The Pirrone and Ellershaw Race Team is looking forward to a GREAT 2012 Race Season..!!!! This off season we have been working overtime making our Team the BEST it can be! We've completely re-done our race team facility to better service our growing fleet of top notch race cars. We've also added some new team members that we know will make our team the best in Nostalgia Racing..! Steve Musser has come on board as a marketing partner on our funny car. Steve has done a GREAT job in securing some top notch sponsors for our team. Through his efforts, we will once again have the Screamin Eagle running hard! Joining the team for this new season is a slew of new team members. Tom Fox Jr. will be driving the Screamin Eagle funny car as a fill in driver, Freddy Bear and Mike Hall will return as co-pilots for the K.S. Pittman 33 Willys. Ken Hall and Rick "Pappy" Steif will return as team drivers for the Big Time Memories 1941 Willys AA/GS car. Michele Feil will be getting some seat time also as she works her way up the driving ladder. This year will we will have two team members working towards their NHRA competition drivers license... Dan Ellershaw and Steve Musser will be taking their first steps in becoming licensed pilots! New team members PJ Bennink and Brandi Brown will be a big asset to the team too! In the next few weeks we will be posting or 2012 race schedule, so make sure to stop back soon!
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On the Cover of GASSER Magazine
How cool is this? It may not be Sports Illustrated or GQ, but I'm HONORED to have my picture on the cover of GASSER Magazine! The picture was taken at Beaver Springs Drag Way during the Gasser Magazine Reunion.. Even though I'm the one on the cover, its a tribute/testament to my entire team who helps make Pirrone & Ellershaw racing such a success! Check out my crew at :
King of Kings AA/GS Show.. K.S.'s Celebration of Life
King of Kings AA/GS show..! K.S.'s celebration of life tour...
Pirrone & Ellershaw racing is proud to announce that it will team up with the S&S Race Team to run the King of Kings AA/GS show..a celebration of K.S. Pittmans life. The blown gassers of the early sixties were the grandfathers to today's Pro Mod class. Back in the 1960's, the AA/Gas Supercharged cars were the fastest and quickest cars with doors. K.S. was the winning-est driver in that time period. In 1965 he held every record possible, including, the NHRA, AHRA and the STD
1320 titles.
K.S. was recognized as one of the best drivers in the country and was one the very first touring professionals. K.S. would crisscross the country match racing the biggest names in drag racing, names like Stone Woods and Cook, Big John Mazmania, Jack Merkel and Jim Oddy. In 1967 he built one of the first fiberglass 33 Willys and recorded the very first "8" second pass ever run by a car with doors on gas!
K.S. passed away earlier this year, but his memory will live forever. The Pirrone & Ellershaw race team did a very accurate recreation of the beautiful Willys and will tour the country doing exhibition match races with other period correct AA/GS cars. For a complete schedule go to
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In Loving Memory of K.S. Pittman
Your final quarter mile journey has brought you home and set you free. Your loving memory will be cherished forever.
Drag racing lost one of its "True" legends on Sunday, January 31st. K.S. "Tiger" Pittman passed away in Springfield Missouri. K.S. was without a doubt the "King" of the AA/GS supercharged gassers. K.S. was one of the first touring pros, traveling back and froth from California to Pennsylvania and all point in between. In perhaps the greatest decade of Drag Racing, K.S was the winingest driver in the United States. His 40 Willys coupe and later his two 33 Willys were all most unbeatable. First time I met K.S. was in 1968, my Dad and him use to match race back here in the east. I remember the first time they raced, it was like my Dad was racing the "King"....and thats exactly who K.S. was....the KING of AA/GS..! Over the next decades, I had a chance to be able to call K.S. a friend, and I cherish that. He was not only a legend, he was my hero. As hard as it is to know, he's gone, its comforting to know he's in a better place. I'm sure my Dad and K.S. will get chance to line up once again..................God Speed..K.S.
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The Pirrone and Ellershaw Race Team is looking forward to a GREAT 2012 Race Season..!!!!
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