Bruce Larson's Funny Car, 1988
date: label: date made
content: 1988
name: label: maker
content: Oldsmobile Division of General Motors Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: A funny car is a high-powered, computer-controlled dragster with a lightweight, molded body that somewhat resembles a production car. Bruce Larson and his crew designed and assembled this car in Dauphin, Pennsylvania. The body, which is made of carbon composite fiber, resembles an Oldsmobile Cutlass but weighs only 165 pounds. The chassis frame is made of chromoly (chromium molybdenum alloy) tubing. The aluminum engine burned a mix of nitro-methane fuel and alcohol and developed almost 4,000 horsepower. Larson won the National Hot Rod Association’s World Championship with this car in 1989. His top speed in the Finals was 278.55 miles per hour.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Engineering
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content: Work and Industry: Transportation, Road
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content: Sports & Leisure
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content: Automobiles
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content: Transportation
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content: Road Transportation
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Bruce Larson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1989.0755.01
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0755.01
label: accession number
content: 1989.0755
objectType: label: Object Name
content: automobile, racing
label: Object Name
content: car
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall with body down: 4 21/32 ft x 5 13/32 ft x 20 27/32 ft; 1.42037 m x 1.6508 m x 6.3499 m
label: Measurements
content: overall: 53 in x 58 in x 223 in; 134.62 cm x 147.32 cm x 566.42 cm