All of the pictures on this page were made available to me by Dennis Priddle,
I am most grateful to him for the opportunity of reproducing them here.
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All of the pictures on this page were made available to me by Dennis Priddle, |
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Click on any image to get the bigger picture |
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Dennis Priddle's first funny car was this Chrysler Avenger. This photograph has suffered a bit over the years but is important because it is one of very few which show the car in its first, and very short-lived, yellow livery. |
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The final paint scheme reflected the STP sponsorship which is clearly shown in this striking low-level shot of the car. |
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Smog alert! Smoke in the car, smoke boiling off the slicks, smoke hanging in the air from his opponent's burn out, smoke everywhere. |
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This shot captures the very start of a burn out. |
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Just another day in the office for Dennis Priddle. |
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Unfortunately, many of Dennis' photographs were destroyed in a flood in his workshop. As a result, he has no pictures of his last funny car which was a Chevrolet Monza. The best I can do is to show you this picture of Graham Hawes' Monza-bodied Pro Comp funny car which Dennis built for him. |
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Left - this cutting
from the July 1969 issue of Drag Racing & Hot Rod records the astronomical
prize money paid back then for a win in Top Competition Eliminator -
£20! |
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To the casual observer this might
just look like some newspaper old clipping, which of course is exactly what it is. |
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On 20 April 1975 at
Santa Pod Raceway Dennis Priddle drove his Mr Revell top fuel dragster to a
world best elapsed time for a front engined car of 6.04 seconds. |
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Dennis Priddle was inducted into the
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