More Drag Racing Awesomeness From Italy! Check Out This Willys Woody As It Runs Rivanazzano Dragway


More Drag Racing Awesomeness From Italy! Check Out This Willys Woody As It Runs Rivanazzano Dragway

Drag racing in Italy doesn’t seem right, does it? The home of Ferrari, Lamborghini, Maserati, Alfa Romeo and many boutique car designers doesn’t seem to lend itself well to monster V8s and burnouts. Italy is supposed to be about country road touring, howling V-12s, great pasta and great wine, not burgers, beer and blasting violence out of a set of Zoomies. But we’ve been watching some of the drag racing footage that is coming from Rivanazzano Dragway, a runway dragstrip north of Genoa at Voghera Airport. All comers are welcome to run the course, but what’s surprising us is the amount and type of American rides that are present. We showed you a pretty stout Plymouth ‘Cuda before, now check out these two: an eight-second Willys and a pretty well sorted mid-1990s Ford Probe getting after it on the tarmac. We like seeing racing from all corners of the world, and apparently Italy isn’t immune to the charms of the dragstrip.


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4 thoughts on “More Drag Racing Awesomeness From Italy! Check Out This Willys Woody As It Runs Rivanazzano Dragway

  1. Doug Gray

    The 1934 Willys woody racing in Italy!, I built the woody, I sold it to a guy in N. Ca. then he sold it and it went to Norway now Italy!!. I now race a 40 Willys roadster and I’am building a 40 Willys pickup to race 1/8 mile Madras Or. also bought back my first Willys that I ever owned it is a 41 pickup in 2016, I sold it in 1967!! it will be a hot rod.
    Doug Gray

    1. Thor

      Hey Doug . I was the owner who took it to Norway . Built the 392c Blower Chevy . and ran 8,48 as best . with a lady behind the wheel. we had a lot off fun with the car . sO THANKS FOR BUILDING IT !!!!

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