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It's 1976, and Rick Johnson has just taken over the reins of Bill Schifsky's Bear Town Shaker Mustang II funny...
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Crew man saves the day! The Run Away Funny Car at Detroit Dragway. Not all the action happens on the...
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Is that really Jungle Jim at Detroit Dragway? The Shocking Unicorn Photo While scrolling through David Paine's recent post on...
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Larry Arnold and the Super Cuda. Update: Since originally publishing this post, David Rubenstein has offered a detailed history of...
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Bill Lawton and the Super Boss Mustang. Bill Lawton showed up at Detroit Dragway in 1969 with the stunning Super...
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Gary Bolger and the Gold Digger Barracuda Funny Car. To me, this photo symbolizes "the way it was" at Detroit...
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Grumpy's Toy Camaro: Killer Pro Stock As I already discussed, opening day at Detroit Dragway for 1970 featured a match...
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Dateline 1970. The scene: The Detroit Dragway season opener. The draw: A best two out of three match between the...
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Walt's Puffer: The Last of the Michigan Fuel Altereds Okay, I'll admit it, this might not be the very last...
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Carl Holbrook was known as Captain CobraJet. Actually, I don't remember anyone calling him that while I was covering drag...
