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Pete is the son of Olaf Robinson brother to Lowell Galen Robinson or "LG". Olaf had two sons Torch and Pete Robinson. Pete married wife Sandra Robinson on October, 27 1962, at the family home in Fitzgerald. They lived in Atlanta where Pete owned Pete's Engineering Company and raced NHRA top fuel dragsters.
Donovan completed work on the engine in 1970, and first sold it in 1971; [2] the first driver to use a Donovan hemi was "Kansas John" Wiebe, at the 1971 NHRA Super Nationals, where Wiebe very nearly won Top Fuel. [1] By 1972, it was commonplace in Top Fuel dragsters, [2] and Altereds would also use it. [4]
He also entered the 1971 NHRA U.S. Nationals at Indianapolis Raceway Park in Clermont, Indiana, where he was #3 qualifier, and lost in the sei-final to top qualifier Garlits in Swamp Rat 14. [6] His final 1972 Top Fuel event was the Supernats at Ontario Motor Speedway , in Ontario, California ; Olson qualified #13, and went out in round two to ...
Two Top Fuel dragsters side by side during an NHRA event in 2012. Top Fuel is a type of drag racing whose dragsters are the quickest accelerating racing cars in the world and the fastest sanctioned category of drag racing, with the fastest competitors reaching speeds of 338.94 miles per hour (545.5 km/h) and finishing the 1,000 foot (304.8 m) runs in 3.641 seconds.
In 1969, Leong abandoned campaigning Top Fuel Dragster in favor of the burgeoning Funny Car class. The following year, with driver Larry Reyes, Leong campaigned a 1970 Dodge Charger AA/Funny Car that won its class at the 1970 NHRA Winternationals.
Shirley Muldowney (born June 19, 1940), also known professionally as "Cha Cha" and the "First Lady of Drag Racing", is an American auto racer.She was the first woman to receive a license from the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) to drive a Top Fuel dragster.
In 1965, he faced Hot Wheels teammate Prudhomme at the Hot Rod Magazine Championship Drag Races, held at Riverside Raceway, "one of the most significant drag racing events" [6] of that era; the Top Fuel Eliminator (TFE) trophy that year went to Jim Warren. [7] McEwen also drove the ill-fated Super Mustang at its debut at the 1967 Winternats. [4]
Drag racing has continued, with six types of cars used: Top Fuel, Funny Cars, Pro Stock, Pro Stock bikes, Top Fuel Dragsters and Pro Stock trucks. [6] Top fuel cars are the fastest cars used, nitromethane fueled, can accelerate from 0 to 100 mph in under a second and can reach 330 mph. [ 2 ] [ 6 ] Funny cars are fueled by nitromethane and ...