Description
By: Steve Reyes .
The front-engine slingshot is without a doubt the most distinctive style of dragster to emerge from drag racing's early years. There was no slowing down the drag racers of the 1950s. Mickey Thompson made it known he was an innovator and top racer when he introduced the slingshot dragster design, which incorporated the narrowed rear-end principle.
California was the early hotbed for drag racing, and the front-engine top-fuel dragster was the king of the quarter mile. Photographer and author Steve Reyes was on hand to capture these quarter-mile warriors blaze down the asphalt. Steve photographed this bygone style of dragsters from 1963 to 1971, gathering the best photos and finding many behind-the-scenes adventures along the way.
Follow the history of the front-engine dragster in Slingshot Spectacular: The Front- Engine Dragster Era, with over 350 vintage photos and personal stories straight from the man who was on hand to witness it all.
