Champion Speed Shop Small Block Chevy Streamliner to Storm March Meet
The Champion Speed Shop Special is set to run the March Meet at Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield, California. The 51st running of the premiere nostalgia drag racing event will mark the official end of a six year hiatus of the legendary nitromethane powered Chevrolet dragster from the nostalgia AA/FD drag racing ranks.
The latest incarnation of the Champion Speed Shop Special continues the tradition of lightweight small block Chevrolet powered dragsters set in motion by Jim McLennan in 1953, and carried on by son Bobby McLennan into the modern era. The Champion Speed Shop Special will be driven by Adam Sorokin, whose own father Mike Sorokin drove The Surfers front engine top fuel dragster in the sixties.
While the small block Chevy is itself an anachronism in the hemi fueled AA/FD field, the Champion Speed Shop Special furthers the innovative evolution of the front engine top fuel dragster with a streamlined carbon fiber canopy that envelops the cockpit.
“The genesis of the car started long ago with cars like the Glass Slipper and other streamliners. If the engine had stayed out front, this is where the class may have gone”, said Bobby McLennan.
Tags: Adam Sorokin, Champion Speed Shop, Chevrolet, drag racing, nitromethane
I have followed the Champion dragsters for many years, and was there in 2002 to see the 5.85 at the Indy GoodGuys Hot Rod Nats. Midwesteners have said for years “We don’t care how they do it in California.” I think I have to eat those words, the new car is simply outstanding!
You know I’ve been in this thing called drag racinhg for
possibly 35 plus years here in australia raced from
6 cylinder sedans and dragsters and eventually ended
up with fuel funny cars . I watched the vidio of your
small block on fuel my heart missed a beat what a weapon .
All the sucess in the world .
Maybe one day I’ll get over and say g’day to you guys .
Best regards Max Thomson.
Good to see the Mouse back finally. All the sucess in the coming year.