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 & b/w photos.
