Adrian Worman wrote:Was Alan Herridges car called Asphalt Alligator? Remember all that scene as a little teen git, ta for bringing it all back .......... gone all misty eyed now
Yes. He raced a TF rail as well as a TF Funny car.
Easy guy to talk to in the pits. No matter what rush was on he would always take time to chat and answer questions. He even gave me and a mate a couple of spare bolts and a loan of one of his trolley jacks when we needed to repair the tow hitch mount on my mates Austin 1800.
Top bloke he was.
I think she was doing that before her & Geof split up - if memory serves, she had an out-building (cat equivalent of a kennel i guess ) in their back garden near Geof's workshop when they lived next to the water tower near Rushden.
I remember Asphalt alligator doing a wheel stand at the pod off the line.
I seem to recall Geoff telling me the Rossi car ran 10.30 or something close to that, it was quite a trick car by all accounts.
Mick
Mick wrote:I remember Asphalt alligator doing a wheel stand at the pod off the line.
I seem to recall Geoff telling me the Rossi car ran 10.30 or something close to that, it was quite a trick car by all accounts.
Mick
the car was trick mickey boy, but if you think about it now they were massive wheelies for a slow et,,,,, and i dont mean that takin the slash a lot of wasted energy brilliant crowd pleaser though