Who says you can't smoke a joint and drink a
beer on the TV platform at the 1978 Summernationals on a Thursday afternoon
during qualifying...
Bob went on tour with Paul Blevins for a
while, shown here from Atco during the mid-70s...
Here's a shot from 1971 of (left to
right) Bob, noted fuel tuner John Hogan and the late Vinnie Napp
observing qualifying at the first NHRA Summernationals in 1971
Bob models his new Circus Custom Paint
crash helmet in front of Kenny Poffenberger's Funny Car in March of
Bob told his long time friend Chuck
Etchells, (who always had Bob's Berserko Lounge on the back of his
cars) that if he ever won a NHRA National event that he'd kiss him
on the lips. Top photo is the result after "Chuckie" won
the 1990 NHRA Summernationals over Johnny West.
After that win Bob told Chuckie's Crew
Chief Paul Smith that he was next for a kiss if Chuckie won again. Atco
Dragway in the Fall of 1990 after winning the Fall Nationals Bob struck
again...
For a while Bob was the on-camera guy
for a lot of Main Event Videos' productions. Here's Bob interviewing
Raymond Beadle before I believe his last time in a race car at the
Texas Motorplex in 1990?
Bob can be a bad influence on everyone he
meets. Here he feeds a Burro a Corona on the beach in Acapulco, Mexico.
You say you wanted to see a photo of Bob
sitting naked on top of his Demo Derby car?
In April of 1971 at Raceway Park,
Jungle lost his body in the lights and I ended up with the back half
of the body. I kept it for a while then later auctioned it off to
benefit Muscular Dystrophy, who through the 7-Eleven stores
sponsored events at E'Town. Wish I had it now!
From 1986 until 1992 Bob worked for Mazda
in the PR department hyping Mazda Motorsports' efforts in the US. Here's
a shot of the last car campaigned by Mazda, the RX-7 92P powered by an
experimental 4-rotor engine at Watkins Glen in the rain.
During the 70's Bob gave out the gag
awards at the Annual NHRA Division One Awards banquets. Always looking
to liven up the festivities he appeared as "Chris Econowacki"as a Gorilla hitting "Humble"
Bob Donnelly the MC in the face with a pie (center) and as the
internationally known drag racing expert Deerstalker Funman.
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