Speedobilia: 10/04  The Birth of Ford Factory Racing--Photo CD
Pin It  Feature Article from Hemmings Muscle Machines  October,
2004 - Daniel Strohl  The Birth of Ford Factory Racing - photo
CD Dick Brannan * 770-519-0081 * www.dickbrannan.com * $19.95
History can often be a controversial subject. The axiom that
tells us only the winners write it, all too often proves true in
motorsports-who reads about the guy that placed last in the
Indianapolis 500? At the same time, history is only continued
when it is recorded, so we often get a skewed account of the
past solely through omission. So it pays to record as much
history as possible, from as many viewpoints as possible.  The
history of Ford's Factory Drag Racing program, which stewed up
the legendary Thunderbolts, the SOHC Mustangs and the Boss
Mavericks from the early Sixties through the next decade or so,
has been recorded in many ways over the years from several
viewpoints, and these accounts from Dick Brannan only serve to
complete those viewpoints. His p