For many car guys, their love of cars was started, or at least supplemented by growing up watching motorsports. Some of the purest racing can be found in the world of drag racing. Men and women just going for the finish line, straight up, giving it their all. The Pro-Stock and other “stock” ranks were especially interesting because the cars looked so much like what was sitting in our driveway at home. Of course, Dad’s car didn’t do all that cool stuff stuff until we turned 16, did it?!?!
We’ve compiled just a few of our favorite racers here. Let us know if we missed your favorite!
Amie Behling, Johnny Wright, Mickey Thompson, Danny Ongais, Butch Leal
Bill “Grumpy” Jenkins
Bob Glidden
Dave Strickler
Don Carlton
Don Teague
“Dyno” Don Nicholson
Gene Snow
Gordie Bonin
Hubert Platt VS Dick Harrell
Roland Leong
Ronnie Sox
Shirley Muldowney
Tom “The Mongoose” McEwen