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A farewell to Tom Jobe: The last of the Surfers | NHRA
https://www.nhra.com/news/2019/farewell-tom-jobe-last-surfers
Bob Skinner, Mike Sorokin, and Tom Jobe, known collectively to Top Fuel fans of the mid-1960s as The Surfers, rode a wave of success and popularity for three years. With the Sept. 7 passing of...
Surfers ’60s Top Fuel Dragster | Racecar Book.com
https://racecarbook.com/tips/nitromethane/surfers-60s-top-fuel-dragster/
Over a short but significant period in US Top Fuel drag racing history, the Surfers Team set record level performance. The Surfers Team was made up of owners/builders/tuners, Bob Skinner & Tom Jobe with driver/crew member, Mike Sorokin. Their nitro Chrysler (early) Hemi dragster quickly became one the sport’s best performers.
"The Surfers" 1 - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5tx-ntJEXw
There was once a time in the sport of drag racing, when a team of 2, 3, or 4 "working class stiffs" could pool their hard earned money together, and go race ...
How 3 Broke Geeks Turned Drag Racing on Its Head: Part 1
https://www.motortrend.com/features/3-broke-geeks-turned-drag-racing-head-part-1/
The Surfers—Bob Skinner, Tom Jobe, and Mike Sorokin—Applied their Life Philosophies to the Dragstrip Read Part 2 of The Surfers' story here Zen philosophy states that there is an interconnection of...
The Surfers Reconstruction - We Did It For Love
http://wediditforlove.com/Surfers-Foster.html
The Surfers Reconstruction "The Surfers" AA/FD Another Incredible Foster Pro-Fab Recreation With the blessings of Tom Jobe and Adam Sorokin, Pat Foster was commissioned to recreate one of the most famous cars in drag racing history... The Surfers of Skinner, Jobe & Sorokin. Their careers were short - their car was not pretty.
SURFERS PARADISE DRAGSTRIP
http://www.speedwayandroadracehistory.com/surfers-paradise-dragstrip.html
Drag racing commenced in Surfers Paradise with the opening of the Keith Williams designed and built Surfers Paradise International Raceway, The 1/4 mile drag strip was in fact the front straight of the 2 mile road race circuit.
Surfing Safari, Part 2: The Surfers, the Hawaiian, Hondas, …
https://www.nhra.com/news/2019/surfing-safari-part-2-surfers-hawaiian-hondas-and-jim-morrison
For a team that only existed for three years, there are a lot of crossed paths and inspiration between The Surfers and their racing pals. Roland Leong, who hired fellow SoCal “westsider” Sorokin to...
Bob Skinner of the Surfers Drag Team Dies at Age 74
https://www.motortrend.com/news/bob-skinner-of-the-surfers-drag-team-dies-at-age-74/
The Surfers are famous for running a very stripped-down, no-nonsense dragster on what was at the time a very high percentage of nitromethane (in the high-90s when most of the competitors were...
"The Surfers 11" - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmquy9Bnynk
More of the team that set drag racing on its ear, in the mid-1960's.Enjoy...
"The Surfers" Top Fuel Legends - The H.A.M.B.
https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/the-surfers-top-fuel-legends.71787/
The second is a true drag racing classic. This is the "Surfs" pushing down for the final of the '66 Bakersfield meet, where they overcame a 64-car field to take Top Eliminator. It shows the team's old '55 Chevy that was almost as big a legend as thier digger. This by-the-way, was the Surfer's entire act.
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