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UP FROM THE ASHES
Story by Connell R. Miller
Photos by Jim Cecil, Fred Becchetti, Terry Kalvestran, Mike Edstrom and Roger Stanke
Whether destined for cackling Tom Hoover, Beebe and Mulligan, Minnesota-based BFK AA/FD.
or merely to show, one can always Tommy Ivo and the Hawaiian With their copy of a Woody Gilmore
find very compelling reasons for among others. There can also be chassis and 392 cu. in. blown
the time and expense spent for an something with perhaps a little hemi, they had soon set track ET
old race car’s restoration or re- more of a personal connection. and speed records at strips in the
creation. Sometimes it is purely That’s where this story takes us….. Midwest and Canada and were
out of a sense of the importance In 1968, pals Fred Becchetti, Pete very competitive in several of the
or history connected to a famous Fitzgerald and Terry Kalvestran
driver and/or team, such as the were having some success NHRA Division 5 meets they ran,
AA/Fuelers of Don competing in nitro’s top class with including a runner up at one
Prudhomme,
Dave Edstrom at the wheel of their
Stanley and Weiss Racing
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