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Vintage Funny Car Crash - Action!!

Sky-High Flyby

By John Harkness, Photography by John Harkness

Yes, that is a real Funny Car body, and the scoreboard gives you the perspective. This all happened at the March Meet in Bakersfield, California, during the vintage AA/FC race. Newly licensed driver Tom Padilla was on a 6-second pass at about 230 mph when the camshaft snapped, backfiring the blower into the body. The body sailed about 300 feet into the air before crashing down on the racetrack. The driver was fine, but the body is not.

  • Vintage Funny Car Crash
  • Vintage Funny Car Crash
  • Vintage Funny Car Crash
  • Vintage Funny Car Crash
  • Vintage Funny Car Crash
By John Harkness
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