Don Prudhomme with Ford Dragster, Riverside International Raceway, April 1967
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Don Prudhomme won NHRA's Funny Car Championship four times in his 35 years of drag racing. Prudhomme, nicknamed "The Snake," thrilled fans in the early 1970s through his friendly rivalry with fellow racer Tom "The Mongoose" McEwen. The two drivers, sponsored by Mattel, saw their fame spread with a series of popular Hot Wheels sets based on their cars.
Don Prudhomme won NHRA's Funny Car Championship four times in his 35 years of drag racing. Prudhomme, nicknamed "The Snake," thrilled fans in the early 1970s through his friendly rivalry with fellow racer Tom "The Mongoose" McEwen. The two drivers, sponsored by Mattel, saw their fame spread with a series of popular Hot Wheels sets based on their cars.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
12 April 1967
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2009.158.P.148644.39
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8 in
Width: 10 in
Inscriptions
Printed label with handwriting in categories adhered to back of image reads: Must Credit / The Dave Friedman Photo Collection [address] Driver: Don Prudhomme Machine: Ford Dragster Date and event: Riverside Drags 4-67 This photograph is the copyright of Dave Friedman and must / not be reproduced without the expressed consent of the / photographer. Handwritten on lower right corner 148644-39
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