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Funny Car Fever: The Birth of Drag Racing's Wildest Class

Funny Car Fever: The Birth of Drag Racing's Wildest Class
By Steve Reyes

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There wasn’t always a class for these “funny-looking” cars. In the mid 1960s, many of drag racing’s fastest drivers were outgrowing the Super Stock and Factory Experimental classes, building cars that stretched and eventually broke the rules. Promoters discovered they could pair up these altered-wheelbase, injected, blown machines in exhibition match races—and the spectators came running. Rivalries were born, the Funny Car class was created, and the cars kept getting faster and faster. Funny Car Fever is a humorous, heart-felt, first-hand account of the most exciting and memorable years of the Funny Car class. Steve Reyes followed these fiberglass-bodied, nitro burning machines and their drivers from the years leading up to the creation of the Funny Car class through its halcyon days. He’s included over 350 of his favorite images and more than a few never-before-heard stories to bring the feeling of the class and the era home to you.

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #271880 in Books
  • Published on: 2007-05-01
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 192 pages

Editorial Reviews

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Mike Kelly's Cruise News, July 2007

"The book is of the utmost quality, and if you are like us, flipping through the pages will be a mesmerizing blast from the past."
--Mike Kelly's Cruise News, July 2007

Drag Review Magazine, reviewed by Jim Marchyshyn, May 2007

"Steve Reyes takes us back to a magical era lost in the mist of time. If you love early Funny Cars and the history of our sport, you will want Funny Car Fever in your library."
--Drag Review Magazine, May 2007

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Drag Review Magazine, reviewed by Jim Marchyshyn, May 2007

"Steve Reyes takes us back to a magical era lost in the mist of time. If you love early Funny Cars and the history of our sport, you will want Funny Car Fever in your library."


Mike Kelly's Cruise News, July 2007

"The book is of the utmost quality, and if you are like us, flipping through the pages will be a mesmerizing blast from the past."


Mike Kelly's Cruise News, July 2007

"The book is of the utmost quality, and if you are like us, flipping through the pages will be a mesmerizing blast from the past".

About the Author
Steve Reyes is one of the most published automotive photographers from the 1960s to the 1990s with over 300 magazine covers and a multitude of features within a number of automotive magazines. Reyes is one of four photographers inducted into the International Drag Racing Hall of Fame. He resides in Florida.

















Customer Reviews

Fine pictorial history5
Great mix of static and action shots, with extended captions. Steve shares a lot of his personal knowledge of the drivers and crews. Coverage tapers off around 1975. Not much coverage of the match bashers.

Funny Car Fever by Steve Reyes5
If you care anything about the early years of Funny Car racing, you need to get this book. Steve Reyes was there in those great years of the sport.
National events, match racing at many tracks that are now gone. All the great drivers of the day with awesome photos and many very interesting stories to remember the fun times. I may have to get another copy as I'm sure mine will get worn out.

Best funny car photos ever!!!!!!!!!5
If there is one book on 70's funny cars to own this is it! Tons of color photos with some of the classic magazine cover shots and handout photos. The greatest!!!