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Doug Thorley
Doug Thorley was an American Funny Car drag racer, hot rodder and businessman. In 1967, he won the NHRA Nationals' first Funny Car Eliminator title, and was given ''Car Craft''s All-Star Drag Racing Team Funny Car Driver of the Year Award in 1968. Hot Rod magazine describes him as "one of drag racing's most famous early era drivers." Racing career Thorley won many drag races at the Santa Ana (California) strip in the 1950s in a 1938 Century coupe. In the 1960s, he was the first in class to break 200 miles per hour at the Bonneville Salt Flats in a C/Modified Sports Corvette. In 1964, Thorley match raced an altered-wheelbase (pre-Funny Car) injected big-block 1964 Chevy II he called '' Chevy Too Much''. Thorley's ''Doug's Headers'' Corvair was the first seven-second Funny Car, and it was in this car he won the NHRA supercharged A Funny Car (AA/FC) class at Indianapolis Raceway Park in 1967, defeating Joe Lunati's ''The Dixie Devil'' Camaro. It was the first time Funny Car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Funny Car
Funny Car is a type of drag racing vehicle and a specific racing class in organized drag racing. Funny cars are characterized by having tilt-up fiberglass or carbon fiber automotive bodies over a custom-fabricated chassis, giving them an appearance vaguely approximating manufacturers' showroom models. They also have the engine placed in front of the driver, as opposed to dragsters, which place it behind the driver. Funny car bodies typically reflect the models of newly available cars in the time period that the funny car was built. For example, in the 1970s, then current models such as the Chevrolet Vega or Plymouth Barracuda were often represented as funny cars, and the bodies represented the Big Three of General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler. Currently, four manufacturers are represented in National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) Funny Car — Chevrolet with the Camaro, Dodge with the Charger, Ford with the Mustang, and Toyota with the Supra. Worldwide, however, many different ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chevrolet Camaro
The Chevrolet Camaro is a mid-size American automobile manufactured by Chevrolet, classified as a pony car. It first went on sale on September 29, 1966, for the 1967 model year and was designed to compete with the Ford Mustang. The Camaro shared its platform and major components with the Firebird, produced by General Motors' Pontiac division that was also introduced for 1967. Four distinct generations of the Camaro were developed before production ended in 2002. The nameplate was revived on a concept car that evolved into the fifth-generation Camaro; production started on March 16, 2009. Background Before any official announcement, reports began running during April 1965 within the automotive press that Chevrolet was preparing a competitor to the Ford Mustang, code-named ''Panther''. On June 21, 1966, around 200 automotive journalists received a telegram from General Motors stating, "...please save noon of June 28 for important SEPAW meeting. Hope you can be on hand to help ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1967 In Motorsport
The following is an overview of the events of 1967 in motorsport including the major racing events, motorsport venues that were opened and closed during a year, championships and non-championship events that were established and disestablished in a year, and births and deaths of racing drivers and other motorsport people. Annual events The calendar includes only annual major non-championship events or annual events that had own significance separate from the championship. For the dates of the championship events see related season articles. Established championships/events Births Deaths See also * List of 1967 motorsport champions References External links {{DEFAULTSORT:1967 In Motorsport Motorsport by year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Racing Drivers
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Dragster Drivers
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Dragster may refer to: *Dragster (car), a drag racing term referring to a lengthy, open-wheeled vehicle * ''Dragster'' (video game), a video game released in 1980 *Top Thrill Dragster, a roller coaster at Cedar Point that is commonly called ''the Dragster'' *Dragster, another name for a wheelie bike A wheelie bike, also called a dragster, muscle bike, high-riser, spyder bike or banana bike, is a type of stylized children's bicycle designed in the 1960s to resemble a chopper motorcycle and characterized by ape hanger handlebars, a ban ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Harmony, Utah
