Does any of the older funny car drivers hang out here? (besides the SHOE)

Maybe we could talk Jrod into letting Ray Alley join fer Free

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It would be cool to hear from guys like Beadle, Pulde, Segrini, etc. I wonder what they think of NHRA these days...

How about Bruce Larson? Anyone know what he's been up to lately? Jim White?

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I sent an email to lots of folks letting them know of the changes to Nitromater and asking them if they ever posted, and left because of some of the nonsense that has gone on here, to please come back and take another look. Bruce and some others are on that list and Pulde & Nicoll post occasionally in one of the Yahoo Groups. More then a few of the pioneers of drag racing post in the Groups. A message board format is much more user friendly, and keeps all the posts out of your email box and if photos are attached, you don't have to scroll through 3 screens of 'junk' to get to the photo, or worry about jamming up people on dial up who can't take big files. I hope some of them will come over to Nitromater.

Larson hosts a nostalgia car show at his place in Pennsylvania in November every year.

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Thanks Jackee. Though I never knew him personally, I grew up watching him match race at E-Town all the time & it was really cool when he and Maynard Yingst (tragic loss) won the title. Been on the left coast ever since...

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Bruce Larson was at the York US30 reunion this past weekend, displaying his Sentry Olds F/C this year.

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Originally Posted by Brett Rose Bruce Larson was at the York US30 reunion this past weekend, displaying his Sentry Olds F/C this year.

Isn't one of Bruce's Sentry cars in the Smithsonian along with Big's?

Or am I suffering from brain fade again?

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Yes, it still is. The car he had at York was the backup/show car to the one currently in the Smithsonian.

Bring back Al Hoffman

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I managed to cross paths with Arnie Karp recently. I told him a lot of people here would appreciate him. We'll see.

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If the tradition continues, Bruce will be running his '68 USA-1 Camaro F/C at the ETown's Funny Car Reunion this month. A funny car with a door - the best of both worlds!

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I grew up in nearby Jackson - Exit 7A - about ten minutes from Great Adventure, but I spent the majority of my summers at... yeah, you guessed it. Do they still run Crazy Eddie's Night of Thrills too?

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Today it's called the Summer Motorsports Spectacular but yup, it's still going strong. It's tonight. Unfortunately work stunk, it rained like crazy up by me and I figured it was be rained out. Looks like it's going off without a hitch... without me there. NJ's own Doug Foley is running tonight too. Double bummer that I missed it.

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