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1984 TOP FUEL WORLD CHAMPION JOE AMATO

  • Captured first of five championships
  • Scored three wins in 11 events
  • Reached six final rounds
  • Introduced radical new rear-wing design
  • Broke 260-mph barrier in Gainesville

Top Fuel world champion
Joe Amato

Funny Car world champion
Mark Oswald

Pro Stock world champion
Lee Shepherd

Top Alcohol Dragster world champion
Bill Walsh

Top Alcohol Funny Car world champion
Brad Anderson

Comp eliminator world champion
Coleman Roddy

Super Stock world champion
Chuck Gallagher

Stock eliminator world champion
Alan Peters

Super Gas world champion
Tommy Costales

1984

SEASON HIGHLIGHTS

GARDNER NAMED NHRA'S SECOND PRESIDENT

Dallas Gardner became the second president in NHRA history and immediately targeted facility development, NHRA ownership of select tracks, new sponsors, and expanded TV coverage as his key initiatives.

MULDOWNEY INJURED IN CANADIAN CRASH

Reigning NHRA Winston Top Fuel champion Shirley Muldowney suffered severe injuries to her legs, ankles, and pelvis in a qualifying accident at the Le Grandnational outside of Montreal, Canada.

GARLITS' INDY COMEBACK NETS VICTORY

Don Garlits fuel injected life into the Top Fuel class with a win at the NHRA U.S. Nationals, coming out of a virtual NHRA national event retirement at one of the lowest points in the class’ history.

NITRO AERO WARS BEGIN

Kenny Bernstein unveiled a radical Ford Tempo that had been refined in a wind tunnel, while Joe Amato and crew chief Tim Richards changed the face of Top Fuel with a land-back rear wing.

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