Nitro idols

[DrRocket]

Big Daddy and Eddie Hill for me.

 

[FuelCarBuilder]

Zookeeper & Chops

 

[big guy]

Bobby Langley

 

[handsome]

Jungle Jim, Raymond Beadle, Kenny Bernstein, Frank Hawley

 

[Bob]

Keith Stewart. Crew chief, tutor and friend.

 

[Fast Al]

Gary Ormsby & Lee Beard.

 

[FC138fan]

How about Al Hofmann

Room has since been converted to my daughter's room... everythings in storage now.

 

[Tim5636sc]

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....

 

[Nick]

Gary Ormsby & Lee Beard, Eddie Hill and Fuzzy Carter.

 

[Von Halen]

John Wiebe

Jim Nicoll

The Greek

 

[Joker]

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.

 

[Eracer]

How about Al Hofmann

Room has since been converted to my daughter's room... everythings in storage now.

Very cool, Nick

 

[Eracer]

Fricking awesome!

Thanks Tom!

 

[Eracer]

I know glidden isint nitro, but he's my all time idol.

Same Here!

 

[Sean D, shondoo]

Driver - Joe Amato

Crew Chief - Jimmy Prock

Sean D

 

[Mike]

Big and JJ

 

[Kansas Stan]

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.

 

[handsome]

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!

 

[my friends call me Zappy]

Nitro only huh... ok in NO particular order:

Austin Coil / Dick LaHaie / Don Garlits / Tony Schumacher / Don Prudhomme / Alan Johnson

 

[Gordon]

Chuck Beal.