Favorite Nitro Burning Camaro Funny Car? (1 Viewer)

[TopFuel@Lions]

Holy moly can this one open up a can of flopper worms. Your favorite nitro burning Camaro Funny Car, any era.

Maybe one of these?

Ron O' Donnell Chapman Automotive Outa Site
"Professor" Kelly Chadwick
Pisano Bros
"Big" Mike Burkhart
Bruce Larson USA-1
"Mr. Chevrolet" Dick Harrell
Bob Sullivan's "Pandemonium"
Dick Rosberg's "Fighting Irish"
Jungle Jim
Gervase O' Neal's "King Rat"

Those are a scant few of the very many, who ya got?

[email protected] watching Kelly Chadwick's "Steakley Chevrolet" Injected door S/XS on a Saturday at Lions with my dad workin' over a chile tamale!

 

[Paul]

 

[Cliff]

Does Force's Mustang turned Camaro count?

 

[junglevsbrutus]

Sifting through all of the many great Camaro FCs through the years I think I'm going to pick Jungle Jim's '71 Honest Charley/Brigg's Chevrolet Camaro. I loved that pure cyan blue (a blue w/ no red in it) over pearl white. JJ's '70 season Camaro was cool but I preferred the mini Camaro face of the '71. And like so many I wasn't a fan of any red JJ car (Novas, Camaros, Vegas or Monzas). Because the '72 JJ Camaro was very similar looking I'd call that a close second. That one had the flames and JJ's first narrow/dragster cage chassis.

If I had to pick a non-JJ Camaro I think I'd say the '71 Mike Burkhart Camaro driven by Charlie Therwhanger. It was a great combination of amazing performances and a unique color scheme. This was arguably the last true competitive Chevy-powered FC. In fact, Therwhanger won the very first IHRA national event at Rockingham (defeated the Hawaiian in the final). The paint was a dark candy maroon w/ orange faded panels, separated by thin yellow stripes.

 

[5150 mechanic]

Thats an easy one,,, all of them!

 

[5150 mechanic]

True camaro, I like the Powers steel nostalgia fc. Camaro from another mother, WAR EAGLE!

 

[jimbo]

Does Force's Mustang turned Camaro count?

I am a visual person and not taking anything away of the graphic folks who have done great jobs, would like to see side by side comparisons without paint and graphics, to back this claim up.

Yes I agree most of the "modern" AA/FC do look like sleds!

 

[mikebcurve]

I am a visual person and not taking anything away of the graphic folks who have done great jobs, would like to see side by side comparisons without paint and graphics, to back this claim up.

Yes I agree most of the "modern" AA/FC do look like sleds!

I think he is referring to when Force switched to Chevrolet. They didn’t have a Camaro body ready yet and they literally put Camaro decals on their Mustang bodies.

 

[twostep]

Mike Burkhart's Doran Chevrolet Camaro, first FC I ever saw make a pass (Green Valley, Ft Worth). I remember my jaw dropping as it ran 190mph, quite a feat in 1967. I'm sure Mike had a nickname but 'Tiny' wasn't it. Look inside the car....

My favorite Camaro in 2023 isn't a Funny Car at all but rather a bracket racer looking doorslammer with a bit of chemical assistance.

 

[Butch]

Powers Steel

 

[mick]

homage to this site

 

[Oldwino]

I am a visual person and not taking anything away of the graphic folks who have done great jobs, would like to see side by side comparisons without paint and graphics, to back this claim up.

Yes I agree most of the "modern" AA/FC do look like sleds!

agreed, except the Tosca designed Mustang it looks like most came from the same mold. Put a Camero, Dodge or? Wrap and you can be whatever your sponsors want

 

[jimbo]

I think he is referring to when Force switched to Chevrolet. They didn’t have a Camaro body ready yet and they literally put Camaro decals on their Mustang bodies.

No, Really? Did that really happen? I am serious.

 

[mikebcurve]

No, Really? Did that really happen? I am serious.

Yes, lol. This is all I could find on it.

NHRA ALLOWS FORCE TO CONVERT PREVIOUS MUSTANG BODY TO NEW CAMARO | Competition Plus

John Force has yet to hit the track in 2015 with his new Camaro Funny Car body, and already the carbon fiber shell has become a lightning rod of criticism from fellow racers and teams owners suggesting the 16-time champion circumvented the approval process. Glen Gray, NHRA’s VP of Technical...

competitionplus.com

 

[jimbo]

Yes, lol. This is all I could find on it.

NHRA ALLOWS FORCE TO CONVERT PREVIOUS MUSTANG BODY TO NEW CAMARO | Competition Plus

John Force has yet to hit the track in 2015 with his new Camaro Funny Car body, and already the carbon fiber shell has become a lightning rod of criticism from fellow racers and teams owners suggesting the 16-time champion circumvented the approval process. Glen Gray, NHRA’s VP of Technical...

competitionplus.com

Had never seen that before! Great read. Thank You!

 

[Just Paul]

Ed McCulloch early 84 Camaro they called a Cutlass because the first Olds Firenza body wasn't done yet. Looked super cool with the huge Crower 8 port injector. I think he only ran it Pomona, Gainesville, Atlanta.

John Collins JVC Camaro

Ron Capps first Copenhagen car in 97. Simple, but I really liked it.

 

[timebombkal]

Billy Meyers Camaro

 

[SoCal Racer]

Well we can't even have this conversation without a couple of the great earlier FCs; Bruce Larson's Gen 2, and Dick Harrell's beautiful '69.

 

[SoCal Racer]

But a personal favorite even though they were not "full tour" racers. Seen occasionally at tracks local to their northern Ohio home, the Wahlay Bros. I got to see this car making some of its initial shakedown runs, and like their previous Barracuda FC, it was a great looking car.

 

[tmwracing]

Broadway Freddy