''Scuderia'' is a streamliner dragster. In 1963, Jack Williams'

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–based drag racing team (Williams-Devine-McDougall) rebuilt Williams' old

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rail with a new aluminum body (painted in blue metalflake), with a very long, pointed nose, faired-in engine, and blue-tinted Lexan canopy over the cockpit. The car's front wheels were spoked motorcycle wheels, the exhausts long "weed cutter"-style pipes (exiting horizontally, rather than vertically). The engine was a Chrysler hemi with a front-driven Potvin

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. Ron Lowe replaced Devine and McDougall. ''Scuderia'' made her debut at the 1963 NHRA Winternationals at

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in Top Gas, recording a best pass of 8.83 seconds at before mechanical trouble sidelined her. She also won the "Best Appearing" award. At Arlington, ''Scuderia'' set a Top Gas record (average of two passes) at . The car was retired in 1967. In the 1980s, ''Scuderia'' made a comeback when Williams entered her in West Coast nostalgia drag races, crashing at Fremont. He restored the car and returned to racing in the early 1990s.Taylor, p. 42.

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*Taylor, Thom. "Beauty Beyond the Twilight Zone" in ''Hot Rod'', April 2017, pp.30–43. 1960s cars 1980s cars Drag racing cars Rear-wheel-drive vehicles {{automobile-stub