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Re-Entry (dragster)

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Re-Entry
Overview
DesignerRoger Lindwall
Body and chassis
ClassTop Fuel
Body styleRear-engined streamliner dragster
Powertrain
Engine392 cu in (6,420 cc) hemi

Re-Entry is a streamliner dragster.[1]

Built by Roger Lindwall, Re-Entry seems to have benefitted from his experience in hydroplane racing, featuring a semi-enclosed cockpit and enclosed engine and rear end, mated to a typical Top Fuel car's bicycle wheels, dropped axle, and zoomie pipes. The body was all-aluminum. Re-Entry was powered by a 392 cu in (6,420 cc) hemi.[1]

Re-Entry debuted at Cordova Dragway, Illinois, in 1966, where she turned in the first 200 mph (320 km/h) pass for a rear-engined dragster.[1]

At Indianapolis the next weekend, driver Wayne Hill clocked a 9.52 second pass at 201.34 mph (324.03 km/h), only to have the car pirouette through the traps, wrecking it.[1] Lindwall did not rebuild the car and quit drag racing.[1]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e Taylor, Thom. "Roger Lindwall Re-Entry", in "Beauty Beyond the Twilight Zone", p.38.

Sources

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