Zman1969
10-24-2014, 07:44 PM
from the NY Times:
Raymond Beadle, a drag racer who was a three-time funny car world champion and the owner of a championship Nascar team, died on Monday in Dallas. He was 70.
The National Hot Rod Association confirmed his death but did not specify a cause. He had a heart attack in July.
Beadle won 28 N.H.R.A. national events and titles from 1979 to 1981. A two-time winner of the United States Nationals at Indianapolis, he often drove a car called the Blue Max.
Race on Raymond
Raymond Beadle, a drag racer who was a three-time funny car world champion and the owner of a championship Nascar team, died on Monday in Dallas. He was 70.
The National Hot Rod Association confirmed his death but did not specify a cause. He had a heart attack in July.
Beadle won 28 N.H.R.A. national events and titles from 1979 to 1981. A two-time winner of the United States Nationals at Indianapolis, he often drove a car called the Blue Max.
Race on Raymond