Talk:Funny Car

Name
But why are they called "Funny" Cars? --Goatrider 03:47, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Cause they looked funny, with the rear wheels moved up under the back seats and the front wheels moved up to the bumper. Gzuckier 15:23, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

1,000 foot runs
In recent years NHRA has limited Top Fuel and Funny Car to running 1,000 feet, due in part to the death of Scott Kalitta and because they've been running so fast. The solution to slow down Funny Car is ludicrously simple. Go back to the body rules of 25+ years ago when the body had to be based on a real car's shape. Make it so the body must be *exactly* the shape of a production vehicle except for being stretched between the base of the windshield and front axle centerline, and allow alteration to accommodate the big rear tires. Underneath any chin spoiler, airdam and rear spoiler or wing the body shape should exactly match the production vehicle. Ban the narrow 'greenhouse' streamliner bodies that are all virtually identical and the "too fast" problem will go away. Bizzybody (talk) 06:45, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

It's a gasser
Can somebody add info on the alky & gas classes...? TREKphiler  any time you're ready, Uhura  16:26, 5 November 2010 (UTC)

Origin of Name
Funny cars use nitrous oxide or "laughing gas". I believe that is why they are called funny.  Randall Bart    Talk   17:23, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

Capitalisation
This page should be at "Funny car", it seems. --Anthrcer (click to talk to me) 09:53, 23 July 2013 (UTC)
 * No, it shouldn't. Luke no 94  (tell Luke off here) 11:16, 23 July 2013 (UTC)

No 1964 Dodge Coronet
Assuming the Wikipedia article Dodge Coronet is correct, there was no such car. I can't see the source so I don't know if it was a 1965 model made in 1964.— Vchimpanzee  •  talk  •  contributions  •  17:40, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

Capitalization inconsistency
The term appears as "Funny Car" or "funny car" seemingly at random in this article.

I assume the capitalized term refers to the class, while the non-cap term refers to the cars. But I'm not sure, and not knowledgeable enough to know which is which. But something needs to be done to clean this up. ~Anachronist (talk) 07:51, 7 April 2024 (UTC)