TopFuel@Lions
Nitro Member
This was year #2 for the largest booked-in Funny Car race of 1968, the 2nd annual Manufactures Funny Car Championships at East Irvine, California's Orange County International Raceway. unreal people!
THE TEAMS
Chevrolet
1.Jungle Jim
2.Doug's Headers
3.Bruce Larson
4.Ward & Guzman's Assassination
Dodge
1.Nelson Carter's Super Chief
2.Gene Snow
3.Charlie Allen
4.Rodger Lindamood's Color Me Gone
5.Al Vanderwoude's Flying Dutchman
Ford
1.Tommy Grove's Going Thing
2.Dick Loehr's Stampede
3.Gas Rhonda
4.Boss Hoss
5.Stone-Woods-Cooke
Mercury
1.Fast Eddie Shartman
2.Jack Christman
3.Dee Keaton
4.Kenz & Leslie
5.Pete Gate's Gate Job
Pontiac
1.Lew Arrington's Brutus
2.Jess Tyree
3.Gene Conway
4.Rusty Delling's New Breed
5.Super Bird
Plymouth
1.Don Shumacher's Stardust
2.Fred Goeske
3.Candies & Hughes
4.Super Cuda
5.Big John Mazmanian
That would be 6 teams at 5 cars per team, 30 cars.
The Alternates
1.Burkhart & Schmidt
2.Rich Hammon's Samson
3.Gordon Mineo
4.Steve Bovan
5.Lee Jones
6.Psycho Mustang
7.Ray Alley
8.Souza Brothers
9.Eddie Pauling's Whinemaker
10.Parts Mart
11.Secret Weapon
12.Destroyer Jeep
13.King Rebel
14.Clyde Morgan
15.Randy Walls
16.Doug's Javelin
17.Vicious Too
18.Raunchy
19.Trojan Horse
20.Blue Fox
21.Travelin Javelin
22.Kansas Badman
23.Mako Shark
24.Larry Reyes
That is 24-cars on the property as alternates folks, 54 Funny Cars on the ground!!
General Admission:$4.00 Pit Pass:$1.00
Reserved Seat spect. Side:$5.00
Reserved Seat Pit Side:$6.00
Children 12 and under: Free.
What a stout line up this Saturday night, Novemeber 23rd, 1968.
More on my view and experience that day with my dad later. Oh yea, both Lions and Irwindale had good meets that night as well, we had it so good!
TopFuel@Lions
Talladega Announcer
THE TEAMS
Chevrolet
1.Jungle Jim
2.Doug's Headers
3.Bruce Larson
4.Ward & Guzman's Assassination
Dodge
1.Nelson Carter's Super Chief
2.Gene Snow
3.Charlie Allen
4.Rodger Lindamood's Color Me Gone
5.Al Vanderwoude's Flying Dutchman
Ford
1.Tommy Grove's Going Thing
2.Dick Loehr's Stampede
3.Gas Rhonda
4.Boss Hoss
5.Stone-Woods-Cooke
Mercury
1.Fast Eddie Shartman
2.Jack Christman
3.Dee Keaton
4.Kenz & Leslie
5.Pete Gate's Gate Job
Pontiac
1.Lew Arrington's Brutus
2.Jess Tyree
3.Gene Conway
4.Rusty Delling's New Breed
5.Super Bird
Plymouth
1.Don Shumacher's Stardust
2.Fred Goeske
3.Candies & Hughes
4.Super Cuda
5.Big John Mazmanian
That would be 6 teams at 5 cars per team, 30 cars.
The Alternates
1.Burkhart & Schmidt
2.Rich Hammon's Samson
3.Gordon Mineo
4.Steve Bovan
5.Lee Jones
6.Psycho Mustang
7.Ray Alley
8.Souza Brothers
9.Eddie Pauling's Whinemaker
10.Parts Mart
11.Secret Weapon
12.Destroyer Jeep
13.King Rebel
14.Clyde Morgan
15.Randy Walls
16.Doug's Javelin
17.Vicious Too
18.Raunchy
19.Trojan Horse
20.Blue Fox
21.Travelin Javelin
22.Kansas Badman
23.Mako Shark
24.Larry Reyes
That is 24-cars on the property as alternates folks, 54 Funny Cars on the ground!!
General Admission:$4.00 Pit Pass:$1.00
Reserved Seat spect. Side:$5.00
Reserved Seat Pit Side:$6.00
Children 12 and under: Free.
What a stout line up this Saturday night, Novemeber 23rd, 1968.
More on my view and experience that day with my dad later. Oh yea, both Lions and Irwindale had good meets that night as well, we had it so good!
TopFuel@Lions
Talladega Announcer