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Marion Lee "Mickey" Thompson (December 7, 1928 – March 16, 1988) ... but Eddie Johnson in car No. 84 qualified 24th and finished 26th.
Dave MacDonald was driving a car owned and designed by Mickey Thompson, the #83 Sears-Allstate Special. [10] It was a rear-engined car that first raced in 1963, updated with a streamlined body for 1964. [11]
Wearing number 555, the car debuted in 1958 at Bonneville, after "an impromptu stop", where it achieved 242 mph (389 km/h) on its very first run. [1] The next week, the car turned in a best speed of 294.117 mph (473.335 km/h), but broke a connecting rod, leaving Thompson unable to back up his speed to make it official. [1]
Duane Carter and Masten Gregory qualified two of Mickey Thompson's radical “rollerskate” cars while Pedro Rodriguez, driving an Aston Martin powered Cooper, was slowest in the field. At the end of the day there were 18 cars qualified, 5 of which qualified over 150 MPH.
The Panorama City Special is a pioneering streamliner dragster. [1]Believed to be the first "slingshot" dragster, [2] the Panorama City Special (designed by hot rodder Mickey Thompson) had a full body, including skirted rear wheels, and a cockpit windshield wrapping around and over the driver. [3]
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The March 84C is a highly successful and extremely competitive open-wheel race car built by March Engineering, to compete in the 1984 IndyCar season. March won 10 out of the 16 races, and took 8 pole positions. Newey's March 84C chassis successfully clinched the 1984 Constructors' Championship, and the 1984 Indianapolis 500 with Rick Mears.