Jungle Jim Race Car. This chevrolet vega was the car that carried jungle jim liberman during his most prolific years as a barnstorming thespian whose three act plays were staged on quarter miles of asphalt. The grand opening race for the 1972 season at cecil county was a grand affair indeed as a large turnout of fans were on hand to witness an upset match race win by joe jacono and the brief encounter barracuda who defeated favorite jungle jim liberman and his hemi powered camaro three straight.
With the arrival of jungle pam drag racing in the funny car division changed forever. Pam was just 18 when she met jim. Jungle s name appeared on several non funny car projects including a top fuel car campaigned for a period by norcal s ron attebury and this pro stock vega wagon in 72ish.
This driver was given the nickname of jungle jim over the course of his career but it s fair to say that this jungle man wasn t ever too far away from his jungle pam.
But clare sanders drove jim s number two car to a funny car victory at the 1969 winternationals. Clare sanders jungle clare jungle jim drag racing super stock hall of fame funny car limefire jungle jim ramchargers chi town hustler super camaro super stock hall of fame nhra winternationals pomona funny car eliminator evil do er a sr aa fc ihra summernationals clare sanders jungle clare ramchargers limefire evil do er nhra winternationals 2016 by claresanders blog. But clare sanders drove jim s number two car to a funny car victory at the 1969 winternationals. It was built and driven by dutch the clutch irrgang who was a former crewmember for bill jenkins and also worked at srd.
