Les Dragsters Funny Car
Author | : Deanna Caswell |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2017-04 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781770924147 |
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Author | : Deanna Caswell |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2017-04 |
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ISBN | : 9781770924147 |
Author | : Tyrone Georgiou |
Publisher | : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP |
Total Pages | : 26 |
Release | : 2011-01-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 143394698X |
Learn about how fast funny cars can go and why they are funny.
Author | : Jim Gigliotti |
Publisher | : Enslow Publishing, LLC |
Total Pages | : 50 |
Release | : 2013-07-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 162285084X |
This fun volume explores the personalities, the history, and the crazy cars associated with the wild world of drag racing. Readers get a look into the different types of drag racing, and a "day at the races" for an exciting you-are-there feeling.
Author | : Steve Reyes |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 2023-06-19 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 146710972X |
Southern California was the birthplace of organized drag racing, with the first organized race held at the Santa Ana airport in 1949 and the subsequent founding of the National Hot Rod Association in 1950. Over the next decade and a half, the dragster became the king of the quarter mile on Southern California drag strips. In 1964, veteran dragster owner/driver Jack Chrisman had an idea for something different to grace Southern California's drag strips. It was not a dragster but a stock-bodied race car using nitromethane for fuel in a supercharged engine. With the help of Gene Mooneyham, Mercury's Fran Hernandez, and sponsor Helen Sachs, Chrisman put together the world's first nitro-burning "funny car." It was a steel stock-bodied Mercury Cyclone with a supercharged 427 Ford engine running on pure nitromethane. Chrisman started the evolution that soon turned stock steel-bodied cars into fiberglass-bodied tube chassis funny cars. Southern California drag racers began to lead the way for racers all over the United States in the new funny car class.
Author | : J. Poolos |
Publisher | : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc |
Total Pages | : 26 |
Release | : 2007-07-15 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1404276378 |
Introduces dragsters and funny cars and discusses what they look like, their history, drag racing and similar sports, and related topics.
Author | : Jim Gigliotti |
Publisher | : Enslow Publishers, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 56 |
Release | : 2007-08-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780766028722 |
"Learn about drag racing, funny cars, and experience what it feels like to spend the day at a drag race"--Provided by publisher.
Author | : J. Poolos |
Publisher | : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc |
Total Pages | : 25 |
Release | : 2007-07-15 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1404237925 |
Introduces dragsters and funny cars and discusses what they look like, their history, drag racing and similar sports, and related topics.
Author | : Don Montgomery |
Publisher | : Motorbooks International |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 2000-12-01 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 9780962645464 |
Author | : Lou Hart |
Publisher | : CarTech Inc |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 2022-04-15 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 1613256981 |
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!
Author | : Deanna Caswell |
Publisher | : Bolt! |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2017-07-15 |
Genre | : Drag racing |
ISBN | : 9781680725742 |
Through engaging Spanish text and dynamic infographics, describes the history, features, and future of funny cars.