Birth Name:

Al Young (dragster driver)

Male

Birth Date:

Sun, Apr 28, 1946

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Whittier, California, United States

Age:

78

Zodiac Sign:

Taurus

Astrology Data:

Sun

7°

Tau

55'

About Al Young (dragster driver)

Alfred John Young (born April 28, 1946) is a former World Champion Drag Racer and National Hot Rod Association Hall of Famer who competed in professional Bracket racing, and the heads-up categories from Super Street and Super Gas to Super Comp. He taught high school in Seattle, Washington, for 37 years, and is involved with the preparation of classic high performance race cars. After campaigning his 1970 Dodge Challenger for over 25 years, winning the American Hot Rod Association (AHRA) World Championship and numerous other National Hot Rod Association and AHRA titles, he donated his drag racing car to the Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI) in Seattle, Washington, in 2007. During the majority of his auto racing career, he was sponsored by Ole Bardahl of the Bardahl Company. In 2019, he was inducted into the National Hot Rod Association, Northwest Division, Hall of Fame.

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• http://www.hotrod.com/articles/travelling-europe-1973-roadrunner/

• http://www.roadkill.com/travelling-through-europe-in-a-1973-roadrunner/

• http://nhra.net/basics/index.html#et

• http://www.bardahl.com

• https://web.archive.org/web/20140221102346/http://www.mohai.org/press-media/press-releases/item/2593-world-championship-drag-racer-al-young-comes-to-mohai-june-22-2013

• https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151502255786966.1073741832.37423026965&type=1 (Al Young presents his Dodge Challenger at MOHAI, Summer 2013)

• https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Asian_American_almanac.html?id=sEYUAQAAIAAI (pg. 58)

• http://chalkboardchampions.org./?s=al+young&submit=Search ("Drag Racing Champion Al Young and Chalkboard Champion Al Young: They Are One and the Same")

• http://www.seeitimagery.com/wordpress/?p=1426 (Al Young at the Museum of History and Industry)

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aj3xXVxjB4 (Al Young racing his Bardahl Challenger)

• https://web.archive.org/web/20140907173050/http://www.iexaminer.org/2014/09/racecar-driver-al-young-exhibits-vintage-muscle-road-car/

• https://web.archive.org/web/20140917205723/http://www.ballardnewstribune.com/2014/08/25/features/meet-bardahl-sponsored-drag-racing-champion-a

• https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/03/automobiles/detroit-love-swedish-style.html?_r=0#slideshow/100000003032427/100000003034372

• https://www.reuters.com/news/picture/roll-over-volvo-classic-americana-rolls?articleId=USKCN0PD1GL20150703

• https://lindylecoq.wordpress.com/2016/01/21/the-champ-wpc-alpha-beta-5/

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dT-KWI5Lp0c (interview with Al Young at O'Reilly Auto Parts World of Wheels car show, Chicago, 2017)

• https://www.king5.com/video/news/local/meet-al-young-a-world-champion-drag-racer/281-8018548

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UTK1AExnvw (brief interview with Al Young at MOHAI during Smithsonian Day Sept, 2018)

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKiU0CUSANs (Al Young's National Hot Rod Association Hall of Fame acceptance speech, 2019)

• https://q13fox.com/2019/05/28/chinese-american-wwii-veterans-will-finally-be-awarded-congressional-gold-medals/

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEP4EulNErY (a Rick Quan documentary: "RACE: the Al Young Story"...22 min.)

• https://www.atlasobscura.com/videos/show-tell-drag-racing-al-young

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Al Young (dragster driver): Sun 7 Taurus, Moon 0 Aries, Mercury 11 Aries, Venus 29 Taurus, Mars 2 Leo, Jupiter 20 Libra, Saturn 19 Cancer, Uranus 15 Gemini, Neptune 6 Libra, Pluto 9 Leo, Mercury Opposition Neptune, Sun Square Pluto, Sun Quincunx Neptune, Mercury Semi Square Venus, Mercury Sextile Uranus, Mercury Trine Pluto, Venus Sextile Mars, Mars Semi Square Uranus, Mars Sextile Neptune, Mars Conjunct Pluto, Jupiter Square Saturn, Neptune Sextile Pluto

Categories related to Al Young (dragster driver): Living people, California, April 28 births, 1946 births, Racing drivers from California, University of Washington College of Arts and Sciences alumni, American people of Chinese descent, Sportspeople from Whittier, Schoolteachers from Washington (state), Racing drivers from Seattle