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Marion Lee "Mickey" Thompson (December 7, 1928 – March 16, 1988) was an American auto racing builder and promoter. A hot rodder since his youth, Thompson increasingly pursued land speed records in his late 20s and early 30s. [ 1 ]
Mickey Thompson raced desert trucks in the SCORE International series. Thompson said that he was seen "by nothing but cactus and jackrabbits." [2] He reasoned that he needed to bring the excitement of desert racing to a wider audience. The body and series were established by Thompson in 1979. The first event was held in the Los Angeles Coliseum ...
Dave MacDonald was driving a car owned and designed by Mickey Thompson, the #83 Sears-Allstate Special. [10] It was a rear-engined car that first raced in 1963, updated with a streamlined body for 1964. [ 11 ]
‘Speed King’ Mickey Thompson and wife Trudy were found dead outside their Los Angeles home – and for more than a decade, no one knew why. The new show ‘Homicide: Los Angeles’ dives into ...
Danny P. Thompson (born October 28, 1948) is an American race car driver and the son of the late motorsports entrepreneur Mickey Thompson. [1] [2] [3]He began his career at age 9, winning his first quarter-midget championship one year later.
The Hemi Under Glass was developed by Hurst Corporation to showcase their products in the A/FX class - precursor to funny cars. In 1965, George Hurst hired Wild Bill Shrewsberry of Mansfield, OH, an accomplished drag racer who had raced for both Mickey Thompson and Jack Chrisman. After helping to pioneer it into the first wheelstanding ...
Also, the race saw famous people from different forms of auto racing converge in one event, including: Bill France, Sr., Curtis Turner, Red Byron, Raymond Parks and Marshall Teague of stock car racing; Mickey Thompson, Clay Smith and Ak Miller, [14] famous hot-rodders
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