Eddie Hill. Still at it at 78 years young
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I always liked this guy and I'm glad he's still doing what he loves. Nice little 4 minute video. http://bangshift.com/bangshiftapex/ever-...s-still-racing/
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Re: Eddie Hill. Still at it at 78 years young
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Always liked Mr. Hill and his wife and that was an AWESOME clip man, thankxxx 4 sharing.......
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Re: Eddie Hill. Still at it at 78 years young
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When I was 21 in 1976, and was in tech school at Sheppard AFB in Wichita Falls Tx. I bought my Kawasaki Z1 900 from Eddie. I still have the bike and some of the paper work with his signature on it. He signed everything to make sure it was right. That freaking cool! I forget...was he the first in the 4's or the first 300mph? It was the 300 right?
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Re: Eddie Hill. Still at it at 78 years young
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Always liked Mr. Hill and his wife and that was an AWESOME clip man, thankxxx 4 sharing....... . Eddie and his wife were such down to earth people who loved the sport. I knew he enjoyed flying remote control airplanes but didn't know he was still hitting the tracks. That really made my day
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Re: Eddie Hill. Still at it at 78 years young
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He was another guy that never complained.If he won great if he lost he did it with class and didnt cry.NHRA needs more people like him.Rocky
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Re: Eddie Hill. Still at it at 78 years young
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I met him briefly 20 odd years ago qualifying at Firebird. None of that Superstar BS with him and given his resume you could forgive him if he did.
Just a real cool laid back genuinely nice guy.
How you can be that and crazy enough to pilot a Top Fuel drag boat beats me.
Kevin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsERnugT1hs
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Re: Eddie Hill. Still at it at 78 years young
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When I was 21 in 1976, and was in tech school at Sheppard AFB in Wichita Falls Tx. I bought my Kawasaki Z1 900 from Eddie. I still have the bike and some of the paper work with his signature on it. He signed everything to make sure it was right. That freaking cool! I forget...was he the first in the 4's or the first 300mph? It was the 300 right? 1st in the 4's
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Re: Eddie Hill. Still at it at 78 years young
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I met one of his old crew members down in Fla this past spring. Said he was on his team for 4 world championships. Do you remember what his name was? Eddie only won one NHRA Championship ('93) although he had several Dragboat championships. Fuzzy and Jana Carter made the transition from water to asphalt with Eddie and Ercie, can't remember any of the other boat crewmembers moving over with them.
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