Researcher (dragster)

Researcher
Researcher
Overview
Manufacturer	Race Car Specialties
Designer	Chuck Tanko (chassis); Kenny Ellis (body);
Body and chassis
Class	Top Gas
Body style	Rear-engined streamliner dragster
Layout	Rear-engine, rear-wheel-drive
Powertrain
Engine	465 cu in (7,620 cc) Chrysler hemi
Dimensions
Wheelbase	254 in (6,500 mm)

Researcher is a streamliner dragster, sponsored by National Speed Products.^[1]

Designed by Chuck Tanko in 1971, the car was a fairly conventional rear-engined dragster, except for a winglet (similar to the one Tony Nancy used the same year) between the front wheels. It used a Race Car Specialties chassis with a 254 in (6,500 mm) wheelbase (long, by the standards of the era) and was bodied in aluminum by Kenny Ellis, who also drove it. In testing, it ran 7.20 seconds at 210 mph (340 km/h). Powered by a 465 cu in (7,620 cc) Chrysler hemi, it qualified for the last-ever NHRA Top Gas event, the 1971 NHRA Supernationals at Ontario, California.^[1]

Notes

^ ^a ^b Taylor, Thom. "Kenney Goodell "Wynns Stormer", in "Beauty Beyond the Twilight Zone", p. 38.

Sources

Taylor, Thom. "Beauty Beyond the Twilight Zone" in Hot Rod, April 2017, pp. 30–43.

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[p38-1] Taylor, Thom. "Kenney Goodell "Wynns Stormer", in "Beauty Beyond the Twilight Zone", p. 38.

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