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| Re-Entry | |
|---|---|
| Overview | |
| Designer | Roger Lindwall |
| Body and chassis | |
| Class | Top Fuel |
| Body style | Rear-engined streamliner dragster |
| Powertrain | |
| Engine | 392 cu in (6,420 cc) hemi |
Re-Entry is a streamliner dragster.
Built by Roger Lindwall, Re-Entry seems to have benefitted from his experience in hydroplane racing, featuring a semi-enclosed cockpit and enclosed engine and rear end, mated to a typical Top Fuel car's bicycle wheels, dropped axle, and zoomie pipes. The body was all-aluminum. Re-Entry was powered by a 392 cu in (6,420 cc) hemi.
Re-Entry debuted at Cordova Dragway, Illinois, in 1966, where she turned in the first 200 mph (320 km/h) pass for a rear-engined dragster.
At Indianapolis the next weekend, driver Wayne Hill clocked a 9.52 second pass at 201.34 mph (324.03 km/h), only to have the car pirouette through the traps, wrecking it. Lindwall did not rebuild the car and quit drag racing.
Notes
Sources
- Taylor, Thom. "Beauty Beyond the Twilight Zone" in Hot Rod, April 2017, pp. 30–43.
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