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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]
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 Borsch, for fear of the ill-handling Altered. It turned out they were right: in Round One of Super Eliminator, Borsch went from guardrail to centerline, in a ...
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] That car was built by Pete Ogden, who also built the Pure Hell Fuel Altered (AA/FA) for Rich Guasco.
2.2 Altered. 2.3 Top Gas. 2.4 Competition Eliminator. 2.5 Middle Eliminator. 2.6 Little Eliminator. 2.7 Super Stock. ... Top Fuel. Top Fuel hosted a field of eight ...
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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 ...
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After switching to Hilborn injection, Knoch set an A/Altered record pass at the 1959 Nationals, with a trap speed of 138.67 mph (223.17 km/h). [1] The car lost the Altereds title at the 1960 U.S. Nationals to the Oldsmobile-powered Ratican-Jackson-Stearns Fiat. [1] In 1961, the car's top was chopped, and it was dubbed Walt's Puffer II. [1]