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Been here for a little while but haven't had too much time to post anything. I just spent the last couple months working away on a car for the GSTA show.
My name is Pete. Pistol to most or V-rod Pete to some who know me. I grew up at the races here in MN. First one I was just a few weeks old! My dad did a lot of racing in the 60's and 70's. He got out of it in the mid 80's, he didn't like the direction NHRA was going. In the late 80's he got into building street rods. Anyway growing up going racing AND street racing with my dad left me no choice but to be a full tilt gear head myself. I bought a '68 Camaro when I was 15 and built it for my first car. In '93 at the age of 17 it was done. It ran 11.80's and I drove it everywhere and raced it constantly. It's still around, a friend of mines wife up in the Elk River / Big lake area has it. By the time the 90's were winding down I wanted to go faster. I got into Nostalgia Drag Racing. I ran a FED for a few years in NE1 which is a 7.50 index class. I am now in the process of collecting parts for a new car build. If work and the economy would pick up maybe I'll actually get it done some day! It is a Fiat Topolino A/A that I hope to run in Pro 7.0. It is a tribute to one of my dads old cars and also my favorite car the Mondello & Matsubara Fiat.
Anyway I found this place looking for MN Drag Racing history and photos. Seems like a cool place.
Pistol
My name is Pete. Pistol to most or V-rod Pete to some who know me. I grew up at the races here in MN. First one I was just a few weeks old! My dad did a lot of racing in the 60's and 70's. He got out of it in the mid 80's, he didn't like the direction NHRA was going. In the late 80's he got into building street rods. Anyway growing up going racing AND street racing with my dad left me no choice but to be a full tilt gear head myself. I bought a '68 Camaro when I was 15 and built it for my first car. In '93 at the age of 17 it was done. It ran 11.80's and I drove it everywhere and raced it constantly. It's still around, a friend of mines wife up in the Elk River / Big lake area has it. By the time the 90's were winding down I wanted to go faster. I got into Nostalgia Drag Racing. I ran a FED for a few years in NE1 which is a 7.50 index class. I am now in the process of collecting parts for a new car build. If work and the economy would pick up maybe I'll actually get it done some day! It is a Fiat Topolino A/A that I hope to run in Pro 7.0. It is a tribute to one of my dads old cars and also my favorite car the Mondello & Matsubara Fiat.
Anyway I found this place looking for MN Drag Racing history and photos. Seems like a cool place.
Pistol
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