Joe Hrudka

Joe Hrudka is a pioneering American gasser drag racer.^[1]

Driving a 1957 Chevrolet, he won NHRA's D/Gas national title at Indianapolis Raceway Park in 1961. His winning pass was 12.73 seconds at 105.26 mph (169.40 km/h).^[2]

The next year, at the wheel of the Peters & Betz team's 1955 Chevrolet^{[citation needed]} (with a transplanted Chevrolet engine), he won a second NHRA DGas national title at Indianapolis. His winning pass there was 13.37 seconds at 105.63 mph (170.00 km/h).^[3]

In 1967, the Hrudka Brothers' 1933 Willys panel delivery was a popular wheelstander.^[4]

Hrudka would later found Mr. Gasket^[5] (now a division of Holley Performance Products.

References[edit]

^ Davis, Larry. Gasser Wars (Cartech, 2003), pp.181-.
^ Davis, p.182.
^ Davis, p.183.
^ Davis, p.13 caption.
^ Gainesville Sun online (retreieved 5 June 2017)

Sources[edit]

Davis, Larry. Gasser Wars. North Branch, MN: Cartech, 2003, p. 181.

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[1] Davis, Larry. Gasser Wars (Cartech, 2003), pp.181-.

[2] Davis, p.182.

[3] Davis, p.183.

[4] Davis, p.13 caption.

[5] Gainesville Sun online (retreieved 5 June 2017)

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