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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.
Bernstein fielded Buick Regals until General Motors pulled the brand from NASCAR following the 1991 season; after that, the team competed with Ford Thunderbirds. King’s first season was 1986 with the 26 being driven by Joe Ruttman with Larry McReynolds , who had begun working in the sport nearly ten years earlier, as crew chief.
Armstrong (left) working on Kenny Bernstein's car. Dale Armstrong (1941 – November 28, 2014) was a Canadian drag racer and crew chief. After winning 12 National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) and 12 International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) events in the 1970s, [1] including the Pro Comp title in 1975, he became Kenny Bernstein's crew chief.
After sitting out the 2021 and 2023 Super Bowls, the Budweiser Clydesdales are back for 2024 with a full 60-second spot. ... Show comments. Advertisement. Advertisement. In Other News.
The event moved first to [2] Oklahoma City's Oklahoma State Fairgrounds for the "4th annual National Championship Drag Races Sponsored by the National Hot Rod Association" in 1958, then moved to Detroit Dragway in Detroit, Michigan for 1959-1960 before moving to Indianapolis Raceway Park in 1961, and has remained there ever since, after a ...
As of May 2009, Schumacher leads the table with 59 wins with Dixon currently on 44. Joe Amato ranks 2nd on All-Time leader board with 52 victories in NHRA Top Fuel Competition. In 2009, Dixon left the Prudhomme Racing camp, and went to work as the Top Fuel driver at Al-Anabi Racing, with legendary crew chief Alan Johnson working his pits, as ...
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 ...
The Rev. Jeff Hood and supporters of Oklahoma death row inmate Anthony Sanchez proclaim his innocence during a news conference at the Oklahoma Capitol in Oklahoma City, May 25, 2023. (Sean Murphy/AP)