NOSTALGIA NITRO FUNNY CARS RETURN TO KCIR
Wed, 2008-08-13 09:00
It has been 20 years or more since historic Kansas City International
Raceway has hosted those mind-blowing five-second, 
250-mph,
nitromethane-burning hot rods known by a variety of names such as Nitro
Coupes, Floppers or, most correctly, AA/Funny Cars.
Not since Kansas City was the home for the fabled American Hot Rod Association and KCIR was the home track for that sanctioning body back in the 1970's and '80s have nitro cars shaken the ground and filled the air with nitro fumes.
That will all change this October 3-5 when the Muscle Car Reunion and Nostalgia Drags at KCIR will host the first annual DragRacingOnline.com AA/Funny Car Invitational. It has been 20 years or more since historic Kansas City International Raceway has hosted those mind-blowing five-second,250-mph, nitromethane-burning hot rods known by a variety of names such as Nitro Coupes, Floppers or, most correctly, AA/Funny Cars.
Not since Kansas City was the home for the fabled American Hot Rod Association and KCIR was the home track for that sanctioning body back in the 1970's and '80s have nitro cars shaken the ground and filled the air with nitro fumes.
That will all change this October 3-5 when the Muscle Car Reunion and Nostalgia Drags at KCIR will host the first annual DragRacingOnline.com AA/Funny Car Invitational.
Among the first teams to accept an invitation was the "Telstar" AA/FC driven by Doc Halladay and tuned by Jerry Newman. The Halladay team won one of the last AHRA Funny Car championships in 1986.
Others who have been invited and accepted include Danny Miller's Maverick and John Dunn's Nova.
In addition to the racing portion of the Muscle Car Reunion and Nostalgia Drags, another AHRA racer, the legendary Roland Leong, will be cackling one of his original Hawaiian AA/FC with Larry Reyes in the cockpit. The one and only "Big Daddy" Don Garlits will also exhibit.
For more information concerning the event or the nitro funny car race contact John Troxel, promoter of the Muscle Car Reunion and Nostalgia Drags, at 573-664-3272 or Jeff Burk, editor of DragRacingOnline.com, at 636-272-6301.
250-mph,
nitromethane-burning hot rods known by a variety of names such as Nitro
Coupes, Floppers or, most correctly, AA/Funny Cars.Not since Kansas City was the home for the fabled American Hot Rod Association and KCIR was the home track for that sanctioning body back in the 1970's and '80s have nitro cars shaken the ground and filled the air with nitro fumes.
That will all change this October 3-5 when the Muscle Car Reunion and Nostalgia Drags at KCIR will host the first annual DragRacingOnline.com AA/Funny Car Invitational. It has been 20 years or more since historic Kansas City International Raceway has hosted those mind-blowing five-second,
250-mph, nitromethane-burning hot rods known by a variety of names such as Nitro Coupes, Floppers or, most correctly, AA/Funny Cars.Not since Kansas City was the home for the fabled American Hot Rod Association and KCIR was the home track for that sanctioning body back in the 1970's and '80s have nitro cars shaken the ground and filled the air with nitro fumes.
That will all change this October 3-5 when the Muscle Car Reunion and Nostalgia Drags at KCIR will host the first annual DragRacingOnline.com AA/Funny Car Invitational.
Among the first teams to accept an invitation was the "Telstar" AA/FC driven by Doc Halladay and tuned by Jerry Newman. The Halladay team won one of the last AHRA Funny Car championships in 1986.
Others who have been invited and accepted include Danny Miller's Maverick and John Dunn's Nova.
In addition to the racing portion of the Muscle Car Reunion and Nostalgia Drags, another AHRA racer, the legendary Roland Leong, will be cackling one of his original Hawaiian AA/FC with Larry Reyes in the cockpit. The one and only "Big Daddy" Don Garlits will also exhibit.
For more information concerning the event or the nitro funny car race contact John Troxel, promoter of the Muscle Car Reunion and Nostalgia Drags, at 573-664-3272 or Jeff Burk, editor of DragRacingOnline.com, at 636-272-6301.
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