-car show at Amarillo. Snow ran 7.02/209.30 over Kelly Chadwick in his first race, and in his second, he reset the track record to 6.92 while beating John Dekker. His speed on the run was 211.26. He topped that in the final, where he set Top Speed at 212.76 while beating Richard Tharp in the "Blue Max" for the victory. |
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Submitted by Danny White, Last updated on Sunday, June 1, 2025, 05:39:02 PM by
John Murnan II.
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Rankings updated: 06/03/25 09:14:05 am EDT
