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John Shanks
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Mike Thermos (M) from
San Pedro, California
USA
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1972 - Category: FUELFC, Type: FN, Class: AA/FC, Div: 7 |
| "Sopwith Camel" Owned by Bill Maggio, Leroy Stuart. & Mike Thermos
from
San Pedro, California
USA
| Crew Chief: Jim Terry |
| '72 Plymouth Barracuda by
Dick Fletcher |
Powered by Supercharged Nitro 426 Chrysler Hemi with
2 speed manual transmission |
| 1/4 Mile ET: |
7.370 at Unknown |
1/4 Mile MPH: |
196.00 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 1972 Performance Ratings (0 to 100) based on comparison to average ET/MPH:
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1/4 Mile Rating: ET 00.99,
MPH 00.98 |
Entry is 1.08542 times average ET and 0.91469 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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| 1972 Records: |
1/4 Mile: 6.294 ET, 235.64 MPH |
1000 Ft. 0.000 ET, 0.00 MPH |
1/8 Mile: 4.520 ET, 189.00 MPH |
| 1972 Average: |
1/4 Mile: 6.790 ET, 214.28 MPH |
1000 Ft. 0.000 ET, 0.00 MPH |
1/8 Mile: 4.780 ET, 184.00 MPH |
| 1972 Minimum: |
1/4 Mile: 7.290 ET, 199.58 MPH |
1000 Ft. 0.000 ET, 0.00 MPH |
1/8 Mile: 5.110 ET, 172.12 MPH |
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Notes: We need to confirm that they actually ran a Camaro body on the car. Or did they go from the Cuda to the Mustang? Who ran 7.37/196, Thermos or Ron Rivero? Was Jim Terry involved? | Per the 70’s Funny Cars website, info supplied by Gordon Swearingen, the Sopwith Camel Cuda owned by Mike Thermos and Jim Terry... Thermos supplied the body and chassis, Terry the engine and Gordy Swearingen drove after a short stint in the cockpit by Ron Rivero. According to Gordy, the Fletcher chassised car qualified at all the events it entered, but "didn't set the world on fire." Team stuck pretty close to its SoCal home; furthest trip from home was AHRA Winternationals in Phoenix. During this same time period Thermos was trying to get Nitrous Oxide Systems (NOS) up and running... the car was campaigned less frequently than the rest of the team would have liked so in 74 Terry and Swearingen left the Camel camp and debuted a Mustang flopper... Camel was sold to Div 6 racer Joe Clement, ran with a Cuda body through 75 before being rebodied as a Monza. JM |
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Submitted by Danny White, Last updated on Tuesday, January 20, 2026, 06:58:05 PM by
John Murnan II.
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Rankings updated: 01/21/26 03:02:31 am EST
