self-owned, Mickey Thompson, Howard Cams and Chuck Jones
Best finish
1st in 1961
Championship titles
1961 NHRA Top Eliminator (Top Gas)
Awards
ranked 23rd on NHRA's Top 50 drivers (2001) Inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 2013.[1]
Chrisman's Comet with a 427 engineChrisman's 427 engine
Jack Chrisman (May 5, 1928[citation needed] – August 17, 1989) was an American drag racer. He was a drag racing pioneer and 1961 champion. He was influential in the formation of the Funny Car class, as he introduced the first blown injected nitro-burning Funny Car.[2] The National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) ranked Chrisman 23rd on their Top 50 drivers in 2001.[3]
^Jack Chrisman at the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America
^Drag racing pioneer Chrisman passes away[permanent dead link], National Dragster; September 8, 1989, Retrieved March 7, 2008
^No. 23: Jack Chrisman Archived 2008-07-06 at the Wayback Machine, National Hot Rod Association; written in 2001, Retrieved March 4, 2008
JackChrisman (May 5, 1928[citation needed] – August 17, 1989) was an American drag racer. He was a drag racing pioneer and 1961 champion. He was influential...
Nationals in Indianapolis. Driven by JackChrisman, and entered in B/FD, the Comet created a sensation. When Chrisman's Comet first ran in Indy, the Charger...
in Pomona, Las Vegas, Sonoma, and Phoenix. In 1971, Force drove the JackChrisman-built Night Stalker Mustang, his first funny car. Early in his career...
accomplished drag racer who had raced for both Mickey Thompson and JackChrisman. After helping to pioneer it into the first wheelstanding exhibition...
Ronnie Sox, Don Nicholson, and Wild Bill Shrewsberry in conjunction with JackChrisman. Shrewsberry still owns his original 427 Comet in Caliente trim.[citation...
history. It was also used in numerous nitro funny cars including those of JackChrisman, "Dyno" Don Nicholson, Eddie Schartman, Kenz & Leslie, and in numerous...
Hill earned $500 for an appearance at Inyokern, California to race JackChrisman and his Sidewinder dragster. One of his four passes in the 1960 event...
Comet body provided by Fiberglass Trends. Similar cars were sold to JackChrisman, "Fast Eddie" Schartman, and Kenz and Leslie. These cars had the first...
1964 Mercury Comet Caliente 427 which he raced in A/FX that year with JackChrisman (one of only 50 built and similar to Ford's Fairlane Thunderbolt), a...
Pro Stock Pro Comp Pro Stock Motorcycle Super Stock (SS) Stock 1961 JackChrisman (Top Eliminator) Mickey Thompson (Middle Eliminator) Johnny Loper (Street...
Eliminator winner. The trophies were paid for by model kit maker AMT. JackChrisman (at the wheel of twin-Chevrolet-engined Howard Cam Special) took Top...
"Dyno Don" Nicholson, Roger Lindamood, "Jungle Jim" Liberman, and JackChrisman, along with Della Woods and Charlie Allen, failed to qualify. The Barracuda...
cockpit. In 1961, with JackChrisman at the controls, the car won the first NHRA Winternationals and later that season Chrisman set the NHRA Top Eliminator...
born on January 21, 1924, in Independence, Missouri. He attended William Chrisman High School where he played on the school's basketball team. After graduating...
American Table". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 9 June 2020. Chrisman, James (29 December 2017). "How to Make Perfect Jell-O Shots". Thrillist...
Archived from the original on October 21, 2013. Retrieved October 19, 2013. Chrisman, Eric (July 17, 2015). "Mark Hamill Would Still Love To Be In The Killing...
he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity. Allen coached at William Chrisman High School (then known as Independence High School) in Independence, Missouri...
as culinary manager Nate Appleman and national training director David Chrisman are both from the state and help design the concept. The first Tasty Made...
Barbara Orchid Estate where he grew up. The estate was founded by Robert J. Chrisman in 1957, and was purchased in 1967 by his father Paul Gripp, who helped...
of Thomas Vallee, Daniel Carswell, and Fred Lee Chrisman. According to the committee, only Chrisman resembled any of the tramps but determined that he...
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