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Horan Jr. is one of the originators of the Nostalgia Funny Car class, having campaigned this '66 Ford Mustang for years (along with veteran Dale Pulde until 2004).
“This car we started running in 2019,” Alex says of the unsponsored “Hot 4 Teacher” Top Fuel Funny Car. “I raced Nostalgia Funny Car for about 10 years before that.” ...
Nostalgia drag races, sponsored by the Goodguys Vintage Racing Assn. for pre-1980 equipment, conjures visions of old geezers in top-fuel dragsters and funny cars restored and refurbished from ...
Rupert pinned the Heritage Series in 2011 and 2012 as the first and only Nostalgia Funny Car to surpass the 260-mile-per-hour mark. As of this writing (3/'13), he holds all of the Series' track ...
Drag racer Ron Capps never met Einstein, but he goes pretty fast, 300-plus mph several times every weekend in his nitro-powered Funny Car. Last month Capps finally went back in time, about 35 ...
This is the body of the Red Dragon nostalgia funny car Tom Padilla used to race, which explains the altered proportions. But why is it separated from the rest of the vehicle? The question above ...
On June 15, Shumake earned his Nostalgia Funny Car license at the Frank Hawley Drag Racing School Florida. He still needs to secure his Nitro Funny Car license. Chadwick Fowler.
At 63 years of age, longtime Funny Car driver Gary Densham isn't quite ready to hand the keys to the newest family hot rod over to his son. The elder Densham, who has been competing on the NHRA ...
Around 350 to 400 competitors are slated to compete in the season-opening NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Series event, led by the nitro-burning Nostalgia Funny Car, Nostalgia Top Fuel and Fuel Altered classes.
One staffer here at Hemmings commented that this was “one of the coolest things we’ve ever offered.” Indeed, this 1973 Dodge Charger-bodied funny car is something a bit different, and as ...
2016 marks the 50th anniversary of Funny Car competition in the NHRA, and celebrations will begin as early as the season opener at Pomona: my favs. Access and manage your favorites here ...
Stewart followed with his announcement Thursday and said the new NHRA team will operate alongside his sprint car teams in TSR’s existing 25,000-square-foot facility in Brownsburg, Indiana.