Vehicle Description
This car was previously owned by Don "The Snake" Prudhomme. The
Skoal Bandit was the last funny car the drag racing superstar drove
in his career before returning to the Top Fuel ranks in 1990.
Winner of the 1989 NHRA Nationals and a Bud Shootout Championship.
Prudhomme drove the car to a 5.17 second run and a new NHRA record
in the process of winning the Budweiser-sponsored Bud Shootout at
Indianapolis where is also won the Funny Car Eliminator at the US
nationals the same weekend. The teams spent a great deal of time in
Pontiac Division's wind tunnel facility refining the shape of the
body to direct airflow toward the engine's air injector scoop and
to produce extra downforce at the rear. The latter feature
attracted the attention of the NHRA officials, who promptly
outlawed it after the US Nationals. The car is powered by a
supercharged, nitro-burning aluminum block HEMI engine with fuel
injection, Mallor twin magneto ignition, and overdrive
transmission. It utilizes a tube frame with a solid-mounted front
and rear suspension and a 12-gallon fuel tank. It rolls on Goodyear
Racing rubber surrounding Cragar wheels. This was the first funny
car to break into the "teens" with a 5.193second run at 265.8mph in
Houston on March 2, 1989. The Funny Car is still festooned in its
original Skoal Tobacco graphics and is ready to run. **NOT STREET
LEGAL. SOLD ON BILL OF SALE ONLY**
