Freight Train (dragster)

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Freight Train
Overview
Designer Nye Frank
Body and chassis
Class Top Gas
Body style Front-engined streamliner slingshot dragster
Layout ront-engine, rear-wheel-drive
Powertrain
Engine Twin supercharged Chrysler hemi

Freight Train is a historic slingshot dragster. [1]

Designed by Nye Frank, it used twin supercharged engines and had an aluminum body. [1] When owned by John Peters, running in Top Gas (driven by Bob Muravez) at the 1971 Supernationals, it was painted black and powered by a pair of Chrysler hemis. [2]

Contents

Freight Train's best result (driven by Walt Rhodes) was a win at the Gatornationals in 1971. [2]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Taylor, Thom. "Pulsator Twin Engine Dragster", in "Beauty Beyond the Twilight Zone", p. 36.
  2. 1 2 Taylor, Thom. "Duel of the Duals" in Hot Rod, April 2017, p. 11.

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