Download or read book Smokin Dragsters and Funny Cars written by Jim Gigliotti and published by Enslow Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2013-07-01 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Funny Car Dragsters written by Tyrone Georgiou and published by Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn about how fast funny cars can go and why they are funny.
Download or read book Southern California Funny Cars written by Steve Reyes and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2023-06-19 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Drag Racing Funny Cars written by Lou Hart and published by Enthusiast Books. This book was released on 2008-11-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the early 1960s, dealer-sponsored Super Stockers battled for supremacy on the quarter-mile and in the dealer showrooms. Evolving into the Factory Experimental class, these wild steel bodied, altered–wheelbase monsters were stuffed with massive fuel injected and supercharged engines that attracted crowds to the dragstrip! Legendary pioneers “Dyno” Don Nicholson, Jack Chrisman, Bill Shrewsberry, Butch Leal, Dick Landy, Arnie Beswick, Phil Bonner, Gas Ronda, Don Gay, Sox & Martin, Richard Petty, and many other A/FX stars were instrumental in the development of the funny car as it morphed from a heavy production car into seven-second 250mph aerodynamic fiberglass, tubular chassis missile. The popularity of funny cars led “Jungle Jim” Lieberman, Bill Lawton, Lew Arrington, Bill Flynn, Norm Kraus, and “Big” John Mazmanian to become household names. Tom ”Mongoose” McEwen, Don “Snake” Prudhomme, Tom Hoover, Kenny Safford, Terry Capp, John Force, Kenny Bernstein, Jake Johnston, Larry Reyes, Richard Tharp, Roland Leong, Randy Walls, Jess Tyree, Rich Siroonian and others who achieved success racing funny cars are all featured in over 300 incredible color and black and white photos.
Download or read book Funny Cars written by Susan Creighton and published by Silver Burdett Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the sport of funny car racing, an event in drag racing competition, including its history, types of funny cars, the drag strip, and famous drivers.
Download or read book Hottest Dragsters and Funny Cars written by Jim Gigliotti and published by Enslow Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2007-08-01 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Learn about drag racing, funny cars, and experience what it feels like to spend the day at a drag race"--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book Funny Car Fever written by Steve Reyes and published by Cartech. This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There wasn't always a class for these "funny-looking" cars. In the mid 1960s, many of drag racing's fastest drivers were outgrowing the Super Stock and Factory Experimental classes, building cars that stretched and eventually broke the rules. Promoters discovered they could pair up these altered-wheelbase, injected, blown machines in exhibition match races--and the spectators came running. Rivalries were born, the Funny Car class was created, and the cars kept getting faster and faster. Funny Car Fever is a humorous, heart-felt, first-hand account of the most exciting and memorable years of the Funny Car class. Steve Reyes followed these fiberglass-bodied, nitro burning machines and their drivers from the years leading up to the creation of the Funny Car class through its halcyon days. He's included over 350 of his favorite images and more than a few never-before-heard stories to bring the feeling of the class and the era home to you.
Download or read book Les Dragsters Funny Car written by Deanna Caswell and published by . This book was released on 2017-04 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Wild About Dragsters written by J. Poolos and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2007-07-15 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduces dragsters and funny cars and discusses what they look like, their history, drag racing and similar sports, and related topics.
Download or read book Drag Racing in the 1960s written by Doug Boyce and published by CarTech Inc. This book was released on 2021-03-15 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1960s were a fascinating decade on the race scene. Relive the memories today through this wonderful new book. Drag racing has a long and storied history. Many have said that the first drag race happened shortly after the second car was made. While that may or may not be true, racing prior to World War II was mostly centered around dry-lake activities and top-speed runs. After the war, drag racing became organized with the formation of the NHRA, and during the 1950s, many tracks were built across America to accommodate the racers. Technology in the 1950s centered on the manufacturers updating old flathead designs into newer overhead-valve designs, and the horsepower race really started to heat up. In many forms of racing, the 1960s brought technological evolution. The decade began with big engines in even bigger stock chassis and ended with purpose-built race-only chassis, fiberglass bodies, fuel injection, nitro methane, and blowers. Quarter-mile times that were in the 13-second range in the beginning of the decade were in the 7-second range by the end. New classes were formed, dedicated cars were built for them, and many racers themselves became recognized names in the sports landscape. In Drag Racing in the 60s: The Evolution in Race Car Technology, veteran author Doug Boyce takes you on a ride through the entire decade from a technological point of view rather than a results-based one. Covered are all the classes, including Super Stocks, Altered Wheelbase cars (which led to Funny Cars), Top Fuelers, Gassers, and more.
Download or read book Drag Racing Funny Cars of the 1960s written by Lou Hart and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1960s funny cars captured the fans with tremendous smoky burnouts and gigantic wheelstands, they were so unpredictable that you never knew what to expect--they might go straight or end up glancing off the guard rail. It was an era of development, of success and of failure. Many raced for Saturday night bragging rights, but many raced for a living--today they are legends of the sport, several of which have contributed information to this book.
Download or read book Top Fuel Dragsters written by Denny Von Finn and published by Bellwether Media. This book was released on 2007-08-01 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Top Fuel drivers and their cars race one-on-one in a straight line. Drag racing is one of the most popular forms of auto racing, and Top Fuel dragsters are the fastest dragsters around. Young readers will explore the technology that enables a Top Fuel dragster to travel faster than 330 miles per hour!
Download or read book Wild About Dragsters written by J. Poolos and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2007-07-15 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduces dragsters and funny cars and discusses what they look like, their history, drag racing and similar sports, and related topics.
Download or read book Top Fuel Dragster written by Robert Genat and published by . This book was released on with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Drag Racing Funny Cars written by Ed Radlauer and published by Bowmar. This book was released on 1975-01-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brief text and color photographs introduce some of the different kinds of modified cars used in drag racing.
Download or read book The World s Fastest Dragsters written by Glen Bledsoe and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2003 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the excitement, the history, the regulations, the types of cars, and the notable drivers of drag racing.
Download or read book Drag Racers written by Jeffrey Zuehlke and published by LernerClassroom. This book was released on 2007-09-01 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drag racing is all about pure speed. Inside and out, top fuel dragsters, funny cars, and other drag racers are built to burn off the starting line and sail across the finish line. Races take just a few seconds, but they're packed with excitement, danger, and intense competition. Even the smallest mistake can be the difference between winning and losing. In this book you will learn how the sport got its start on a lonely stretch of road near Santa Barbara, California. You'll also learn about the major classes of drag racers, how they got their start, and the drivers who push them to their limits.
