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A farewell to Tom Jobe: The last of the Surfers | NHRA
https://www.nhra.com/news/2019/farewell-tom-jobe-last-surfers
Bob Skinner, Mike Sorokin, and Tom Jobe, known collectively to Top Fuel fans of the mid-1960s as The Surfers, rode a wave of success and …
Surfers ’60s Top Fuel Dragster | Racecar Book.com
https://racecarbook.com/tips/nitromethane/surfers-60s-top-fuel-dragster/
Over a short but significant period in US Top Fuel drag racing history, the Surfers Team set record level performance. The Surfers Team was made up of owners/builders/tuners, Bob Skinner & Tom Jobe with driver/crew member, Mike Sorokin. Their nitro Chrysler (early) Hemi dragster quickly became one the sport’s best performers.
"The Surfers" 1 - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5tx-ntJEXw
There was once a time in the sport of drag racing, when a team of 2, 3, or 4 "working class stiffs" could pool their hard earned money together, and go race ...
How 3 Broke Geeks Turned Drag Racing on Its Head: Part 1
https://www.motortrend.com/features/3-broke-geeks-turned-drag-racing-head-part-1/
In the mid-1960s, this discipline was integral to the machinations of an offbeat trio of nitro bums from the west side of Los Angeles: Bob Skinner, Tom Jobe, and Mike Sorokin, aka "The Surfers." It...
"The Surfers 11" - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmquy9Bnynk
More of the team that set drag racing on its ear, in the mid-1960's.Enjoy...
THE EPIC SAGA OF THE SURFERS | Top Fuel Wormhole: …
https://topfuelwormhole.wordpress.com/2019/09/27/the-epic-saga-of-the-surfers-2/
In March of 1997, The Surfers were inducted into the Drag Racing Hall of Fame. Skinner didn’t even know it existed. He showed up at a black-tie affair in striped two-tone red pants, a flannel shirt and a Panama hat. Jobe was equally perplexed.
Bob Skinner of the Surfers Drag Team Dies at Age 74
https://www.motortrend.com/news/bob-skinner-of-the-surfers-drag-team-dies-at-age-74/
The Surfers are famous for running a very stripped-down, no-nonsense dragster on what was at the time a very high percentage of nitromethane (in the high-90s when most of the competitors were...
the surfers – AAFD AA/Fuel Dragsters
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In 1966, Mike Sorokin and his madcap skateboarding teammates, Tom Jobe and Bob Skinner — a/k/a “the Surfers,” outlasted over 100 AA/Fuelers to win a three-day motor-riffic marathon. The team’s unorthodox, gonzo approach — heavy on the nitro percentage, mind tricks and chicanery and low on cylinder compression and finances — inspired generations of drag …
Surfing Safari, Part 2: The Surfers, the Hawaiian, Hondas, …
https://www.nhra.com/news/2019/surfing-safari-part-2-surfers-hawaiian-hondas-and-jim-morrison
For a team that only existed for three years, there are a lot of crossed paths and inspiration between The Surfers and their racing pals. Roland Leong, who hired fellow SoCal “westsider” Sorokin to...
"The Surfers" Top Fuel Legends - The H.A.M.B.
https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/the-surfers-top-fuel-legends.71787/
The second is a true drag racing classic. This is the "Surfs" pushing down for the final of the '66 Bakersfield meet, where they overcame a 64-car field to take Top Eliminator. It shows the team's old '55 Chevy that was almost as big a legend as thier digger. This by-the-way, was the Surfer's entire act.
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