39 Funny Quotes About Life To Inspire You When You're Feeling Down ... Whether it be your boss overlooking you, your car breaking down, or your significant other giving you a hard time, ...

“Fast Eddie” Schartman earned the first Funny Car trophy at the 1966 Finals, at Tulsa. RON LEWIS. Funny Cars have come a long way from their 1960s roots. Susan Wade. Contributing Editor.

“It looks like 1966 will be the year of the funny car.” That’s Maynard Rupp quoted by Howard Pennington in the May 1966 issue ofCar Craftmagazine about drag rac ...

Did you know there was a Funny Car curse? Known as the "Corvette Curse," superstition runs through every form of racing, including drag racing. In the late-1960s through early 1970s, numerous ...

Q: Greg I‘ve always loved those few but fast Jeep funny cars that raced in the mid-1960s. I remember the names “Destroyer” and “Secret Weapon,” but would love to hear your memories of ...

Mike Dunn, analyst and former funny car driver: Seems like nobody knows the exact origin or who coined the phrase funny car, but back in the 60s when guys were running the big superstock factory ...

The car was totaled by Norm Weekly at Irwindale Dragway in California, and never rebuilt as rear engine funny cars to this day have never been successful. The best it ever went was 8.0 in the ...

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