Don Hulette to Drive "Townsend
Typhoon"!
Owen "Gene" Gibson has completed
restoration of his "Townsend
Typhoon" Special and entered the car in this year's "Monterey Historics".
SoCal racing legend Don
Hulette will emulate his old rival Bill
Krause and come out of a 40+ year retirement to drive Gibson's car.
From Gene Gibson: "Don Hulette
has agreed to come out of a 40+ year retirement to drive the "Typhoon"
in it debut at Monterey . The car is at test and tune now. Also the
proof that the car was at Laguna Seca was found late last year: Pole
Position, June 1959. Also found 1957 Phoenix pictures." (Note
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Miller in Devin-Olds sharing front row with Voevodsky in the "Typhoon".
TM) |
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The Townsend crew with the car at Laguna
Seca in June, 1959. |
The car as it looks today. Builder
Frank Townsend sits behind the wheel of the Pontiac-powered monster he
created decades ago. |
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