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Initially, alcohol dragsters competed against Funny Cars in a category known as Pro Comp, before a separate class, Top Alcohol Funny Car, was created in the 1980s. It was within IHRA 's version of this class use of ethanol fuel was pioneered with great success by Mark Thomas, an Ohio farmer who became a five-time champion within that organization.
The NHRA Sportsman Drag Racing Series originally consisted of seven divisions: Northeast, Southeast, North Central, South Central, West Central, Northwest, and Pacific. Starting in 2012, the Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car classes competed in four regions: East, North Central, Central and West. [5]
He won four NHRA Top Alcohol Funny Car championships between 1987 and 1991. [1] He was the first driver to win eliminator titles at the same event when he won the Top Fuel and Alcohol Funny Car classes at Topeka. [1] [2] His 62 wins between his start in 1985 and 1996, which were the most for any driver between the late 1970s and 1996. [2]
Chuck Beal Racing is a drag racing company owned by professional drag racer Chuck Beal. [2] The company is located in San Diego, California. [1] Chuck Beal started as a racer of front- and rear-engine vehicles until he changed to the alcohol funny car class and then nitro-class vehicles. [2]
Drag racing has continued, with six types of cars used: Top Fuel, Funny Cars, Pro Stock, Pro Stock bikes, Top Fuel Dragsters and Pro Stock trucks. [6] Top fuel cars are the fastest cars used, nitromethane fueled, can accelerate from 0 to 100 mph in under a second and can reach 330 mph. [ 2 ] [ 6 ] Funny cars are fueled by nitromethane and ...
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.
ANDRA has periodically run Group One cars since (Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock), as most teams have switched to IHRA and its 400 Thunder series. However, recently Top Fuel Australia (the organization that represents the Top Fuel Team owners) extracted itself from the 400 Thunder Series due to the series lack of National coverage and steady ...
The Funny Car Eliminator title at the 1971 Winternats would go to Roland Leong's Dodge Charger, Hawaiian,. [2] with Butch Maas at the wheel. [3]Don Garlits' novel rear-engined dragster, Swamp Rat XIV, appeared at the Winternats, qualifying with 6.8; his best time of the meet was a 6.70, over Jim Dunn's 7.58, in the semi-final: Garlits would win, when Kenny Safford broke in the final. [4]