Wally Parks - Wikipedia
Wallace Gordon Parks (January 23, 1913 – September 28, 2007) was an American writer. He was the founder, president, and chairman of the National Hot Rod Association, better known as …
Wally Parks, Drag Racing Pioneer, Dies at 94 - The New York Times
2007年10月4日 · Wally Parks, who pioneered the transformation of drag racing from a dead-of-night outlaw adventure into a nationally televised sport with millions in annual prize money, …
111 years ago today, Wally Parks, founder of the NHRA was born
2024年1月23日 · Wally Parks did not invent drag racing. But we wouldn’t have the drag racing sport, or the industry that surrounds it today, if it weren’t for him and his extraordinary vision. A …
Wally Parks 1913-2007: NHRA founder is remembered as a ... - Autoweek
2007年9月29日 · Wally Parks, the driving force behind the National Hot Rod Association, died Sept. 28 at the age of 94. "An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man," wrote Ralph …
Wally Parks - Lions Automobilia Foundation
Wally Parks pioneered the transformation of drag racing from an outlaw street adventure into a nationally accepted form of racing. His love of cars led him to racing on the California dry lakes …
On Wally Parks Birthday, we share his wisdom with the world
2023年1月23日 · Drag racing’s most practiced voice comes from a land-speed-racing hot rodder, turned motorsport statesman, who led this hobby from its infancy to become a global …
Wally Parks, 94; drag racer founded National Hot Rod Assn.
2007年9月29日 · Wally Parks, the hot-rodder and entrepreneur who curbed drag racing on city streets by steering drivers onto legal racing strips and founded the National Hot Rod Assn., …
Remembering NHRA founder Wally Parks, a hot-rodding visionary
Sept. 28, 2017 marks the 10-year anniversary of the passing of NHRA founder Wally Parks. The primary driving force behind the formation of the National Hot Rod Association, Parks was the...
Wally Parks: The Visionary Behind NHRA and American Drag Racing
2025年1月23日 · In the bustling streets of Los Angeles in the early 20th century, a young boy named Wally Parks found solace in speed. Born in 1913, he was not just another face in the …
Wally Parks - International Motorsports Hall of Fame
Wally Parks will always be remembered as the founder of professional drag racing and the NHRA. Learn more about Wally Parks, a Member of the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in …