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Top Fuel began a revival, from what looked like a death knell in 1984, with thirty-two entrants for a sixteen-car Funny Car field, including Kenny Bernstein, Ed McCulloch, and Tom McEwen, and Don Prudhomme (who, surprisingly, failed to qualify). [4] High-mounted wings and cylinder heads milled from billet aluminum were the leading technical ...
At the 1978 NHRA Summernationals at Englishtown, Bernstein drove the Chelsea King funny car. [2] He first became a full-time professional Funny Car driver in 1979. The following year, he acquired a sponsorship deal from Anheuser-Busch (with its Budweiser brand), which lasted for thirty years [citation needed] until the new owner of Anheuser-Busch, InBev, elected not to renew his contract.
Kenny Bernstein John Force Warren Johnson John Myers June 10–13 Oldsmobile Springnationals: Columbus, Ohio Doug Herbert Gordie Bonin Warren Johnson John Myers June 24–27 Western Auto Nationals: Topeka, Kan. Eddie Hill John Force Warren Johnson N/A July 22–25 Mopar Parts Mile-High NHRA Nationals: Denver, Colo. Mike Dunn Cruz Pedregon Bob ...
Kenny Bernstein: Warren Johnson 1988 Dick LaHaie: Dale Pulde: Butch Leal 1989 Gary Ormsby: Bruce Larson: Bob Glidden 1990 Lori Johns: K.C. Spurlock: Jerry Eckman 1991 Frank Bradley: John Force: Darrell Alderman 1992 Kenny Bernstein: Jim Epler: Jerry Eckman 1993 Joe Amato: John Force: Warren Johnson 1994 Shelly Anderson: K.C. Spurlock: Warren ...
Traditionally a Labor Day weekend event, the eliminations are usually held on Monday, but moved to Sunday in 2020 and 2021 because of logistics as a result of the coronavirus pandemic compacted the NHRA schedule and for live television purposes (the final round airs live on Fox), and is the longest-running Labor Day motorsports event in the ...
In 2007, Force was involved in a crash at Texas Motorplex, where he veered into Kenny Bernstein after blowing a tire at 327 mph. This crash left Force in the hospital for more than a month and ...
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Kurt Busch (#22 Dodge Charger) obtained an NHRA Pro Stock license and debuted in competition at the Tire Kingdom Gatornationals in March, held during the NASCAR winter off-week. [3] Ashley Force Hood sat out the 2011 season, as she and husband Dan Hood were expecting their first child.
In round one, he defeated the Pontiac Firebird of Jim Dunn (qualified #10) [14] in round one, Hank Johnson in round two, and Kenny Bernstein, whose fueller got badly out of shape, in the semi-final. [15] (qualified War Eagle suffered chassis cracking, which was repaired with the assistance of every other team in the class, just before the final ...