Chris Karamesines - Never Slow Down

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Chris Karamesines - Never Slow Down

Chris Karamesines is more than 80 years old and yet he still pilots a Top Fuel Dragster. Here's his story.In the staging lanes during the National Hot Rod Association's season finale, a gray-eyed, silver-haired, salt-and-pepper-mustachioed race car driver is methodically gathering up his safety garb and preparing himself for an imminent nitro-powered blast down the Pomona, California, raceway in his 8,000hp Top Fuel car. The man is Chris Socrates Karamesines, and he has been going through variations of this dragstrip ritual for almost 60 years.inline_mediumwraptextrightDespite minimal financing, The Greek continues to go quicker and faster in his Strange Engineering Chizler: At Pomona in 2009, he recorded a top end speed of 308 mph.27894832/thehistoryof/hrdp_1003_chris_karamesineshrdp_1003_02+chris_kara mesines+top_fuel_car.jpgTrue


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[Spaz]

i want that to be me when i'm @ that age!!!