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Animal Jim Feurer and his legendary Mercury Zephyr "Zeke"
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| Saturday, May 29 | 1st Annual Johnson Grove Car Show & Swap Meet in Lacon, Illinois Click Here to view flyer. |
| Saturday, June 26 | Pinks All Out event at Route 66 in Joiliet, Illinois Match race featuring Dave Grainger and his VSI Sponsored Top Sportsman Henry J. against Animal's Mammoth Engine Zephyr "Zeke". A.J. and his first car "The Big Animal" 1957 Mercury used to race against Dave in Run Tuff Eliminator events at Oswego Drag Strip in the early 1970s The Big Animal 1957 Mercury will be on display at this event and special The Big Animal First Ride shirts will be for sale as well as his other Animal Wear line of clothing - the Zephyr shirts and his 40-year Anniversary shirts! More details are forthcoming & will be posted on the Route 66 Raceway website |
| Saturday & Sunday, July 24-25 | "Fords at the Summit" FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 31, 2010 - Animal Jim will be one of the featured attractions at Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio for the "Fords At The Summit" event on Saturday & Sunday, July 24 & 25, 2010. He's been contracted to make 3 exhibition runs on Friday and Saturday with "Zeke", his legendary championship Mammoth Motor Mercury Zephyr that he raced in the '80s. The infamous Zephyr had a long history which began in 1979 and ran through 1990 where it broke several track records and helped Jim win countless races and awards, including 3 major championships. "Zeke" started life as a smallblock Pro Stocker in 1979 which grew into a Hemi Ford Mammoth Motor in 1984. In 1987, Jim tranformed Zeke to a huge, winged, nitrous-assisted Mammoth Motor in order to run Outlaw Pro Stock in UDRA, the USSC, and various match races around the country. This effort by Jim and several of his peers was actually the formative days that became PRO MODIFIED in 1990. As a bonus at this event, Animal Jim will also have on display his first serious ride which he started racing and won his class in NMSA 1D Hot Rod on July 20, 1969 . That was also the very same day of the first moon landing, 41 years ago. The "Big Animal" 1957 Mercury was 427 Tunnel Port Ford-powered and became Oswego Dragway's Run Tuff Eliminator Champion in 1973. In 1974 it had won Run Tuff Eliminator so many times that the Hugger Orange "Big Animal" became an Oswego icon. When the Oswego, Illinois track closed for good in the fall of 1979, Jim was asked by the track manager to bring the Mercury to the last event to make a good-bye pass down the dragstrip. That weekend, Jim put aside his Pro Stock Pinto that he was currently racing nationwide and dusted off "The Big Animal" for one final run. After that, he retired The Big Animal and never fired it up again. It's still intact and looks exactly like it did that day in 1979 at the Oswego Dragway. It is part of grass roots drag racing history. Read more about Animal Jim's appearance at the Ford event at Summit Motorsport Park. |
| Saturday night, August 28 | World Series Of Drag Racing Zeke (my '79 Mercury Zephyr Nostagia Pro Stocker from the 80s) and I will again be at the World Series Of Drag Racing at Cordova, IL. Dragway. Zeke was originally built exclusively for me - Animal Jim - in 1978/79 by Chassis Craft in Oak Park Village. Chassis Craft was then owned by Greg Kaplan. Zeke was updated in 1983/84 by Woody Mays and the Kaase 672 Boss was fitted into it. I also performed some more updates in 85/85. The last update was done in 1988/89 by Rick Jones of RJ Race Cars. That is still the way the car still is. It has not been updated for 21 years. I ran Zeke from 1979 to 1990. Zeke became a legend and ran in every venue from factored Small Block Pro Stock-1979 to 1980. Then AHRA Small Block Nitrous Pro Stock class 1981 to 1983. Then in 1984 we updated to a Jon Kaase Mammoth 672 Ford Boss Hemi and ran legal Mountain Motor Pro Stock from 1984 till April 1987. Then in spring of 1987, I added nitrous to become an Outlaw Pro Stock-A venue which led to the IHRA Pro Modified class in 1990. Zeke was one of the first Pro Mod cars. Zeke is not a clone. Zeke is a 31 year old relic with amazing history and accomplishments and part of drag racing history. Zeke is-exactly as it last ran in competition in 1990. 20 years ago. During our hay days together Zeke and I garnered 3 National Championships, countless wins, awards and records. There will be three other Nostalgia Door Slammers featured with me at Cordova. Arnie Beswick and his Tameless Tiger 62 Tempest Clone. Eric Larson and his 62 Tempest Beswick Tribute Clone-The Grocery Getter. And a cloned version of the '57 Chevy -Terror of the B-Gassers -The Shake Rattle and Run. |
| CLICK HERE to see Animal Jim and Arnie "Farmer" Beswick in action at Byron Dragway's 12th Annual World Power Wheel Standing Championship held in October 2006 |
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