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Last nhra Funny Car Fatality - Gerry Schwartz
from the phr magazine 9/69 -the following details as follows-pat foster m/t mustang and the "ratty cat " cougar were the 1st pair on sun . foster lost control and crossed in front of schwartz still running full throttle. both cars totally destroyed . gerry died instantly. quoting the article-"was one of the brutally spectacular crashes in drag racing history" . 1969 was not a good year - at the us nationals john "zookeeper" mulligan lost his life driving his top fuel dragster.
from the phr magazine 9/69 -the following details as follows-pat foster m/t mustang and the "ratty cat " cougar were the 1st pair on sun . foster lost control and crossed in front of schwartz still running full throttle. both cars totally destroyed . gerry died instantly. quoting the article-"was one of the brutally spectacular crashes in drag racing history" . 1969 was not a good year - at the us nationals john "zookeeper" mulligan lost his life driving his top fuel dragster.
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