Joe Hrudka is a pioneering American gasser drag racer.
[1] Driving a 1957 Chevrolet, he won NHRA's D/Gas national title at Indianapolis Raceway Park in 1961.
[2] The next year, at the wheel of the Peters & Betz team's 1955 Chevrolet[citation needed] (with a transplanted Chevrolet engine), he won a second NHRA DGas national title at Indianapolis.
[3] In 1967, the Hrudka Brothers' 1933 Willys panel delivery was a popular wheelstander.
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