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The Funny Car Eliminator title at the 1971 Winternats would go to Leong's Hawaiian. [ 10 ] with Butch Maas at the wheel. [ 11 ] Don Garlits ' novel rear-engined dragster appeared at the Winternats that year, qualifying with 6.8; his best time of the meet was a 6.70, over Jim Dunn 's 7.58, in the semi-final: Garlits would win, when Kenny Safford ...
Spencer Speedway is a 0.5-mile (0.80 km) flat asphalt oval located in Williamson, New York. The track was built by brothers Del, Walt and Merele Spencer, and opened in August 1955. [ 1 ] It was purchased by John White in 2005, who also owned the Chemung Speedrome .
The 2012 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Season was announced on September 8, 2011. [1] The schedule was revised on October 12, 2011, with the events at Maple Grove Raceway and Gateway International Raceway swapping dates. [2] There were 23 Top Fuel, Funny Car, and Pro Stock car events, and 16 Pro Stock Motorcycle events scheduled.
The following summer Petrocci was fatally injured while visiting the Spencer Speedway when a race car became airborne and crashed into the pit-side grandstands. Petrocci's sons Robert Jr. and Darryl took over operations at the track, and soon teamed up with promoter Glenn Donnelly to become one of the three original tracks that made up Drivers ...
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D. James "Jim" Shampine (March 25, 1941 – September 4, 1982) was one of the most successful drivers in Supermodified competition and an equally skilled racer in asphalt and dirt-track Modified stock cars. He won 92 feature races at Oswego Speedway NY, and with his innovative car designs captured 38% of the Supermodified events held from 1970 ...
The Gatornationals is an annual National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) national drag racing event held each March at Gainesville Raceway in Gainesville, Florida. The event was held for the first time in 1970. [1] The event is one of the sport's most revered with a rich tradition of history-making performances.
He won the Sportsman championship in 1953 and 1954 at Canandaigua Speedway (Canandaigua, New York). [8] He was the Modified division champion at Shangri-La Speedway (Owego, New York) in 1965, 1969, and 1970. [9] In 1965 through 1967, Hoag won three consecutive track championships at Spencer Speedway (Williamson, New York). [10]