@tom-curnow15 years ago
The was designed by Bill Schultz, M & S welding put it together in 1978, Gary Reud drove ut ub 1979, The Over the Hill Gang, let by Schutz ran in for only one year,1979, it won 4 of the nine NHRA events, 1979 was the last year that local points races counted for the championship, due to that fact Rob Bruins actually won the 1979 NHRA World Championship without winning a national eventd. We ran the car with all that success, grossed $180,000 includinga all the winnings and sponcsor money, It coast $240,000 to run the year, so it was easy to make the decison to make 1979 the one and only year for the OTHG Top Fuel car,Kelly was making $1,000 a day as a stunt driver and the rest of the Gang had other things do do. Schultz went on to run the In n Out funney care under the Gang name for a few years with several great drivers, but when that $$ ran out, the Gang retired.
When was the OTHG car built ?
The was designed by Bill Schultz, M & S welding put it together in 1978, Gary Reud drove ut ub 1979, The Over the Hill Gang, let by Schutz ran in for only one year,1979, it won 4 of the nine NHRA events, 1979 was the last year that local points races counted for the championship, due to that fact Rob Bruins actually won the 1979 NHRA World Championship without winning a national eventd. We ran the car with all that success, grossed $180,000 includinga all the winnings and sponcsor money, It coast $240,000 to run the year, so it was easy to make the decison to make 1979 the one and only year for the OTHG Top Fuel car,Kelly was making $1,000 a day as a stunt driver and the rest of the Gang had other things do do. Schultz went on to run the In n Out funney care under the Gang name for a few years with several great drivers, but when that $$ ran out, the Gang retired.