Dante Duce passed away on February 15, 2008 in Las Vegas, NV. His brother Micheal van Dusen along with wife Karen, nephews Walter & Henry van Dusen and Mel W. sent him to the next race track... Dante helped so very much to bring drag racing to England. May he rest in peace. - John Hutchinson
In September 1963, the first American dragster and crew arrived in the UK. Dante Duce had challenged Sydney Allard to a transatlantic match race series and had persuaded Dean Moon to lend him his 600bhp Chevrolet Mooneyes dragster for the trip Financial assistance came from Mobil Oils and Revell Model Kits.
Info courtesy of www.trakbytes.co.uk
Photos by John Hutchinson taken at the Don Garlits Museum in May 2003. Info courtesy Fred Babcock.
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