#A1800818WLC - Located One - in 1:18 scale is the Burkholder Bothers Altered Dragster. This Dragster will be made by ACME will be limited to 402 pieces were made. If you are a race fan then you know this one won’t last long. Check out more information about this car and the Burkholder Bros. race team below.
Sacramento based racers, Harry (Hairy) and Pete Burkholder, also known as the Burkholder Bros., started their racing career started in 1959 and continued racing through 1975. During their racing career they racked up many wins and records in each class. including numerous records in both Gas and Alcohol Altered racing between 1959 and 1968 and in 1968, the team switched to AA Fuel Altereds.
Here are a few highlights: In 1963 the Burkholder Bros. and Argee & Sorenson Altered won the famed March Meet in Bakersfield. The Burkholder Bros. again won the 1970 March Meet in the AA Fuel Altered class in Bakersfield. Hairy and Pete debuted their 1948 Fiat Topolino in 1971and they went on to set the national ET record of 7.06 seconds at 205.94 mph at Orange County International Raceway. The Altered Dragster went on to win numerous events at tracks throughout northern and southern California.
By 1973, the Fiat Topolino was sold in and over the next 23 years would go through five different owners. In 1996, Hairy’s cousin, Robert Reel, located the original 1948 Fiat Topolino in Idaho and pursued the purchase of the race car he grew up with since the age of 8 years old.
Unfortunately, another buyer had already made the purchase. Finally, in 2008, the buyer was ready to sell the Topplino to Robert Reel and Hairy Burkholder. Robert immediately contacted Hairy and the two of them set out to bring the car back to California. Currently, the 1948 Fiat Topolino is shown at car shows and cackle fest events throughout the state of California.
