Joe Hrudka
American gasser drag racer
Joe Hrudka is a pioneering American gasser drag racer.
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).
The next year, at the wheel of the Peters & Betz team's 1955 Chevrolet (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).
In 1967, the Hrudka Brothers' 1933 Willys panel delivery was a popular wheelstander.
Hrudka would later found Mr. Gasket (now a division of Holley Performance Products.
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Davis, Larry. Gasser Wars.
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