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teenager!  One year later he completed his licensing      KINSLER
          runs at OCIR in Leon Cain’s Funny Car.

            One of the life turning moments for Rodney
          was when his dad Eddie purchased Jerry Ruth’s                                                                ®
          “Competition Specialties” Mach 1 Mustang Funny               HONDA
          Car.  Rodney vividly recalls the day his dad brought                                                  NEW
          the car home.  The Flournoy family was so excited to
          have their own car again and wasted no time getting
          it ready to go racing!  Throughout the next few years
          (1977 through the mid 1990’s) they enjoyed popularity
          by running match races throughout the west coast.
          After a few years of running the Mustang they put a
                                                                       Drive By Wire
                                                                                                               Series 2
          1982 Dodge Omni body on the car to stay current with          4 BARREL                            Excellent
          NHRA standards.  This is the same car that was on the                                             Durability
          cover of the March 9, 1984 issue of National Dragster!
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            They later they purchased one of Dale Pulde’s “War                                             Filters
          Eagle” Firebirds and ran it until the late 1980’s.  This
          was eventually replaced by a Chevy Beretta.  Their                        We Do
          last Funny Car was Mike Dunn’s former “Snickers”            BILLET          It All      Huge amounts of premium
                                                                                                  quality filter media for
                                                                                                  minimum pressure drop.
          Trans Am.  In the late 1990’s the cost of professional                                        Precisely Repeatable
          drag racing reached the point where major corporate                                                           High Speed
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          sponsorship was required to remain competitive.                                  Our CUSTOM
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          Unfortunately they were left with no other choice than                                 Set Records!
          to abandon their family racing operation.  When they
          parked the car, Rodney had laid down a career best of                                          Used on 95% of the
                                                                                                         NASCAR Cup cars
          5.63/248 MPH and had thrown some big numbers at                                               Quick Disconnect
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            What he lacked in funding he made up for as a                                    WORLD’S      Kinsler Leak Tester
          hired gun.  Rodney piloted Bud Bailey’s Top Alcohol                                Largest      Check engine leakage;
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          Top Alcohol Dragster at national events and Division         BLOWER HATS
          7 Points Meets.  One of his most memorable events
          was the 1986 March Meet.  He qualified his nitro                                                  Kinsler.com
          Funny Car, Charlies TAD and Bud’s TAFC in their                                                Precision
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          perspective fields!  He recalls taking out Greg
          Daebelliehn in his “Fast N’ Forty” Vega AA/FC (the        ©                                    Custom Size
          former legendary Veney’s Vega) in the 1st round.             Read                               Nozzles
          Though he didn’t take any winner-circle trophies home          This       EXCELLENT
          in any of these classes; his multi-talented skills kept                   FOR  EFI
          him very busy throughout the weekend.                     Monster               EFI Injectors, Lucas Metering Units, and all
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                                                                        TM
                                                                    Filter                makes of Pressure Relief Valves need 3 micron
            During the early 1990’s Rodney had semi-retired                               protection, but 3 micron filters plug up too quickly,
                                                                                                    so most racers use 10 micron, which is too
          from driving, but returned in 1996 to drive Charlie’s                                         coarse.  We made this new element for
          dragster.  It was about this time that George Doty                                             NASCAR Cup cars: 10 micron premium
                                                                                                       paper top layer to take out 95% of the dirt,
                                                                                                       with a 3 micron precision Fiberglass lower
          (owner of “Harleys and Hot Rods” in Inglewood, CA)          10/3 Element
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          and Eddie met at a race in Pomona through a mutual        Tel: 248-362-1145 Troy, MI   sales@kinsler.com
          friend.  It was then common to see Eddie hanging             Handbook/Catalog  at  kinsler.com
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