Search results
Jan 16, 2014 · Besides the 200 front and rear engine dragsters (with a few Gassers and Altereds thrown in), he also built more than 40 Funny Cars based on an incredible chassis jig that his competition scoffed...
My name is Don Long. For more than five decades I’ve designed and built Top Fuel dragsters, cars that have won more races than I can count, along with numerous championships and builder’s awards that I’m very proud of. But, the thing I’m most proud of is my chassis safety record, which is perfect.
Jun 20, 2024 · When built new, the car went through a who’s-who of iconic early dragster masterminds: Don Long built the chassis, Tom Hanna formed the body, and Ed Pink supplied the horsepower. The dragster was active in competition and public displays from 1969 to 1998, and its restoration between 2004 to 2009 has been meticulously documented.
Don Long was one of the greatest dragster and Funny Car chassis builders ever. We talk with him about his chassis theories, favorite drivers, and more.
Mar 9, 2018 · Well, legendary chassis builder Don Long, with tongue firmly planted in cheek, shared with me what he calls Eight Phases of a Sidewinder and/or Streamliner Dragster project: 1) wild...
Mar 10, 2016 · Visually these were the darlings of the dragster world in the mid- to late-1960s, whether shrouding a Woody Gilmore (Race Car Engineering), Don Long, Kent Fuller, Roy Fjastad (Speed Products...
People also ask
How many dragsters did Don long build?
What if you didn't have a long chassis?
What was the lightest chassis you ever built?
Who is Don Long?
Aug 15, 2006 · I hope you are wrong about the spec. chassis. Don Long and Bill Miller are at the forefront of drag race chassis research. REAL research. Bill Miller along with Don Long, outfitted a few Top Fuel cars with strain-gauges. real cars on real tracks under real conditions, at his own expense.
