WELL OUR FELLOW PUSHER DAVID HOLLINGER'S PROJECT HAS COME TO A END.HIS RESTORATION OF THE HITE BUILT FOUR WHEEL DRIVE REAR ENGINED SUPERMODIFIED MADE ITS RETURN TO THE RACE TRACK.AFTER BEING FOUND IN STORAGE FOR ALMOST 30 YEARS DAVID PUT BLOOD, SWEAT AND $$$$$$$$$ TO BRING THE ONLY COMPLETE CAR OF ITS TYPE BACK TO LIFE.DAVID HAS TRIED TO KEEP US UPDATED ON THE RESTORATION AND NOW ITS COMPLETE. Be sure to pick up his week’s Oswego Speedway Eagle program which will have a “then and now” photo feature of this car. The car will be driven here at the Oswego Speedway this weekend by Gene Lee Gibson. The car carries sponsorship from Rex Engineering Corporation in Titusville, Florida Heckman Motor Sports in Miami, Florida and Steve’s Body Shop in Mexico, New York. The team thanked Doug Heveron for taking it through some test sessions earlier this year in Florida. The car was discovered by David Hollinger last year and he purchased it from Herb Ellmers and restored it to its current condition. The car set the track record at Palm Beach Fairgrounds Speedway in 1976, touring the ½ mile track in 15.25 seconds.
Herb Ellmers purchased the car for the 1976 season and it became #14 with Armond Holley was again the driver. Tony Lavati, Todd Gibson and Armond Holley drove it while it was #00 at tracks such as Oswego, and tracks in Ohio, Michigan and the New England area. Tony Lavati purchased the car and it became #00. The car was numbered the Midwest Auto Specialties #54 and was driven by such drivers as Armond Holley and Todd Gibson. This particular car was built in 1971 in Alabama by Bill Hite for Cleveland, Ohio resident Bill Port. One of the Bill Hite built four wheel drive rear engine Supermodifieds from the seventies will be on hand to race in this Saturday night’s “Open Competition 45” at the Oswego Speedway. Hite Four-Wheel Drive Car to Race in the Open Competition 45 THE NEWLY REFRESHED PANELS GIVES IT A 100 MPH LOOK STANDING STILL.DAVID WRITES.HIS HAS INSTALLED A 410 WoO MOTOR IN THE FRAME.HE HAD TO CUT THE OIL PAN APART AFTER THE SCAVENGE LINES CAME ON THE WRONG SIDE EVEN AFTER HE TOLD THE MOTOR BUILDER MANY TIMES THAT THE MOTOR SAT IN THE CAR BACKWARDS.A NEW SET OF HEADERS HAD TO BE BUILT AND THE FRAME HAD TO BE MODIFIED TO FIT THE DOWN NOSSLE INJECTER MOTOR.DAVID WAS HEARD MUMBLING THAT HE NOW RECALLED WHY HE QUIT RACING YEARS AGO. TESTING WAS FINE BUT TEST BRAKES NEED A LITTLE WORK. SECOND TEST AT HIALEAH SPEEDWAY MAY 22, 2004ĭOUG HEVRON GIVES IT A HARD TEST WITH THE FULL BODY PANELS IN PLACE.ĭOUG LOVES SUPERS AND BEING ABLE TO RUN THIS CAR IS A TRIP. WELL LETS SEE WHAT WE NEED TO DO NEXT.(left to right) DAVID HOLLINGER, CARL BATES, DON HECKMAN AND RED STAUFFER. JIMMYJEEP RETURNS DAVID HOLLINGER TO THE INFIELD AFTER RUNNING THE CAR ON THE TRACK FOR THE FIRST TIME IN CLOSE TO THIRTY FIVE YEARS. WAITING TO FIT IN A 810 HORSE POWER 410 ALUMINUM MOTOR.įIRST TEST AT ORLANDO SPEEDWORLD APRIL 30, 2004
THE BEAUTIFUL HEADERS ARE FROM SMOKEY YUNICK'S INDY CAR THAT HAD TO HAVE EXTENSIVE RESTORATION. NOTICE THE THE FRONT UNIT FOR THE 4 WHEEL DRIVE SYSTEM. RESTORATION IS TAKING PLACE TO BRING THE CAR BACK TO OSWEGO SPEEDWAY ON JULY 10, 2004ĭAVID MODIFIED THE INTAKE SCOOP TO GIVE THE MOTOR ALL THE AIR IT NEEDS FOR OSWEGOS BIG 5/8 TRACK. THOUGH NOT TO USED AS A PUSH TRUCK AS DAVIDS "SUPER PUSHER" THE CAR HOLDS THE TRACK RECORD AT THE NOW DEFUNCT WEST PALM BEACH SPEEDWAY WITH THE TIME OF 15.25.ĪFTER REMOVING LAYERS OF DUST ITS A PROJECT OF LOVE FOR DAVID. PICTURED HERE IS TONY LAVATI WITH A SIMILAR REAR ENGINED FOUR WHEEL DRIVE SUPER MODIFIED COPY POSSIBLY BUILT BY TODD GIBSON.THESE CARS WERE OUTLAWED IN THE EARLY SEVENTYS.ĪRMOND HOLLEY WAS THE FIRST DRIVER.THE CAR WAS LATER PURCHASED BY TONY LAVATI WHO DROVE IT PLUS USED HOLLEY AS A DRIVER ALSO. RUN OUT OF TOWN AND BANNED FROM THE TRACKS FOR OVER THIRTY YEARS IT BACK AND ITS BAD.READY TO GUN DOWN ANYONE WHO CHALLENGES IT.DAVID HOLLINGER'S REAR ENGINED FOUR WHEEL DRIVE SUPER MODIFIED IS A BAD DUDE.īUILT BY BILL HITE FOR MID WEST AUTO SPECIALTITES OWNER BILL PORT IT HAS BEEN IN STORAGE FOR THIRTY YEARS.DAVID HOLLINGER IS RESTORING THE CLASSIC CAR TO RACE AGAIN. DAVID HOLLINGERS "OUTLAWED 4X4 REAR ENGINED SUPER MODIFIED"
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