Sources
- Davis, Larry. Gasser Wars, North Branch, MN: Cartech, 2003, pp.184-5.
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Vinnie Tarantola is an American gasser drag racer, the first to win two National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) national titles in the class. [1]
Driving a Chevrolet-powered 1940 Willys gasser, Tarantola won two NHRA national class titles. [2]
His first was in C/GS, at the 1965 NHRA Nationals, at Indianapolis Raceway Park. His winning pass was 11.45 seconds at 121.45 mph (195.45 km/h). [3]
Tarantola followed up with a win in CC/G (adding a supercharger to the Chevrolet engine) at Indianapolis in 1966. There, his win was an 11.36 second pass at 124.30 mph (200.04 km/h). [4]
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