Art Chrisman
Any high school student who starts off with three cars can best be described in the yearbook as the guy most likely to succeed in racing. This was the case for Art Chrisman a member of the Saints car club in Compton, California, and co-operator of the fabled Chrisman and Son’s Garage. Art made the first pass ever at the National Hot Rod Association Nationals in 1955 in Great Bend, Kansas. In 1959, Art’s Hustler won the first Bakersfield race, considered by many to be the birth of professional drag racing.