Drag racing lost one of its most iconic drivers with the death of Tom “The Mongoose ... Courtney Force beats dad John to win Funny Car at Virginia Nationals McEwen gained even greater prominence ...

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 ...

“At the time, all we were thinking about was having some extra money,” Tom McEwen told the New York Times in 2009 about his long-running drag-racing ... win four NHRA Funny Car season ...

Nitromethane fueled the funny car battles on the drag strips of the 1970s ... The rivalry between Don Prudhomme (“Snake”) and Tom McEwen (“Mongoose”) began in the 1960s and grew more ...

Sad news struck the drag racing community this morning with the passing of legendary drag racing personality Tom "The Mongoose" McEwen ... driving his funny car against fellow racer Prudhomme.

Far more notable and successful was the Mako-bodied Funny owned and driven by Tom "Mongoose" McEwen ... the car's formative influence on the early days of professional drag racing will never ...

Don “Snake” Prudhomme and Tom “Mongoose” McEwen made Funny ... drag racing a go during 1965. The two cars will be on display at the Pennzoil AutoFair’s Nationwide Insurance Classic Car ...

He was truly one of the most brilliant pioneers of NHRA Championship Drag Racing and continued to ... Prudhomme was nicknamed The Snake, so McEwen's car owner, Ed Donovan, had the foresight ...

Drag racing legend Tom “The Mongoose” McEwen ... the first marketing partnerships of its kind. McEwen raced in both the Top Fuel and Funny Car categories, with his most important win coming ...

Sad news struck the drag racing community this morning with the passing of legendary drag racing personality Tom "The Mongoose" McEwen ... driving his funny car against fellow racer Prudhomme.

Tom “The Mongoose” McEwen, who was voted No. 16 on the NHRA's Top 50 Drivers list in 2001, died on June 10. He was 81. Nicknamed The Mongoose in 1964, as part of a campaign to reel rival Don ...