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But NHRA officials were hesitant to resurrect a rocket-car class, and Anderson himself thought the chassis was too sketchy for ultra-high speeds. THE WELL "All of a sudden, the back end came around", Anderson recalls. He bought an antiquated dragster chassis - still equipped with a motor Michaelson had built in 1974 - that had been raced by NHRA rocket-car legend "Fearless" Fred Goeske back in the day. Once Anderson realized that a rocket car would be faster and cheaper than a Top Fuel dragster, he hatched a plan to bring hydrogen peroxide back to the NHRA. [Extracted from the article] |
