Ray Price (June 25, 1937 – December 16, 2015) was an American motorcycle drag racer and is credited as the "Father of the Funnybike".
This was the first transmission that enabled the first motorcycle to ever achieve 200 miles per hour (320 km/h) and has now become standard in the sport.
Price was born on a tobacco farm in Johnston County, North Carolina.
He served four years as a radar specialist in aircraft armament control in the United States Air Force.
At age 30 he purchased his first motorcycle and began his drag racing career three years later.