Top Fuel Dragsters

Author : Robert Genat
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2024-05-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1610592247

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Top Fuel Dragster by Robert Genat Pdf

Author : Denny Von Finn
Publisher : Bellwether Media
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2007-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781612114576

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Top Fuel Dragsters by Denny Von Finn Pdf

Top Fuel drivers and their cars race one-on-one in a straight line. Drag racing is one of the most popular forms of auto racing, and Top Fuel dragsters are the fastest dragsters around. Young readers will explore the technology that enables a Top Fuel dragster to travel faster than 330 miles per hour!

Author : Steve Reyes
Publisher : Cartech
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Drag racers
ISBN : 1613252188

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Top Fuel Dragsters: Drag Racing's Rear-Engine Revolution by Steve Reyes Pdf

In general terms, drag racing is the fastest form of motor racing; within drag racing, Top Fuel is the fastest of the classes. Top Fuel has always been the leading class in terms of technology, cost, excitement, and speed. Over the years, technology has changed greatly. What started out as a flathead engine, four wheels, frame rails, and a steering wheel has morphed into technological wonders producing horsepower figures in the thousands and running supercharged nitromethane cars over the quarter-mile in the 4-second range. Industry legend and veteran journalist Steve Reyes was there through all the technological changes; he has the photos, anecdotes, quotes, and tales of the era. He discusses it all, including the experimentation that led to incredibly exciting racing and wild mishaps. Join him in the pages of this book where he shares all the stories of this incredible racing era.

Author : Tony Sakkis
Publisher : Motorbooks
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 087938770X

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The Anatomy & Development of the Top Fuel Dragster by Tony Sakkis Pdf

THE ANATOMY & DEVELOPMENT OF THE TOP FUEL DRAGSTER reveals the inner workings of drag racing's premier class. The history of Top Fuel dragsters is traced through the cars and career of Big Daddy Don Garits, the sport's most successful and innovative driver and builder. More than 200 black-and-white photos show the cars in detail, from their massive connecting rods to the stretched-out chassis.

Author : Dave McClelland, Tom Madigan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2024-05-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1610609387

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Fuel and Guts by Dave McClelland, Tom Madigan Pdf

Author : Dan Welberry
Publisher : Haynes Publishing UK
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2014-11-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0857332651

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Top Fuel Dragster by Dan Welberry Pdf

Top Fuel Dragsters are the fastest racing cars on the planet. Powered by huge 8,000bhp engines, the quickest cars can accelerate from 0–100mph in less than a second, reaching over 330mph by the end of a quarter-mile timed run. The noise and spectacle of a Top Fuel Dragster in action is truly astonishing. This fascinating manual provides a unique insight into the engineering of these incredible machines, and takes a look behind the scenes from the perspective of the driver and team members to explain how the cars are designed, built, maintained and driven.

Author : Tyrone Georgiou
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781433947100

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Top Fuel Dragsters by Tyrone Georgiou Pdf

Learn about the lightweight dragsters that have their engines rebuilt after every race.

Author : Shirley Muldowney
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781613216224

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Tales from a Top Fuel Dragster by Shirley Muldowney Pdf

Shirley Muldowney not only broke the gender barrier in the National Hot Rod Association in the 1970s, but she also completely rewrote the record books in Top Fuel Eliminator, drag racing’s quickest and fastest category. She was the first woman to receive a Top Fuel license from the NHRA. Between 1977 and 1982, Muldowney won three NHRA Top Fuel championships—the first female ever to win a title in any professional motorsport. She won the prestigious NHRA US Nationals in 1982 and was recently inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame. By the time she retired at the end of the 2003 season, Muldowney had become one of the most recognized and celebrated race car drivers in history. Tales from a Top-Fuel Dragster is an unabashed collection of stories, anecdotes, and opinions in Muldowney’s own unvarnished style of storytelling, laced with her straightforward, take-no-prisoners approach. She has spent her entire lifetime telling it like it is, standing up to the establishment, and refusing to do anything other than in her own way. Politically correct? Hardly. Readers are encouraged to strap themselves in when she shares her many tales. It’s the whole truth and nothing but the truth according to the legendary Shirley Muldowney.

Author : J. Poolos
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2007-07-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1404276378

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Wild About Dragsters by J. Poolos Pdf

Introduces dragsters and funny cars and discusses what they look like, their history, drag racing and similar sports, and related topics.

