Peter Russo will test his Australian-built Supercheap Auto Funny Car before contesting the season-ending AAA Club World Finals at Pomona, California in two weeks.
Russo and wife Helen were in Las Vegas for the Big O Tires Nationals at The Strip on the weekend, but failed to qualify their impressive new Murray Anderson-built fuel coupe for the tough 16 car field.
The small, all-volunteer Aussie crew finished building the Monte Carlo-bodied flopper at the track – Anderson’s craftsmanship drawing praise from his US peers – before making two qualifying attempts, the first thwarted by an ignition issue, the second a shut-off launch as planned.
Russo elected to miss Saturday’s final qualifying session, deciding to instead test at The Strip tomorrow [Tuesday Australian-time] before re-loading their new transporter and heading back to their LA base for the finals on 10-13 November.
