Race promoter and accomplished competitor Dave Hance, who has fielded a race car in virtually every doorslammer category in the sport at one time or another, revealed this week that he’ll be returning to the Outlaw 10.5 ranks with a new (to him) race car out of the New York Motorsports table.

Over the weekend, Hance purchased and picked up the beautiful Fox body Mustang previously campaigned by car owner Ron Schlessinger and driven by Larry Wood in the Notheast before being parked in favor the pair’s stunning new C6 Corvette.

“It will be an uphill battle considering all the great teams currently in Outlaw 10.5,” said Hance.

Hance has been rather bashful on the message forums in regards to his expectations, because if we know Dave as well as we think, he’ll do whatever it takes short of burning the thing to the ground to run up front.

Hance last competed in Outlaw 10.5 in the mid-2000’s in one of the early 2005 Mustangs.  Since that time, Hance has made history with the first six-second Outlaw Drag Radial pass and last fall, clicked off his first five-second pass in his ’57 Chevy after years of trying. Hance indicated that both the Radial car and the ’57 are currently for sale.

It’s certainly going to be an interesting season with a hungry racer the likes of Dave Hance, among others, in the Outlaw 10.5 game.