Just to see how old you REALLY are post up some pics of the guys you looked up to when you were kids.

Heres mine.....(Big Daddy) back then


And still at it today (well sort of).

http://www.nhra.com/media/2002...s.jpg

 

He's not really a racer, but he did what people told him he couldn't.

 

well I was never alive for anything this old, but I found it the other day, makes me wish I lived in this 'era' of drag racing..

http://www.computermagiconline....html

if you goto "the rounds..." it has 28 pages of funny cars, I found the page while looking for tommy ivo's showboat the other day and wanted to post the link up here somehwere but didn't want to make a new thread

what is garlits car running? thats the first wind screen i've seen on a top fuel car, and the spoiler is definately different, reminds me of an airplane.. i thought that nhra had a rule for specifications for the rear spoiler and thats why they are all the same? first time i've seen one like that, single.

 

Thats his car from 2002. It was revolutionary but didnt make the car any faster, only more unstable. Who knew that more drag was better on the front end?

 

JL, nice find BTW. I have something to read until F1 comes on tomorrow. THANKS!