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Don Pilkenton is a car customizer based in Ohio, United States. He has built three cars to win the Ridler Award , in 1993, 1996 and 1999. [ 1 ] He was the first builder to win the award three times.
The first Detroit Autorama was held at the University of Detroit Memorial Building on January 31 and February 1, 1953. [7] It featured only 40 cars, and was hosted by members of the Michigan Hot Rod Association (MHRA), which was created only a year before to "organize small local clubs into one unified body that could raise the money needed to pull drag racing off the streets and into a safe ...
Temporary exhibits have also been created to honor participants in hot rodding including Vic Edelbrock, Don Prudhomme, the 1932 Ford, Track Roadsters, Parnelli Jones, and the So-Cal Speed Shop. In 2008, the museum began hosting a special exhibition dedicated to Gale Banks and his contributions to the sport of drag racing. The exhibit is ...
Prudhomme's Top Fuel dragster in 1992. Prudhomme crewed for "TV Tommy" Ivo on Ivo's twin-engined slingshot in 1960. [2]In 1962, Prudhomme was a partner in the Greer-Black-Prudhomme fuel digger, which earned the best win record in National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) history, [3] before switching to Funny Car.
On the National Hot Rod Association Top 50 Drivers, 1951–2000, Don Garlits was ranked No.1. In 1987, Garlits' record-setting Swamp Rat XXX was inducted into and enshrined at The Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. In 2008, he was inducted into the inaugural hall of fame class at Gateway International Raceway.
The NHRA Summernationals, hosted by the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA), was an annual drag racing event held from 1970 to 1992, 2002 to 2017 and again in 2020, mostly at the Old Bridge Township Raceway Park in New Jersey.
Paul Bunyan at Leo's Auto and Home Supply/Don's Hot Rod Shop in Tucson; Big Ed at Cumming's Plumbing in Tucson. Originally Stamper Miner in Rapid City, South Dakota, he moved to Tucson and was refurbished in December 2015. [2] Big Johnson (B.J.) at Big Johnson's Store in Prescott
Bob Glidden (August 18, 1944 – December 17, 2017) was an American drag racer.He was retired from Pro Stock racing in 1997 and returned in 2010. [1] Glidden retired as the driver with the most wins in National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) history at that time — a feat recently topped by 16-time Funny Car champion John Force — and he was the third-most successful drag racer of the ...