1974 World Champion Shirl Greer will attend the SGMP Southern Nostalgia Shootout

1974 NHRA Funny Car World Champion Shirl Greer will attend the Southern Nostalgia Shootout at South Georgia Motorsports Park. Greer is bringing his restored Mustang II funny car and will participate in the Cackle Event.

In 1974, Greer accumulated enough points to be in contention for the NHRA World Championship. He journeyed to California for the World Finals where he hoped to secure the title. Don the Snake Prudhomme was also in contention. If Greer could win more rounds than the Snake, he would win the title. Greer suffered a horrendous fire during qualifying, badly burning his hands and nearly destroying his car. Only the efforts of many friends to repair the car and a heroic effort by the badly burned Greer to drive allowed him to win the first round. When The Snake lost, Greer had won the World Championship title!!

Come meet World Champions Shirl Greer and Big Daddy Don Garlits at the Southern Nostalgia Shootout, October 27-29. See fuel dragsters, funny cars, supercharged altereds, and gassers battle on the track. See the car show and swap meet. Don’t miss the big cackle event on Saturday evening. Time trials will be held on Friday, qualifying on Saturday, and eliminations will be held on Sunday. BE THERE!

Marvin T. Smith