They may not exist in the numbers they once did, nor do they still rule the quarter miles of America as in years gone by, but front engine dragsters are still just as cool as they ever were, and this weeks Reader’s Ride is one of the finest examples you’ll find anywhere of modern technology ming together with a classic front engine configuration to deliver a package with all of the great attributes of two great eras blended into one.

Illinois natives Robert and Daneen Malloy own the beautiful Beedy & Malloy injected nitro-burning A/Fuel Dragster, which carries on the tradition of Daneen’s uncle and a great friend to Robert, Bob Beedy, who started the Beedy & Lutz race team in 1972, along with Ray Lutz.

Malloy, when he’s not preparing the race car or traveling to and from some of the nation’s biggest nostalgia races (or sending us the story of his beautiful race car for this Reader’s Rides segment), is busy passing on high performance know-how to the next generation of wrench-slingers as an automotive instructor at the Lincoln College of Technology.

The present-day Beedy & Malloy dragster is piloted by “Diamond” Dave Brown and was constructed by chassis builder Tom Gorney, with a wheelbase measuring 225 inches and featuring a full length aluminum body. Its sleek old school paint scheme and pin striping completed by Bob Urban and Marty Grabowksi out of Chicago.

Between the pipes and just forward of Brown’s feet rests the injected 392 Chrysler Hemi, burning 96-percent nitromethane and producing an estimated 2,000 horsepower, with a Crowerglide clutch resting between Brown’s legs and transferring back to the 13-inch wide rear slicks that get it all to the ground. The combination of the Malloy’s and Brown have put it all together to the tune of a 6.76-second best elapsed time at 211 MPH, with a 1.09 short time.

The team calls the Route 66 Raceway in Joliet, just outside of Chicago, their home track, but have traveled to Tulsa, Oklahoma and other venues to battle some of the heavy hitters in the A/Fuel class in recent seasons, with plans to continue that mission in 2014.

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