Rapid Ray
09-30-2007, 12:31 PM
"He effectively created drag racing"
"These kids were racing jalopies and he wanted to get them off the streets and start them racing in an organized manner."
stated Michael Hollander, a spokesman with the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum in Pomona, Calif.
http://www.newsday.com/news/obituaries/ny-usobit305396379sep30,0,980824.story
http://www.nhra.com/content/news.asp?articleid=24565
"These kids were racing jalopies and he wanted to get them off the streets and start them racing in an organized manner."
stated Michael Hollander, a spokesman with the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum in Pomona, Calif.
http://www.newsday.com/news/obituaries/ny-usobit305396379sep30,0,980824.story
http://www.nhra.com/content/news.asp?articleid=24565