A Cord on El Mirage in the 1950's, hot rodded and racing the clock

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Funny Car Summer, documentary movie available from Netflix, follows Jim Dunn through the 1974 funny car races, and gives a good look at 1974

the car he raced was this rear engined Barracuda, one of only 2 rear engined funny cars racing in 1974his ordinary job for 47 weeks a year was as a firefighterthe movie covers the drag strips in So Cal mostly, but also Oklahoma and Utahand I've no idea why the races at El Mirage and Bonneville are in the movie, or even if they are from 1974Carl and Veda Orr!and no shit, they lit the back tire on fire...

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