This Video Clip was created for racecar fabricator Jay Howell and shows the Prock & Howell Logghe Stamping Co. 1970 Mustang Funny Car in action at the 1970 AHRA Summer Nationals at New York National Speedway. The car is shown in the pits along with side by side match-ups against Jim Maybecks Screamin Eagle Camaro, The King & Marshall Cuda and the Ramchargers.
Look for this footage to show up in one of the future productions of Jim Amos' BEE ON VIDEO.
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Mark Sheehan nitro funny car licensing explosion 12.03.2008
Mark Sheehan and his team were out trying to get the final stages of their nitro funny car licensing completed today at the Perth Motorplex.
On the first pass for the day, the car smoked the tyres almost instantly, then some fine adjustments were made to try and cater for the hot conditions for the second pass.
The car looked to be on a great run this time around getting to the 60' with a .972 short time, followed by a lift before the 330' in 2.59, but when Sheehan had a pedal and got back onto it, then KABOOM!
The Mustang body totally blew off the chassis and into the air and lifted the back end of car at least a metre off the ground before a second bounce lifted it up and away again. Then with some great steering, Sheehan managed to tame his ride back to earth, and thankfully escaped the terrifying incident unharmed.
We wish Sheehan and his team all the best for their next nitro outing.
1965 Dodge Ramcharger Candymatic
See the Hemi powered burnout of this Dodge classic!! 65 Dodge, 1965 Dodge, Hemi, Ramcharger, Candymatic, Burnout, Motorsport Ranch, 1965 A990 Dodge, Signs2k
1962 Ed Roth "Mysterion" Roadster Recreation
Mysterion was legendary Ed Big Daddy Roths fourth custom, built in 1963 and powered by a pair of 406 Ford V8s. As the original no longer exists, this faithful recreation by Dave Schuten is certainly the finest in existence, built to show car standards and making its debut at the 2006 Detroit Autorama. This show-stopping custom is set to be a featured attraction at RM Auctions Icons of Speed & Style, September 26 at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, California. For more information, please visit http://www.rmauctions.com/FeatureCars-RW.cfm?SaleCode=RW09&CarID=r046&fc=0
IHRA 1989 Winternationals Part.3
With Top Fuel, A/FC and Pro Stock 1st round takin care of, The focus shifts to Nitro Funny Car 1st round, where a certain Drag racing legend has unveiled his new car for the first time in head to head competition. Can the Fuel Coupes tackle Darlington's surface?
Also has the first bit of Semi final round action from PS and A/FC too.
1965 Ford Mustang A/FX Fastback Gas Ronda Drag Car
St. Charles, IL Auction - St. Charles, IL Oct. 3-5 2008
- Gas Ronda / Russ Davis Ford A/FX Mustang
- The most famous of the 1965 Ford Drag Council A/FX Mustangs
- One of 11 special order cars prepared by Holman-Moody
- Powered by the legendary Ford 427 SOHC engine
- 1965 AHRA World Finals Champion
- Superb As-Original condition
- A true Sixties drag racing icon
Chi Town Hustler Funny Car
The historic Chi-Town Hustler
funny car famous for it's
half track burnouts that left
rubber particles floating by
you in the air! From Union
Grove Great Lakes Dragaway,
Wisconsin 50th anniversary
summer 2005.
Final Xtreme Outlaw Series 8.5 tire Mustangs drag racing Edgewater 2011
http://www.youtube.com/wyldfantasiesraw
Final Outlaw 8.5 tire drag race Edgewater drag strip 2011! Mustang wheelies nearly every race, big block Mustangs with Nitrous, Camaro 404 lsx 1/8th mile drag racing action at Edgewater drag strip, fall 2011. Check out my channel for more videos of these wicked cars testing and racing on my main Youtube channel:
http://www.youtube.com/wyldfantasies
Funny Car History
Excerpts from the Diamond P video "Fabulous Floppers". Narrated by the late Steve Evans with NHRA Funny Car Champions Kenny Bernstein and Don "The Snake Prudhome".
Jungle Jim and Jungle Pam - Drag Racing Legends
Years before John Force arrived on the scene, drag racing's original flamboyant showman was "Jungle Jim" Liberman; a larger-than-life individual whose flaming burnouts, glib personality, and boundless energy helped endear him to fans in a manner that eluded other drivers with better winning records.
Liberman was much more than a touring professional; with his wild wheelstands, 100-mph backups from burnouts, stubborn refusal to lift on even the most out-of-shape runs, and his curvaceous companion, "Jungle Pam" Hardy, Liberman provided all the entertainment of a traveling circus.
Liberman's life, like the lives of many fast-living icons of youth such as James Dean, Jim Morrison, and Janis Joplin, was as short as it was fast-paced. He died at the age of 32 after suffering fatal injuries in a head-on collision with a bus on Sept. 9, 1977. His premature passing left a void in the sport that wasn't replaced until Force's explosive personality emerged in the late 1980s.
Today, the legend of "Jungle Jim" lives on with "Jungle Pam," his constant companion in his heyday who titillated race fans with her skimpy outfits and provocative on-track actions.
"At every race track that I go to," said Hardy, "everyone comes up and asks for my autograph. They ask what he was like and if he was as crazy as they've heard. The fans really miss him, and they miss the fun part of drag racing. The sport has become so professional now that there's no room for any of that anymore."
"I was just 18 when I met him. I was still attending high school in West Chester, Pa., and had never been further away from home than the next town over. I was walking down the street one day, and here comes this yellow Corvette speeding down the street. This guy walks out, comes up to me, and says, "Hi, I'm Jim."
I had never been to a drag race before, but the next thing I knew, we we're heading for his match race in Xenia, Ohio. He showed me how to back him up after the burnouts, and from then on, my life was just a whirlwind tour all over the country."
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers song "American Girl" was released in 1977, the same year Jungle Jim passed away.
Well she was an American girl
Raised on promises
She couldn't help thinkin that there
Was a little more to life
Somewhere else
After all it was a great big world
With lots of places to run to
Yeah, and if she had to die
Tryin' she had one little promise
She was gonna keep
Oh yeah, all right
Take it easy baby
Make it last all night
She was an American girl
It was kind of cold that night
She stood alone on her balcony
She could hear the cars roll by
Out on 441
Like waves crashin' in the beach
And for one desperate moment there
He crept back in her memory
God it's so painful
Something that's so close
And still so far out of reach
Oh yeah, all right
Take it easy baby
Make it last all night
She was an American girl
This video was created from clips from the Diamond P video "Fabulous Floppers" and photos that I took of some of Jungle Jim's cars at 131 Dragway back in the '60s. The photos of Jungle Jim and Pam at 1:48, 1:53 and 1:59 are courtesy of Tom McCrea tmccrea. Photo at 2:36 is by Steve Scott. Other pictures are from unknown photographers.
