Folks Of Interest RICH "PURE HELL" GUASCO named to the NHRA HALL OF FAME! It's ABOUT TIME!!!

If you've never met Rich Guasco (of Pure Hell and Blue Max fame) you are missing out. You'd be hard pressed to find a nicer and more dedicated guy. Well, he was just named to the NHRA Hall of Fame. He heard today and called Gary Meadors to let him in on the cool news. Apparently he was extremely excited and honored. There's nothing cooler than a humble and deserving legend.

Way to go Rich, and thanks for continuing to make history!

Post your favorite pic of Rich or Pure Hell.

Here's a few from this past weekend in Puyallup...



Rich is still a serious competitor. Checking the track for his driver.


Still running one of the coolest cars in drag racing history.

 

Not sure how he wasn't in already. Damn that was a long time comin'. Congrats.

 

No shit, huh.

 

I would say that Pure Hell is one of my favorite hotrods ever!

Congrats Rich!

 

Thanks for the info KIRK!

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=358658

 

I still love this one!

 

Not the first time NHRA has been asleep at the wheel.

Hard to find better people than Rich. Talk about living the dream.

 

hope he will have it at the Good Guys West Coast Nationals in Pleasanton next month, since he lives there.

 

One hell of a nice guy. Here are a couple of pics of him and his AMBR roadster. Just a regular kind of guy having fun with his hot rod

 

Gaaawwwdddd damn! Bout time.

 

By far one of my favorite race cars!! Just watched them run it @ Pacific Raceways, always a crowd pleaser! Congrats, well deserved!

 

This picture just takes by breath away.

 

Congradulations.....one of my favorites.

 

Very deserving to a really good guy. I had the pleasure of going on one of the cruises from GG Des Moines to GG Columbus along with Rick and he is one SUPER NICE guy. I noticed in some of the pictures he had his cell glued to his ear and he was pretty much that way on the cruise. And believe me he drives the shit out of his AMBR car.
Later,
Dick

 

Anybody got a picture of his purple 5 window? It's one of my favorites.

 

Rich Guasco is simply the Coolest!

I've got dozens of pics of Rich and/or his Pure Hell Altered over the years ... almost impossible to pick a favorite ... so I'll just post my most recent snapshots from last year at the Goodguys West Coast Nats:





The sound quality sucks ... and you can't smell the Nitro ... but here's a short (poor quality) video of it Cacklin' (with Goodguys VP of Event Ops Harry Daviess in the seat):

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Here's a pic of a "Guasco Groupie" posing with Pure Hell:

 

Ha ha ha...great shot brother.......and congrats to Mr. Guasco.....well done sir.

 

Wow, that is over due.... One of the best altereds ever....

 

Here's a few snapshots of it from the '32 Ford 5W. PICTURE THREAD! thread:



... and some more pics culled from the Internet:

 

Handsome!

 

A class act and a true legend.

 

He definitely beats the crap out of that coupe! Way cool!

 

Your flames match the car Kirk!

 

receding? comes to mind?

 

I spent a week on the road with him in 05 and he definately drove the roadster like he'd stole it. He's a great guy to be around

 

Way over due congrats. that car has always been one of my favorites.

 

about time met him once again at pacific raceways on fri./nite..cool guy ...jeffrey

 

congrats to one of the good guys!