[7] In 1947, 11-year-old Hill won the Tri-State Motor Scooter Flat Track championship in Shreveport, Louisiana.

[4] Hill's entered his first drag race at the Flying Fish Lodge in Karnack, Texas in 1955.

[7] In 1958, he built his second dragster using parts that his employer allowed him to scavenge while working as a sales engineer at a foundry in Wichita Falls, Texas.

[7] Hill earned $500 for an appearance at Inyokern, California to race Jack Chrisman and his Sidewinder dragster.

One of his four passes in the 1960 event set the B/Gas dragster record at 163.04 mph (262.39 km/h), so Hill quit his job to become a full-time drag racer.

[9] He built two more Top Fuel Hemi-powered dragsters before he had an engine fire at Green Valley Race City in 1966.

[7] Hill had been using the Double Dragon to win matches, which were used to finance his Top Fuel dragster.

[7] When Hill participated in a Daytona race in 1971, he had an opening lap at 151 mph (243 km/h), which was faster than factory rider Gary Nixon.

[7] In 1975, he set the Southern Drag Boat Association (SDBA) speed record at 137.46 mph (221.22 km/h).

[7] He was the SDBA top pointgetter and won the National Drag Boat Association (NDBA) World Fuel & Gas championship.

[7] Hill captured four American Drag Boat Association (ADBA) championships and was the SDBA top points earner in five consecutive years.

[7] In 1982, his Top Fuel hydroplane went 229.00 mph (368.54 km/h) at an NDBA event to set the world's record for a quarter mile water drag at Chowchilla, California.

[7] Before he quit boat drag racing, he had an elapsed time of 5.16 seconds in the wet quarter mile at Firebird Lake in Chandler, Arizona.

"[12] His Texas A&M ring was torn off his hand; he suffered seven broken bones, a concussion, & eye injuries.

[7] He purchased Dan Pastorini's Top Fuel car and salvaged the drag boat engine from the bottom of the lake.

[7] Hill would have quit early in the 1986 season had he not gotten some tuning advice from a competitor that helped make his car more competitive.

[7] Hill made it to the final round of competition, losing to Larry Minor when he lost reverse after his burnout.

[7][4] Hill won the first of his thirteen NHRA national events when he beat Joe Amato in final of the 1988 Mac Tools Gatornationals.

[7] Hill set the record as the oldest Top Fuel champion when he won the season championship as a 57-year-old.

When Hill won the 1996 Mile High Nationals, he set the record for the oldest Top Fuel event winner at age 60.

Hill was qualifying for a 1997 event at Sonoma when his car suffered severe vibration as he crossed the finish line.

[4] Hill introduced the aerodynamic front wing to dragsters and charcoal masks for driver safety.

[4] She had several roles during his career, including team co-owner, starting line navigator, record taker, pit crew member, business manager, marketing, and public relations.

[4] She has written about drag racing in National Dragster, AutoWeek, and Christian Motorsports magazines.

[16] Car Craft magazine's readers voted him the Top Fuel Driver of the Year after he won the 1993 championship.