Fast Freaks: The Crazy Story Of 1960s Three Wheeled Nitro Burning Dragsters
Brian Lohnes Brian Lohnes
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 Published On Nov 27, 2023

It looks weird, it looks scary, and it looks bad, right? What if we told you that looks can be deceiving and there were two three-wheeled dragsters in the early 1960s that competed and actually won. Kenny Ellis was the man with the first one and the Cook and Jahns dragsyer (shown here) rasied the bar.

No, it doesn't look like anything we would ever want to drive but with a blown small block Chevy on fuel, Ellis went over 180mph and with a small blown hemi on nitro Jeff Jahns went over 190!

Told through research and historic photos, here's a look back and two forgotten freaks from drag racing's colorful past.

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