Your favourite racers of all time?

[jbarnet]

Who are your favourite racers of all time that have competed in British Drag Racing?

Mine would have to be Alan O Connor.

Still goin after all these years, aslo one of the first racers to start bringing technology over from the states.

Great car (Al's Gasser), shame its not about as much as it used to be.

[hodgy587]

Think its smax for me. Always the underdog and been through hell and high water with allsorts of disasters and hes always picked himself up and got on with it. True peoples champion.

Andy Robinson and Slammin Sammy rank pretty high aswell.

[Furyous]

Slightly skewed views here.

Ive alway followed the hardcore, do it yourself racers, as opposed to the buy it in from the states guy.

Examples of people I always like to watch:

Steve Green.
Remember the original RED screaming 'Tina ?

Len Paget
Been running pro stock bike for EVER.Always home built.

Any of the Street ELim bunch.True Doorslammers.

Anyone who makes an unusual combination work.There used to a guy running a Vox Firenza, think it was called sweet sixteen.Had a lotus twink and gas, ran 9's from memory,very snappy motor.

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[MotorPsycho]

Sammy Miller
Willie Borsch
Don Garlits
John Spuffard
Fast Freddy
Jens Nybo
Kim Reymond

Edited by MotorPsycho on Wednesday 11th October 20:10

[hornet]

Hmmm, is our OP actually several people? Comparing the punctuation and spelling in this thread to the Fuel Funny Car thread is quite interesting.

Anyway, conspiracy theories aside, of the racers I've seen, I'd have to say :-

Fast Freddy
Smax
Sammy Miller
Lex Joon
John Sleath
Any of the Maltese methanol teams!
Dave Wilson

[Miss Corrado]

Shirley Muldowney
Liv Berstadt
Sylvia Hauser
Viveca Averstedt (see a trend...) :wink: One day...twill be me...
Sammy Miller
John Spuffard
Tim Cook - Oh the first pro mods! Ra!
My own brother :smug: won championships in his first year...and second.. (well ok in the 'Rado but still...) respect

[Furyous]

Miss Corrado said:

Shirley Muldowney
Liv Berstadt
Sylvia Hauser
Viveca Averstedt (see a trend...) :wink: One day...twill be me...
Sammy Miller
John Spuffard
Tim Cook - Oh the first pro mods! Ra!
My own brother :smug: won championships in his first year...and second.. (well ok in the 'Rado but still...) respect

No,no,no, go back further, to his wicked black 55 'slammer.

First car I got proper excited about.The shoebox was cool mind......
Oh, and Liv was abit of a babe IIRC.

[most hated man]

Tim Cook- good shout.

I remember him from years back.

Sammy Miller- another legend.

Would people put the likes of Barry Sheavils and Micke Kagerad up there?

[anonymous-user]

The Zoo Keeper
John Force
Jim Murphy
Jack Harris
John Spuffard
Doug Kalitta
Tommy Ivo

[The Enthusiast]

Alan Herridge seemed damm good even though I didnt see him race.

[bowler]

The Enthusiast said:

Alan Herridge seemed damm good even though I didnt see him race.

May the great racer Rest in his Peace

Edited by bowler on Wednesday 11th October 21:48

[Furyous]

Gross misconduct on my part, missed two of utter faves of all time out....Doh !


Gary Page.

Owen Hayward.




Nuff said.


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[NitroWars]

I can't believe nobody has mentioned Dennis Priddle...

[BennettRacing]

The Stones

[NuthinFancy]

BennettRacing said:

The Stones

"Ohh I know, it's only rock and roll but I like it!"

Oh.. oops... you mean the stones, not the Rolling Stones!

My heroes in racing? Force, Garlits, Muldowney, My dad

[Miss Corrado]

NitroWars said:

I can't believe nobody has mentioned Dennis Priddle...

Forgot Peter Crane too!

[Taximan]

Fast Freddy

[jon c]

Like Clapton, Krister Johansson is God!

[dragnut]

John Spuffard
Gary page
lex joon
dennis priddle
clive skilton
big daddy
john force

and countless more

[jpt]

Brian Johnson