NHRA Museum 7
January 2009
The 81 Dodge Charger called 'Chi-Town Hustler' was
another car I remember run by John Farkonas, Austin Coil, and Pat
Minnick. Austin Coil is now the crew chief of legendary John Force and
has tuned his way to 14 world championships with him.
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I love those old style wheels they had back then.
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Tom "The Mongoose" McEwen's car was one of the best known Funny Cars of
all time. Tom won national events in Top Fuel and Funny Car and
match-raced all over the U.S. He nicknamed himself "The Mongoose" in the
mid 60's to lure Don "The Snake” Prudhomme at just about every drag
strip there was.
If there was a big race going on back in the 70's, chances were the
headlines read: 'The Snake vs. The Mongoose' somewhere on a poster or a
sign of some kind.
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The name 'Vance and Hines' goes back as far as I an remember and they have
been a force to reckon with since the early days. And today they still
dominate the Pro Motorcycle class in drag racing.
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These aluminum connecting rods date back to the early 60's and were made
by Howards. The one on the left was used in Doug Cook's 1941 Willys and
won the NHRA C-gas supercharged class in the Detroit Nationals in 1960.
The one of the right also won an NHRA championship in the 'Twin Bear'
dragster in 1961.
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First fuel injection to win a championship in 1961 made
by Scott's Fuel Injection. Fuel injection looks just a little bit
different today though.
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