Funny Car Fever: The Birth of Drag Racing's Wildest Class
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| Rating | : | 4.47 (939 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 193249443X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 192 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-08-31 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Fantasic Pictoral Historical Piece I've not finished reading this book (I just got it yesterday). The photos are spectacular and the stories about the drivers are very insightful. This book takes you from the birth of the AF/X cars to the crazy days of the early 70's (the golden era of funny cars). With names like Mickey Thompson, The Snake. Five Stars J. Bingman Great book.. love this book Rhonda L. Kleinspehn If you love drag racing, this book is for you. It gives the history of funny cars up to and including present drivers. A must for drag racing fans.
Drag Review Magazine
Promoters discovered they could pair up these altered-wheelbase, injected, blown machines in exhibition match races—and the spectators came running. He’s included over 350 of his favorite images and more than a few never-before-heard stories to bring the feeling of the class and the era home to you.. Rivalries were born, the Funny Car class was created, and the cars kept getting faster and faster. In the mid 1960s, many of drag racing’s fastest drivers were outgrowing the Super Stock and Factory Experimental classes, building cars that stretched and eventually broke the rules. Funny Car Fever is a humorous, heart-felt, first-hand account of the most exciting and memorable years of the Funny Car class. There wasn’t always a class for these “funny-looking” cars. Steve Reyes followed these fiberglass-bodied, nitro burning machines and their drivers from the years leading up to the creation of the Funny Car class through its halcyon days