In the "good old days" sometimes photographers could get too close to the action. Here is long time supercharger builder Larry Bowers with his hands full at Orange County International Raceway in Irvine, California, in 1971. This spectacular clutch explosion shows you how to get a clutch out of a Top Fuel car quickly, but it sure takes a long time to put it back together....This car also shows an early attempt at streamlining with its canopy enclosing the driver and roll cage.

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