[Paul Ceasrine]

Dick Landy 1966 Campaign

1966 Dodge Dart ~ Hilborn Injected Funny Car {1700 lbs.}


* January ........... Lions Dragstrip

* February ......... Match Race Madness Events on the West Coast
* February ......... AHRA Winternationals {Irwindale, California}
* February.......... Bakersfield Funny Car Meet

* March ............ Match Race Madness on the West Coast and Southwest
* March............. Freemont Dragstrip

* April ............... NHRA 'approves' ....... 5 Funny Car classes and S/XS
* April ............... NHRA World Championship Series {Carlsbad Dragstrip, California}

* May ................ NHRA World Championship Series {Half Moon Bay, California}

* June ............... Hot Rod Magazine Championships {Riverside, California}
* June ............... NHRA Springnationals {Bristol, Tennessee}

* July ................ Invitational {Cecil County Dragway, Maryland}
* July ................ Invitational {ATCO, New Jersey}
* July................. 1/8 Mile Funny Car Championship {Old Dominion, Virginia}

* August ........... Super Stock Magazine Nationals {New York National Speedway}
* August .......... Pre-Nationals Fuel and Funny Car Championships {Amarillo Dragway, Texas}

* September ..... NHRA Nationals {Indianapolis, Indiana}

* October ......... S/XS Meet at Grandview International Raceway, Texas.
* October ......... NHRA World Finals {Tulsa, Oklahoma}

* November...... Funny Car Showdown {Freemont Dragstrip, California}

* December ...... Western States Championships {Bee-Line Dragway ~ Scottsdale, Arizona}
* December ..... East-West Funny Car Championship {Lions Dragstrip, California}

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Funny Car Injected National Record ................ 8.31 @ 181.45 MPH {Non-Sanctioned}

Dick had run a best of {8.64 @ 175.50} in the standard wheelbase Dart Funny Car.



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In March 1966, Dick switched to a 'long-nose' fiberglass Dart Funny Car

Dick runs a {8.46} at the Super Stock Magazine Nationals at New York National Speedway

At the NHRA Nationals, 'Fast Eddie' Schartman runs low E.T. with an 8.28 @ 174.41 MPH.

On October 9, 1966 at Grandview International Raceway in Texas, Dick wins the S/XS Event.

At the NHRA World Finals {Tulsa, Oklahoma} > Eddie Schartman sets the NHRA S/XS National Record
with an 8.61 @ 172.72 in his 1966 Mercury Comet.

December 1966, Dick Landy runs a string of 8.60's @ 160 MPH at Bee-Line Dragway in Scottsdale, Arizona
in his last races with the ''Hilborn Injected' Engine.