Ronnie Scrima is an American dragster and

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builder. He was responsible for the

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Scrimaliner ''Scrimaliner'' is a streamliner slingshot dragster. Designed by Ronnie Scrima Ronnie Scrima is an American dragster and funny car chassis builder. He was responsible for the streamliner slingshot dragster '' Scrimaliner'' in 1964. After Lo ...

'' in 1964. After Logghe Bros. (based in Detroit) proved unable to keep up with demand, a funny car chassis-building industry developed. Scrima joined several others in the business. Scrima founded

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, and built both “dune buggy”- and “fueler”-style funny car chassis. He also built ''Travelin' Javelin'', a 426 hemi-powered '69

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Funny Car, for car owner Gary Crane, to be driven by the then up-and-coming

Dale Armstrong Dale Armstrong (1941 – November 28, 2014) was a Canadian drag racer and crew chief. After winning 12 National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) and 12 International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) events in the 1970s, including the Pro Comp title in 1975, h ...

.Burgess, Phil, NHRA ''National Dragster'' Editor. ”A history of AMC Funny Cars” written 16 May 2014
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(retrieved 23 May 2017)

Notes

Sources

*McClurg, Bob. "50 Years of Funny Cars: Part 2" in ''Drag Racer'', November 2016, pp. 35–50. *Taylor, Thom. "Beauty Beyond the Twilight Zone" in ''Hot Rod'', April 2017, pp. 30-43. *Burgess, Phil, NHRA ''National Dragster'' Editor. ”A history of AMC Funny Cars” written 16 May 2014
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