New Harmony is a town in northern Washington County, Utah, United States. The population was 207 at the 2010 census. History The town was originally settled as part of efforts to mine and refine iron in the area. Settlers built a crude foundry in 1852, but abandoned it soon after due to transport and logistics issues The town of New Harmony was settled in 1862, by families driven from Fort Harmony, Utah, Fort Harmony when the fort had to be abandoned after most of its adobe walls were washed away during a month of heavy rains in January and February, during the Great Flood of 1862. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 190 people, 69 households, and 58 families residing in the town. The population density was 473.8 people per square mile (183.4/km2). There were 86 housing units at an average density of 214.5 per square mile (83.0/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 98.95% White, 0.53% Native American, and 0.53% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carol Cox
Carol Cox is a pioneering American woman drag racer. She is the first woman to win at a National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) national event. History Cox was based in Whittier, California.Burgess, Phil, ''National Dragster'' editor. "Carol Cox: NHRA's first class winner", written 4 May 2018, atNHRA.com(retrieved 16 September 2018) "Women had been competing at local tracks for years -– often in a “Powder Puff" class", but never in a national event. At the time, of course, single women were denied credit cards, and all women were banned from jury duty. Cox followed her husband, Lloyd, an engineer who also raced Oldsmobile stockers (and got sponsorship from a car dealership in Whitier), into racing, encouraged by racer Peggy Hart after they met at the Santa Ana Drags. After switching to Pontiac in 1958, Lloyd had so many problems with the factory Hydramatic automatic transmission, he had to take night classes. In time, his skill at tuning them reached the point he opened his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glenn Okazaki
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John Hoven
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Chrysler Hemi Engine
The Chrysler Hemi engines, known by the trademark Hemi, are a series of American V8 engine, V8 gasoline engines built by Chrysler with overhead valve hemispherical combustion chambers. Three different types of Hemi engines have been built by Chrysler for automobiles: the first (known as the Chrysler FirePower engine) from 1951 to 1958, the second from 1964 to 1971, and the third beginning in 2003. Although Chrysler is most identified with the use of "Hemi" as a marketing term, many other auto manufacturers have incorporated similar designs. The engine block and cylinder heads were cast and manufactured at Indianapolis Foundry. During the 1970s and 1980s, Chrysler also used the ''Hemi'' name for their Australian-made Chrysler Hemi-6 Engine, Hemi-6 Engine and applied it to the 4-cylinder Astron 2.6, Mitsubishi 2.6 L engine installed in various North American market vehicles. Concept A hemispherical cylinder head ("hemi-head") gives an efficient combustion chamber with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woody Gilmore
Woody Gilmore is a dragster and funny car chassis builder in the 1960s and 1970s. Gilmore built the chassis for the top fuel streamliner '' Hustler VI'' in 1965. In 1968, Doug Thorley bought a rear-engined Javelin funny car from Gilmore, powered by an AMC 401. Gilmore was also responsible for the Don Prudhomme Don Prudhomme (born April 6, 1941 in San Fernando, California), nicknamed "The Snake", is an American drag racer. He was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 1991. Racing career Prudhomme crewed for "TV Tommy" Ivo on Ivo's ..., Rance McDaniel (the Dan Olson Racing Products team), and '' Wynns Stormer'' streamliner wedge dragsters, all in 1972. He also built the chassis for the Petersen and Fritz "Can-Am" dragster in 1974.Taylor, "Herm Petersen-Sam Fritz Can-Am dragster", in "Beauty Beyond the Twilight Zone", p.32. Notes Sources *McClurg, Bob. "50 Years of Funny Cars: Part 2" in ''Drag Racer'', November 2016, pp. 35–50. *Taylo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
California Stud
California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territories of the United States by population, most populous U.S. state and the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 3rd largest by area. It is also the most populated Administrative division, subnational entity in North America and the 34th most populous in the world. The Greater Los Angeles area and the San Francisco Bay Area are the nation's second and fifth most populous Statistical area (United States), urban regions respectively, with the former having more than 18.7million residents and the latter having over 9.6million. Sacramento, California, Sacramento is the state's capital, while Los Angeles is the List of largest California cities by population, most populous city in the state and the List of United States cities by population, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
