The Piranha Family racing team to go time travelling on nitro with a piece of Funny Car history.
“Recently, I travelled to the US along with Greg & Peter Leahy and attended the 20th Annual Hot Rod reunion at Bakersfield California, said team owner Peter Peirano.
“Whilst in Bakersfield, We were fortunate enough to acquire “Time Traveler”. This car is the ex Doug Rose, genuine 1970’s Nostalgia Nitro Funny Car with a Vega body, everything on this car, except for the Block and body was all new in 2008.
“Due to some health problems, Doug reluctantly sold the car complete, including spares and accessories. It is no being readied for Greg Leahy to get it on the water and is scheduled to arrive here in early January 2012.
“Initially, it will be licenced and tested at at Palmyra under the expert tuition of Paul “Nitro” Shackleton. With everything going to plan, completion of licensing for both Nathan & Zach will be done during the Nostalgia meeting at Willowbank Raceway in February 2012.
“Our plan is to race this car sparingly and continue running both the Penguin F.E.D and Lexus Piranha Hot Rod at the Rocket All Star rounds – Truely, a dream come true.”
