After working with the Power Automedia staff for some time on a freelance basis, Andrew joined the team in 2010.Even when he doesnt leave his West coast home, Fletes is turning heads on the interstate highways towing a legitimate camper to the racetrack for he and his wife to stay in.And it would be a fair assumption hes the only guy there to drive through the gate in the same car hes driving maybe the only one at any major NHRA race anywhere in the country.
![]() Already this year, hes driven from California to Florida and back, and intends to do it again if the coronavirus allows it. ![]() In all, hes racked up 100,000 miles on the setup since it was first built, and it shows no sign of slowing down. But its never left us strandedthe only time Ive ever had to get a tow-truck, it was out here near home. Weve always been able to limp it home, fix it, and keep rolling. We usually carry enough parts when we head out on long trips to fix pretty much anything. We wanted something we could driveI didnt want a race car anymore. So Id bought a Chevy Duramax truck back in 2001 and thought the engine would be pretty cool to have in a carit runs great, and it runs quiet, and its clean.its not smoky. So that got the wheels turning, and I bought everything in 2007 and tore it all down and got it fired by the beginning of 2009. We trailered it when we did, mostly because I didnt trust it yet. It was probably five or six years before I trusted it and thought we could go further. Impressively, it still has bone-stock pistons, rods, and crank inside a likewise-stock engine block, and following the same theme, the cylinder heads are also as stock as the sky is blue. More incredible yet, those parts all have more than 200,000 miles on them and keep on taking a licking. But this is the first time weve tried to sun Super Gas, Rick adds. He had in the spring driven to Florida, intent on leaving the car out East to run half of the Outlaw Diesel Super Series season. When that fell through due to the coronavirus, he flew out and drove the Chevelle back home. The car was sitting at Ryan Millikens shop in Florida for two months and I said screw it, Im going out there and either were racing or were bringing it home. We dont talk to them, but we just see their reaction, and most of the time they have their phones out and theyre taking videos and pictures and have their thumbs up. Just yesterday a guy saw me traveling down I-80 and he took pictures and put it on Chevelle page on Facebook and we found it. Over the years, he has photographed several major auto racing events, sports, news journalism, portraiture, and everything in between.
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