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I’ve got a challenge for Bob Reese: please find a picture of Eddie Pauling’s “Whinemaker” Cougar rear-engine funny car from the late ‘60s. I saw it race several times at the original Tucson Dragway but didn’t have a camera.
The car was wiped out at Tucson in 1969(?) when it got airborne at 180+.
It never really hooked up and it was not unusual for it smoke the tires almost the quarter mile.
It was a beautiful car.

 

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Way to go Jim!
I always enjoyed seeing that car run.
Obviously, in that wheelie picture, the car could hook, but it was usually a smoke show at Tucson.
Interesting seeing all the weight on the front end in the wheelie shot. It looks like the only thing securing it to the front end is a bunch of 200 mph tape.
Thanks.

 

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Just some random shots from my magazines. Write your own caption
Might have posted some of these pictures already

 

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Few more photo greats!

"Big" Jim Dunn AA/FD 1969

Jim Nicoll AA/FD 1968

TV Tommy Ivo AA/FD 1969

Roger Toth in the seat "Hemi Hunter" AA/FD 1972 Big block Chevy on nitro

The late John Mulligan AA/FD 1969

The late Les Allen AA/FD 1970

Jerry "The King" Ruth AA/FD 1970

"Kansas" John Wiebe AA/FD 1971

Ad from 1965 When the yellow stuff was cheap. Love the benzene part

The Goo$e smoking the tires in the lights at Carlsbad 1967

 

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TV Tommy Ivo going on his head 1974 NHRA Winternationals

 

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None of these pictures are from my magazines. They are taken from Fuel Curve
All photos by British Columbia, Canada resident Larry Pfister
Seattle 64 Funny Cars 1975 and 1976 maybe some from 1974
I was there, what a great time to be 16 years old and going to the drags!
Part one

 

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Part two

 

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Part three

 

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Thanks Jim. I never heard of Fuel Curve before. Some neat stuff on that site. Good find.

 

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Thanks Jim. I never heard of Fuel Curve before. Some neat stuff on that site. Good find.

Fuel Curve has bin around since May of 2016. I found it in June 2016 when I was on the
Goodguys website buying a discount ticket to the Friday night drags at Pacific.
The index bar on top of the main page, click on Time Capsule good stuff, but the hole site
is a good read.

Performance Automotive Lifestyle Purists

Performance Automotive Lifestyle Purists

www.fuelcurve.com

 

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Something different this time...Part one

 

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Something different this time...Part two

And Now Back To The Good Stuff...

Photo shoot Hot Rod magazine. "LIL" John Lombardo 1972 Vega AA/FC

Harry Schmidt's Mustang body nitro burning plastic fantastic. Drag Racing magazine 1971 didn't say who was in the seat. Maybe Raymond Beadle? This was before the car became "The Blue Max"
As they say, "The rest is history" It could be Jake Johnston in the seat would be my guess

Al Segrini Vega body AA/FC. I love hot pants

Dave Condit in the seat. Beaver Bros. "L.A. Hooker" Mustang AA/FC

My all time favorite AA/FC pilot "The Ace" Ed McCulloch

 

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Days Of Future Passed

The AA/FD of Creitz & Donovan with the late Steve Carbone in the seat. 1969

No ID. AA/FD but what a great shot, wheels up smoking the tires and heading for the traps.

AA/FD The late John Mulligan at OCIR, PDA Race 1969

AA/FD Tommy Allen at Lions 1969

Carl Olson AA/FD at OCIR 1968

The late Phil Castronovo in his 1969 Dodge Charger body AA/FC

"Jungle Jim" In his 1969 Chevy Nova AA/FC at Fremont

AA/FC "Alabama Express" 1971 Plymouth Demon body

Great shot of the late Pat Foster in the Barry Setzer Chevy Vega body AA/FC

Fiberglass Forest

 

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Senior Citizens Wish They Were Young

Ken Mott vs Gene Snow at the old Alamo Dragway, AHRA 1975 race

Nitro burning 1969 Mercury Cougar body flopper

This was a good running BB/FC back in 1975. Bob Gottschalk in the seat

Dick Rosberg in the seat. Tim Beebe's AA/FC 1973

Joe Lee in his 1972 Dodge Charger body AA/FC at Indy

Larry Huff's "Soapy Sales" AA/FC

Rick Johnson in the seat "Beartown Shaker" AA/FC Pomona 1977

Linda, talk to her a few times over the years. Nice lady

Mickey Thompson's Mustang body AA/FC having a bad day at Lions 1970. Arnie Behling in the
seat, Arnie was ok

 

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Trippin Back In Time

Randy Allison in the seat. Allison Bros. AA/FD 1972 at OCIR

Winner of Top Fuel. Suffolk, VA Div 2 race 1972 the late Clayton Harris second from the left

Jim Paoli AA/FD 1972 at Lions

John Rodeck AA/FD 1971 at OCIR

Steve Hodkinson AA/FD 1976 US Nationals

I was given these 2 pictures years ago. Have no idea who? senior moment
The L.A. Hooker, Vega and Mustang body AA/FC
Art is a beautiful thing. Don't you think

Ron Willams in his Ford Pinto body AA/FC at Bakersfield

Gary Dyer in the "Mr. Norm's Super Charger" AA/FC 1976

From Hot Rod magazine, Funny Car Pictoral 1972. No ID cool shot, for sure it's Lions
It was cool when floppers had see threw rear window

 

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Girls at the drags...

Bill doesn't look to grumpy here

 

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Back in the day when SoCal was the hot bed for anything and everything Nitro, what the Hell happen?

 

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What the Hell happen?...Part 2

 

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Always thought (still do). When I started going to the drags in the late 60s.
Was the garb they wore back in the day was cool, especially the breather fire mask. BITCHIN

 

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Just some more masks...Part 2

No mask needed