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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.
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 ...
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 ...
The National Hot Rod Association first sanctioned a Winter Nationals in 1960 at Bunnell-Flagler Field (now the Flagler County Airport), the former NOLF Bunnell. The event was co-sanctioned with NASCAR (which was a member of the Automobile Competition Committee for the United States when the NHRA was not at the time) in order to gain national sanction as at the time, NASCAR, USAC, and SCCA were ...
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 ...
Kenny Bernstein: Bruce Allen [10] 1986 Darrell Gwynn: Kenny Bernstein: Warren Johnson [10] 1987 Gary Ormsby: Kenny Bernstein: Jerry Eckman: David Schultz [11] 1988 Joe Amato: Don Prudhomme: Bob Glidden: Russell Nyberg [12] 1989 Dick LaHaie: Kenny Bernstein: Bruce Allen [13] 1990 Gary Ormsby: Chuck Etchells: Darrell Alderman [14] 1991 Tom McEwen ...
The Toyota U.S. Nationals (commonly The Big Go) is an NHRA-sanctioned drag racing event, generally considered to be the most prestigious drag racing event in the world due to its history, size, and purse, held annually at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park in Brownsburg, Indiana.