Engineering:Brutus (Funny Car)

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Short description: Pioneering funny car
Brutus
Overview
DesignerJim Liberman
Body and chassis
Body styleFunny Car
Powertrain
EnginePontiac hemi

Brutus is a pioneering funny car driven by Jim Liberman and prepared by crew chief Lew Arrington in the middle 1960s.[1]

Liberman and Arrington made a deal with Pontiac to supply Drarare hemis (remnants of Mickey Thompson's gas dragster program). Brutus was sponsored by Larry Hopkins Pontiac in Sunnyvale, California, and Goodies Speed Shop, and ran a 6-71 Jimmy blower, Venolia pistons, Crane cam, and Mondello conrods.[2]

Notes

  1. Wallace, Dave. “50 Years of Funny Cars” in Drag Racer, November 2016, pp.20-21.
  2. Wallace, Dave. “50 Years of Funny Cars” in Drag Racer, November 2016, pp.20-21.

Sources

  • Wallace, Dave. “50 Years of Funny Cars” in Drag Racer, November 2016, pp.20-21.