Good Morning! Ron Capps describes top fuel/funny car drag racing succinctly

Found on http://goawaygarage.blogspot.com/

Maybe Metallica put it best though,
gimme fuel
gimme fire,
 gimme that which i desire,
 ooh!
Turn on...i see red
adrenaline crash and crash my head
nitro junkie, paint me dead
and i see red

the "purest drag race ever" the 1966 March Meet at Bakersfield

102 top fuel eliminator entrants...

the winner; The Surfers, and they set a national et record of 7.34 seconds

On a shoestring budget, but with genius in high pressure fuel injection, and 98% nitro load in the tank and Mike Sorokin driving, as he had passed the reflex test of catching a series of falling coins.

Above info from the magazine "Elapsed Times" by the Car Craft people, Spring 2014 issue



you can read a good article about the Surfers at http://topfuelwormhole.wordpress.com/tag/the-surfers-aafuel-dragster/

Dick Landy videos from ESPN2 "Glory Days" of Pro Stock, Funny Cars, top fuelers 1971

http://bangshift.com/blog/watch-dandy-dick-landy-in-this-1971-dodge-scat-pack-club-age-of-drag-racing-video.html

Ontario Motor Speedway 1971 inaugural Super Nats





Bangshift posted this, and I copied it from them.. you can't top perfection

200 mph or so is a bad time to let the wind catch you and pull you off your motorcycle... you're gonna slide and tumble a really long way

found on http://bangshift.com/blog/insane-video-top-fuel-harley-rider-falls-off-the-bike-at-speed-and-smashes-stainless-steel-balls-into-track-surface.html