re: #757 avanti

Last week I posted that a Studebaker friend of mine was involved in a drag racing accident. Ted Harbit had been racing the same 51 Studebaker since 1961, stocking in stock class, then all the way up to a twin turbocharged 700 HP Studebaker 289 cu.in engine.
Ted is 74 years old, and was just inducted into the NHRA hall of fame. He’s out of the hospital and planning on getting his new Avanti drag car dragging by the spring. Here’s a slide show of the 51 Studebakers last day and the wreck. The “Chicken Hawk” blew a turbo oil line at speed and spun out and flipped over and over.
wreck

Wow, he really pranged it. Thank goodness he had good strong rollcage. That bench seat makes me nervous, though. I’d rather have a proper racing seat, so the harness wouldn’t have to work so hard to hold me in place.