Dick Cadwalader

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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.

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