"Big Red".....“Big John” Mazmanian's 68/69 Barracuda FC.... Drag Racing Art

Limited-Edition Print of 350 (13x19) Signed and numbered by the Artist. By 1968 “Big John” Mazmanian had seen the writing on the wall for the immanent demise of the once popular “Gasser” class. Modern cars were now supplanting what was one of the most popular classes in Drag Racing, populated by the classic body styles of the Willys, Anglia’s, Austin’s and Shoebox Chevys. The new Gassers consisting of Mustangs, Barracudas, Camaros and Corvettes, could be easily mistaken for Funny Cars, but the Gassers weren’t getting nearly the lucrative payout that the later class. So it was a logical conclusion for John to jump ship and join the Funny Car ranks, in search of a larger payday and more frequent bookings.               John decided to build a 68 Barracuda “Flopper” with the help of Ron Scrima’s “Exhibition Engineering.” Ron’s chromoly chassis was fitted with a “Fiberglass Trends” Barracuda body featuring a Tom Hanna hand-formed aluminum interior and painted & lettered