Tom Hoover (drag racer)

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Tom Hoover (c. 1941 – October 21, 2022) was an American gasser drag racer. [1]

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Driving a DeSoto-powered 1957 Plymouth, he won NHRA's first ever C/Gas Altered (C/GA) national title at Detroit Dragway in 1960. His winning pass was 14.33 seconds at 100.67 mph (162.01 km/h). [2] He won no other NHRA gasser titles. [3]

Hoover died on October 21, 2022, at the age of 81. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Davis, Larry. Gasser Wars (Cartech, 2003), pp.180-6.
  2. ↑ Davis, p.182.
  3. ↑ Davis, pp.180-6.
  4. ↑ "Legendary Driver Tom "Showtime" Hoover Passes Away At 81". Drag Illustrated. 22 October 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2022.

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