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How’s this for a birthday gift: Two Chrisman dragsters donated to NHRA on its 60th

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What do you get for the 60th anniversary of the organization that’s done the most to legitimize and foster the growth of the sport of drag racing? How about a couple of dragsters? That’s what drag racing collector Bill Lindig recently did when he donated to the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum two dragsters campaigned […]

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Tagged Art Chrisman, drag racing, dragster, Hemmings Daily, museums and collections, NHRA, NHRA 60th anniversary, NHRA museum, racing  
 

Mickey Thompson Twin-Tempest

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Two-cylinders. One 2-71 GMC roots blower. A single Hilborn fuel injector. One magneto. Some nitromethane, and a dynamometer. The resulting 257-horsepower engine shown here was created by taking an already halved Pontiac Tempest four-cylinder engine and halving it again. The cylinder head and block were sealed off by aluminum plates after their appointment with the […]

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Tagged FIA, Hemmings Muscle Machines, hot rods and customs, Land Speed Racing, Land Speed Record, Mickey Thompson, museums and collections, NHRA, racing  
 

NHRA: Sixty Years of Thunder Invades Petersen Automotive Museum

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The Petersen Automotive Museum, located on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, California, will be opening their doors to a new exhibit this weekend. NHRA: Sixty Years of Thunder is devoted solely to the history of the NHRA – from its creation to the modern machines that propel the sport’s biggest names down the quarter-mile in […]

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Tagged drag racing, Hemmings Daily, museums and collections, NHRA, Petersen Automotive Museum, racing  
 

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