Okay, you read the news item that Jerry Tolliver’s crew chief for his new Rockstar-backed Funny Car will be Dale Armstrong, but have you really considered its meaning?  Armstrong is one of the most talented tuner/innovators in the sport’s history.

Okay, you read the news item that Jerry Tolliver’s crew chief for his new Rockstar-backed Funny Car will be Dale Armstrong, but have you really considered its meaning?  Armstrong is one of the most talented tuner/innovators in the sport’s history. 

The winner of the first dual Ollie Award ever presented in the history of the All-Star Drag Racing Team (an honor shared with his then driver, Kenny Bernstein), Armstrong’s contributions include now-taken-for-granted things like onboard computers, sophisticated fuel delivery systems and much, much more.  Apparently refreshed from his recent years spent restoring Muscle Cars and the like, if Armstrong returns with the same desire he’s previously demonstrated, he’s capable of making Tolliver not only a winner, but a champion. 

And his tuning “junior partner” isn’t exactly shabby either.  That job will be handled by part-time Funny Car and Fuel Altered competitor Jeff Diehl.  This is likely to be one heck of a competitive team, and in short order.