What racer has been driving the longest ?

[DIC GEARY]

How about Vic Hobbs....Sept 1956....and he said that Pete Kost beat him by a year...
Man that was a long time ago...... maybe we are just getting old. NAAAAAH!!!!

[Donnie Moore Jr.]

I just ask my Dad and he said he started 1959 his first race was in 1959 a 1956 FORD towed with tow bar at DUNN-BENSON dragway ,N.C.,then 1960 he raced a 1960 FORD STARLINER drove to the track SANFORD dragway N.C.(no tags) and back home , the best story is 1961 racing at ROXBORO dragway N.C. 56' ford and the track was DIRT, 1965 he bought 65 FAIRLANE 289hi-per and towed with tow bar with 65 FAIRLANE convertible ( I wish I could have seen that bet it was awesome coming down the road )

[J Kuchel]

My very good friend Arnie "The Farmer" Beswick is still going 7 seconds down the strip. He started in the stock and super stock ranks.

[Nitro Joe Jackson]

this year will be the 46th year of NHRA racing for my parents, they both started a few years earlier but just local stuff.
Like my Father said drag racing will never be as good as it was before electronics came into the mix. I'm from Ohio remember, lol

[Alan Roehrich]

Originally Posted by Nitro Joe Jackson

this year will be the 46th year of NHRA racing for my parents, they both started a few years earlier but just local stuff.
Like my Father said drag racing will never be as good as it was before electronics came into the mix. I'm from Ohio remember, lol

Joe, I can remember sitting in the lounge at the Holiday Inn just up the road from the track at Atlanta about 23 years ago, on Friday night after the first day of qualifying for the points meet. Lex Dudas was sitting at the next table, and about 11 o'clock that night he said, "if it were up to me, I'd take every delay box, every throttle stop, and every air or electric shifter, put them in a pile, run them over with a bulldozer, and set them on fire". We can all dream.

[Mike Bassin]

I'm sure that there are some that have done this longer but how about Leon Miranian. Started racing in 1959 at Manassas Va and Aquasco Md til the next year when 75-80 opened the gates. Was a regular thru the sixties there winning many trophies and stock class and eliminator titles. Has always raced stock and then in about 1970 moved to super stock, his red Corvette has been campaigned since the mid seventies. A many time record holder and has won national opens and divisional events but has not YET won a national event. It's overdue but may soon happen! I met Leon in the very early sixties in the beginning of my announcing career. It's people like him that make our sport great!

[Jim Cimarolli]

What about Dave Boertman and Chuck Gallagher?

[NWDragracing]

Originally Posted by DIC GEARY

How about Vic Hobbs....Sept 1956....and he said that Pete Kost beat him by a year...
Man that was a long time ago...... maybe we are just getting old. NAAAAAH!!!!

As I understand, Pete Kost started racing in 1955...that is 54 years ago!!!