- Top
Fuel Dragsters of the 1970s Photo Archive - The early
'70s were a pivotal time for rear engine dragsters. "Slingshots"
were front engine fire-breathing diggers where the driver
sat just three feet behind the motor. This set-up proved to
be very dangerous, so in 1970 at Lions Drag Strip "Big
Daddy" Don Garlits vowed, after a horrific transmission
explosion in his slingshot Wynns Charger, that he would formulate
a design that would put the fuel motor behind him. The emergence
of the rear-engine dragster rekindled the interest in Top
Fuel Eliminator class. Legendary championship drivers
like TV Tommy Ivo, Tony Nancy, Gary Beck, Don Prudhomme, Jerry
Ruth, Carl Olson, Tom McEwen, Shirley Muldowney, James Warren,
Jeb Allen, Herm Peterson, Steve Carbone and many more, are
all portrayed in sensational fire-and-smoke belching action
at the race track.
- Top
Fuel Dragsters - A fascinating look at the history and
development of the top fuel dragster, from its beginning as
a crude, stripped-down hot rod to todays sophisticated machines
that deliver thousands of horsepower. The chapters will be
the birth and golden age of top fuel, the rear engine era,
anatomy of a modern top fueler, and racing a modern top fueler.
- Total
Performers: Ford Drag Racing - Factory participation in
drag racing pushed the envelope for high performance developments.
Ford's FE-series engine, Police
Interceptor, GT 390, Single Overhead Cam, Cobra Jet, and
Boss 429 are all covered in detail. See the cars and the
drivers that made them famous - Dick
Brannan's Goldfinger, Bill Lawton's Mystery Mustang, "Dyno
Don" Nicholson's Eliminator Comet, Gas Ronda's stretched
Mustang, Al Joenic's Batcar, and more. Accomplished journalist
and life-long Ford aficionado Charles Morris takes you back
to the Total Performance Years through first-hand accounts
as well as over 400 never-before-seen photographs.
- Vintage
& Historic Drag Racers - Covers cars that were in
action from the 50s into the 70s.
- Xtreme
Nostalgia - Vintage Drag Racing - The "Good Guys
Vintage Drag Racing Association"
presents an amazing look at the world of drag racing with
the most extreme machines, filled with stunning footage of
explosions, crashes and hard launches. These aren't your "Honda
Rice Burners;" they're top fuel Funny Cars, Gassers and
Wheelstanders
with more horse power than all the cars of The
Fast and the Furious combined. Mixed with unrestricted
in-your-face-audio, this is guaranteed to get your heart pounding
as these nitro-injected drags go from zero to 250 MPH in 7
seconds!
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