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Contents:
- DON GAY, DRAG-RACG LEGEND, LAID TO RT
- THE DAY FUNNY CAR’S DON GAY, JR. NEARLY DIED AT DENVER 30 YEARS AGO
- DON GAY JR VS. ED MCCULLOCH
- RIP DON GAY, SR.
- OLR/ FATTER - NIWEZIJDS GAY SNA
- DON GAY JR RACG
- WHERE TO GO WHEN IM YOUNG GAY? - AMSTERDAM FOM
- TRAVIS SHUMAKE STRIV TO BEE FIRST OPENLY GAY NHRA FUNNY CAR DRIVER
DON GAY, DRAG-RACG LEGEND, LAID TO RT
Don Carl Gay, former profsnal funny-r racer known as the "Texas Teenager" and... * don gay jr nhra *
Don Gay died June 30 of heart disease at his home League Cy. Courty photoDon Carl Gay, former profsnal funny-r racer known as the "Texas Teenager" and nsired a pneer by the Natnal Hot Rod Associatn, was laid to rt Tuday died June 30 of heart disease at his home League Cy.
He was a teen, Gay watched dozens of rac at the now-closed Hoton Internatnal Raceway Dickson.
Gay boldly drove off wh the blue 1958 Bonneville that graced the showroom floor of his father's r alership and won his first race. AdvertisementArticle ntu below this adAt that moment, Gay knew hot rods were for him. "When my grandparents got back to town he showed them the trophy, " said Gay's son Don Gay Jr.
THE DAY FUNNY CAR’S DON GAY, JR. NEARLY DIED AT DENVER 30 YEARS AGO
Funny Car rookie Don Gay, Jr. suffered one of the worst fir NHRA history at Denver 1989. The near-fatal cint was documented on CBS' Rcue 911 program. * don gay jr nhra *
"A year later, Gay beme one of the youngt drivers drag-racg history to w a natnal tle. AdvertisementArticle ntu below this ad"Gay began his drivg reer his teens wh a Pontiac stocker, " the NHRA obuary stat, "and later swched to altered-wheelbase mach that ultimately beme today's funny rs...
DON GAY JR VS. ED MCCULLOCH
Watch Don Gay Jr's Awful Funny Car Fire At The 1989 NHRA Mile High Natnals. Amazgly, Gay survived and revered om the awful crash and blaze. * don gay jr nhra *
Later, Gay and his parents teamed wh the Angel brothers, Greg, Gary and Glenn, to found the Hoton Raceway Park Baytown more than 20 years ago. "Hoton has never had a nice facily, " Gay said a 1988 Hoton Chronicle article.
RIP DON GAY, SR.
Don Gay Jr the Gay Pontiac / Pontiac Firebird vs. Ed "the Ace" McCulloch the Larry Mor / Miller High Life Olds Cutlass at the 1989 NHRA Mopar Parts Mile-High Natnals at Denver's Bandimere Speedway. This event was Gay's last race as he later crashed heavily wh the r then beg stroyed by fire while he was pulled unnsc om the r. Elsewhere my photostream is a shot of the r on fire the distance." data-dynamic="te * don gay jr nhra *
"Gay also worked for the fay r alership until recently, his son said. Jt a few days before Gay died, a fan stopped off at the alership to ask for Gay's tograph, Don Gay Jr. Is also survived by his mother, Marie Gay; three other sons, Shane, Darren and Glenn; two grandchildren; and former wiv Dawna Gay and Peggy Gay.
Among those the p area was a young Don Gay, Jr., whose father, Don, Sr. The send-generatn Gay had peted prevly Competn Elimator and Top Alhol Funny Car, where he’d won three tim before steppg up to the nro ranks 1989. The then-20-year-old Gay, Jr.
OLR/ FATTER - NIWEZIJDS GAY SNA
Jt saw on that Don Gay, Sr., passed away. His son Don Jr peted for several years TAFC before movg to Nro FC where he suffered a... * don gay jr nhra *
Wh mimal experience a vehicle of this liber unr his belt, Gay, Jr.
The Safety Safari, unaware that Gay, Jr. In a still-ighteng scene all the years later, the fire bottl the nose of the chassis, which were never released by Gay, Jr., me unr creasg prsure om the heat of the fire and epted like a pair of bombs — thankfully dog so before the Safety Safari uld return to the scene. In a heroic move, Pdhomme, still clad his fire su and helmet, climbed om his mache and dove to what remaed of the burng Pontiac, assistg the Safety Safari removg Gay, Jr.
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The footage ptured at the scene went far closer to the panmonium than what was shown on the Diamond P verage, pturg great tail the Safety Safari’s race agast time to brg Gay, Jr. Gay, Jr.
His brother, Shane Gay, later raced Super Comp and Top Alhol Dragster. ’s reer-endg accint, the Gay fay had teamed wh the Angel brothers to found the Hoton Raceway Park, another of the new super-tracks of the sport along wh the all-new Bandimere facily.
WHERE TO GO WHEN IM YOUNG GAY? - AMSTERDAM FOM
The Gay fay remaed volved at the Hoton track until the early 2000s. Don Gay, Jr.
TRAVIS SHUMAKE STRIV TO BEE FIRST OPENLY GAY NHRA FUNNY CAR DRIVER
The day Don Gay, Jr.
Longtime drag racg fans know well the story of Meyer, how the Texas lad began racg nro Funny Cars as a teen and went on to bee a huge succs and today owns the fabled Texas Motorplex, but before we get to his story and the stori of the others the lumns ahead, let’s take a step back a earlier to another Texas teenage terror, Don Gay, who wowed fans Funny Car and, cintally, also beme a racetrack owner. He passed away June 30, 2007, at age 60, but his legacy liv ’s parents, Carl and Marie, owned the succsful Gay Pontiac alership Dickson, Texas, on the Gulf Highway halfway between Galvton and Hoton. As Detro began focg on high-performance rs, the Gays echoed their support by purchasg nearby Freeway Drag Strip, which they rechristened Hoton Drag Raceway (and later beme known as Hoton Int’l Speedway, then Hoton Int’l Raceway; check out a tribute to the track here) Don had been a fe athlete junr high, playg both baseball and basketball, but his terts changed the day that his father booked Hayn Profft and his Mickey Thompson-owned, 421-powered alumum Pontiac Catala factory experimental at the Hoton track 1961.
(Above) The Gay Pontiac fleet nsisted first of a tr of rs, an A/Stock Pontiac Catala sedan, an A/Modified Productn Catala statn wagon, and a B/Stock GTO. (Below) Don Gay won A/S class honors Indy Dickson High School stunt stunned everyone by wng A/S class Indy 1964, back when wng class was as big as (and, for some people, bigger than) wng the natnal event might well have stayed the Stock ranks had his father not changed his life aga by bookg Pontiac powerhoe Arnie Bwick and his blown GTO to the track 1964. ” (Gay later admted that his first choice for the r’s name was Satan’s Chart.