Don 'The Snake' Prudhomme, (born April 6, 1941, San Fernando, California) is an American drag racer, who won the NHRAfunny car championship four times in a thirty-five-year career. He was the first funny car driver to exceed 250 mph. He retired in 1994 to manage his own racing team. With driver Larry Dixon, Prudhomme's team won the top fuel championship in 2002 and 2003.
With Larry Dixon now at the wheel of the Al-Anabi Top Fuel Dragster,
Spencer Massey is now the driver of Don Prudhomme's Car. Don was known
for his yellow 1970 Plymouth Barracuda in which he raced rival driver Tom McEwen in his red 1970 Plymouth Duster, named Mongoose. Both drivers gained wider public attention from Mattel's
"Hot Wheels" toy versions of the cars that were released in 1970. Hot
Wheels celebrated their 35th anniversary in 2005 with a two day event.
