northwest63 | 08-16-2009 | comment profile send pm notify |
TODD could you put up the slide show please,be the first to see it befor it's on tv |
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Todd | 08-16-2009 | reply profile send pm notify |
Todd | 08-16-2009 | reply profile send pm notify |
Hey Northwest63, not many people know this but my dad was a funny car builder and racer. Here is a couple of his cars that he build and he raced, his race name was Mark Bullet. "Just 4 Chevy Lovers" was Tom Sturm’s calling card to drag racing. Sturm drove the cars himself or used a hired gun. The Sturm & Fischer "Just 4 Chevy Lovers" Corvair was no different, being handled by Clyde Morgan, Bob Smith, Mark Bullet, and Sturm himself. Driver Bullet had built the car, but it was Bob Smith who coaxed the best times out of it with a 7.68, 179 pass. Most runs were in the low 8-second range. A unique feature of this Corvair was that it sported a vinyl top! (Leonard Maxwell photo courtesy of Bob Plumer and Drag Race Memories; info from Draglist.com files) |
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Todd | 08-16-2009 | reply profile send pm notify |
Tom Sturm was one of the first funny car racers in the United States. The “Just 4 Chevy Lovers†Chevelle was a fan favorite. Sturm shared the driver’s seat with famous racers such as Bob Churchill, Tom Jacobsen, Mark Bullet, Bob Smith, Gordon Mineo, Clyde Morgan, and Dale Armstrong. |
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Todd | 08-16-2009 | reply profile send pm notify |
Here is a picture i just found on ebay of my dads camaro racing a ford. Funny this stuff is selling on ebay. My dad build and raced this car and won the winter nationals at lions drag strip one year. |
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Todd | 08-16-2009 | reply profile send pm notify |
'67 Chevrolet Camaro built by Mark Bullet | Powered by a 427 cubic inch Chevrolet with 3 speed manual transmission 1/4 Mile ET: 8.965 at Unknown | 1/4 Mile MPH: 157.06 at Unknown Now remember this was back in 1968.
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Big Tobacco | 08-16-2009 | reply profile send pm notify |
Careful Todd! You start talking about Lion's and you're going to date yourself! Those are some really cool cars! I think the most unique feature of the Corvair is that it's actually running! Big T |
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mtnpumper | 08-16-2009 | reply profile send pm notify |
Growing up had a 67 Camaro did some local racing, latter bought a 16' Stevens flatbottom with a smallblock chevy then a friend bought the boat and put a blower on it, Scariest ride I have ever been on! |
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biged | 08-16-2009 | reply profile send pm notify |
Todd since we no your age you got to change that music to the Beach Boys little 409 or something not that rap junk. |
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northwest63 | 08-16-2009 | reply profile send pm notify |
nice TODD and there chevy's thanks for puting it up.love them all drag race photo's. INJOY THE SHOW |