Tom McEwen

Floyd Staggs · 06-11-2018, 08:48 PM

was just coming home from the store and 1070 news announced about the passing of Tom McEwen and did a phone interview with Steve Gibbs. The recognition is way cool.
RIP Mongoose!

Wayne Scraba · 06-11-2018, 10:25 PM

God Speed Goose....

Brett C · 06-11-2018, 10:53 PM

RIP
One of my heroes
What a cool guy

Carguy49 · 06-11-2018, 11:51 PM

R.I.P. Tom. One of the big names in the sport. Snake and Mongoose, what a great show they put on.

nhramnl · 06-12-2018, 08:01 AM

One of my heroes, too. I was a kid when the Snake and Mongoose stuff was at its height, and between them, Garlits and the Pro Stock guys, NHRA drag racing was all any American kid cared about. These guys were just men, but to us, they were larger than life. RIP, Tom.

Pete Lanciers · 06-12-2018, 08:53 AM

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Originally Posted by nhramnl

One of my heroes, too. I was a kid when the Snake and Mongoose stuff was at its height.

I was maybe 16 the first time I saw them in E-Town back in the day...God the show they put on was unlike anything I had seen to that point and come to think of it might not have yet been surpassed! I had their models on my desk at home and though I loved them both, Tom McEwen's demeanor really resonated with me...another pioneer gone.

Thanks for the legacy, Godspeed MONGOOSE!

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Floyd Staggs VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Cucamonga, CA Posts: 1,522 Likes: 157 Liked 229 Times in 99 Posts	Tom McEwen was just coming home from the store and 1070 news announced about the passing of Tom McEwen and did a phone interview with Steve Gibbs. The recognition is way cool. RIP Mongoose! __________________ Floyd Staggs 787 SST

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nhramnl Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 507 Likes: 8 Liked 358 Times in 83 Posts	Re: Tom McEwen One of my heroes, too. I was a kid when the Snake and Mongoose stuff was at its height, and between them, Garlits and the Pro Stock guys, NHRA drag racing was all any American kid cared about. These guys were just men, but to us, they were larger than life. RIP, Tom.