Don Garlits, Top Fuel; Bob Glidden, Pro Stock; and Lil' John Lombardo, Funny Car were the top eliminators in their respective classes. But the real pros are the people behind the "dig's" technological ...

Bob Sharp needed a way to boost sales of the then-new Datsuns on his Connecticut dealership’s lot, which were moving into customer hands at a rate of about 200 a year. So he went racing, first in ...