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The strange car-chase movie 'Vanishing Point' has had an equally strange afterlife, as detailed in this new book about the film and its star, a 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T 440.
Sammy Miller (nicknamed "Slam'n Sammy") (born Samuel Anthony Miller; April 15, 1945 – October 29, 2002) was a dragster and funny car builder in the 1970s and 1980s. [1] [2] Miller was responsible for the "Miller Wedge" digger in 1974 and the rocket-powered Vanishing Point Vega FC in the 1980s. [3]
Vanishing Point is a 1971 American action film directed by Richard C. Sarafian, starring Barry Newman, Cleavon Little, and Dean Jagger. [3] It focuses on a disaffected ex-policeman and race driver delivering a muscle car cross-country to California while high on speed ("uppers" in the story), being chased by police, and meeting various characters along the way.
August 30, 1998. (1998-08-30) (aged 74) Fairmont, West Virginia, USA. Nationality. American. Spouse. Ina Marie Balchowsky (1949–1986; her death) Max Balchowsky (January 15, 1924 - August 30, 1998) was a prominent 1950s and 1960s American race car builder and driver, and was involved in the film industry as a stuntman and an automotive mechanic.
Santa Pod is the venue at which the current world drag racing record, a time of 3.58 seconds at 386.26 miles per hour (621.63 kilometres per hour) was set by Sammy Miller in his Vanishing Point rocket-propelled funny car in July 1984.
A rocket car is a land vehicle propelled by a rocket engine. A rocket dragster is a rocket car used for competing in drag racing, and this type holds the unofficial world record for the 1/4 mile. Opel RAK.1 - World's first public flight of a manned rocket-powered plane on September 30, 1929. Fritz von Opel was instrumental in popularizing ...
[22] [23] It has been compared to similar road movies with an existentialist message from the era, such as Vanishing Point, Easy Rider, and Electra Glide in Blue. Brock Yates, organizer of the Cannonball Run, cites Two-Lane Blacktop as an inspiration for the race and commented on it in his Car and Driver column announcing the first Cannonball ...
Chaparral Cars was a pioneering American automobile racing team and race car developer that engineered, built, and raced cars from 1963 through 1970. Founded in 1962 by American Formula One racers Hap Sharp and Jim Hall , it was named after the roadrunner , a fast-running ground cuckoo also known as a chaparral bird .