Herbert-Evernham Streamliner

[jacksoni]

Website says delayed until 2014 with same excuse for delays as past 2-3 years- not enough time.....

[DSR88]

If she can bring the $$$$ it gonna take to finsh the car and get on the salt more power to her. As for going 450 mph
because a T/F car goes 300+ in a 1000 feet well we have heard that before. Still a good move on Doug's part. Maybe she can make it happen.

[SPARKY]

She better come up with a LOT of $$$$$$$$$$$$  I can not even imagine how much it would cost to finish that car in a NASCAR related shop!!!!!!  Maybe the UAW will sponsor them 

[rouse]

Bringing $$$$ to the table ain't her strong suite. If it was she'd still be running NHRA. Evernham would be more likely better at spinning the fact that Shirley was going to drive the car, to help bring in cash.

I'd like to see it happen. I don't think she'd have problems driving the car, as a matter of fact I think she'd do a fine job. I predict a short learning curve.

The big question is will the car preform up to expectations, that part may take awhile.

Rouse

[Frankie7799]

rouse you hit the nail on the head. Shes a legend of the sport but shes pushing 70 now. What audience to do you have her market a product to? The typical drag racing fan is a male and quite a bit younger than her. They wanna see the Courtney or Brittney Forces, Erica Enders or Alexis DeJoria hawking a product. I wish her the best of luck, shes proven over the years she can drive most anything.

[Dean Los Angeles]

shes pushing 70 now

73 actually. Any relevance that Shirley may have had to . . . well, anything, is long in the past.

Won the Top Fuel Championship for the last time in 1982 . . . a third of a century ago!

[Glen]

There is a big differencen from a 4 sec,300mph run then a 7 second mile at over 400+ mph.

[joea]

Frankie..Sparky...our country is pretty "seasoned".....with the enthusiasm for the likes of
George Foreman abit ago, and now Diana Nyad....maybe AARP could come on board as a primary
sponsor...lord knows...Nascar folks know how to get sponsors...(and the Brits..)...

[Glen]

When Don Garlits got in the two club his statement at the banquet was thats the longest time he ever had to steer a race car on any track, he also said in his dragster he got in the car hit the gas and pulled the chute' : run over, it's a different ride on the salt. 

[Tom Slick]

Come on Cha Cha  I also would like to see Shirley on the salt. Do you think it will happen ?

It would be awesome to see "Cha Cha" out on the salt someday, but do I think it will happen? Nope! In fact I'm not holding my breath to even see the car itself make an appearance on the salt. Hope I'm wrong.

[SPARKY]

Grief makes us do strange things---the old man had a dream---I doubt his kid does:

for whatever your reasons you better have a burning desire to satisfy "Salt Fever to become a sub 12 or sub 8 second mile" ---it burns up a lot of cash, days, nights, months an Lots and lots of relationships male and female. 

[JR529]

73 actually. Any relevance that Shirley may have had to . . . well, anything, is long in the past.

Hell, what relevance do any of us have? She's forgot more about driving than I will ever know and definitely won more Top Fuel championships than me. As to being 73, well shit, that about the average age for Bonneville "guys" now  .

[rouse]

rouse you hit the nail on the head. Shes a legend of the sport but shes pushing 70 now. What audience to do you have her market a product to? The typical drag racing fan is a male and quite a bit younger than her. They wanna see the Courtney or Brittney Forces, Erica Enders or Alexis DeJoria hawking a product. I wish her the best of luck, shes proven over the years she can drive most anything.

I ways running TAD back when she and the "Old Man"  Don Garlits, where match racing each other. Years later I ways on the salt when Garlits ran the flat head at over 217, He did fine on the salt, even thou he did note about how much the car moved around at speed. Shirley will do just fine too, if she ever does get on the salt.

I'd have to say starting with a 400 plus car would be one hell of a tall order,so I'd expect a longer learning curve than Garlits had, just as a practical matter. I'm not saying it can't happen, just that like every one else that have run that kind of speed, it will take some time, Car and Driver.

Rouse

[rouse]

73 actually. Any relevance that Shirley may have had to . . . well, anything, is long in the past.

Hell, what relevance do any of us have? She's forgot more about driving than I will ever know and definitely won more Top Fuel championships than me. As to being 73, well Subaru, that about the average age for Bonneville "guys" now  .

Hell fire the Greek is so old people quit counting at 80 several years ago, and he was at Indy last weekend trying to qualify his TF car.

 Go Figure

Rouse

[Sumner]

73 actually. Any relevance that Shirley may have had to . . . well, anything, is long in the past.

Hell, what relevance do any of us have? She's forgot more about driving than I will ever know and definitely won more Top Fuel championships than me. As to being 73, well Subaru, that about the average age for Bonneville "guys" now  .

Yep, we all knew who she was and 'we' are the audience,

Sum