Dick Cadwalader

Dick Cadwalader (died April 22, 2018)^[1] was a pioneering American gasser drag racer.^[2] He was from Chalfont, Pennsylvania.^[3]

Driving an Oldsmobile-powered 1933 Ford, Cadwalader won NHRA's first ever A/G national title, at Great Bend, Kansas, in 1955. He recorded a speed of 96.87 mph (155.90 km/h).^[4] (His elapsed time was not recorded or has not been preserved.)