Overview
ManufacturerWilliams-Devine-McDougall (racing team)
DesignerJack Williams
Body and chassis
ClassTop Gas
Body styleSlingshot streamliner dragster
RelatedNone
Powertrain
Engine404 cu in (6,620 cc) Chrysler hemi
Chronology
PredecessorNone
SuccessorNone

Scuderia is a streamliner dragster.[1]

In 1963, Jack Williams' Vancouver, British Columbia–based drag racing team (Williams-Devine-McDougall) rebuilt Williams' old slingshot rail with a new aluminum body (painted in blue metalflake), with a very long, pointed nose, faired-in engine, and blue-tinted Lexan canopy over the cockpit.[2] The car's front wheels were spoked motorcycle wheels, the exhausts long "weed cutter"-style pipes (exiting horizontally, rather than vertically).[3]

The engine was a 404 cu in (6,620 cc) Chrysler hemi with a front-driven Potvin supercharger. Ron Lowe replaced Devine and McDougall.[4]

Scuderia made her debut at the 1963 NHRA Winternationals at Pomona, California in Top Gas, recording a best pass of 8.83 seconds at 169.17 mph (272.25 km/h) before mechanical trouble sidelined her. She also won the "Best Appearing" award.[5] At Arlington, Scuderia set a Top Gas record (average of two passes) at 162.22 mph (261.07 km/h).[6]

The car was retired in 1967. In the 1980s, Scuderia made a comeback when Williams entered her in West Coast nostalgia drag races, crashing at Fremont. He restored the car and returned to racing in the early 1990s.[7]

Notes

  1. ↑ Taylor, Thom. "Jack Williams-Ron Lowe Syndicate Scuderia Dragster", in "Beauty Beyond the Twilight Zone", p. 42.
  2. ↑ Taylor, p. 42 and photo.
  3. ↑ Taylor, p. 42 and photo.
  4. ↑ Taylor, p. 42.
  5. ↑ Taylor, p. 42.
  6. ↑ Taylor, p. 42.
  7. ↑ Taylor, p. 42.

Sources

  • Taylor, Thom. "Beauty Beyond the Twilight Zone" in Hot Rod, April 2017, pp.30–43.


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