Benni here, the german announcer, maybe I annoyed you in Hockenheim since 1993, sorry for that.
At the final Meeting on the old US airbase in Bitburg last Weekend, a slingshot appeared in the pits
that I saw last in Drachten / NL about 10-12 years ago, where it sat on the grass as an ornament.
At that time, it already had the "stars & stripes" paint job but the name was "American Excess".
The slingshot is powered by a 3,5l Rover V8 with an 8-71 blower and runs Methanol,
the new owner from Hamburg told me all he knew was that the car was raced shortly in Drachten this year,
the Driver did some mid 8s but wanted something different. It was built in England in/around 1984.
I think the rollcage might have had an update because Mike Barnett, the legendary tech & chassis man in Germany,
took a look at the Chassis and said it could get a 7.00 tag with minor updates.
The new owner plans to replace the brittle RV8 with an american powerplant, he did mid 9s and ran pretty straight.
When this Slingshot really was built in 1984(ish), it must be one of the last front engine dragsters built as "current car",
because Nostalgia was not really Happening at that time.
Does anyone here know who built it, who raced it, and how quick and fast did it go ?
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Old Rollcage revamped ?
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Driver´s view, 9"Ford with some symbolic "safety strips" welded on, sticker is no joke.
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Front view
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