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2. Front engine dragster - Wikipedia

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   The front-engine dragster was an evolution from earlier front-engine hot rods and initially was a car from which all non-essential parts, including the body, had been removed to reduce weight, making the earliest dragsters essentially a production car chassis with a "souped-up" engine. These early dragsters were nicknamed "rails", due to the ...

3. Dragster (car) - Wikipedia

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   The front engine dragster came about due to engines initially being located in the car's frame in front of the driver. The driver sits angled backward, over the top of the differential in a cockpit situated between the two rear tires, a design originating with Mickey Thompson's Panorama City Special in 1954, as a way of improving traction. [1]

4. Yellow Fang (dragster) - Wikipedia

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   Yellow Fang is a streamliner slingshot dragster. [1]Designed by Steve Swaja (with some tweaking by owner George Schreiber and his boss, "Big Daddy" Roth [2]) and built by Jim Davis in 1963, the car had a 153 in (3,900 mm) wheelbase.

5. Don Prudhomme - Wikipedia

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   Prudhomme's Top Fuel dragster in 1992. Prudhomme crewed for "TV Tommy" Ivo on Ivo's twin-engined slingshot in 1960. [2] In 1962, Prudhomme was a partner in the Greer-Black-Prudhomme fuel digger, which earned the best win record in National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) history, [3] before switching to Funny Car. He would win the NHRA FC ...

6. Don Garlits - Wikipedia

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   Considered the father of drag racing, he is known as "Big Daddy" to drag racing fans around the world. A pioneer in the field of drag racing, he perfected the rear-engine Top Fuel dragster, an innovation motivated by the loss of part of his foot in a dragster accident. This design was notably safer since it put most of the fuel processing and ...

7. Showboat (dragster) - Wikipedia

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   Tommy Ivo's Showboat dragster with the body on. Showboat is a four-engined four-wheel-drive exhibition slingshot dragster, built by "TV Tommy" Ivo in the 1960s. Showboat featured four Buick nailhead V8s, linked together; two drove the rear wheels, two the front. [1] While Ivo never liked the name, Showboat proved one of the most popular models ...

8. Category:Drag racing cars - Wikipedia

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   Pages in category "Drag racing cars" The following 48 pages are in this category, out of 48 total. ... Front engine dragster; G. Gasser (car) Glass Slipper (dragster)

9. Freight Train (dragster) - Wikipedia

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   Freight Train is a historic slingshot dragster. [1]Designed by Nye Frank, it used twin supercharged engines and had an aluminum body. [1] When owned by John Peters, running in Top Gas (driven by Bob Muravez) at the 1971 Supernationals, it was painted black and powered by a pair of Chrysler hemis.