Nitro idols

How about Al Hofmann

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Room has since been converted to my daughter's room... everythings in storage now.
 
The Top 10...."nitro IDOLS" of mine growing up...POST 1977...

Big Jim....Atomic Al.....The War Eagle....Large Father.....Farkonas, Coil and Mike Minick's pa-pa....;).....Snake....Blaine Johnson...Cowboy Medlen....Eddie Kalitta....The Smilin' Okie....

Honorable mention:

- John Force, Dean Skuza, Tom Hoover, The Greek, Larry Dixon, Del Worsham, Craig and Rocky Epperly, Butch Blair, Larry Sutton, James Warren, Shirley Muldowney, Kenny Bernstein and Jon Capps....uh... I mean...Ron Capps too....;)
 
Eddie hill and fuzzy carter where my top fuel icons

john force and austin coil my fc ones, though when atomic al was around i actually pulled for him.

I know glidden isint nitro, but he's my all time idol.
 
Like before...Weeb, but also Bobby Langley, Vance Hunt, Karamesines, Eddie and Ercie Hill, Pat Foster, Bob Creitz, Jungle Jim AND Pam, and them north California Berry Brothers just cause I'm a Berry brother....and they had a gorgeous and pretty stout fuel car.
 
some of my childhood idols and heroes became friends . . .Leroy Dewdney, Bunny Burkett, Frank Manzo, Bob Newberry, Joe Lepone ,Camp Stanley, Tommy Howes, Tom Anderson, (just to name a few). . . .talk about a rush. . .as a kid I watched and admired these racers, now I have more memories that were never dreamed of!
 
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