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Red Victor 2 burns rubber
Tuesday 24th April 2007, 8:50AM BST.
It is a 34-year-old Vauxhall Victor – but Andy Frost’s machine has more acceleration than a Formula One car.
Mr Frost has turned the saloon he picked up for the equivalent of £60 into a world beater in the field of drag racing.
He smashed through the eight-second barrier for completing the quarter-mile course at Santa Pod in the European finals over the weekend – hitting a speed of more than 183mph in his extensively-modified Vauxhall VX 4/90.
The car, known as Red Victor 2, used to put out around 1,500hp and was capable of hitting 60mph in 1.1 seconds.
Our video team have been to meet the father-of-three who runs Penn Autos in Springhill Lane, Wolverhampton.
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