Hutch
Nitro Member
- Joined
- Jul 10, 2006
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- Age
- 80
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- Gateshead, England
Draggin In Olde England. The 1973 International Drag Race meeting from Santa Pod Raceway UK.
Featuring from the USA Don Schumacher (Stardust),Paula Murphy (Miss STP) Tony Nancy and Danny Johnson.
YouTube - Draggin In Olde England Part 1
l met Paula at the 2001 NHRA Finals, a very nice woman.
Later in 1973, Paula Murphy had her 3rd and 5th cervical vertebrae cracked in a similar crash with Ky Michaelson's Miss STP rocket dragster at Sears Point Raceway, California. Murphy, experienced with jet cars at Bonneville and Funny Cars on the drag strip, got her rocket car license driving the Pollution Packer. By this time, Michaelson had split from Tony Fox with Dick Keller taking over as rocket engineer on the Pollution Packer team. The Miss STP improved over the Pollution Packer by laying the fuel tank down horizontally and putting the nitrogen bottles farther forward behind the cockpit. Murphy's accident occurred when at the end of the run when she released her first chute and was left virtually brakeless when it ripped away the portion of the frame to which the chute tow lines were secured.
Paula retired from drag racing, she now breeds Cheasepeake Bay Retrievers. To read more American Jet Cars ( Paula Murphy "Miss STP" )
Featuring from the USA Don Schumacher (Stardust),Paula Murphy (Miss STP) Tony Nancy and Danny Johnson.
YouTube - Draggin In Olde England Part 1
l met Paula at the 2001 NHRA Finals, a very nice woman.
Later in 1973, Paula Murphy had her 3rd and 5th cervical vertebrae cracked in a similar crash with Ky Michaelson's Miss STP rocket dragster at Sears Point Raceway, California. Murphy, experienced with jet cars at Bonneville and Funny Cars on the drag strip, got her rocket car license driving the Pollution Packer. By this time, Michaelson had split from Tony Fox with Dick Keller taking over as rocket engineer on the Pollution Packer team. The Miss STP improved over the Pollution Packer by laying the fuel tank down horizontally and putting the nitrogen bottles farther forward behind the cockpit. Murphy's accident occurred when at the end of the run when she released her first chute and was left virtually brakeless when it ripped away the portion of the frame to which the chute tow lines were secured.
Paula retired from drag racing, she now breeds Cheasepeake Bay Retrievers. To read more American Jet Cars ( Paula Murphy "Miss STP" )
