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Ronnie Scrima

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Ronnie Scrima is an American dragster and funny car chassis builder.

He was responsible for the streamliner slingshot dragster Scrimaliner in 1964.[1]

After Logghe Bros. (based in Detroit[2]) proved unable to keep up with demand, a funny car chassis-building industry developed. Scrima joined several others in the business.

Scrima founded Exhibition Engineering,[3] and built both “dune buggy”- and “fueler”-style funny car chassis.[4]

He also built Travelin' Javelin, a 426 hemi-powered '69 Javelin Funny Car, for car owner Gary Crane, to be driven by the then up-and-coming Dale Armstrong.[5]

Notes

  1. ^ Taylor, Thom. "Scrima, Bacilek, Milodon Scrimaliner", in "Beauty Beyond the Twilight Zone", p.32.
  2. ^ Taylor, Thom. "Al Bergler's More Aggravation III", in "Beauty Beyond the Twilight Zone", p.32.
  3. ^ Burgess, Phil, NHRA National Dragster Editor. ”A history of AMC Funny Cars” written 16 May 2014. NHRA.com (retrieved 23 May 2017)
  4. ^ McClurg, "50 Years of Funny Cars: Part 2" in Drag Racer, November 2016, p.42.
  5. ^ Burgess, Phil, NHRA National Dragster Editor. ”A history of AMC Funny Cars” written 16 May 2014. NHRA.com (retrieved 23 May 2017)


Sources

  • McClurg, Bob. "50 Years of Funny Cars: Part 2" in Drag Racer, November 2016, pp. 35–50.
  • Taylor, Thom. "Beauty Beyond the Twilight Zone" in Hot Rod, April 2017, pp. 30-43.
  • Burgess, Phil, NHRA National Dragster Editor. ”A history of AMC Funny Cars” written 16 May 2014. NHRA.com (retrieved 23 May 2017)