Dragstrip Hotrodders [Drag-Strip Hotrodders]#1
Cover: Dick Giordano
Dragstrip Hotrodders [Drag-Strip Hotrodders] #1
“Hot Rod at the Panam”
writer, artist, inker Jack Keller · cover Dick Giordano
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writer, artist, inker Jack Keller
cover pencils, inks Dick Giordano
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This story is based on an actual racing event featuring drag race pioneer "Ak" Miller (1921-2005). In 1950, for La Carrera Panamericana, a race that spans the entire length of Mexico, Miller built his Ak Miller Special, a vehicle that had an Oldsmobile engine and a 1950 Ford chassis under a 1927 Model T Ford body. According to racing lore, the Mexicans called it "Ensalada" because it was a "salad" of parts. Miller competed each year 1950-54, and came in fifth in 1954, which this story dramatizes.
Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).