New A Real Unique Dragster..... The Hawaiian

One automobile that stands out inwards Top Fuel from to a greater extent than than l years of winners as well as losers, as well as that is the Hawaiian dragster of Roland Leong from the mid-1960s.

It did something no other car/owner combination has always done, past times winning both the 1965 as well as 1966 Winternationals, but hence also winning both the 1965 as well as 1966 NHRA Nationals.

Winning the 2 biggest national events on the NHRA calendar is vantage enough, but winning both back-to-back has been likewise hard to repeat hence far inwards the annals of drag racing.

 Another back-to-back oddity was coming dorsum from both their 1965 as well as 1966 Nationals win, the towing rig crashed.

The dragster was shipped to Europe for the Coca Cola Cavalcade of Stars, as well as ended upwardly at the National Auto Museum inwards Turin, Italy, where it has reposed for decades, though numerous individuals from the US of America bring tried to purchase the car.

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