Nhra Photo of the Week. Bob Glidden

[Doug]

I'm pretty sure that was also the First Pro-Stocker to have a "Funny-Car" roll cage too.

 

[nick name]

The only changes that were made to the car was adding a double framerail, done by Parker Chassis and adding 4 more bars to complete the current requirements for SFI (roof diagonal, additional bars in the driver's encapulation, etc.).

Works pretty darn well for being 20 years old. Spoke to Gateway when I bought the car, (I believe he has since passed) and he stated that the car was overbuilt for its time, so he was confident that not much would be needed to certify it for current spec. He was right.

It just struck me when your car was built. I'd almost bet that it was a car Gene built for himself. Seems like it was silver and blue originally. If it's the one I'm thinking of, John Deflorian (oddly enough, Haas' shop foreman) drove the car at Dallas one year in the late 80s.

And from watching them try to qualify that year, I will absolutely guarantee that the poor Bird never knew what hit it when you dropped the twin turbo piece in.