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Gary Gabelich (M) from
Long Beach, California
USA
(Comp Nr/Finish:
55) |
1966 - Category: TOPFUEL, Type: TN, Class: AA/FD, Div: 7 |
| "Purple Gang" Owned by Ronnie Rapp, Vince Rossi & Chayo Maldonado
from
Fullerton, California
USA
| Crew Chief: Vince Rossi |
| '65 Dragster by
Pete Ogden |
Powered by Supercharged Nitro 398 Chrysler Hemi with
direct drive |
| 1/4 Mile ET: |
7.320 at (March '67 Drag Racing USA) |
1/4 Mile MPH: |
214.70 at (March '67 Drag Racing USA) |
| 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 1966 Performance Ratings (0 to 100) based on comparison to average ET/MPH:
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1/4 Mile Rating: ET 74.30,
MPH 77.59 |
Entry is 0.95437 times average ET and 1.05204 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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| 1966 Records: |
1/4 Mile: 6.950 ET, 223.32 MPH |
1000 Ft. 0.000 ET, 0.00 MPH |
1/8 Mile: 0.000 ET, 0.00 MPH |
| 1966 Average: |
1/4 Mile: 7.670 ET, 204.08 MPH |
1000 Ft. 0.000 ET, 0.00 MPH |
1/8 Mile: 0.000 ET, 0.00 MPH |
| 1966 Minimum: |
1/4 Mile: 8.390 ET, 186.57 MPH |
1000 Ft. 0.000 ET, 0.00 MPH |
1/8 Mile: 0.000 ET, 0.00 MPH |
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Notes: This car had an interesting story. It had sat in the rafters at Woody Gilmore's Race Car Engineering shop. The dusty chassis had been up there for a while when Ronnie Rapp visited the shop. He was just looking around and noticed the frame in the rafters. He asked about it and found out that it was Pete Ogden's car, but when Pete decided to do away with racing, it ended up there. Once Rapp knew the car was available, he called Chayo Maldonado and Vince Rossi to come to have a look. They all crawled into the rafters to have a look at the 155" chassis. A deal was struck, and the team went about finishing the car. It took six weeks from the time they brought it home to having it running at the track. Dick Dean did the tail section while Doug Kruse did the nose. Tony Nancy stitched up the upholstery. The chassis was originally built by RCE. It used an Olds rear end with 3.42 gears. The team ran a 392 Hemi that was bored out to 398. The stock crank was polished and micro-finished by Reath. M/T rods and pistons were used. Neil Leffler reworked the GMC 6/71 blower, which sat on an Edelbrock manifold. Up top sat an Enderle injection unit. There was no transmission, as it used an RCS direct-drive set-up. The car weight was 1,320 lbs. The best times according to the March '67 Drag Racing USA issue was 7.32/214.70. | The first-ever run was a 9.00/117 at Lions. At the Bakersfield March Meet, the team went two rounds before losing the motor against Jimmy Nix in round three. Gary was at Lions for an eight-car show on April 30. He qualified #4 with an 8.08/199.10, and he advanced past round one with an 8.27/145.39. In the semifinals, his 8.01/191.08 beat Don Cook's 8.17/160. This put him into the final against James Warren and the “Warren-Coburn" car. Gabelich didn't have any fuel to make the final, so Roger Coburn stepped up and offered some. It must have been good fuel since Gary ran his first 200 mph run with a 7.76/204.54 that beat Warren's late 7.59/205. Gabelich was at Lions on July 2 for an eight-car show. He qualified #6, and in the first round, his opponent, Don Hampton, lost fire. Gary ran 10.44 to advance. In the semifinals, his 7.81/161.29 beat Jack Ewell's 8.01/203. He faced Dave Beebe in the final, and few were beating Dave at either Lions or Irwindale at this period. Sure enough, Dave's 7.69/199 got the victory over Gary's ailing 8.47/144.92. | Also confirmed 7.35/213.28 at Lions 1966. |
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Submitted by Draglist Archives, Last updated on Monday, August 30, 2021, 01:18:36 PM by
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Rankings updated: 05/04/24 07:04:30 pm EDT
