Dick Becker

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Dick Becker is an American gasser drag racer. [1]

Becker drove a Ford-powered 1950 Anglia dubbed The Hammer. [2]

He won one NHRA national title, in G/Gas, at the 1967 Nationals at Indianapolis Raceway Park. His winning pass was 11.42 seconds at 108.17 mph (174.08 km/h). [3]

Notes

  1. Davis, Larry. Gasser Wars (Cartech, 2003), pp.183-8.
  2. Davis, p.187.
  3. Davis, p.185.

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