FUEL FUNNY CARS: THE FIRST TWENTY YEARS

For the latest in drag racing news, please visit . If there is a drag race car design equally as iconic as the rail dragster, it would have to be the Funny Car. Developed out of the Factory Experimental movement of the mid-1960s when drag racers began taking liberties with moving the rear axles forward for better traction, developing peculiar-looking cars or as the late CJ Hart dubbed them, “those Funny Cars.“ The NHRA launched their Funny Car class in 1969, and the purpose of this video was to watch the look and performance of the class over the first two decades. It's not a seasonal highlights video as much as it is to show how much the class has progressed in two decades. It's a lengthy view, but it will be a trip to flopper heaven if you are into Funny Cars. Be sure to download the mobile app; it's a free download at the Apple Store or Google Play.