The Super John car looks to have no front brakes in this picture.
They may have installed them for some races depending on track rules.
There was very little rules for match racing.
Same with the drag chutes, you see them on the cars in some pictures and not in others.
They may have used them where there were short shut down lanes or to meet track rules.
In the pic of the car underside you can see a hook bracket in the trans tunnel. That was to hook up the chute line and you see some chute lines hanging under the cars.
The fiberglass nose looks close to a steel nose. You can see a difference in the parking lights and the notch cutouts under the bumper in the steel lower valance and the steel has seems where the metal parts bolt together vs no seems for fiberglass.
Grady Bryant and Dick Harrell were funny car drivers so they knew how to run the match races. The Funny Car drivers liked the clutch turbo hydro transmissions because a Nitro funny car was a real hand full to drive with a 4 speed. Harrell built a bunch of 69 Camaro drag cars with the clutch turbo hydro.
Grady's car looks light from what I can tell , fiberglass front, no front brakes, one seat, plexi glass windows , maybe fiberglass trunk lid and drag chute
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