Dick Cadwalader

Dick Cadwalader (died April 22, 2018)[1] is a pioneering American gasser drag racer.[2] He was from Chalfont, Pennsylvania.[3]

Driving an Oldsmobile-powered 1933 Ford, Cadwalader won NHRA's first ever A/G national title, at Great Bend, Kansas, in 1955. He recorded a speed of 96.87 mph (155.90 km/h).[4] (His elapsed time was not recorded or has not been preserved.)

Notes

  1. ^ "Richard K. Cadwallader Obituary April 24, 2018". Scanlin-McDonald Funeral Home. Retrieved 2025-12-18.
  2. ^ Davis, Larry. Gasser Wars (Cartech, 2003), p.180.
  3. ^ "Big Waste of Rubber". The Kansas City Star. 2 October 1955. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  4. ^ Davis, p.180.

Sources

  • Davis, Larry. Gasser Wars, North Branch, Minnesota: Cartech, 2003, p.180.


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