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Don Nickles |
Mickey Brown (M) from
Pacoima, California
USA
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1958 - Category: GASDRAG, Type: MN, Class: A/D, Div: 7 |
| "Harryman-Brown-Frank" Owned by Mickey Brown & Nye Frank & Dick Harryman
from
Venice, California
USA
| Crew Chief: Dick Harryman |
| '58 Dragster by
Nye Frank |
Powered by Supercharged Gas 403 Oldsmobile by Dick Harryman with
direct drive |
| 1/4 Mile ET: |
10.020 at San Fernando Drag Strip, CA/May 11, 1958 |
1/4 Mile MPH: |
157.01 at San Fernando Drag Strip, CA/Mar. 16, 1958 |
| 1000 FT ET: |
Unknown at Unknown |
1000 FT MPH: |
Unknown at Unknown |
| 1/8 Mile ET: |
Unknown at Unknown |
1/8 Mile MPH: |
Unknown at Unknown |
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Entry's 1958 Performance Ratings (0 to 100) based on comparison to average ET/MPH:
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1/4 Mile Rating: ET 72.28,
MPH 86.88 |
Entry is 0.92778 times average ET and 1.19336 times average MPH |
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1000 FT Rating: ET 00.00,
MPH 00.00 |
Entry is 0.00000 times average ET and 0.00000 times average MPH |
| 1/8 Mile Rating:
ET 00.00,
MPH 00.00 |
Entry is 0.00000 times average ET and 0.00000 times average MPH |
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| 1958 Records: |
1/4 Mile: 9.050 ET, 166.05 MPH |
1000 Ft. 0.000 ET, 0.00 MPH |
1/8 Mile: 0.000 ET, 0.00 MPH |
| 1958 Average: |
1/4 Mile: 10.800 ET, 131.57 MPH |
1000 Ft. 0.000 ET, 0.00 MPH |
1/8 Mile: 0.000 ET, 0.00 MPH |
| 1958 Minimum: |
1/4 Mile: 12.550 ET, 114.23 MPH |
1000 Ft. 0.000 ET, 0.00 MPH |
1/8 Mile: 0.000 ET, 0.00 MPH |
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Notes: Mickey Brown was THE MAN in the gas dragster realm in 1958. It was commonly thought that it wouldn't be possible for a gas dragster to go 150 mph. But if it did happen, Brown was the odds-on favorite to be the one to crack the 150 barrier. He kept inching closer and closer. On Feb. 16 at San Fernando, he set a track record with 147.54 mph. The next week at Lions, he ran 149.75 mph. Oh, so close. On Mar. 2 at San Fernando, he did it-being the first to pilot a gas dragster over 150 mph. He set a world record of 152.28 mph. What had previously been thought an impossible barrier for gas dragsters, he then began running regularly. Two weeks afterward, he upped his world mark at San Fernando to 157.61 mph. A week after that, he set a track record 151.00 mph. On Mar. 30 at San Fernando on Mar. 30, he got Top Eliminator with a 150.75 mph run. He got an identical speed of 150.75 mph in a Top Eliminator win at San Fernando on June 15. The 150 mph barrier was no longer a barrier, and other gas dragsters began running in the 150s, too. But Mickey Brown had been the first to lead the way. He got Low ET at the 2-day event at Chandler Associated Drag Strip in Arizona with a 10.26 clocking. In the first half of the '58 season, Mickey owned the gas dragster laurels. Much credit should go to Dick Harryman, the young Granada Hills engine builder, and Venice chassis builder Nye Frank. Photo: Arizona Republic, May 18, 1958 - MB |
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Submitted by Mel Bashore, Last updated on Monday, August 15, 2022, 12:40:41 PM by
Mel Bashore.
Approved by Super Crew. |
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Rankings updated: 05/04/24 11:05:24 pm EDT
