Showing posts with label sidewinder. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sidewinder. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 30, 2019

A sidewinder dragster I've never heard of before, with Roth Studios on the tailfin



http://georgeklass.net/dragsters.html


The second sidewinder product of Jones, Reed and Mailliard was the 100-inch “5 Cycle Special”, a more refined and sexier progression of the first sidewinder. Again powered by a blown Chrysler Hemi, this time with a Gilmer belt spinning the 6-71 blower, the short dragster was still chain-driven. This was a consistent 9-second car running over 160mph. With Jack Chrisman at the wheel both team’s sidewinders competed at the 1959 NHRA Nationals at Detroit Dragway, with this car going all of the way before losing in the final round.


https://www.hotrod.com/articles/crazy-world-sideways-sidewinder-dragsters/