{"product_id":"top-fuel-dragsters-of-the-1970s-photo-archive","title":"Top Fuel Dragsters Of The 1970s Photo Archive","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy: Howard V. Koby .\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe early `70s were a pivotal time for rear engine dragsters.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Slingshots\" were front engine fire-breathing diggers where the driver sat just three feet behind the motor.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis set-up proved to be very dangerous, so in 1970 at Lions Drag Strip \"Big Daddy\" Don Garlits vowed, after a horrific transmission explosion in his slingshot Wynns Charger, that he would formulate a design that would put the fuel motor behind him.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe emergence of the rear-engine dragster rekindled the interest in Top Fuel Eliminator class.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLegendary championship drivers like TV Tommy Ivo, Tony Nancy, Gary Beck, Don Prudhomme, Jerry Ruth, Carl Olson, Tom McEwen, Shirley Muldowney, James Warren, Jeb Allen, Herm Peterson, Steve Car-bone and many more, are all portrayed in sensational fire-and-smoke belching action at the race track. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eOther Details\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003ePublisher Code:\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e158388128X\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003eISBN 10:\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e158388128X\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003eISBN 13:\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003ePublished:\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e2004\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e260x215mm\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003ePages:\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e126\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003eIllustrations:\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003eHard Bound, b\/w ill\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003eBarcode:\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e9781583881286\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Iconografix","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47627971887324,"sku":"9781583881286","price":60.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0814\/8297\/3404\/files\/b10866_top_fuel_dragsters_1970s___72140.1339460455.1280.1280.jpg?v=1772088469","url":"https:\/\/automotobookshop.com.au\/products\/top-fuel-dragsters-of-the-1970s-photo-archive","provider":"Automoto Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}