Doug Thorley (died March 10, 2021) was an American Funny Car drag racer, hot rodder[1] and businessman.
[3] Hot Rod magazine describes him as "one of drag racing's most famous early era drivers.
"[4] Thorley won many drag races at the Santa Ana (California) strip in the 1950s in a 1938 Century coupe.
[10] That year 1967, he would also record the first (unofficial) 200 mph (320 km/h) funny car pass in his Corvair, at Lions Drag Strip.
[11] In 1968, Thorley bought a rear-engined AMC 401-powered Javelin TF/FC (one of just a handful of similar funny cars ever built, including Dave Bowman's California Stud[12]) from Woody Gilmore.