Gallery: The California Hot Rod Reunion Put Vintage Speed on Display

There’s nothing quite like seeing a Top Fuel Dragster or Funny Car in person. Your chest rattles from the ground-pounding ...
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Why NHRA Funny Cars Are Called Funny Cars

According to The Shop magazine, racing historian Leo Levine investigated who came up with the nickname that stuck. Credit, he determined, went to Fran Hernandez, the head of Mercury’s racing program, ...
Austin American-Statesman

Cars We Remember column: Those wild, incredible Jeep funny cars and the first ever consumer Jeep

Q: Greg I‘ve always loved those few but fast Jeep funny cars that raced in the mid-1960s. I remember the names “Destroyer” and “Secret Weapon,” but would love to hear your memories of these Jeeps that ...
Austin American-Statesman

Cars We Remember column: Chevrolet Corvair: On the street and at the race track

Q: Greg can you give us some info on the Chevrolet Corvair, especially those you came across during your racing days in the 1960s? Also, your opinion of the Corvair as a collectible car is also ...
The Florida Times-Union

Cars We Remember column: Top 5 ‘non muscle car’ muscle cars from the 1960s

Q: Greg, I see a lot of different muscle cars from the 1960s and am wondering which specific models were built as non-muscle cars but you could order with a real muscle car drivetrain and ride around ...
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How Long Can A Funny Car Engine Run Before It Has To Be Rebuilt?

The history of funny cars dates back to the 1960s, and while it's not possible to pinpoint exactly who coined the phrase and why, many experts in the drag racing field agree the name originates from ...