Author : Robert Genat
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2024-05-20
Category : Antique and classic cars
ISBN : 1610592417

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Vintage and Historic Drag Racers by Robert Genat Pdf

Diggers, funny cars and more of the best vintage drag racers of the late 1950s and 1960s! Genat describes each car's race history and looks at well-known drivers and tuners of the era. See Melvin Heath's Dragster, Don Garlits' Swamp Rat 1, Mickey Weise's 1968 Hemi Dart, and many others. Super Stock drag racing of the 1960s is covered extensively, most notably the radically altered stock bodied vehicles that would forever change the face of drag racing.

Author : Elana Scherr,Don Prudhomme
Publisher : CarTech Inc
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10-16
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781613255186

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Don "The Snake" Prudhomme: My Life Beyond the 1320 by Elana Scherr,Don Prudhomme Pdf

Don "The Snake" Prudhomme reveals for the first time ever his incredible life and career on and off of the drag strip.

Imagine spending a year with Don "The Snake" Prudhomme, having coffee together and talking about his life, his racing, his friends, and his family. He’d tell you about how he rose from being a high school drop-out who was painting cars to a respected Top Fuel dragster driver and successful businessman. You’d hear how he toured the country with Tommy Ivo and "The Hawaiian" Roland Leong, racing all the legends from "Big Daddy" Don Garlits to "The Golden Greek" [Chris] Karamesines. He'd say how he met Tom McEwen and recall how they became the Snake and the Mongoose, leading to a career in Funny Cars that netted him four championships in a row. He'd talk about the thrill of first wins and owning his own teams but also the struggles of bad seasons, crashes and fires, broken parts, and broken contracts. Along the way, he’d speak about the people in his life, such as engine-builder Keith Black and NHRA president Wally Parks, and those who were killed in the wild and unpredictable sport of nitro racing. It wouldn’t be only racing, though. Prudhomme would share lessons he learned about business and life from such varied sources as a neighbor in Granada Hills to Ford GT40 driver Dan Gurney. He also would talk about the importance of family: how his wife, Lynn, and daughter, Donna, changed his world and how finding out about his African-American roots opened his eyes to a culture and inheritance he’d always wanted. This is the experience you’ll get in Don "The Snake" Prudhomme: My Life Beyond the 1320.

Author : Doug Boyce
Publisher : CarTech Inc
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2021-03-15
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781613255827

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Drag Racing in the 1960s by Doug Boyce Pdf

The 1960s were a fascinating decade on the race scene. Relive the memories today through this wonderful new book. Drag racing has a long and storied history. Many have said that the first drag race happened shortly after the second car was made. While that may or may not be true, racing prior to World War II was mostly centered around dry-lake activities and top-speed runs. After the war, drag racing became organized with the formation of the NHRA, and during the 1950s, many tracks were built across America to accommodate the racers. Technology in the 1950s centered on the manufacturers updating old flathead designs into newer overhead-valve designs, and the horsepower race really started to heat up. In many forms of racing, the 1960s brought technological evolution. The decade began with big engines in even bigger stock chassis and ended with purpose-built race-only chassis, fiberglass bodies, fuel injection, nitro methane, and blowers. Quarter-mile times that were in the 13-second range in the beginning of the decade were in the 7-second range by the end. New classes were formed, dedicated cars were built for them, and many racers themselves became recognized names in the sports landscape. In Drag Racing in the 60s: The Evolution in Race Car Technology, veteran author Doug Boyce takes you on a ride through the entire decade from a technological point of view rather than a results-based one. Covered are all the classes, including Super Stocks, Altered Wheelbase cars (which led to Funny Cars), Top Fuelers, Gassers, and more.

Author : Tom Cotter
Publisher : Motorbooks
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2011-03-04
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781610601276

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"TV" Tommy Ivo by Tom Cotter Pdf

2011 International Automotive Media Gold Award Winner In the early 1960s, Tommy Ivo had the world in the palm of his hands. Still a young man, he was already a star of television and film with a promising Hollywood future ahead of him. Then his producers told him he had to quit drag racing. He quit the entertainment industry instead. This is the official story of Ivo’s incredible life and racing career. Readers will follow “TV” Tommy as he becomes the most ambitious drag racer in the nation, building his own cars in the garage behind his Burbank home; becoming the first driver to pilot his dragsters to 170, 175, and 180 miles per hour and towing his cars to match races at small-town drag strips across the United States. Always the showman, Ivo pioneered promotional techniques that are today taken for granted. In this regard especially, his impact on the sport cannot be understated, and his legacy is detailed in this incredible bio of one of drag racing’s most irrepressible characters.

Author : Tom Madigan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Drag racing
ISBN : OCLC:1413392745

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Fuel and Guts by Tom Madigan Pdf

Author : J. Poolos
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2007-07-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1404237925

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Wild About Dragsters by J. Poolos Pdf

Introduces dragsters and funny cars and discusses what they look like, their history, drag racing and similar sports, and related topics.