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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
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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
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to abandon their family racing operation. When they
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What he lacked in funding he made up for as a WORLD’S Kinsler Leak Tester
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was the 1986 March Meet. He qualified his nitro Kinsler.com
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perspective fields! He recalls taking out Greg
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former legendary Veney’s Vega) in the 1st round. Read Nozzles
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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
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