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Pat Minick (d 2017) was an American drag racer. HistoryMinick got his start in the 1950s, driving Chrysler products; he first partnered with John Farkonas (who was seven years Minick's senior) in the 1960s.[1] Minick first drove Farkonas' 1956 Chrysler 300, and in 1962, they raced in Super Stock with remarkable success, taking wins in 31 of 33 events..[2] They attracted sponsorship from "Mr. Norm" Kraus' car dealership, Grand Spaulding Dodge, in 1964, naming their new car Hustler.[3] They followed this with an altered-wheelbase blown nitro-burning 1965 Plymouth.[4] The team got clutch work done at Chicago's E&R Automotive, where hemi-running fellow Super Stock racer Austin Coil was also a customer.[5] Needing a good tuner, while Coil needed money to keep racing, the trio joined forces in winter 1966.[6] In 1967, they decided to move from Super Stock to Funny Car (not yet an official NHRA class), building the first Chi-Town Hustler (a name conceived by Minick in 1966, but never attached to their Super Stock car), a tube-chassis 1967 Barracuda, "in the garage of Farkonas’ mother".[7] Minick would only remain at the wheel of Chi-Town Hustler until 1971, putting a stylistic stamp on the car that remained in fan memory even after he quit the team.[8] When Minick quit, he was replaced by Clare Sanders.[9] Coil credits Minick with being the best of his era at controlling an automatic transmission car.[10] Minick also served as the team's business manager, arranging race bookings.[11] After he stopped driving Chi-Town Hustler Minick also stopped attending distant races.[12] Private lifeMinick had a son, Wayne, who is also a racer, who took over Chi-Town Hustler after Hawley and Coil left the team.[13] Notes1. ^Burgess, Phil. National Dragster Editor. "Remembering Pat Minick and the legend of the Chi-Town Hustler", written 20 January 2017, at [https://www.nhra.com/news/2017/remembering-pat-minick-and-legend-chi-town-hustler NHRA.com] (retrieved 22 September 2018) {{DEFAULTSORT:Minick, Pat}}{{authority control}}{{US-autoracing-bio-stub}}2. ^Burgess, Phil. National Dragster Editor. "Remembering Pat Minick and the legend of the Chi-Town Hustler", written 20 January 2017, at [https://www.nhra.com/news/2017/remembering-pat-minick-and-legend-chi-town-hustler NHRA.com] (retrieved 22 September 2018) 3. ^Burgess, Phil. National Dragster Editor. "Remembering Pat Minick and the legend of the Chi-Town Hustler", written 20 January 2017, at [https://www.nhra.com/news/2017/remembering-pat-minick-and-legend-chi-town-hustler NHRA.com] (retrieved 22 September 2018) 4. ^Burgess, Phil. National Dragster Editor. "Remembering Pat Minick and the legend of the Chi-Town Hustler", written 20 January 2017, at [https://www.nhra.com/news/2017/remembering-pat-minick-and-legend-chi-town-hustler NHRA.com] (retrieved 22 September 2018) 5. ^Burgess, Phil. National Dragster Editor. "Remembering Pat Minick and the legend of the Chi-Town Hustler", written 20 January 2017, at [https://www.nhra.com/news/2017/remembering-pat-minick-and-legend-chi-town-hustler NHRA.com] (retrieved 22 September 2018) 6. ^Burgess, Phil. National Dragster Editor. "Remembering Pat Minick and the legend of the Chi-Town Hustler", written 20 January 2017, at [https://www.nhra.com/news/2017/remembering-pat-minick-and-legend-chi-town-hustler NHRA.com] (retrieved 22 September 2018) 7. ^Burgess, Phil. National Dragster Editor. "Remembering Pat Minick and the legend of the Chi-Town Hustler", written 20 January 2017, at [https://www.nhra.com/news/2017/remembering-pat-minick-and-legend-chi-town-hustler NHRA.com] (retrieved 22 September 2018) 8. ^Burgess, Phil. National Dragster Editor. "Remembering Pat Minick and the legend of the Chi-Town Hustler", written 20 January 2017, & "How Frank Hawley came to drive the Chi-Town Hustler", written 27 January 2017, at [https://www.nhra.com/news/2017/how-frank-hawley-came-drive-chi-town-hustler NHRA.com] (retrieved 22 September 2018) 9. ^Burgess, Phil. National Dragster Editor. "Remembering Pat Minick and the legend of the Chi-Town Hustler", written 20 January 2017, at [https://www.nhra.com/news/2017/remembering-pat-minick-and-legend-chi-town-hustler NHRA.com] (retrieved 22 September 2018) 10. ^Burgess, Phil, National Dragster editor. "How Frank Hawley came to drive the Chi-Town Hustler", written 27 January 2017, at [https://www.nhra.com/news/2017/how-frank-hawley-came-drive-chi-town-hustler NHRA.com] (retrieved 20 September 2018) 11. ^Burgess, Phil. National Dragster Editor. "Remembering Pat Minick and the legend of the Chi-Town Hustler", written 20 January 2017, at [https://www.nhra.com/news/2017/remembering-pat-minick-and-legend-chi-town-hustler NHRA.com] (retrieved 22 September 2018) 12. ^Burgess, Phil. National Dragster Editor. "Remembering Pat Minick and the legend of the Chi-Town Hustler", written 20 January 2017, at [https://www.nhra.com/news/2017/remembering-pat-minick-and-legend-chi-town-hustler NHRA.com] (retrieved 22 September 2018) 13. ^Burgess, Phil. National Dragster Editor. "Remembering Pat Minick and the legend of the Chi-Town Hustler", written 20 January 2017, at [https://www.nhra.com/news/2017/remembering-pat-minick-and-legend-chi-town-hustler NHRA.com] (retrieved 22 September 2018) 3 : 2017 deaths|20th-century American racing drivers|Dragster drivers |
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