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Historic Fuel Altereds to Battle Once Again
Written by: Vintage Motorsport Staff
Vintage Motorsport Magazine   http://www.vintagemotorsport.com
01/06/2009 - 11:49 AM
Pleasanton, CA
 
The sweet return to AA/Fuel Altered match racing, so popular in the 60s-70s is music to the ears of both camps. (Photo: vintagemotorsports.com) ยป More Photos

The Goodguys Vintage Drag Racing Association is proud to announce a historical AA/Fuel Altered match race series for the 2009 racing season. Rich Guasco's Pure Hell bantam roadster will come out of retirement to race Dave Hough's Nanook 23 Ford roadster at all three Midwestern Goodguys vintage drag racing events. Nostalgia Top Fuel racer Jason Richey will drive Pure Hell while Nanook will be piloted by longtime Hough family member and chassis builder Vince Generalao, the car's regular driver.

Both cars have more than 88 years of combined quarter-mile history. Pure Hell first appeared on the dragstrip (with Guasco behind the wheel) in 1963 while Nanook debuted in 1965 and was originally driven by Hough himself. Both cars own the top performance records for Fuel Altered roadsters with a best time of 6.18 @ 236mph for Nanook and a 6.32 @ 238mph for Pure Hell. The last time they appeared together came in 2004, when both cars participated in the Goodwood Festival in the United Kingdom.

The match race series will see the popular Fuel Altereds do battle at the Goodguys 21st Hot Rod Nationals, June 12-14 at OReilly Raceway
Park @ Indianapolis, the 8th DuPont Blue Suede Cruise, August 28-30 @ Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio and the 2nd Nostalgia Nationals, October 16-18 at Beech Bend Raceway Park in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

The sweet return to AA/Fuel Altered match racing, so popular in the 60s-70s is music to the ears of both camps.

"I need this," grinned Guasco, who hasn't raced in head-to-head competition since the 2000 season. The Nanook camp has remained busy on the exhibition and match race circuit campaigning their hot rod extensively throughout the U.S., Canada, Mexico and the United Kingdom.

"We ran 14 events in 2008," said Hough. "I'm so glad Rich is coming back out to race. This is going to be a real treat to drag racing fans around the country."

For more information go to www.good-guys.com.

For more vintage news and events please visit www.vintagemotorsport.com
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