Gary Rupp and Pat Dakin raced as the “Rupp and Dakin” top fuel team and were strong competitors in the NHRA’s very tough Division III (Midwest division). The pair started racing in the gas class. Rupp owned the car [...]

Ted Dzus Jr. known affectionately as “The Quarter Turn Man” who took a product, typically known as a cam locking fastener, but commonly known as the “Dzus Fastener” from the aircraft industry and into the motorsports and custom automotive [...]

Known as the “Texas Whips” William Carroll and Curt Carroll hailed from Irving, Texas. The Carroll brothers owned Carroll Brothers Erection Company which built steel buildings. William and Curt had another deep passion for the sport of drag racing [...]

Lynn Prudhomme has been a part of her husband’s life since they met in a high school art class in a Los Angeles area high school. First as a girlfriend, and then-wife to the iconic drag racing superstar, Don [...]

Edward “Ed” Justice Sr. was one of the three brothers who established themselves as early leaders in the automotive lubricant and fuel additives market in the early 1950s.  The brothers-Ed, Zeke, and Gus-were actively involved in the business even [...]

Like most other competitors in the sport, Wally got his start in his teenage years but his most visible years were when he headed up the entrance into the sport by American Motors (AMC). He was making a name for [...]