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| Thunder Valley, Marion South Dakota, Labor Day 2007 |
The Minnesota Maniac
The Minnesota Maniac team started in 2001. We started out running at 7:50s and over the years have improved little by little, until now. Now we run 6:70s and over 200 mph. My son is my crew chief and head mechanic. My oldest daughter is my backup and drive back girl. My wife is the team video recorder. Our whole family works together when we go to the track.
We started out match racing anything that the tracks put us against. Now Steve Elliot and Steve Sarnuelson have assembled The Hustlers Duster Funny car so we can go match racing together. There are not many nostalgia Funny cars in or near Minnesota!
The Minnesota Maniac team started in 2001. We started out running at 7:50s and over the years have improved little by little, until now. Now we run 6:70s and over 200 mph. My son is my crew chief and head mechanic. My oldest daughter is my backup and drive back girl. My wife is the team video recorder. Our whole family works together when we go to the track.
We started out match racing anything that the tracks put us against. Now Steve Elliot and Steve Sarnuelson have assembled The Hustlers Duster Funny car so we can go match racing together. There are not many nostalgia Funny cars in or near Minnesota!
The chassis was the original super shops give away Plymouth arrow Built by Pat Foster. Since, it was owned by Tom Hoover and Doc Halladay. The body was an A/fuel funny car owned and ran by Bill Moore around the northwest coast around’ 73.
The new paint job was designed and painted by us. The only close call that we have had was at BIR. While we were testing, on a hard launch, the steering wheel came off in my hand and the car then decided to bounce off the guardrail and took a little paint with it.
At present we are putting a new cuda body and new paint on the car.
1970 Plymouth Duster Funny Car Owed by the Steve and Steve show Steve Samuelson, nickname, (Sam) primary owner Steve Elliot, nickname, (Opie) secondary owner and driver.
We have been racing together for 15 years, leading to our blown Fiat and our final car, the funny car. We’ve only had the funny car out 1 year so far and are having the usual kinks to iron out but its coming along. Up until now the car has a 410 c.i. K.B. hemi running a Littlefjeld 1471 Blower, crower 10.5 inch pedal clutch, 3speed leno Trans and 456rear gears.
The body is an original Fiberglass Trends 70 Duster body mounted to a Ken cox chassis. Body work and paint were applied by Vossen auto body out of Blue Earth Minnesota.
Paint designed by Eric Lawrence, son of the Minnesota Maniac. Vinyl graphics by cliff Anderson, Wrenches turned by crew chief, Dan O’Neil.
The car’s sole sponsor is Summit Brewing Co. St. Paul Minnesota. In the works for our 2nd year is a 511 c.i. inch KB motor that we hope will push us to the mid sixes.
That’s running on straight alcohol.
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