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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 …
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.
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...
Drag Racing Story of the Day - The Surfers: 96% Blue
https://www.draglist.com/stories/SOD%20Feb%202000/SOD-022300.htm
One of the best loved, and most successful, was a team called The Surfers. Bob Skinner and Tom Jobe had been racing together for a period of years prior to being joined by Mike Sorokin. Together the three, students at Santa Monica City College, turned the collective heads of the drag racing community, and changed the course of fuel racing history.
"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 ...
Tom Jobe, the last of the Surfers drag team, dies
https://www.hemmings.com/stories/2019/09/15/tom-jobe-the-last-of-the-surfers-drag-team-dies
Tom Jobe, the last of the Surfers drag team, died earlier this month at the age of 89 79. If you're not a hardcore drag racing fan (or if you weren't paying close attention to the story on Mickey and Danny Thompson's Challenger II this week), you may not have heard of the man. You probably have heard, however, of nitromethane's potential in a race engine, and Jobe was …
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...
"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.
The Surfers - facebook.com
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