https://www.nhra.com/news/2011/back-dyno National Dragster online] (retrieved 15 September 1018) At Bakersfield on 3 August 1958, with Bill Crossley at the wheel, this car was the first West Coast dragster to record a 170 mph pass; the small-block powered digger took the B/F title, beating Emory Cook for Top Eliminator, at that meet, too.