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C congawa Member Long Beach, CA Joined: Aug 11, 2008 Posts: 358	C congawa Posted posted on Wed, May 25, 2011 2:38 PM I missed this thread (being in Tiki Caliente), but Roland Leong originally got into drag racing teamed with Danny Ongais, from Maui, who later drove for Mickey Thompson and then left drag racing to drive in the Indianapolis 500 for years. In the 70's, when the sponsor name became the main thing on the cars, Leong always kept his sponsorship with "Hawaiian" in the name--he had the Hawaiian Punch funny car for years, and then Hawaiian Vacation, sponsored by the Hawaiian travel bureau. And the first successful driver of that beautiful 60's front engine Hawaiian dragster pictured was Don "The Snake" Prudhomme, who went on his own and became commercial rivals/partners with Tom "The Mongoose" McEwen, which had kind of it's own subtle Hawaiian reference (Snake vs. Mongoose). Caltiki Brent

I missed this thread (being in Tiki Caliente), but Roland Leong originally got into drag racing teamed with Danny Ongais, from Maui, who later drove for Mickey Thompson and then left drag racing to drive in the Indianapolis 500 for years. In the 70's, when the sponsor name became the main thing on the cars, Leong always kept his sponsorship with "Hawaiian" in the name--he had the Hawaiian Punch funny car for years, and then Hawaiian Vacation, sponsored by the Hawaiian travel bureau. And the first successful driver of that beautiful 60's front engine Hawaiian dragster pictured was Don "The Snake" Prudhomme, who went on his own and became commercial rivals/partners with Tom "The Mongoose" McEwen, which had kind of it's own subtle Hawaiian reference (Snake vs. Mongoose).

Caltiki Brent

Post #590750 by congawa on Wed, May 25, 2011 2:38 PM