Gary burgin the orange baron funny car driver

The first drag racing tshirt i ever bought was the orange baron. After all, gary went to the finals at six different nhra national events and he pulled one of the biggest upsets in drag racing history when he beat the unbeatable don prudhomme in the finals at indy in 1976. He didnt have jungles wild streak, or prudhommes attitude, or beadles monolithic blue max heritage to prop him up. After five passes last weekend at auto club famoso raceway testing, cottrell earned his license running 5. Coroner identifies 6yearold girl killed by suspected. The clay miller and ruben palawelosowned red baron dodge omni was one of the prettiest socal funny cars of the early 1980s. In the background looks to be the matsubara and pisano monza that didnt make the field. Drag racing picture of the day gary burgins orange. They had trained him well and he was an asset to our team from day one. Thirty episodes were produced, and the show was exported to the american abc network. Gary burgin funny car driver tribute public group facebook. Warren coburn miller california orange ca 1968 at lions drag strip 8x10 photo.

Monogram, revell, nascar, trans am, supertruck racing. Fiorito family reaffirms commitment to pacific raceways nhra may 29, 2015. Those drivers were then asked to select a scheme from the 1970s funny car era they would love to represent if. Jungle pam and jungle jim liberman 1974 vega nitro funny car racing photo 5 for sale online. Gary burgin funny car driver tribute has 937 members. This 41 willys, running in dgas, out of antelope valley speed center, was an attractive, flashy regular in california modified eliminator racing. Gary burgins orange baron, circa note how the iron cross was compressed to fit.

The driver of the orange baron funny car, who began his career in the agas supercharged ranks and famously bragged to have never driven anything on the quartermile that didnt have a. A west coast regular with chevy bodied fcs in the early 70s, turned touring pro and match racer in the mid70s with fomoco shells, gary burgin adopted the orange baron nickname in 1976. Nhra drag racer and member of john force racing who won an nhra championship in 2009, ranking first in points with 2,547 before fame. Running solo and under the name of the orange baron, gary burgin later spoiled don prudhommes clean sweep of all of the nhra funny car finals during the 1976 season. He heats the hides, to take on rival gary burgins orange baron mustang, in the far lane. He really bloomed when he started his line of orange baron funny cars and he was a fan favorite wherever he raced. It was the first itc show without marionettes to be produced entirely in colour. See more ideas about car humor, drag cars, drag racing. I hired paul cosman from gary burgins crew, where he had spent the past five years working on the orange baron. Gary bye, 64, fatal irvine car accident jeffrey road. Buddy bell in palmyra, ny painted our ln7 in an all new yellow and white paint scheme designed by tom migliore from rochester.

Driver jeff krosnoff and race marshal gary arvin died in a car wreck. The candy bar, like the reggie bar of reggie jackson, was short lived and so was the funny car sponsorship. Ocir orange county scene driverpit crew c196070s vtg drag race negative. Hernandez said the driver, delgado, hit her granddaughters car, which was parked on the sidewalk, after striking the child with his suv. From the aags class to fuel burning funny cars, was a trail blazed by burgin. Napa auto parts ignitor features tough nitro funny car. Gray ready for final funny car race drag illustrated. Mike would later beat gary in the finals in fremont for the golden gate national title i did this painting as a tribute to my late great friend tom stratton, the legendary painter who painted the hawaiian. In 1996, john forces castrolbacked pontiac won an nhra record funny. Ron colson was one of the best funny car racers of the 1970s, driving the chi town. But if burgin was having a good day and he had plenty you really. One of the problems that jok did not touch on is the fact teens today are not that interested in. He grew up in alturas, california, working on cars with his father.

Gary burgin, drag racings orange baron by phil burgess may 29, 2015. Mar 29, 2020 explore stoltzsams board funny cars, followed by 286 people on. Time for more looks back at different versions of cars and drivers weve. Jungle jim liberman 1974 revell chevy vega nitro funny car x19 photo for sale online. Of course, it is an ending of sorts for every competitor on the 20 nhra mello yello drag racing series tour as the event at auto club raceway at pomona marks the final race of 24 in a very long season that spans 10 months and. The autoplus nhra nationals was held at maple grove raceway beginning.

