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One of the most immaculate series of funny cars to grace the quarter mile was run by the California based team of John Keeling and Jerry Clayton. Team was known for their "California Charger" T/F car that won the inaugural Supernationals in 70 and held the NHRA et record for a period... first flopper, a 392 powered Pinto, debuted at Lions 17th Anniversary Race in 71 with Rick Ramsey (also the teams T/F shoe) driving... later gave way to ex-John Hoven flopper driver Tom Ferraro. By 74 team was concentrating strictly on their funny car effort and campaigning the pictured Mustang with ex-Snow shoe Jake Johnston at the wheel. Billy Meyer did a short stint at the helm in 75 as did Pat Foster and Neil Leffler. Car was run through 77 when team debuted a Leffler driven "California Charger" Trans-Am. That car closed out the K&C legacy, ended up competing in European Pro comp wars out of Norway in the early 80s.