“I took the model to a chassis shop and they copied it with some added safety items,” said Davenport, who’s a retired builder and now devotes his time to racing and motorsports consulting. Why a replicar? Well, Davenport came across a 1/24th scale model of the front-engined dragster about six years ago and that inspired his quest to custom build a copy of the car he worked on as a teenager and drag racing champion Rick Ramsey drove over 200 mph in the 1970s. Earl Blake and Doug Davenport are retired, but that hasn’t slowed them down one bit.īlake and Davenport, both from Las Vegas, competed in this past weekend’s Rockabilly Rod Reunion and National Hot Rod Association Heritage Series drag racing event at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.īlake drives his 1968 Plymouth Barracuda in the Stock Eliminator class, while Davenport pilots a Top Fuel-classed replica of the 1969 California Charger, originally run by the California-based team of John Keeling and Jerry Clayton.
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