1966 - 1966 Mercury Comet “Eliminator I” Funny Car
The car that forever changed the face of Funny Car. To this day Funny Cars are built under the same basic guidelines. This was the first Funny Car to carry a full tube chassis and a flip-up fiberglass body. History notes this to be the first Funny Car to record a seven second time as Dyno accomplished the feat in September at Martin, Michigan where he ran a 7.96 time. Don’s phenomenal 98 percent win record saw him named to the years Hot Rod magazines Top 10 list, as well as being named Super Stock & Drag Illustrated Driver of the year. He retired the car shortly after winning the 1967 AHRA Winter Nationals.
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