Though in reality many Corvette Funny Cars plied the quarter-mile over the years without incident, Tom McEwen gets credit for breaking the curse with his 1977 Corvette Funny Car, as well as his ...

The C3 Corvette certainly looked fast in Funny Car form, but along with its ... was the Mako-bodied Funny owned and driven by Tom "Mongoose" McEwen. A storied driver, first in front-engine Top ...

“At the time, all we were thinking about was having some extra money,” Tom McEwen told the ... Plymouth ’Cuda and red McEwen Plymouth Duster Funny Cars became icons for preadolescents.

and because Steve Evans just announced that 'Goose is coming to the line in that Corvette Funny Car! Tom McEwen's last big flash in the magazines was when he built a 1957 Chevy Funny Car that was ...

Drag racing lost one of its most iconic drivers with the death of Tom “The Mongoose” McEwen. McEwen, 81, who raced Top Fuel dragsters and Funny Cars, died Monday according to a story on NHRA.com.