Legendary Funny Car Racer Al Hoffman died today at his house in Florida.
Another part of drag racing's soul has left the Earth.
Hoffman was a bad ass. He took no crap from anyone. The guy had a genuine fetish for beating up on John Force....Force may have gotten the upper hand more frequently, but no one in Force's entire career raced him as hard as Hoffman.
Two great Al Hoffman stories:
1.) A guy walks up to him in the pits one Sunday morning and says, "Hey Al, gonna kick some ass today?" Hoffman replies, "Yep, want me to start with yours?"
2.) A gentleman and his "full figured" companion walk up to Al's pit. The guy asks Hoffman, "She gonna go 250?" Hoffman looks at the large woman with the man and said, "You keep feedin' her, she'll go 300."
RIP Al
Brian
Another part of drag racing's soul has left the Earth.
Hoffman was a bad ass. He took no crap from anyone. The guy had a genuine fetish for beating up on John Force....Force may have gotten the upper hand more frequently, but no one in Force's entire career raced him as hard as Hoffman.
Two great Al Hoffman stories:
1.) A guy walks up to him in the pits one Sunday morning and says, "Hey Al, gonna kick some ass today?" Hoffman replies, "Yep, want me to start with yours?"
2.) A gentleman and his "full figured" companion walk up to Al's pit. The guy asks Hoffman, "She gonna go 250?" Hoffman looks at the large woman with the man and said, "You keep feedin' her, she'll go 300."
RIP Al
Brian
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