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A 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.
In celebration of National Name Your Car Day, which falls on Oct. 2, Capital One released the results of a survey conducted with car owners -- and the findings are totally intriguing.
Russell James Liberman (September 12, 1945 [3] – September 9, 1977 [4]) was an American funny car drag racer, nicknamed "Jungle Jim." In 2001, he was named #17 on the list of the Top 50 NHRA drivers of all time. [5]
"The Sucker Car" = 1970 Chaparral 2J, sportscar [46] [47] "Tank" = 1923 Bugatti Type 32, Grand Prix racecar; 1936 Bugatti Type 57G, sportscar [48]
2. AMC Gremlin. Country of Origin: United States Production: 1970-1978 There are a lot of funny things about American Motors’ Gremlin besides the name. Not only was the subcompact named after ...
John Harold Force (born May 4, 1949) is an American NHRA drag racer.He is a 16-time NHRA and 1 time AHRA Funny Car champion driver and a 22-time champion car owner. Force owns and drives for John Force Racing (JFR).
Some drivers choose macho names including Mean Machine, while others take inspiration from TV and film characters such as Homer and Mickey. Britain’s most bizarre and popular car names revealed ...
At the 1978 NHRA Summernationals at Englishtown, Bernstein drove the Chelsea King funny car. [2] He first became a full-time professional Funny Car driver in 1979. The following year, he acquired a sponsorship deal from Anheuser-Busch (with its Budweiser brand), which lasted for thirty years [citation needed] until the new owner of Anheuser-Busch, InBev, elected not to renew his contract.