Pat Minick (born December 31, 1937 - January 19, 2017)[1] was an American drag racer.
[2] Minick first drove Farkonas' 1956 Chrysler 300, and in 1962, they raced in Super Stock, taking wins in 31 of 33 events.
[5] The team got clutch work done at Chicago's E&R Automotive, where hemi-running fellow Super Stock racer Austin Coil was also a customer.
[7] In 1967, they decided to move from Super Stock to Funny Car (not yet an official NHRA class), building the first Chi-Town Hustler (a name conceived by Minick in 1966, but never attached to their Super Stock car), a tube-chassis 1967 Barracuda, "in the garage of Farkonas’ mother".
[13] Minick had a son, Wayne, who is also a racer, who took over Chi-Town Hustler after Hawley and Coil left the team.