“At the time, all we were thinking about was having some extra money,” Tom McEwen told the New ... him the nickname “the Snake,” so McEwen and his car owner Ed Donovan positioned McEwen ...

As I am typing this tribute to drag racer Tom McEwen, there are dozens of die-cast racecars displayed on my bookcase shelves — mostly Indy 500 cars, an assortment of Formula One, some iconic ...

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.

Legendary Funny Car and Top Fuel racer Tom “The Mongoose” McEwen passed away Sunday at the age of 81. McEwen had been beset by health issues in recent years, including a battle with colon cancer for ...

Tom McEwen's last big flash in the magazines was when he built a 1957 Chevy Funny Car that was in the Jan. 1989 issue of HRM. He won Top Fuel at the Summernationals in 1991 and was in the process ...

Tom McEwen was both sly and smart ... of the U.S. But with the match race rivalry that McEwen built with Prudhomme in the 1960s, he was confident the sport was prime to take national, and Hot Wheels ...