Motorsport.com: News channel:
"COLUMBUS, Ohio -- (Feb. 5, 2007) -- Teacher. Coach. Builder. Racer. Winner. Studebaker lover. That's Ted Harbit, an Honoree at the Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion, June 15-17 at National Trail Raceway near Columbus, Ohio.
Harbit raced his 'Chicken Hawk' 1951 Studebaker and won the Stock class at the NHRA Nationals an incredible seven times in 11 tries. A retired teacher and basketball coach in the Frankton, Ind. school system, he has raced continuously in cars he's built himself for more than 50 years. Ted retired from class racing after the '72 U.S. Nationals and drove the Studebaker occasionally until 1987 when he decided to see how fast it would really go. With twin turbochargers and twin four barrel carbs, he's turned a best of 10.07 at 137.8 mph. In the Studebaker Drivers Club publication, Turning Wheels, Harbit explained why he still uses a Studebaker engine. 'My own experience has been that it is not necessary to go to expensive extremes to develop over 500 HP in a Studebaker V-8. . . and that the engine is so basically sturdy that one need not fear immediate disintegration when higher horsepowers (sic) have been developed.'"
Tuesday, February 6, 2007
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Popular Posts
-
The Clampett Family Truck - The 1921 flatbed Oldsmobile four-cylinder truck with roped-down hood and glass-less headlights seen at the beg... -
The Bugatti Veyron may not only be the world's fastest Bugatti, it may be right up there as the world's fastest production car per... -
Mannix was one of the most violent shows of the sixties and it featured a special George Barris custom Oldsmobile Toronado. " "For... -
The Countach was styled by Marcello Gandini of the Bertone design studio, the same designer and studio that designed the Miura. Gandini was ...
-
There are different ways to tell which year a particular 914 model was made. The most distinguishable trait are the bumpers. Between 1970 an... -
The Porsche 968 was an automobile sold by Porsche AG of Germany from 1992 to 1995 and marketed as the replacement for the Porsche 944. When ...
-
The Pursuit Special (also known erroneously as Interceptor) is the fictional model of car driven by Max Rockatansky, the main character of t... -
The 924 was originally intended to be Volkswagen's flagship coupé sports car. Volkswagen commissioned Porsche to design the car (VW proj... -
Our last Porsche is the " Black Triangle" of Porsche.... The Porsche Roxster is a rumoured mid-size luxury crossover SUV to be rel...
-
And now a car brand that is near and dear to my heart. (Cause I own one...LOL) Jaguar. Jaguar Cars Limited is a luxury car manufacturer, bas...
No comments:
Post a Comment