The cars looked like cars and the drivers could be who they were, not some. One tough customer dale earnhardt, us stock car racer driver orange baron gary burgin, u. Orange nhra fan apparel and souvenirs for sale ebay. Gary clapshaw fuelish pleasure 1996 pontiac nitro funny car gary cochran mr. After racing successfully with dave braskett in gassers and right up into funny cars, burgin struck out on his own in the 1974 time frame and raced under the orange baron moniker and that stayed with him through his heavy match racing days and right up until his retirement. Gary burgin orange baron monza, al bergler motown shaker mustang ii.

For 60yearold funny car driver johnny gray and his pitch energy team, the 49th annual auto club nhra finals will be the end. Straight line saturday volume 1 issue 8 us nationals. The baron is a british television series made in 1965 and 1966, based on the book series by john creasey written under the pseudonym anthony morton and produced by itc entertainment. Gary burgin would later gain fame with his orange baron nitro funny cars. Frank pedregon drag racer pics photos drag racing funny car nitro. Gary burgin was a drag racer i saw evolve into one heck of a race car driver and owner. Once again, to insure a steady supply of nationally famous funny cars franks booking agency secured top rank stars such as don the snake prudhomme, tom mongoose mcewen, gary orange baron burgin, roland leongs hawaiian, dale pulde and mike hambys war eagle transam, john force and jungle jim liberman. Get the best deals on racing stickers when you shop the largest online selection at. History traditional gassers, gas class cars and modern traditional cars. Drag racing 1977 nhra gatornationals funny car round 2.

The company that made the candy bar also sponsored the orange baron of gary burgin in 1979. Geof took this shot of the legendary boris murrays double triumphengined bike for an article he wrote for national drag racer magazine in 1972. I did some suspension work on one of als friends car, a 59 caddy that had a lot of als work in the engine compartment. Burgin had a mediocre year in 1983, and he sold the. Youre thinking maybe of gary burgin and the orange baron funny car. Bye, 63, of irvine was killed sunday morning in a twovehicle collision at jeffrey road and irvine boulevard, according to a report by the orange county sheriff coroner. This page is to keep the memory alive of one of the greatest nitro burning funny car drivers to.

Showcasing ii nhra in stock and ready for shipping today on the internet. The driver of the orange baron funny car, who began his career in the agas supercharged ranks and famously bragged to have never driven anything on the quartermile that didnt have a supercharger atop the engine, won two nhra national events and finished in the top 10 five times in his career. Nascar trans am supertruck racing decal slixx decals drag sprint car transam motorsports hobby supplies scale models kits stock, funny car, revell monogram speedway. Gary used the muchmaligned iversen trans am wedge body. He still has his reflexs and i belive could step right back in the driver seat of a. We lost funny car great gary burgin last sunday, another passing of a fine racer who forever etched his name and his cars into our memory banks.

Nationals funny car winner gary burgin died may 23. Burgin was one of the top independents of that era, but a money shortage sidelined him after the 1983 season. Drag racing 1977 nhra gatornationals funny car round 2 dragtimes2. I can think of few other funny car drivers who better personified the 1970s funny car scene than gary burgin. We lost funny car great gary burgin last sunday, another passing of a fine racer who forever etched his name and his cars into our memory. Ken block drives the all new extreme e electric racecar in last stage of dakar rally duration. Bob pickett mt us marines starfire gt, gary burgin orange baron monza, al bergler motown. Jungle jim liberman 1974 chevy vega nitro funny car vintage pc handout for sale online. Gary burgin 1982 gary is a drag racing legend, one of the old. Gary densham nec 96 olds funny car gary denshams nec 1996 oldsmobile nitro funny car by action gary densham nec 96 olds funny car gary densham nec 1996.