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Ted Gotelli, one of the most successful NHRA Northern California racers of all-time. Running out of his Gotelli's Speed Shop in south San Francisco, Gotelli fielded an impressive string of Top Fuel race cars, especially between the years 1960 and 1972. Gotelli's fame lay in his wrenching abilities, with his biggest claim coming on May 16, 1965 when his driver, the late Denny Milani, backed up the sport's first 210-mph pass at Sacramento Raceway. Milani ran a 211.26 and backed it up with a 209.78-mph charge.

Gotelli never won a big race, but was good for low e.t. and top speed at many big events. Locally at Fremont Raceway, Gotelli and Milani won over 20 Top Fuel event titles in 1964 and the competition then included talent like the Masters & Richter team and Johnny Batto in the Batto-Valente-Bing's Speed Shop dragster. As close as Gotelli got to a major win was in 1962 when driver Glenn Leasher took runner-up honors to Don Prudhomme at the Bakersfield March Meet.

Over the years, Gotelli resembled a northern version of Roland Leong considering the number of drivers he had employed. Jim McClennan (with Champion Speed Shop), Leasher, Milani, Sammy Hale, Kenny Safford, Norm Weekly, Norm Wilcox, Ronnie Hampshire, Jim Lynn, and Jim Davis were some of the drivers of his fuel dragsters. After Jim McLennan died Ted Gotelli purchased his friends Jim's Champion Speed Shop and his son Ted Gotelli Jr ran it in the city for many years till all the speed shops machines were moved to the Gotelli Speed Shop location and the Champion shop closed, Ted never bought the rights to the Champion Speed Shop name, that was Jimmy's he said

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