Why are "Funny Cars" called "Funny Cars"? There is nothing funny about their appearence.?

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"Funny Car is an NHRA drag racing car class. The other "professional" classes are Top Fuel, Pro Stock, and Pro Stock Motorcycle. Funny cars have forward-mounted engines and carbon fiber automotive bodies over the chassis, giving them an appearance similar to Detroit manufacturers' showroom models."





This does nothing to explain the name "FUNNY CARS"|||The original "Funny Cars" back in the early 1960's were production cars that had been modified. imagine a Mustang, Camaro or Dart with 3000 horsepower. these cars got little or no traction off the line. the rear axle was moved forward to increase the weight on the tires and the wheel wells were enlarged. due to the fact that this was not a multi-million dolar buisiness at the time the rearward portion of the rear wheel well had nothing in it. They had big Hemi's sticking out of the engine bay and usually no hood. They had headers sticking out right behind the front tires. they were infact funny looking cars! The name stuck and now 40 years later funny's have evolved into what you see.|||probly ran off laughing gas back in the day|||That Looks Funny!|||they are called that because when they moved the engine and whole body forward on the frame, back in the day,


(they used a stock car and modified it)


it made the normal car look "funny". it don't look the same on today's cars but they still have that class of racing|||they use to use comics such as the hulk etc just like monster trucks they gave them funny names and funny graphics. now its just sponsors|||it's funny as hell when they hit the wall and go BOOM-Ba!|||It's the name given to a class of cars that is funny.





Funny strange, not funny 'ha ha ha ha'.|||Funny, doesn't always mean hahah, hilarious.


It also means something unusual. So if it is similar to detroit manufacturer showroom models, but not the real thing, then it is unsusual, or funny|||They look funny, but in a strange rather than humorous way. And the ones they built in the 1960's when the term originated were often much weirder than the ones today - some had the roof removed and replaced with a Batmobile-style windshield, others looked like Jeeps stretched to car length or had intake manifolds higher than the roofline.