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1975 TOP FUEL WORLD CHAMPION DON GARLITS

  • Collected first of three world championships
  • Scored four wins in eight events
  • Won NHRA U.S. Nationals for the fourth time
  • Made first 250-mph pass at NHRA World Finals
  • 5.63 national record run last seven years

Top Fuel world champion
Don Garlits

Funny Car world champion
Don Prudhomme

Pro Stock world champion
Bob Glidden

Pro Comp world champion
Dale Armstrong

Comp eliminator world champion
Richie Rosen

Modified world champion
Bruce Sizemore

Super Stock world champion
Bernie Agaman

Stock eliminator world champion
Tim Ekstrand

1975

SEASON HIGHLIGHTS

NHRA WELCOMES WINSTON

Winston’s title-rights series partnership with NHRA, which lasted 25 years, was announced in May at a press conference in Los Angeles. Winston’s involvement officially began at the NHRA Springnationals.

‘JUNGLE JIM’ WINS IN E-TOWN

Rain delayed the start of the NHRA Summernationals until 6:30 p.m. Monday and was not completed until 2 a.m. Tuesday when “Jungle Jim” Liberman scored his only NHRA Funny Car win.

NHRA ENTERS THE NORTHWEST

The first NHRA national event held in the Northwest, the NHRA Fallnationals in Seattle, ended with Pro wins by Gary Beck, Don Prudhomme, and Bob Glidden. It was the season’s penultimate event.

RECORD-BREAKING FINALS

The Winston NHRA World Finals at Ontario Motor Speedway featured the first 5.6-second and 250-mph Top Fuel runs, the first five-second and 240-mph Funny Car passes, and the first all-five-second Top Fuel field.

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