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"Berserko Bob" Doerrer Collection |
Jim Liberman (M) from
West Chester, Pennsylvania
USA
(Comp Nr/Finish:
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1972 - Category: FUELFC, Type: FN, Class: AA/FC, Div: 1 |
| "Jungle Jim" Owned by Jim Liberman
from
West Chester, Pennsylvania
USA
| Crew Chief: Jim Liberman |
| '72 Chevrolet Camaro by
an Unknown chassis builder |
Powered by Supercharged Nitro 426 Chrysler Hemi with
2 speed manual transmission |
| 1/4 Mile ET: |
6.590 at Atco NJ 7/12/72 |
1/4 Mile MPH: |
227.00 at AHRA Epping NH 1972 |
| 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 75.20,
MPH 79.77 |
Entry is 0.97054 times average ET and 1.05936 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: Liberman was known for putting together a bunch of mismatched engine parts and making them run. He was running a race when he hurt something and did not have the parts. Another racer might have this or that, and Liberman would throw it together and go win the race! Other times, it would just blow up, but he was always a positive individual. The glass was always half full. His house was always open for other racers to stay, and they often did. His '72 season started with a win in February at the Miami-Hollywood Winter Championships. Gary Henderson, driving the "Super Duster," broke against him in the final. He competed at the IHRA Winternationals at Lakeland, where he qualified #2 in the sixteen-car field with a 6.72/213.27. He beat Wayne Mahaffey in the first round, with a 6.91/213.27, but in round two, he got crossed up and shut down against Dale Pulde, driving Mickey Thompson's Pinto. Early in April, Jim was at Englishtown for a four-car show. He won all three of his races, running a 6.85/199.11 over Sammy Miller, a 6.78/215.31 over a motor blowing Jimmy King, and a 6.69/216 over Butch Maas driving the "Motown Shaker." An Atco match race time of 6.59/237.46 from July 12, 1972, would have been the fastest of the year and is pretty dubious. That date would also have been the Thursday before Englishtown, which is pretty suspicious (the NHRA event ran from July 13 to July 16, 1972). The next fastest car in 1972 was Pat Foster in the Barry Setzer machine, who went 6.29/235.64 at the Supernationals in the fall and is recognized as the actual speed winner this year. (Info taken from an article on ATCO's 7th Annual Funny Car Championships, January 1973 issue of Rodder and Super Stock magazine. - Tom). Jim qualified #10 at the NHRA Summernationals with the Camaro at 6.745/214.79 but lost to Ed McCulloch in the first round, 6.89/205 to 7.92/110. At some point after Englishtown, he switched to a new Palamides-built Vega. He qualified #14 (#9 for the East) at NHRA Amarillo (no time), and Jim won the first round over Twig Ziegler, 7.01/200.89 to 8.23/109. But Jim fell off to the eights in round two and lost to Jake Johnston, 6.61/220 to 8.03/195.22. He ran a confirmed 6.74/227 at the 1972 Epping Grand American and won the Epping Funny Car Nats in September with a 6.54/218.97, but that was in his new Vega, which he ran for the rest of the year. |
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Rankings updated: 01/14/26 03:19:00 am EST
