Dick Thompson (driver)
Richard Knight Thompson, Jr. (July 9, 1920 – September 14, 2014) was an American racecar driver. A Washington, D.C. dentist by trade, he is known as "The Flying Dentist". He won numerous Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) championships and was inducted in the Corvette Hall of Fame. Thompson brought credibility to the Corvette as a world-class sports car.Biography
National Corvette Museum; Retrieved October 22, 2007 Active from the late 1950s until the 1970s, Thompson raced for several notable racers, including the factory Corvette team for John Fitch (driver), John Fitch and Briggs Cunningham. Thompson started racing in 1952 in one of the first 12-hour races at Sebring International Raceway.
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