Motorsport.com: News channel:
"Hot Rod Reunion - Fast Five with Ted Harbit
Racing series NHRA
Date 2007-02-05
'Fast Five' with Ted Harbit
Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion Honoree built and raced cars for a half-century
*Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion: June 15-17, National Trail Raceway, Columbus, Ohio
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.'"
Friday, February 9, 2007
Motorsport.com: News channel
Labels:
antique car shows,
car,
car shows,
cars,
cars shows,
classic,
hot rod car shows,
hot rod cars,
hot rods
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... -
Aston Martin may not be supplying James Bond's new car in the film due to Ford selling the company in March 2007. Ford has a three-film... -
The 2018 Porsche 911 GT2 RS is the most powerful 911 Porsche has ever made. It has 700 hp and 553 lb-ft of torque pulled from a 3.8-liter t... -
The world's 11th fastest production car, the Ford GT was built by the Ford Motor Company from 2003 to 2006. The Ford GT is powered by a... -
The Porsche 928 is a grand tourer automobile made by Porsche AG of Germany from 1978 model year to 1995 model year, during which time it was... -
Motorsport.com: News channel : "COLUMBUS, Ohio -- (Feb. 5, 2007) -- Teacher. Coach. Builder. Racer. Winner. Studebaker lover. That'...
-
Aston Martin V12 Vanquish - Die Another Day For Pierce Brosnan's last outing as 007, Bond returns to an Aston Martin - and this one is m... -
Viper Competition Coupe As of 2003, a special, non-street legal Viper SRT-10 Competition Coupe is available from Dodge for race car drivers,...
-
The second version of the VT coupé and roadster added mostly cosmetic and styling changes. The cars now featured the SV's exposed headl...
No comments:
Post a Comment