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- Ford Mustang Funny Car at NHRA Pre-Season Test Session, January 2000 - This Ford Mustang funny car was photographed while making a pre-season test run in January 2000. NHRA drag racing competitions feature more than 200 classes, but Funny Car is among the most popular. Funny cars use special supercharged engines that burn nitromethane fuel, but their bodies resemble regular production cars.
- January 01, 2000
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Ford Mustang Funny Car at NHRA Pre-Season Test Session, January 2000
This Ford Mustang funny car was photographed while making a pre-season test run in January 2000. NHRA drag racing competitions feature more than 200 classes, but Funny Car is among the most popular. Funny cars use special supercharged engines that burn nitromethane fuel, but their bodies resemble regular production cars.
- Bill Elliott, 1984 - Bill Elliott made his NASCAR Cup Series debut in 1976, and he took his first checkered flag in 1983. He set NASCAR's all-time qualifying speed record -- 212.809 mph -- at Talladega Superspeedway in 1987, and he won the Cup Series championship in 1988. Always a fan favorite, Elliott was voted Most Popular Driver a record 16 times.
- 1984
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Bill Elliott, 1984
Bill Elliott made his NASCAR Cup Series debut in 1976, and he took his first checkered flag in 1983. He set NASCAR's all-time qualifying speed record -- 212.809 mph -- at Talladega Superspeedway in 1987, and he won the Cup Series championship in 1988. Always a fan favorite, Elliott was voted Most Popular Driver a record 16 times.
- Lyn St. James at Taurus Training, Calumet City, Illinois, December 7, 1996 - Racing driver Lyn St. James's longtime association with Ford Motor Company began soon after she turned pro. Seeing Ford specifically target female car buyers in its advertisements, St. James wrote a letter to the company that pointed out the marketing opportunity in sponsoring her racing efforts. The gambit worked and Ford signed on as a sponsor in 1981.
- December 07, 1996
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Lyn St. James at Taurus Training, Calumet City, Illinois, December 7, 1996
Racing driver Lyn St. James's longtime association with Ford Motor Company began soon after she turned pro. Seeing Ford specifically target female car buyers in its advertisements, St. James wrote a letter to the company that pointed out the marketing opportunity in sponsoring her racing efforts. The gambit worked and Ford signed on as a sponsor in 1981.
- Lyn St. James at IMSA, Watkins Glen, NY, 1985 - Lyn St. James joined the Sports Car Club of America in 1973 and turned pro in 1979. Over the next 12 years, she earned wins at the 24 Hours of Daytona and the 12 Hours of Sebring. St. James is seen here after winning the GTO class in the 1985 Serengeti Drivers New York 500 at Watkins Glen, New York.
- 1985
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Lyn St. James at IMSA, Watkins Glen, NY, 1985
Lyn St. James joined the Sports Car Club of America in 1973 and turned pro in 1979. Over the next 12 years, she earned wins at the 24 Hours of Daytona and the 12 Hours of Sebring. St. James is seen here after winning the GTO class in the 1985 Serengeti Drivers New York 500 at Watkins Glen, New York.