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0:03.701 (1000 feet) (Antron Brown, Don Schumacher Racing, 2012, Top Fuel) Maple Grove Raceway is a quarter-mile dragstrip located near Mohnton, Pennsylvania , just outside Reading . It opened in 1962 as a 1/5-mile dragstrip.
Supercharged A fuel altereds, or AA/FAs, are exemplified by the famous Pure Heaven, Pure Hell, and Rat Trap. [12] Winged Express, piloted by "Wild Willie" Borsch, is "arguably is the most famous fuel altered of all time". [13] The car was built for AA/A in 1961 by Phil Johnson, and converted to AA/FA specification in 1963. [13]
On 28 September 1967 at Irwindale, Winged Express made the first 200 mph (320 km/h) pass by an Altered, at 7.91 seconds and 200.44 mph (322.58 km/h). [ 4 ] Winged Express qualified for the 1968 NHRA Winternationals , a 32-car field in Top Fuel , at an AA/FA record elapsed time of 7.29 seconds, only to have the rest of the field refuse to race ...
Pure Hell was an American Fuel Altered (AA/FA) drag racing car. With an 89 in (2,300 mm) wheelbase, Pure Hell was initially powered by a Chevrolet small-block engine V8, mounted high in the chassis, at a steep angle, to improve traction. [1] Driver Don Petrich was replaced in 1965 by Dale Emery. [1]
In 1955, he began racing, starting with a C/G ‘41 Chevrolet coupé gassers.He moved up to fuel cars in 1959, running a rear-engined coupé. He returned to the gas classes in 1960, at the wheel of a dragster, before taking the wheel of car owner Woody Parker's Top Fuel dragster (TF/D) in 1962. [2]
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Struck Gogh-ld. A newly discovered Vincent van Gogh painting worth $15 million was likely found at a dusty Minnesota garage sale — where a buyer plunked down less than $50 for the world-famous ...
Pacers Auto, Inc. was a founding member of the CARS Magazine Racing Team campaigning the Tasmanian Devil both on gas and fuel, as well as, The Pacers Auto "CARS Magazine Special" Top Fuel dragster. They also served as Official Road Test Consultants for Hi-Performance CARS magazine and Speed & Custom magazine and could be seen in many articles ...