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The Tribute For The Win

here are a lot of records and milestones in recorded drag racing history, and one that sticks out is an impressive run by a hotshot Top Fuel driver in the early 1960s. Don Prudhomme, a kid from Southern California, captured a stellar 81 round wins and just 8 round losses from June 1962 through May 1963. He was the driver of the Greer-Black-Prudhomme Top Fuel dragster and the team wreaked havoc at dragstrips up and down California with one

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