Gary Beck

Gary Beck (born January 21, 1941) is a two-time World champion drag racing driver.

Born in Seattle, Washington and raised in the United States, Beck married a Canadian and they made their home in her native Edmonton, Alberta.

His win marked the first of a number of important championships and in 1974, he drove his nitro-fueled dragster to a record setting three NHRA and two American Hot Rod Association (AHRA) titles and earned the first of his two World Championships.

He retired from the NHRA tour in 1986, having won 19 Top Fuel titles plus multiple events on the IHRA and AHRA circuits.

Inducted into the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame in 1999,[1] on the National Hot Rod Association Top 50 Drivers, 1951–2000, Beck was ranked 24th.