STARTING AN INTERN PROGRAM?
Hey guys, great coverage of the World Series of Drag Racing!
It was just almost kinda like being there. Your efforts
are much appreciated. Next year take one of us "cub
reporters" there with you.
Keep up the good work.
Brad Wise
IT'S STILL ABOUT THE BENJAMINS
Crew chiefs and owners of the super teams have no desire
to slow down. It only took a couple of weeks to figure out
the 85% rule. NHRA is all about the almighty dollar.
Try being the little guy trying just to qualify and you
will find 1st we don't have a shot at it in the first place
as they are certification crazy on items that do NOT need
to be replaced because its out of date. Second is the fact
that weekend racers are the true backbone of the sport and
NHRA keeps cutting out races we can participate in.
Mike Long
Georgia
FIRST REAR ENGINE DRAGSTER CORRECTION
Darr, in the Don Garlits Museum of Drag Racing you will
find a rear engine dragster that was built in 1963. The
sign Garlits put on the car says it was a successful rear
engine dragster.
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In
1964 when they got the evil handling problem fixed, they
ran off a string of 6 Top Eliminators in a row. In 1964
they were the very first Top Eliminator at the inaugural
event at the drag strip now known as MOROSO. (At that time
it was the Palm Beach International Raceway.) In January
this Rear Engine Dragster won the #6 spot on the DRAG NEWS
Mr. Eliminator list for gas dragsters, becoming the first
rear engine dragster to ever make their list.(Garlits usually
occupied the #1 spot on the DRAG NEWS list for Fuel dragsters.)
NOW, let's review shall we. Successful Rear Engine Dragster
built in 1963 VS Successful Rear Engine Dragster built in
1971. Which one was The First Successful Rear Engine Dragster?
John O'Brien
Englewood, TN
