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April 3, 2012. Bill Jenkins, an influential and revered figure in drag racing who helped lift the sport from the streets to the professional track while introducing a host of technical innovations ...Snow, in his 'Snowman' dragster, inaugurated the $6-million Houston Raceway Park facility with a 4.997 second elapsed time, 279.06 mph performance in his first run down the quarter-mile strip.NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor Kevin McKenna offers news, analysis, and personality profiles on Sportsman racers in the Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series. Top 5 ListsABOUT US. Racing has been a tradition with the Dudley Family for four generations now. It all started with my grandparents in the fifties hot rodding around the streets of Houston, Texas in one of their many neat cars that most people would do almost anything to own today. From a 1949 Mercury to a 1955 Chevy, they always had a good running car ...RuPaul’s Drag Race U.K. George Ward, whose stage name was Cherry Valentine, was brought up in the traveler community in England. He worked as a mental health nurse. Ward starred in season 2 of ...Capped by me. Thanks to IF on Roysmemorial.com for the clip, I am grateful! No copyright intended, and hope you enjoy.2:21. Drag racing lost one of its most iconic drivers with the death of Tom "The Mongoose" McEwen. McEwen, 81, who raced Top Fuel dragsters and Funny Cars, died Monday according to a story on ...Oct 6, 1988 · Snow, in his 'Snowman' dragster, inaugurated the $6-million Houston Raceway Park facility with a 4.997 second elapsed time, 279.06 mph performance in his first run down the quarter-mile strip. The early '70s was an era of fire burnouts, models wearing nothing but body paint, and outrageous locations—from cemeteries to wild animal parks. Drag racing has its share of colorful characters ...Aug 18, 2001, 4:45 PM. Upd: Apr 15, 2002, 4:45 PM. NHRA'S 50 GREATEST DRIVERS NO. 15: RONNIE SOX. There are no absolutes in life, but the claim that Ronnie Sox was the greatest four-speed driver that ever lived comes pretty close. The longtime racing partner of Buddy Martin was the winningest Pro Stock driver (with nine victories in 23 events ...Karamesines, 10th quickest at 5.113 seconds, is the oldest licensed top fuel drag racer in the NHRA. He was winning match races on the Fairgrounds parking lot at Pomona before the first ...Attention drag racing fans: NHRA Winternationals returns to Pomona Fairplex. By Dave Kunz. Sunday, March 24, 2024. On your marks, get set, go! The legendary quarter-mile at Pomona welcomes the ...The drag racing world is mourning former NHRA Funny Car driver Chuck Etchells, who passed away Wednesday at the age of 61. Details of Etchells' death and funeral arrangements have not been revealed. A longtime resident of Putnam, Connecticut, Etchells scored 15 wins in his NHRA Funny Car career: 13 as a driver and two additional wins as a ...Racing Legend Gene Romero Dies At 71. The famous flat track and road racer dies after a long and fruitful life and career. Motorcycling has lost another true legend. Race icon and friend to the ...As the director of Funeral Consumers Alliance, a nonprofit that helps people avoid funeral fraud, I know all about mortuary mythology. (That’s what I call the collective "wisdom" a...As a favorite hobby, you would find him working on a car, watching drag car racing or visiting a local race car track. His great discernment and natural ability to spiritually guide, led him to become a minister in 2007 under Church of God in Tennessee. An equal passion of David’s was family time.Dave and Steve Condit, at the 2010 March Meet I was all set to kick off a discussion of dragstrip food when I learned yesterday about the passing of former Funny Car racer Dave Condit.Dec 16, 2023 - Explore sam stoltz's board "gene snow drag cars", followed by 374 people on Pinterest. See more ideas about drag cars, car humor, drag racing.Dec 28, 2022 · That said, a few years back I made an effort to build Gene Snow’s 1970 “Rambunctious” Dodge Challenger funny car with some detailing. The kit is of course the Johan Challenger. Tip-of-the-hat to Tim Boyd and his fantastic book: Collecting Drag Racing Model Kits, where I learned that the Johan body is perhaps the most accurate Challenger ... H.L. Shahan, of Tulare passed into his Savior's arms on June 18, 2020 at the age of 85 after dealing with Alzheimer's the last 5 years of his life. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race. I have kept the faith. 2 Timothy 4:7. He was born December 29, 1934 in Bixby Oklahoma to Harry Leslie and Lea (Pyle) Shahan.Salisbury Daily Times obituaries and death notices. Remembering the lives of those we've lost. Place an Obituary. ... Snow Hill, MD. Joann M. Waters, 64, died Monday, April 22, 2024. A funeral ...Gene Snow Obituary. With heavy hearts, we announce the death of Gene Snow (Ball, Louisiana), who passed away on December 2, 2022 at the age of 91. Family and friends are welcome to send flowers or leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family. He was predeceased by : his daughter Jeanie Basco.

Drag Racer Nix Killed in Crash. Scott Munn. 0:04. 0:26. Veteran Oklahoma City drag racer Jimmy Nix was killed Saturday night at the Texas Motorplex in Ennis when his top fueler crashed after experiencing wing strut failure. Nix, 55, was pronounced dead at 8:01 p.m. - approximately 21 minutes after his arrival at the Ennis branch of Baylor ...1:34. Former race car driver Gene Cromer, of Anderson, has died, according to an obituary. Cromer tore across Southeastern drag strips in the 1960s and 1970s, earning him a spot in the East Coast ...Rambunctious is a historic funny car.. Debuting in 1969, Rambunctious is a reproduction 1969 Dodge Charger on a Logghe Stamping Company chassis. It became one of the most famous (and popular) funny cars in NHRA history. It would record NHRA's first official 200 mph (320 km/h) pass, driven by Gene Snow and powered by a Keith Black-prepared Chrysler hemi.Browse Plymouth local obituaries on Legacy.com. Find service information, send flowers, and leave memories and thoughts in the Guestbook for your loved one.From 1959 to 1996, he won 86 races in drag boats and dragsters. Sandwiched between his first 10 years of drag racing on land and the six years he raced on water was an eight-year stint racing motorcycles. Adding the more than 100 trophies he won racing motorcycles, Hill's career-win total approaches that of legendary NASCAR driver Richard Petty.

At one time, York U.S. 30 Dragway hosted the NHRA's Summernationals. In 1970, Gene Snow, "The Snowman," won the Funny Car title with a time of 7.27 seconds at 210 mph in "Rambunctious," a Dodge Challenger. Today's Funny Cars blast through the quarter mile at more than 330 mph. The event drew more than 145 cars, most of them former race cars.Last Drag Race Results ...Los Angeles Times The Last Drag Race at Orange County International Raceway turned out to be the longest one, too. It was 3:15 a.m. Sunday before Winston world champion Gary Beck ran a solo pass of 5.58 seconds down the quarter -mile strip to win the real last drag race after Doug Kerhulaswasted his engine while winning his semifinal.…

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