Since the issue focuses on all things boost, it's tough to top a boosted Funny Car. The Ramchargers spent their lives racing, and in 1971 their new Funny Car was captured in this shot while at Indy.

Q: Good day, Greg, and thanks for all your interesting columns about old cars and old-time racing. My question is about one of my favorite race teams from back in the 1960s, namely the Dodge ...

Running nitro, the feared Ramchargers team posted several No. 1 qualifying efforts and a Funny Car runner-up here at Indy over the years (plus several class crowns in Super Stock and FX).

The Ramchargers racing group stayed intact campaigning dragsters and funny cars through 1972, when the group disbanded, closing the book on perhaps the most famous drag racing team ever.

Q: Good day, Greg, and thanks for all your interesting columns about old cars and old-time racing. My question is about one of my favorite race teams from back in the 1960s, namely the Dodge ...

Q: Good day, Greg, and thanks for all your interesting columns about old cars and old-time racing. My question is about one of my favorite race teams from back in the 1960s, namely the Dodge ...

Phase 3) spanned 1962 through 1967, where the team incorporated itself, raced Super Stocks, developed the Funny Car, and introduced the 426 Hemi to Top Fuel. After 1967, in Phase 4) a number of ...

Thus, the “original Ramchargers” consisted of a group of Chrysler engineers and employees who loved drag racing, and started like a car club more so than any official corporate involvement.

Thus, the “original Ramchargers” consisted of a group of Chrysler engineers and employees who loved drag racing, and started like a car club more so than any official corporate involvement.