Don “The Snake” Prudhomme won three straight events in the traditional season-opener in the Funny Car class from 1975-78.

Kit cars are typically an inherently uncool subgenre of the enthusiast world. By driving a kit car you're living a lie, pushing a narrative that you can afford more car than you really can.

"The race was really cool. It was good running on the course ... but the coolest experience is when you are arriving you can hear the cars from miles away, and up close actually seeing how ...