THE ULTIMATE HOT RODDER; Art Chrisman is still burning nitro in his eighth decade.(News)
AutoWeek, October, 2005
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Byline: ED HAYES At the ancient Famoso drag strip near Bakersfield, fans flock to the NHRA California Hot Rod Reunion, America's oldest and largest vintage drag event. Here they celebrate drag racing as it used to be, before sponsors, big purses and TV. Caught between orchards and oil fields, there are some of the most famous cars in drag racing's 60-year history here, restored and ready to race, many still driven by their original shoes.
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The cars have come from as far away as Vermont and Rhode Island. The Glass Slipper, the Speed Sport roadsters, the twin-engined Freight Train ...
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