Wally Parks

Organization founder

1913 – 2007

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Who was Wally Parks?

Wallace Gordon "Wally" Parks was instrumental in establishing drag racing as a legitimate amateur and professional motorsport. He was the founder, president, and chairman of the National Hot Rod Association, better known as NHRA.

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Born
Jan 23, 1913
Goltry
Nationality
  • United States of America
Lived in
  • Oklahoma
Died
Sep 28, 2007
Burbank

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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