![]() ![]() ![]() We didn’t do it for the money, we didn’t do it for any of that. The Snake also had the time of his life during his racing days. And you were a big deal, and win races, and it was the time of your life.” Nationals, and you would run the son of the bitch right there. “ go to Grand Spaulding Dodge in Chicago, and buy a Hemi ‘Cuda right off the showroom floor, and they would even put a super charger on it for you. And it gave people a place to race these performance cars,” Prudhomme said. “Those were special, special days, and Wally Parks (the founder of the NHRA) had a whole lot to do with all that. Nationals, and you would run the son of the bitch right there (You could) buy a Hemi ‘Cuda right off the showroom floor, and they would even put a super charger on it for you.you’d take it to U.S. Prudhomme’s funny car was a Plymouth Barracuda, and he said that the NHRA not only provided entertainment for the fans, but also an environment to quench the need for speed in the muscle car era. We pull in the track, it was a big deal.” We were like the Beatles, or we were like the Rolling Stones. We left them breathless when we left the racetrack. Nationals, about us, and what we did,” Prudhomme said about the movie. “You will see everything you need to see about the U.S. We were like the Beatles or the Rolling Stones. The film includes the early days of Prudhomme’s career when he had to persevere through a lack of funding before reaching the top of the drag racing world. ![]() ![]() Prudhomme and McEwen’s story was recently made into a movie called Snake and Mongoose. The partnership also helped introduce non-automotive sponsors to the sport of drag racing. The deal with Mattel greatly enhanced the careers of both Snake and Mongoose because kids across America wanted to purchase miniaturized versions of the cars driven by their heroes on the track. The progression to funny car racing began in 1970 when The Snake and Tom “The Mongoose” McEwen partnered with Mattel, the maker of Hot Wheels toy racing cars. ![]()
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