Tom McEwen (drag racer)
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| name = Tom McEwen |
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| caption = McEwen's 1967 [[Front engine dragster|slingshot]] [[Hot rod#Language|rail]] |
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| death_date = {{Death date and age|2018|06|10|1937|01|10}} |
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2018|06|10|1937|01|10}} |
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| death_place = [[Fountain Valley, California]], U.S. |
| death_place = [[Fountain Valley, California]], U.S. |
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| last_series = NHRA Top Fuel Funny Car |
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| awards = [[International Motorsports Hall of Fame]] [[Motorsports Hall of Fame of America]] |
| awards = [[International Motorsports Hall of Fame]] [[Motorsports Hall of Fame of America]] |
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| award_years = 2014 2001 |
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'''Thomas McEwen Sr.''' (January 14, 1937{{cite web | url=http://www.tradingcarddb.com/GalleryP.cfm/pid/45891/Tom-McEwen | title=Tom McEwen Gallery | Trading Card Database }} – June 10, 2018){{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=k15WAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RvADAAAAIBAJ&pg=1926%2C2203326 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington |title=Drag legends still cherish high octane rivalry |last=Schenk |first=Tony |date=August 14, 1992 |page=C1 }}[https://www.nhra.com/news/2018/legendary-top-fuel-and-funny-car-racer-tom-mongoose-mcewen-passes-away National Hot Rod Association, ''Legendary Top Fuel and Funny Car racer Tom "the Mongoose" McEwen passes away'', NHRA Staff, June 11, 2018], Retrieved Jun. 11, 2018. was an American [[Drag racing|drag racer]] who was a winner of the [[National Hot Rod Association]] (NHRA) [[NHRA U.S. Nationals|U.S. Nationals]].{{clarify|date=September 2018|reason=what year? Not like it only happened once}} His racing career spanned 45 years. He is ranked at number 16 on a list of the 50 most significant drivers of |
'''Thomas McEwen Sr.''' (January 14, 1937{{cite web | url=http://www.tradingcarddb.com/GalleryP.cfm/pid/45891/Tom-McEwen | title=Tom McEwen Gallery | Trading Card Database }} – June 10, 2018){{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=k15WAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RvADAAAAIBAJ&pg=1926%2C2203326 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington |title=Drag legends still cherish high octane rivalry |last=Schenk |first=Tony |date=August 14, 1992 |page=C1 }}[https://www.nhra.com/news/2018/legendary-top-fuel-and-funny-car-racer-tom-mongoose-mcewen-passes-away National Hot Rod Association, ''Legendary Top Fuel and Funny Car racer Tom "the Mongoose" McEwen passes away'', NHRA Staff, June 11, 2018], Retrieved Jun. 11, 2018. was an American [[Drag racing|drag racer]] who was a winner of the [[National Hot Rod Association]] (NHRA) [[NHRA U.S. Nationals|U.S. Nationals]].{{clarify|date=September 2018|reason=what year? Not like it only happened once}} His racing career spanned 45 years. He is ranked at number 16 on a list of the 50 most significant drivers of NHRA's first 50 years. |
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Starting as an owner-driver, he received the nickname "the [[Mongoose]]" in 1964 from engine builder [[Ed Donovan (engine builder)|Ed Donovan]], after McEwen signed up to drive Donovan's "vaunted" ''Donovan Engineering Special''.Burgess, Phil, ''National Dragster'' editor. "The Super Mustang", written 27 April 2018, at [https://www.nhra.com/news/2018/time-machine-1973 NHRA.com] (retrieved 16 September 2018) It was originally used as a device to entice [[Don Prudhomme|Don "the Snake" Prudhomme]] into a high-exposure match race.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YhpXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=a_oDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6692%2C5891165 |newspaper=Lakeland Ledger |location=Florida |last=Hairston |first=Jack |title=Tom McEwen is also a good drag racer |date=March 19, 1973 |page=1B }} |
Starting as an owner-driver, he received the nickname "the [[Mongoose]]" in 1964 from engine builder [[Ed Donovan (engine builder)|Ed Donovan]], after McEwen signed up to drive Donovan's "vaunted" ''Donovan Engineering Special''.Burgess, Phil, ''National Dragster'' editor. "The Super Mustang", written 27 April 2018, at [https://www.nhra.com/news/2018/time-machine-1973 NHRA.com] (retrieved 16 September 2018) It was originally used as a device to entice [[Don Prudhomme|Don "the Snake" Prudhomme]] into a high-exposure match race.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YhpXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=a_oDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6692%2C5891165 |newspaper=Lakeland Ledger |location=Florida |last=Hairston |first=Jack |title=Tom McEwen is also a good drag racer |date=March 19, 1973 |page=1B }} |
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McEwen solved his Corvette funny car's stability problems by adding tip fences to the rear spoiler.McClurg, p.50 caption. |
McEwen solved his Corvette funny car's stability problems by adding tip fences to the rear spoiler.McClurg, p.50 caption. |
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McEwen's "gorgeous" 1957 Chevy replica was built as a tribute to the iconic Chevrolet. It was run as an NHRA exhibition vehicle and was responsible for creating Nostalgia Funny Car, even though the car would not (now) be legal in that class.Burk, pp.58-9 and p.60 caption. The car ran just three years, and was popular with fans and media alike.Burk, p.60 caption. |
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McEwen retired from racing in 1992, and later worked as motorsports director for "Drag Racer" magazine, based in Southern California. |
McEwen retired from racing in 1992, and later worked as motorsports director for "Drag Racer" magazine, based in Southern California. |
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== Sources == |
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*McClurg, Bob. |
* McClurg, Bob. "50 Years of Funny Cars: Part 2" in ''Drag Racer'', November 2016, pp. 35–50. |
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*Burk, Jeff. |
* Burk, Jeff. "50 Years of Funny Cars: Part 3" in ''Drag Racer'', November 2016, pp. 52–64. |
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