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With over 200 new images, the new edition of We Were the Ramchargers is perfect for drag racing enthusiasts. This book takes readers behind the scenes with the group of Chrysler engineers who, from the 1950s through the 1970s, became one of the most successful and influential drag racing teams of all time. The only team of engineers from an automobile manufacturer to drag race successfully, the Ramchargers broke the most time barriers in drag racing history and earned the most National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) Super Stock titles during the sport's golden era of factory competition. Author Dave Rockwell, a Ramcharger himself, interviewed more than 40 team members, competitors, and track operators for We Were the Ramchargers, making it the first and only book to provide inside details on all elements of the Ramchargers story. In addition to chronicling the races they won and legendary cars they developed (including the High and Mighty, 426 Hemi, and first Funny Car), Rockwell opens corporate and personal files to take readers behind the doors at Chrysler (showing, among other things, how the Ramchargers helped pioneer the platform team concept), while revealing the personalities of the men who made it all happen.
Contents
Foreword to the Second Edition xiii
Foreword to the First Edition xv
Tech Inspection xvii
Acknowledgments xix
C H A P T E R 1
Finding Godfather's Keys: (1898-1955) 1
C H A P T E R 2
Likes Cars Too Much: (1955-1958) 21
C H A P T E R 3
The Rodney Dangerfield Affair: (1959-April 1961) 41
C H A P T E R 4
The Most Important Drag Race: (1961) 75
C H A P T E R 5
I'm No Damn Fool: (1962) 97
C H A P T E R 6
Candy Land®: (1963) 123
xii Contents
C H A P T E R 7
Dropping the Atom Bomb: (1964) 157
C H A P T E R 8
Drag Racing's Greatest Year: (1965) 187
C H A P T E R 9
A Dark Year: (1966) 241
C H A P T E R 1 0
Whatever it Takes - The Ramchargers' Creed: (1967) 269
C H A P T E R 1 1
Grabbing a Higher Gear: (1968-1974) 297
C H A P T E R 1 2
Postscripts 337
Team Innovations and Distinctions 361
Bibliography 363
Index 365
