Editing Drag racing (section)

== Historic cars ==
[[File:White owl rear shot.jpg|thumb|''Smokin' White Owl'', built by "Ollie" Morris in 1954]]
* 1954 - first [[Front engine dragster|slingshot]], built by [[Mickey Thompson]];<ref name="Hot Rod, 12/86, p.29 sidebar">''Hot Rod'', 12/86, p.&nbsp;29 sidebar.</ref> ''Smokin' White Owl'' built by Ollie Morris, first purpose-built rear-engined dragster and first to use a Chevrolet V8 engine.<ref>{{Cite journal|title = Smokin' White Owl|date = November 1954|journal = Hot Rod}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title = High Performance The Culture and Technology of Drag Racing 1950-2000|last = Post|first = Robert C.|publisher = Johns Hopkins University Press|year = 2001|isbn = 0-8018-6664-2|location = Baltimore, Maryland|page = [https://archive.org/details/highperformancec00post_0/page/38 38]|url-access = registration|url = https://archive.org/details/highperformancec00post_0/page/38}}</ref>
* 1962 - the Greer–[[Keith Black (engineer)|Black]]–[[Don Prudhomme|Prudhomme]] dragster, with the best win record in NHRA history.<ref name="Hot Rod, 12/86, p.29 sidebar" />
* 1966 - [[Don Nicholson]]'s Eliminator I, the first true [[Funny Car]], built by [[Logghe Stamping Company|Logghe Brothers]].<ref name="Hot Rod, 12/86, p.29 sidebar" />
* 1971 - ''Swamp Rat XIV'' (or ''Swamp Rat 1-R''), first successful rear-engined dragster, built by [[Don Garlits]];<ref>''Hot Rod'', 12/86, p.28.</ref> [[Ed Donovan (engine builder)|Ed Donovan]] introduces the 417 [[Donovan hemi]], an aluminum copy of the Chrysler.<ref>''Street Rodder'', 7/94, p.144.</ref>
* 1974 - first tube chassis [[Pro Stock]] car, [[Bill Jenkins (racer)|Bill Jenkins]]' 1972 [[Chevrolet Vega]].<ref>''Super Chevy'', 5/94, p.16.</ref>
* 1979 - ''Vanishing Point'', rocket-powered funny car built by [[Sammy Miller (engineer)|Sammy Miller]], set current standing world record for fastest quarter-mile time (3.58 seconds) in 1984.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.britishdragracinghof.co.uk/inducted-members/sammy-miller/ |title= British Drag Racing Hall of Fame — Sammy Miller |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= 2008 |website= British Drag Racing Hall of Fame |access-date= 27 April 2019 }}</ref>