Nicholson during an interview on ABC-TV's "Wide World of Sports" beside Eliminator I in 1966
Nationality
American
Born
(1927-05-28)May 28, 1927[1] Halltown, Missouri[1]
Died
January 24, 2006(2006-01-24) (aged 78)
National Hot Rod Association Pro Stock
Years active
late 1940s – 2001+
Best finish
1st in 1977
Awards
18th on NHRA's Top 50 Drivers (2001) International Drag Racing Hall of Fame Motorsports Hall of Fame of America (1998)
Don Nicholson (May 28, 1927 – January 24, 2006) was an American drag racer from Missouri.[1] He raced in the 1960s and 1970s when there were few national events. The National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) estimates he won 90 percent of his match races.[2] As of 2002, he held the record for the most number of categories in which he reached a final round (won or took second at an event): Funny Car, Pro Stock, Super Stock, Competition Eliminator, Stock, and Street.[2] He was nicknamed "Dyno Don" after he was one of the first drivers to use a chassis dynamometer on his cars in the late 1950s, a skill that he learned while working as a line mechanic at a Chevrolet car dealer.[3]
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DonNicholson (May 28, 1927 – January 24, 2006) was an American drag racer from Missouri. He raced in the 1960s and 1970s when there were few national...
be set at any national meet, at the 1973 NHRA Winternationals, "Dyno Don" Nicholson set the first official pro stock e.t. record with a 9.33, while Bill...
numerous nitro funny cars including those of Jack Chrisman, "Dyno" DonNicholson, Eddie Schartman, Kenz & Leslie, and in numerous injected gasoline drag...
the popular racers to come through the series include "Big Daddy" Don Garlits, Don "The Snake" Prudhomme, and Shirley Muldowney. Those three gained much...
Bridge Township Raceway Park outside Englishtown, New Jersey. "Dyno" DonNicholson secured Ford's first pro stock win in his Maverick at the 1971 Summernationals...
competing in many match races against well-known racers such as Ronnie Sox, DonNicholson, Phil Bonner, Huston Platt, Hubert Platt and Dave Strickler. Even after...
wheelstands for the full length of the track in a two-race match race against DonNicholson. Liberman's success in 1967 prompted him to run a two-car team in 1968...
the Thunderbolts were in Super Stock. Drivers included Ronnie Sox, DonNicholson, and Wild Bill Shrewsberry in conjunction with Jack Chrisman. Shrewsberry...
produced as factory drag cars for "Fast Eddie" Schartman and "Dyno Don" Nicholson. For 1970, the two-barrel 351 remained the base engine, with the four-barrel...
Bernstein respectively, and the first 270-mph and 300-mph Top Fuel passes by Don Garlits and Kenny Bernstein in 1986 and 1992, respectively. Its 675-foot...
Hernandez and Al Turner to try and turn things in Mercury's favor; DonNicholson's flip-top, tube-chassis Comet, arriving in 1966, changed everything...
Baker (Motorcycles), James Doolittle (Aviation), A. J. Foyt (Open Wheel), Don Garlits (Drag Racing), Phil Hill (Sports Cars), Bill Muncey (Powerboats)...
1971 Winternats would go to Leong's Hawaiian. with Butch Maas at the wheel. Don Garlits' novel rear-engined dragster appeared at the Winternats that year...
1976, finishing sixth in the points. He finished second in 1977 behind DonNicholson. Glidden returned for his third Winston title in 1978. He started the...
rolls (four per race). Zyla's prototype game used statistics for "Dyno Don" Nicholson, Ronnie Sox, Gas Ronda, Hayden Proffitt, Dick Brannan, Dave Strickler...
motorcycles Eliminator (funny car), a series of Funny Cars driven by DonNicholson The Eliminator (ZZ Top), a custom car built for ZZ Top Fictional Eliminator...
Stock 1958 Chevrolet, beating forty men, among them professionals "Dyno Don" Nicholson, Hayden Proffitt, Tom Sturm, and Arlen Vanke. The couple purchased a...
Mazmanian (driving a Chevrolet Corvette. Stock Eliminator was won by "Dyno Don" Nicholson, which got him his start in match racing. Jodauga, John. "Greatest Races:...
Greer–Black–Prudhomme dragster, with the best win record in NHRA history. 1966 — DonNicholson's Eliminator I, the first true Funny Car, built by Logghe Brothers. 1971...
(retrieved 16 September 2018): text and photo. Ultimateracinghistory (retrieved 20 September 2018) credits DonNicholson with the Stock Eliminator win....
Car saw a sixteen-car field, but stars including Danny Ongais, "Dyno Don" Nicholson, Roger Lindamood, "Jungle Jim" Liberman, and Jack Chrisman, along with...
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