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Frankie Pisano (M) from
Van Nuys, California
USA
(Comp Nr/Finish:
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1969 - Category: FUELFC, Type: FN, Class: S/XS, Div: 7 |
| "Pisano Bros." Owned by Joe & Frankie Pisano
from
Long Beach, California
USA
| Crew Chief: Joe Pisano & Gary Slusser |
| '69 Chevrolet Corvair by
Exhibition Engineering |
Powered by Supercharged Nitro 427 Chevrolet by Joe Pisano with
3 speed manual transmission |
| 1/4 Mile ET: |
7.430 at Unknown |
1/4 Mile MPH: |
197.00 at Unknown |
| 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 1969 Performance Ratings (0 to 100) based on comparison to average ET/MPH:
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1/4 Mile Rating: ET 66.07,
MPH 58.96 |
Entry is 0.96997 times average ET and 1.02073 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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| 1969 Records: |
1/4 Mile: 6.960 ET, 215.31 MPH |
1000 Ft. 6.340 ET, 175.45 MPH |
1/8 Mile: 4.940 ET, 173.00 MPH |
| 1969 Average: |
1/4 Mile: 7.660 ET, 193.00 MPH |
1000 Ft. 6.657 ET, 166.68 MPH |
1/8 Mile: 5.080 ET, 151.80 MPH |
| 1969 Minimum: |
1/4 Mile: 8.360 ET, 176.84 MPH |
1000 Ft. 7.077 ET, 156.79 MPH |
1/8 Mile: 5.410 ET, 142.54 MPH |
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Notes: Handout claims 7.50 at 197 best. Confirmed 7.66 at Irwindale. | Pisano's new Corvair was at OCIR for the Manufacturer's Funny Car Open on May 3. Frank's best of 8.11/186.32 failed to qualify. He also failed to make the show at OCIR's Funny Car 500 on May 31. At Irwindale's Race with a Reason on July 12, Frank qualified #1 with a 7.57 in the eight-car show. Unfortunately, the car refused to start in the first round. The following week, on July 19, an 8.30 qualified #12 at the PDA Championships at OCIR. He lost to Gary Gabelich in the first round. A big win came at Irwindale on August 16 over a sixteen-car field. He beat Leroy Hales' 7.80/178 in the first round, with a 7.65/187.50 and a 7.59/184.80 advanced past the second round when Roger Wolford shut off on the line. He singled with a motor saving 9.34/97.93 in the semifinals. In the final, a holeshot 7.62/183.28 beat Gary Gabelich's 7.54/175.09. On this run, Gary's Corvette burned to the ground at the far end of the track. Another first-round loss came on September 13 at an eight-car show at Lions, where a 7.61/182.55 failed to hold back the charge of Gordon Mineo at 7.55/195.22. He lucked out, however, when Rich Siroonian broke after winning his first-round race, as the Low ET loser, he was reinstated to run against Johnny Wright in the semis. Unfortunately, the Corvair came up ailing, mustering a 9.64/95.03 that lost to Wright's 7.33/191. He qualified third with a 7.81 at an eight-car show at Irwindale on September 21. In the first round, he improved to a 7.72/185.94 over Mineo's out-of-shape 8.45/183. In the semifinal, a 7.59/193 by Gas Ronda put the Corvair on the trailer. On October 11, he raced at OCIR for the Funny Car Open. He had an easy (9.14) first-round when Bob Smith lost a transmission. But in the semifinal, both he and Marv Eldridge broke, and Marv won the coasting contest. Frank got a big win at Irwindale for their East/West Championships on October 18. He ran a first-round 7.43/193.96, followed by another 7.43/191.08 in the second round over Larry Reyes' tire-smoking 7.71/198 in the Hawaiian. In the semifinals, a 7.65/192.70 beat Jim Liberman's 7.77/192. In the final, a 7.45/195.64 beat Pat Minick in the Chi-Town Hustler. At the fifth annual East/West Funny Car Championships at Lions on October 25, the little Corvair broke on the line in the first round against Dick Harrell. Irwindale held an eight-car show on November 1, and Pisano qualified fifth with a 7.76. In the first round, a 7.89/179.28 failed to get past Dick Bourgeois's 7.49/191 Low ET of the meet pass. | Formerly listed 195.64 best speed. |
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Submitted by Draglist Archives, Last updated on Friday, August 8, 2025, 11:59:24 AM by
Ron Howard.
Approved by Bill Pratt. |
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Rankings updated: 08/08/25 03:17:05 am EDT
