Eddie Hill (born March 6, 1936) is an American retired drag racer who won numerous drag racing championships on land and water. [2] Hill had the first run in the four second range (4.990 seconds), which earned him the nickname "Four Father of Drag Racing."

2017年11月17日 · Eddie Hill was one of the most popular Top Fuel drivers of the 1980s and 1990s, but went out with a bang -- literally -- on an explosive final run in late 1999, a moment...

2023年7月17日 · Throughout his career, Eddie Hill’s pursuit of greatness led him to break records and set new standards in the world of drag racing. One of Hill’s most notable achievements was his record-breaking 4.415-second run in 1992, which set …

Blown fuel hydro racing – won 5 yearly championships in ADBA, 7 in SDBA, 4 in NDBA, and 2 in World Series of Dragboat Racing. Owned SDBA record at 220.76 MPH and Canadian water speed record at 223.32 MPH.

Hill, who left drag racing on asphalt to race boats, returned in 1985 after a 20-year absence. Taking the engine from the boat, which nearly killed him in 1984, Hill put it in a dragster...

Eddie Hill remains the only person in the world to win a yearly drag racing championship on both land and water. Discover his story at Eddie Hill's Fun Cycles, his motorsports dealership in Wichita Falls, Texas.

Hill went on to set records in all four sanctioning bodies of dragboat racing and collected five world championships along the way. He was noted in The Guinness Book of World Records for eleven years for recording the fastest speed ever turned in a propeller-driven boat at 229.00 MPH, which occurred at Chowchilla, California, in 1982.

By the time he retired in 1999, he had won 86 events and 12 national championships for drag racing on land and water and over 100 trophies for racing motorcycles. In his early days Eddie brought innovations to drag racing that enhanced safety and performance.