ED BREEDVELD
& the FAT NOVA
FAT NOVA
The FatNova is a '63 Chevrolet Nova with a 509ci Chevy Big Block of 785hp, built by Gianino&Lukovich. According to some people, the Nova is the fastest Street Legal car on pumpgas of Holland with a time of 9.4sec on the quarter mile and is also one of the few SuperGas racers with a complete exhaustsystem.
ED BREEDVELD
The enthusiastic driver of this
drag race car is
Ed Breedveld, the "Buurman" himself.
Ed is born in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, in 1970 and all his life he has had a passion for
American Muscle Cars.
From driving various Chevy and Dodge Pick-Ups to rebuilding a black convertible
'68 Camaro,
now racing a '63 Chevy Nova.
EVENTS
Fun Fact for insiders:
How did Ed get his nickname “Buurman”?
First it must be explained that “Buurman” is the Dutch word for “Neighbour”.
When Ed was introduced to the dragracing scene by his friend and neighbour
Fabian Oosterveer, he was referred to as “the neighbour of”.
All the other dragracers kept calling him “Buurman” and when Ed started racing in 2010, he put his name on the entry list as
Ed Buurman Breedveld, and that has never changed!