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Originally Posted by asphaltgambler View Post
Why the h3ll were they taking a 1/4 drag / wheelie car in the infield of a circle track? I mean what could go wrong? I just can't imagine why they would pick that place - that car is no toy as well as historic piece of drag racing history.
Scheduling error/conflict with the drag strip. Riggle wasn't real happy with the circumstances but didn't want to disappoint Leno. You can almost see it in his face when it all comes to a stop. You can bet one of Leno's producers is updating his/her resume as we speak.

On a side note: That car is NOT the original "Hurst Hemi Under Glass" as campaigned back in the day, it's a copy of the original which is still owned by (Wild) Bill Shrewsberry .
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