The DRR Car of the Month is a 1955 Chevy
Owned and Driven by Curt Harshfield

 

Curt purchased the car at the age of 14 and with the help of his father had it ready to race when he was 18.

1998 Parts American National (Topeka) "Best Engineered" 2000 Won the National Open at Marion, South Dakota 2001 B & M "Best Engineered" at Nebraska Motorplex 2001 Advanced Auto Parts National (Topeka) "Super Street Champion"

Specs:

555 Cubic Inch Big Block Chevy

Licensed street legal car- wipers, lights and turn signals.

All steel body with bodywork done by Larry Harshfield (Dad) and painted by Jeff Rolling

Tube frame built by Curt

Tweed and aluminum interior with AutoMeter Gauges

B & M Shifter

Powerglide transmission built by Dave Ross using TCI components and a 9" Coan converter

Denny's nitrous ready Drive Shaft

Art Morrison strut suspension in the front

Homemade 4-link in the rear and narrowed 9" with Aldan coilovers

Strange spool and axles and an U.S. gear ring and pinion in a Strange center section

Willwood Disc Brakes

Weld wheels and Hoosier tires

Polished aluminum Bowtie valve covers

Eagle crank and rods with Weisco pistons and sealed power rings

Homebuilt headers using a Hooker kit

Dart aluminum heads and intake that was ported by Harry Heads

Comp Cams roller with Crane roller lifters and rocker arms

Stinnett modified Holley Dominator with an Aeromotive fuel system

Best Performance in Super Street- 10.90 @ 145 m.p.h. & 6.03 @ 115 m.p.h. (1/8 mile)

Sponsored by: Marx Trailer Sales Sioux City, IA

Special thanks to: Mom, Dad, and my sister Chrissy Employer - McArthur Sheet Metal for giving me the time off of work to go racing Dick Speed, Dave Ross, Dave Marx, and Brad & Chuck Rose.

 

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