Harrell Super Car Capitol

[JoeC]

There was a Clare Sanders who drove a 1969 Funny car called the Super Camaro.

Don't know if he was related

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Originally Posted by JoeC

There was a Clare Sanders who drove a 1969 Funny car called the Super Camaro. Don't know if he was related

Clare Sanders established a name in driving other funny cars for "Jungle Jim," the "Chi Town Hustler," & the "Ramchargers." It was while his association with "Jungle Jim" he got nicknamed "Jungle Clare."

Another Sanders name that has an interesting background came in focus while looking into Dick Harrell's induction into the "Interernational Hall of Fame" in 2008. The biography of Chuck Sanders by his family, tells about the association he had with Dick in the SW region in the early 60's. Reading of this will be an answer of the question about the invoice's Dick was using in billing Don Yenko for his service in transplanting the 427's into the 67 Camaro's.

The link; https://dickharrell.com/hall-of-fame/ From the top, go down to Chucks Sanders name & click on it. Thanks to 69HurstSC for the picture!

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Dick Harrell Super Star documentary!!

[JoeC]

nice article, here are the ZL-1s mentioned #2, #5, and #29

Grady Bryant's ZL-1 #29 was built as a light weight match race and AHRA drag car (like the #1 Fred Gibb car) fiberglass nose, no front brakes, clutch turbo, and a drag chute

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Originally Posted by JoeC

nice article, here are the ZL-1s mentioned #2, #5, and #29

Grady Bryant's ZL-1 #29 was built as a light weight match race and AHRA drag car (like the #1 Fred Gibb car) fiberglass nose, no front brakes, clutch turbo, and a drag chute

Thanks for posting the picture of the Grady Bryant ZL-1 Camaro and explaining the details of purpose.

Match racing was a popular segment that drew a lot of people’s interest back in the day. Having a well known car that was competitive, matched to another, was a fan favorite making money for the strip owner & car owners alike?

Grady Bryant authored a book several years back called “Match Race Madness.” Grady had many stories in this book about growing up with Dick Harrell about their involvement in the early stages of drag racing.

Below is a letter Grady penned about the book he published that came with the order.