CJ Hart
Opening drag racing’s first commercial strip in 1950 at Santa Ana, he is credited with “inventing” the sport. Although it is not quite that simple; “Pappy” is the man who led the efforts to provide the facilities to race legally. Eventually becoming the manager of the Lions Association Drag Strip, he always kept an eye out for the “little guys”, the backbone of the sport. CJ spent most of his life trying to improve drag racing through improved facilities better prize money and a greater awareness of the sport to the general public.