Dragzine

"Wild" Bill Dutka likes to impress the crowd.

Sometimes we post wild wheelstands or crazy crashes where a driver can walk away unscathed, but so often there are many events at a track that get over looked. In our years of covering events at the dragstrip we have certainly shared our fair share of these moments but oddly enough none like this installment. I guess maybe with the craze of drifting being a sport Bill Dutka wanted to take a shot at it but he certainly lived up to his name.

Wild Bill is his nickname around the track and his driving antics sure help uphold his name. Earlier this year we saw him at Cecil County Dragway during competition when he went for a wild 500 foot wheelstand – where he was up and down on the bumper violently twice. Jump forward two months and during the Shakedown @ E’town where his Malibu sporting its 60o plus cubic inch big block from J&E Performance went for another wild ride. In the left hand lane the car made several moves around but as any driver Bill just wheeled the car down track. It was the final little wobble that sent the Malibu into a 150mph slide and miraculously he kept it off the wall and out of the other lane.

As Bill made his way back to the pits after having the crowd on their feet the only damage so to speak was the need for some new treads. A quick trip to the Mickey Thompson trailer fixed that and come eliminations Bill continued to uphold the standard of being one crazy guy. This pass just happened to be another wild wheelstanding run where it was up on the bumper once and then back up again riding out past the 300 foot marker. So if you see this charcoal colored Malibu with twin turbos on it pull to the line because anything will and can happen.