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NHRA champion drag race driver

Don Prudhomme (born April 6, , in San Fernando, California), nicknamed "the Snake", is an American drag racer.

He was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in ^[1]

Racing career

Prudhomme crewed for "TV Tommy" Ivo on Ivo's twin-engined slingshot in ^[2]

In , Prudhomme was a partner in the Greer-Black-Prudhomme fueldigger, which earned the best win record in National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) history, before switching to Funny Car.

He would win the NHRA FC championship four times in his year career. He earned the nickname "The Snake" in high school. He was the first Funny Car driver to exceed &#;mph (&#;km/h).^{[citation needed]}

After trouble getting the "vaunted" Gilmore Engineering-chassied Donovan Engineering Special dragster sorted out, Tom McEwen quit, and was replaced by Prudhomme, then owner-driver in the B&M Tork Master-sponsored car.^[4]

In , Prudhomme