Kosty Ivanof had a great racing career up here in New England. For awhile he was the dominant car at New England, Connecticut, and Lebanon Valley. As early as ‘74 he was pounding out 6.30s and by ‘75 was a consistent low 6.20 car. Kosty wasn't afraid to lean on it and many a pass was punctuated by piston smoke in the eyes. He and usually one other crew member would bust their humps and change pistons in 90 minutes, come right back and rip off another great run. I guess his career NHRA highlight was being low qualifier at the Winters (‘78?) one year with a 6.06, I think. His biggest match race triumph came at the ‘75 New England Funny Car Nats, defeating a 32-car field including a pretty good tussle with "Jungle" in the final.

James Morgan
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