NHRA Celebrity Sighting

[Nick]

Met Top Fuel tuner Alan Johnson today. Made my day. Cool dude.

 

[Dubs]

Met Top Fuel tuner Alan Johnson today. Made my day. Cool dude.

Nice where did you see him?

 

[Nick]

Here in Santa Barbara, CA. He was just being a normal dude....shopping like the rest of us. Man, I've got to tell ya...it was like meeting Mickey Mantle!

 

[none]

Mickey Mantle raced in Top Fuel?

Learn something new everyday.......

Alan

 

[Toejam]

Mickey Mantle raced in Top Fuel?

Learn something new everyday.......

Alan

So did Jack Clark! LOL

 

[Rat]

Mickey Mantle raced in Top Fuel?

Learn something new everyday.......

Alan

Yeah Alan, where have you been, it was tuned by Joe Dimaggio

 

[Rajunz]

My friends at Spectre Performance had a celebrity sighting this morning also, Ron Capps and his dad stopped by their pits in Bonneville.

 

[Jim]

So did Jack Clark! LOL

Funny - Some years ago, I took a "newbie" to the Summernationals at Englishtown. We had occasion to meet Jack Clark and get a personal tour of his pits AND his trailer. (Taco Bell signage - I want to say.)

I was so impressed getting inside a Top Fuel nerve center and my "newbie" pal - a rabid Yankees fan, wet-his-pants over meeting Jack Clark. Who?

 

[none]

Mickey Mantle raced in Top Fuel?

Learn something new everyday.......

Alan

Wasn't he involved with the NY Yankees Top Fuel car?

 

[Nick Name]

My friends at Spectre Performance had a celebrity sighting this morning also, Ron Capps and his dad stopped by their pits in Bonneville.

I'm up here.I will have to keep my eyes open.

 

[Rajunz]

I'm up here.I will have to keep my eyes open.

According to Ron's Twitter, he wasn't ready to get out of that seat, said he was going to look around for a car that needs a driver......

 

[Nunz]

Lance what the deal with that car? Any more pics, specs? I've got to get to Bonneville one of these days.

 

[MHayes]

Lance what the deal with that car? Any more pics, specs? I've got to get to Bonneville one of these days.

Spectre Performance - Official Site

 

[Rajunz]

Lance what the deal with that car? Any more pics, specs? I've got to get to Bonneville one of these days.

I'm really good friends with all of the guys at Spectre Performance. Amir Rosenbaum who owns Spectre went 415mph in it last year at Bonneville, fastest run ever on gasoline. It was their first year running it, and they made it look easy. They run big block Caddy's in it with twin turbochargers, stock block and cranks.

This year is a different story though, and I'm sure Amir is starting to feel like he owns a Top Fuel Car. Lets see, they broke a rear end housing on the first run, have gone through 3 engines, now on their 4th, broke a drive shaft yesterday, and after being there for a week now they have still not made a full pass.


Hopefully today will bring them success.

Spectre Performance Blog

 

[Rajunz]

These are very cool shots from the salt.

Bonneville Speedweek 2011 >> TotallyCoolPix