Dick Cadwalader

Dick Cadwalader is a pioneering American gasser drag racer.^[1] He was from Chalfont, Pennsylvania.^[2]

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).^[3] (His elapsed time was not recorded or has not been preserved.)

Notes

^ Davis, Larry. Gasser Wars (Cartech, 2003), p.180.
^ "Big Waste of Rubber". The Kansas City Star. 2 October 1955. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
^ Davis, p.180.

Sources

Davis, Larry. Gasser Wars, North Branch, Minnesota: Cartech, 2003, p.180.

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[1] Davis, Larry. Gasser Wars (Cartech, 2003), p.180.

[2] "Big Waste of Rubber". The Kansas City Star. 2 October 1955. Retrieved 5 April 2023.

[3] Davis, p.180.

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