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But Wait, There's More...(BWTM)(briefs)
]]]] Sign the End of the Auto World is Nigh
Bill Elliott, the 1988 NASCAR Winston Cup champion and one of the most popular drivers in the history of NASCAR, has a new company that manufactures and distributes snack foods. We can't wait for them Dodge pork cracklins'.
]]]] Purple prose alert!
We know the folks in carmaker land have a sense of humor, especially when they submit BWTM items lampooning themselves. This comes from a Dearborn, Michigan-based company that shall remain named Ford. Blessedly, we won't see it in release form.
"Press release I stopped editing:
One of my people wrote this. I laughed out loud and, for some reason, thought about you...`The visceral muscular exterior styling and the exhilarating performance feel are accentuated by the rich deep powerful tone of the performance-tuned exhaust that suggests, rather than exclaims, the potency of the package.'''
* Ace delivery driver Slobodan Ignatz says evergreens go down easy, but those deciduous trees are pesky and stubborn and the root of some evil.
- FORCE'S 323-MPH FUNNY CAR REACHING TOP FUEL NUMBERS.(Sports)
- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) Mclaughlin, Mike July 31, 1998 700+ words
...makes him shake his head in disbelief: A funny car, not a dragster, with the top speed...surprise.'' John Force, the winningest funny car driver in NHRA history and 1997 defending NHRA Winston funny car champion, ran a quarter-mile speed...
- A Force in Her Own Right Atop NHRA Standings; Funny Car Legend's Daughter Is...
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post Liz Clarke October 9, 2009 700+ words
...John Force, 60, who boasts a record 14 Funny Car championships. Force Hood, the second...as well as every other driver in the Funny Car class. Heading into this weekend's...Nationals in Petersburg, she sits atop the Funny Car standings, with three races remaining...
- Chevrolet Unveils New NHRA Program; Chevy Backs Camaro Funny Car and S-10...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire January 13, 1997 700+ words
...programs featuring its Camaro in the Funny Car class, and its S-10 Pickup in exhibition...Prudhomme Racing's Copenhagen Camaro Funny Car in the team's first outing in that...who makes his first appearance in the Funny Car division after competing two seasons...
- Cristen Powell Receives Keys to JCIT Funny Car.
- Press release article from: Business Wire August 3, 1999 700+ words
...Will Debut Behind the Wheel of the JCIT Funny Car, at the NHRA 12th Annual Autolite National...Powell to step into the seat of the JCIT Funny Car for the remainder of the season and next...to the winner's circle early in her Funny Car career." "I'm honored and flattered...
- CASTROL FUNNY CAR TEAM DENIED FINALS.(Sports)
- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) Cain, Holly August 2, 1999 700+ words
...Ford Mustangs didn't advance to the Funny Car final round. The two had accounted for...Saturday to drive the JCIT Pontiac Firebird Funny Car, replacing Tim Wilkerson, who was released...still must make one full pass in a Funny Car to get her license for that class of...
- Gallen takes Geezers at The Grove Funny Car title
- Magazine article from: National Dragster Jones, Evan November 6, 2009 700+ words
...Maple Grove Raceway fondly recall the Funny Car battles that featured legends, such...Pam" Hardy, as well as former NHRA Funny Car champion Bruce Larson, who served as...over the years, including a Top Alcohol Funny Car championship at the 1987 NHRA Keystone...
- Funny Car behind him, Bazemore keeps his Whit: Whit Bazemore makes the...
- Newspaper article from: Reading Eagle (Reading, PA) August 15, 2007 700+ words
...at Maple Grove Raceway. Instead of a Funny Car, Bazemore will pilot a sleeker Top Fuel...Bazemore said. "I really was a Funny Car person. I looked at the opportunity...much of a difference between driving a Funny Car and a dragster, but it's night and...
- MEET THE NEW BOSS; Gary Scelzi unseats John Force to claim the NHRA Funny Car...
- Magazine article from: AutoWeek Hart, Roger November 14, 2005 700+ words
...the NHRA Finals at Pomona as the only Funny Car driver in the title hunt-the closest...Ron Capps by eight points and 13-time Funny Car champion John Force by 32. As an exclamation...Scelzi needed some help to claim his first Funny Car title. Qualifying No. 1 put Scelzi...
Source: HighBeam Research, But Wait, There's More...(BWTM)(briefs)