Lew Arrington Jr., a Funny

Car pioneer, passed away on February 24 of heart disease. The former match race

icon was 69.

Lew Arrington Jr., a Funny

Car pioneer, passed away on February 24 of heart disease. The former match race

icon was 69.

Arrington’s career spanned

back to 1957 where he competed at San Fernando Raceway. He later built a

reputation with Pontiac GTOs in the mid-1960s and moved on to Ford and Mopar

entries carrying the famous “Brutus” moniker.

Arrington enjoyed a brief

career as the first licensed rocket Funny Car driver before retiring before

retiring in 1979.

Arrington is survived by

his son, Lew III, a crewmember on John Force’s Funny Car