Joe Hrudka is a pioneering American gasser drag racer.Davis, Larry. Gasser Wars (Cartech, 2003), pp.181-.
Driving a 1957 Chevrolet, he won NHRA's D/Gas national title at Indianapolis Raceway Park in 1961. His winning pass was 12.73 seconds at .Davis, p.182.
The next year, at the wheel of the Peters & Betz team's 1955 Chevrolet (with a transplanted Chevrolet engine), he won a second NHRA DGas national title at Indianapolis. His winning pass there was 13.37 seconds at .Davis, p.183.
In 1967, the Hrudka Brothers' 1933 Willys panel delivery was a popular wheelstander.Davis, p.13 caption.
Hrudka would later found Mr. GasketGainesville Sun online (retrieved 5 June 2017) (now a division of Holley Performance Products.
References
Sources Davis, Larry. Gasser Wars. North Branch, MN: Cartech, 2003, p. 181.