Cartech Books, Early Funny Cars: A History of Tech Evolution From Altered Wheelbase To Match (PART #BOK-CT-683)

Blast through the evolving early years of Funny Car drag racing when doorslammers morphed into flip-top rail monsters. The era features historic mounts from Arnie "the Farmer" Beswick, Al "the Flying Dutchman" Vanderwoude, "Jungle" Jim Liberman, Don "the Snake" Prudhomme, and many more!
The metamorphosis from doorslammers to fiberglass flip-top dragsters wasn't ever a cut and dry plan. As drag racers pushed the envelope for more speed, a series of innovations quickly evolved and refined the genre.
Funny Cars cut their teeth in the A/Factory Experimental (A/FX) and Experimental Stock (X/S) classes in 1964 with the 2-percent Mopars that looked
funny
with their axles moved forward. However, it was Jack Chrisman's supercharged, nitro-fueled 427 Supercharged Factory Experimental (S/FX) Comet Caliente that trailblazed the class on which the NHRA turned its back and the AHRA fully accepted. Showmanship became the draw in the dawn of Funny Car with half-track burnouts and flame-throwing headers that packed fans five deep at the fence.
By 1969, the NHRA had no choice but to create a class for these nitro-breathing, flip-top-sporting rail bruisers, indoctrinating the Funny Car (F/C) class at the Winternationals with 40 cars vying for 16 places in the field. The rest, as they say, is history!

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Acknowledgments 

Foreword by Dale Pulde 

 

Chapter 1: 1964-1965: Quarter-Mile Madness: Mixing Aspects of A/FX and X/S 

Chapter 2: 1966-1967: Funny Cars Hit the Scene 

Chapter 3: The Magical Realm of Funny Cars 

Chapter 4: 1970-1974: Performance, Growth, and Surprises 

Chapter 5: The Coca-Cola Cavalcade of Stars

Chapter 6: Wildlife Racing Enterprises Brings Hot Wheels into Drag Racing 

Chapter 7: Mid-Engine Marvels or Quarter-Mile Monstrosities of Technology and Safety?

Chapter 8: "Jungle" Jim Liberman: The Persona of a True Showman 

SPECIFICATIONS

Pages 192
Size 8.5 X 11 (inches)
Format Paperback / softback
Illustrations 63 color & 389 b/w photos
Publisher CarTech
ISBN 9781613256985
Product Code CT683
ISBN 9781613256985
Product Code CT683

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