Bob Glidden (August 18, 1944 – December 17, 2017) was an American drag racer. He was retired from Pro Stock racing in 1997 and returned in 2010.[1] Glidden retired as the driver with the most wins in National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) history at that time — a feat recently topped by 16-time Funny Car champion John Force — and he was the third-most successful drag racer of the professional class drivers — sixth when counting sportsman national event winners — at the time of his death. Glidden won 85 NHRA National Events.[2] In the Professional classes, he was behind Force (147) and Warren Johnson (97). Currently, Glidden ranks fourth behind Greg Anderson (104). Glidden's ten Pro Stock championships included five in a row beginning in 1985.[3] Among his numerous accomplishments, Glidden won nine straight NHRA national races in 1979 and was the No. 1 qualifier 23 times in a row, including the entire 1987 season.[4] At one point, he won 50 eliminations rounds in a row.
Glidden almost became the first driver in a doorslammer (drag racing cars which are required to have operational doors, as opposed to funny cars or top fuel cars) to reach 200 miles per hour when he ran 199.11 miles per hour at an International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) race in Darlington, South Carolina. However, a Top Sportsman car driven by Bill Kuhlmann ran 202 miles per hour later that evening. He won several IHRA races and won one IHRA championship.[3] In the late 2000s, Justin Humphreys added Pro Stock legend Bob Glidden to his RaceRedi Motorsports/Knoll-Gas Energy Pontiac GTO team.[5][6]
^Ballard, Steve (September 4, 2010). "Glidden, 66, finds speed — and not a bit of rust". The Indianapolis Star. Archived from the original on September 6, 2010. Retrieved 14 September 2010.
^"Hall of Fame NHRA Pro Stock driver Bob Glidden passes away". NHRA. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
^ abBiography Archived September 27, 2008, at the Wayback Machine at the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America, written early 1994, Retrieved December 14, 2007
^Biography Archived September 29, 2008, at the Wayback Machine at the International Motorsports Hall of Fame, Retrieved December 14, 2007
^"Bob Glidden - "Humphreys is the real deal"| Competition Plus". competitionplus.com. 2007-11-28. Retrieved 2023-08-12.
BobGlidden (August 18, 1944 – December 17, 2017) was an American drag racer. He was retired from Pro Stock racing in 1997 and returned in 2010. Glidden...
NHRA history, beating the 11-year-old record held by Pro Stock driver BobGlidden (10). Nitro class race distance was shortened to 1,000 feet starting...
eliminator class. The car driven by Bill Lawton won the class. A decade later BobGlidden won the Mustang's first NHRA pro stock title. Rickie Smith's Motorcraft...
written 4 May 2018, at NHRA.com (retrieved 16 September 2018) McClurg, Bob. "50 Years of Funny Cars: Part 2" in Drag Racer, November 2016, pp.42 and...
final round, in Memphis in 1993, where he defeated Pro Stock legend BobGlidden. ESPN's obituary listed him as "a character, a charmer, and a drag racer...
Dan Fletcher 104 David Rampy 100 Warren Johnson 97 Greg Anderson 100 BobGlidden* 85 Tony Schumacher 84 Jeg Coughlin Jr. 84 Pat Austin* 75 Kenny Bernstein*...
(sedan) ever built from a space-per-weight perspective.": 112 In 1978 BobGlidden campaigned an NHRA Pro Stock Futura powered by a Cleveland V8. The car...
Millican 52 Rickie Smith 33 Scotty Cannon 28 Mark Thomas 27 Don Garlits 25 BobGlidden 21 Mark Oswald 21 Rob Atchison 20 Doug Herbert 20 Mike Janis 20 Dale...
division, beating the record once held by retired NHRA Pro Stock Champion BobGlidden, who had 10 championships Most event #1 qualifications in NHRA history...
Jarrett Tony Schumacher Bill Stroppe Austin Coil Scott Dixon Jim Downing Dr. Bob Hubbard Bud Ekins Jimmie Johnson Paul Newman John Surtees Zora Arkus-Duntov...
NHRA Pro Stock class during the 1980's, its main proponent there being BobGlidden's championship winning Pro Stock Thunderbird.[citation needed] The cars...
1980 Gary Beck Don Prudhomme Lee Shepherd 1979 Kelly Brown Gordie Bonin BobGlidden 1978 Don Garlits Dale Pulde Frank Iaconio 1977 Don Garlits Gordie Bonin...
March 4–7 Slick 50 Nationals Houston, Texas Ed McCulloch John Force BobGlidden Ron Ayers March 18–21 Motorcraft Ford Gatornationals Gainesville, Fla...
Joe Amato Mark Oswald Harry Scribner 1989 Frank Bradley Don Prudhomme BobGlidden 1990 Gary Ormsby John Force Darrell Alderman 1991 Joe Amato John Force...
(Noblesville) Derek Daly, Formula One racer (Noblesville; originally Irish) BobGlidden, NHRA drag racer (Whiteland) Jeff Gordon, racer (Pittsboro) Justin Haley...
October 18, 2021. Retrieved October 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. "Amato, Glidden inducted into International Motorsports Hall of Fame". National Dragster...
funny car, while Kenny Bernstein appeared in the Chelsea King funny car. BobGlidden took Pro Stock in his Ford Fairmont. Denny Savage claimed the TF/FC title...
Philippine Sea east of Samar by the American submarine Hardhead. Born: BobGlidden, American Pro Stock drag racer (d. 2017); Robert Hitchcock, sculptor...
winners at the first Quaker State North Star NHRA Nationals. In Pro Stock, BobGlidden won at Brainerd in 1983, 1985, 1986, and 1992. The Brainerd strip became...
at the complex. Gene Snow would win the Top Fuel championship while BobGlidden clinched the 1985 NHRA world championship. On May 17, 1987, it held its...
after Jim Meyer was eliminated in round one and gearbox trouble took out BobGlidden in the second round and a broken chassis claimed Kevin Rotty in the semi-final...
Lucien B. Smith of Kent, Ohio, who is regarded as the inventor. Joseph F. Glidden of DeKalb, Illinois, received a patent for the modern invention in 1874...
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