BRUCE SARVER NHRA DRIVER

I have watched the Johnson family work and race for many years but have never done more than say "hello" to Alan and Blaine Johnson over the years. Its headline offered that Scelzi and Johnson had split "after five glorious seasons" and described Gary's new situation as a free agent. We can run the car a little harder now knowing that it's similar to the dragster. There is not the same driver input Alan had at one time. Who has been the best and worst in the Premier League? Completed six licensing runs in Gary Guinn and Roger Coburn's top fuel dragster.

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Maybe, had he done all the Toyota testing, things would be in a better place.

Circumstances just fell into place this way and here we are. We made Mike Kloeber.

The following errors occurred with your submission. I did what's right for me. Every year all the big hitters in Top Fuel came to race. On December 11 the sad news came that Sarver had taken his own life at the age of We have all the tools to make the emoola.

Sarver could care less whether it is a Celica or a Citroen. Clemson, Notre Dame in uncharted waters with quarterback switches Clemson Tigers.

Bruce Sarver at Southern Nationals

Everything is the same other than the fact that one's a Funny Car and the other is a dragster. Truely sad, he had a promising career. So far, that hasn't happened. Hope his friends and family remember the better times he had. Alan, Blaine, and Gary had become close in their years of alcohol competition. Gotta hate it when people choose a "Permanent solution for a temporary problem.

Drag racer Bruce Sarver commits suicide

We'd ditch school, and head out to the racetrack and I was just intrigued with the noise and the power. Fourteen rounds of racing won. We got lucky for a change. If you have accolades, complaints, comments, questions, or if you want to share a story, please feel free to post it on the PhilZone Message Board.

This biographical article related to United States auto racing is a stub. The next season, he made it to his first final in Englishtown. I don't mean to take away from Gary because he has proven himself VERY capable first in alky cars both funnies and dragsters and of course in TF.

We couldn't wait to go out jhra the March Meets.

Sarver's death stuns drag racing community

Inhe came in mid-season when the team made a pioneering switch to a Toyota Celica funny car body. I had two choices - have a car with Gary Scelzi driving it but with no sponsor, or have a car with a sponsor with Bruce driving it.

May Learn how and when to remove this template message. But for the brief time he spent racing nhda the sport's biggest stage, he conducted himself like a winner. That is what is needed now. Find More Posts by VillainH. No love lost for booing Minnesota fans Minnesota Timberwolves.

Bruce Sarver, former NHRA Top Fuel and Funny Car driver, a suicide

I come to every race knowing that we could win at anytime. It seems more than a coincidence that one of Sarver's final acts was making a phone call to Scelzi to offer congratulations. With the highlight main event win of the Coca-Cola and three additional victories betweenBruce sold his stockcar team in to enter NHRA drag racing.

There are a lot of tough cars out here, but if you look at the top 15 teams, anyone of them could be a top-five contender. Posting Quick Reply - Please Wait.

It was back inwhen Scelzi made the switch from Top Fuel to Funny Car, that the three-time champion suffered a string of disappointing performances behind the wheel of Nhga Johnson's untried Toyota Celica fuel coupe.