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Longest driving Career in TA/FC
- Thread starter Butch
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Bateman would have started in about '81/82. He ran a Bantam altered that didn't like to go strait before that.
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scsp390
Nitro Member
2010 will mark 45 years for Miss Bunny Burkett. She will turn a young 65 next Spring!!!!
I know Ace, Vern, and Bunny were all running alky FCs since the Pro Comp days. I remember Ace's AA/A that he ran in Pro Comp, I saw it at Indy in 1979. Randy, not sure if you ever saw it, but it was crazy low like the A/A you ran years ago, just a wild car. I know Ace had been running FCs for years before that, he just dropped a '23T body on his FC for awhile.
Rollout96
Nitro Member
I remember those days as my dad raced BB/FC in the late 70's. Alas his career in the class lasted just a few years. Those were fun times though.
Hey Jay is that your dad's car in your avatar? Our backrounds are a little similar, as my dad raced Comp from the 60s into the early 70s, but with five little kids, he had to give it up. He almost came back many times, and when Pro Comp came out, I wanted him to run any kind of car in that class(remember all the combos?), but even back then, things were getting expensive for a guy trying to raise a family. Funny how some things never change.
Rollout96
Nitro Member
Yep. HMS Odyssey. He raced about 6 different classes from Stock to Alcohol F/C. He also ran a few runs in T/F but never actually licensed. That was right at the end of the era when some buddies could run one out of their garage and have a little fun.
I loved the funny car days and all of the 64 car meets at OCIR. Good times!
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Maybe that was Harry's question... Vern's been at the alcohol funny wheel ( BB or TA ) for possibly the longest run uninterupted...?...
I remember Manzo's altered too. But in some purist position it broke from BB-TA/FC...
Also remember Boggs brothers running a car as both an altered and a BB/FC dependeing on the race. As I remember they carried both bodies with them and would swap out to hit the best odds.
Someone brought up Bunny though - she may have the longest run, guess it would depend on the definition of continuous...
Good stuff.
Dave I remember that shot, I believe it was NHRA.com's photo of the week once. Great pic, ya' gotta love how low-slung that car was. I can't remember how long he ran that car as a AA/A (it was also his BB/FC), but I know I was at Indy in '79 for the 25th anniversary and he was running it there. Regarding driving streaks, on another site in a FC photo thread, I'm pretty sure someone posted a pic of a very early '70s FC that Manzo had, so he's been at it awhile. Oh and the Boggs Bros. AA/A that ran and won in Pro Comp in the late 70s was called "Poison" and was also a really wild car. I believe it was the BB/FC of John Carter that the Boggs boys teamed up with to create the Poison altered. Can you guys tell I'm a fan of altereds and the old Pro Comp cars? 
Dave I remember that shot, I believe it was NHRA.com's photo of the week once. Great pic, ya' gotta love how low-slung that car was. I can't remember how long he ran that car as a AA/A (it was also his BB/FC), but I know I was at Indy in '79 for the 25th anniversary and he was running it there. Regarding driving streaks, on another site in a FC photo thread, I'm pretty sure someone posted a pic of a very early '70s FC that Manzo had, so he's been at it awhile. Oh and the Boggs Bros. AA/A that ran and won in Pro Comp in the late 70s was called "Poison" and was also a really wild car. I believe it was the BB/FC of John Carter that the Boggs boys teamed up with to create the Poison altered. Can you guys tell I'm a fan of altereds and the old Pro Comp cars?
I purchase videos from Phil Larsen of "Drag Racing from our point of View" and he has footage of the 1990 Summernationals when Ron Boggs ran his Altered in Top Alchol Dragster and it made the quarterfinals and it ran eventual runner up Mike Kosky.
