Dude's 1969 Drag Car - "Dude's Beetle"
Dude's Beetle was a mostly home built VW engined drag car which I raced in the Volkswagen Drag Racing Club's (VWDRC) pro class. The car was originally my daily drive, but over the year a few upgrades turned into an all out race car! The car progressed massively over the years, starting off with a stock 1600cc engine, and finally ending up with a larger capacity 1914cc engine with a 50bhp of nitrous, turning out 175bhp at the wheels. This cumulated in a best ET of 11.82 at 115mph at Shakespeare County Raceway!
In order to finish the ragtop the car was sold to a good friend of mine, Graham 'Lead Foot' White, who is in the proccess of changing the car into a vintage gasser style racer!