NOVELLI TAPS IN TOP FUEL FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH
Sat, 2009-08-01 22:33
Who knew the Fountain of Youth could be found in the seat of a dragster?
Just like the Academy Award winning blockbuster “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” starring Brad Pitt, Top Fuel driver Luigi Novelli has discovered a way to reverse the aging process.
And it is done at over 300 miles per hour.
“These Top Fuel cars are definitely a handful. It keeps you young because you have to be alert and you have to be able to work and keep this thing moving forward,” Novelli said. “What can I say, it is a lot of work and we are a low budget team so you just have to keep working at it.” Who knew the Fountain of Youth could be found in the seat of a dragster?
Just like the Academy Award winning blockbuster “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” starring Brad Pitt, Top Fuel driver Luigi Novelli has discovered a way to reverse the aging process.
And it is done at over 300 miles per hour.
“These Top Fuel cars are definitely a handful. It keeps you young because you have to be alert and you have to be able to work and keep this thing moving forward,” Novelli said. “What can I say, it is a lot of work and we are a low budget team so you just have to keep working at it.”
Who knew it was that easy?
Novelli, now 67, has been racing for nearly 50 years ever since he caught the racing bug in the late 50s watching one of the legends of the sport make a pass down the drag strip.
From then on he knew that is all he ever wanted to do.
“I saw Chris Karamesines in Chicago in the late 50s and saw what he was doing and from then on it was all downhill,” Novelli said. “I started my own ride in Top fuel and we are still here.
“We have been doing this for almost 50 years now. It is a lot of work and a lot of money and we are still having fun with it. If you don’t have a little fun, there is no sense in doing it.”
So after 50 plus years behind the wheel of the one of the fastest machines on earth, you would think at some point the fountain would run dry and Novelli would try to find a less extreme hobby.
Not anytime soon.
“As long as I pass the physical and I am not broke I am going to keep doing this. I love it,” Novelli said.
Just like the Academy Award winning blockbuster “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” starring Brad Pitt, Top Fuel driver Luigi Novelli has discovered a way to reverse the aging process.
And it is done at over 300 miles per hour.
“These Top Fuel cars are definitely a handful. It keeps you young because you have to be alert and you have to be able to work and keep this thing moving forward,” Novelli said. “What can I say, it is a lot of work and we are a low budget team so you just have to keep working at it.” Who knew the Fountain of Youth could be found in the seat of a dragster?
Just like the Academy Award winning blockbuster “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” starring Brad Pitt, Top Fuel driver Luigi Novelli has discovered a way to reverse the aging process.
And it is done at over 300 miles per hour.
“These Top Fuel cars are definitely a handful. It keeps you young because you have to be alert and you have to be able to work and keep this thing moving forward,” Novelli said. “What can I say, it is a lot of work and we are a low budget team so you just have to keep working at it.”
Who knew it was that easy?
Novelli, now 67, has been racing for nearly 50 years ever since he caught the racing bug in the late 50s watching one of the legends of the sport make a pass down the drag strip.
From then on he knew that is all he ever wanted to do.
“I saw Chris Karamesines in Chicago in the late 50s and saw what he was doing and from then on it was all downhill,” Novelli said. “I started my own ride in Top fuel and we are still here.
“We have been doing this for almost 50 years now. It is a lot of work and a lot of money and we are still having fun with it. If you don’t have a little fun, there is no sense in doing it.”
So after 50 plus years behind the wheel of the one of the fastest machines on earth, you would think at some point the fountain would run dry and Novelli would try to find a less extreme hobby.
Not anytime soon.
“As long as I pass the physical and I am not broke I am going to keep doing this. I love it,” Novelli said.
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