Ferd Napfel is an American
gasser drag racer
Drag racing is a type of motor racing in which automobiles or motorcycles compete, usually two at a time, to be first to cross a set finish line. The race follows a short, straight course from a standing start over a measured distance, most ...
who won three
NHRA
The National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) is a drag racing governing body, which sets rules in drag racing and hosts events all over the United States and Canada. With over 40,000 drivers in its rosters, the NHRA claims to be the largest motorsp ...
national F/Gas (F/G) titles..
History
Driving a
Chevrolet-powered 1955 Chevrolet
gasser, Napfel won three
NHRA
The National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) is a drag racing governing body, which sets rules in drag racing and hosts events all over the United States and Canada. With over 40,000 drivers in its rosters, the NHRA claims to be the largest motorsp ...
national F/Gas (F/G) titles.
At the
1964 NHRA Nationals, held at
Indianapolis Raceway Park
Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park (formerly Indianapolis Raceway Park, O'Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis, and Lucas Oil Raceway) is an auto racing facility in Brownsburg, Indiana, United States, about northwest of downtown Indianapolis. I ...
, he won F/G with a pass of 13.32 seconds at .
[Davis, p.184.]
Napfel won his second F/G title
at Indianapolis the next year, in the same car, turning in a 13.26 second pass at .
Napfel also won the Street Eliminator crown at Indy that year.
In 1967, Napfel claimed a third F/G national title, again at
Indianapolis, clocking 12.88 seconds at .
[Davis, p.185.]
Notes
Sources
*Davis, Larry. ''Gasser Wars'', North Branch, MN: Cartech, 2003, pp.184-5.
Dragster drivers
American racing drivers
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