Darrell Russell (dragster driver)

Darrell James Russell (September 20, 1968 – June 27, 2004)[1] was an American National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) drag racer. He was the 2001 NHRA Rookie Of The Year.[2] At the time, he was the third driver to win in his Professional class debut.

Before becoming a driver in NHRA's Professional class of Top Fuel Dragster, he competed for several years in NHRA's Sportsman (amateur) class of Top Alcohol Dragster, a slower version of Top Fuel. In four seasons of competition driving Joe Amato's NHRA Top Fuel Dragster, he compiled a record of 106 round wins versus 75 losses. He won six events and was runner-up at 11 others, out of 81 events entered.

  1. ^ "Motorsport Memorial - Darrell Russell". Motorsport Memorial. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  2. ^ May 11, Bobby Bennett; ET, 2017 at 9:26a (2017-05-11). "Friend keeping Darrell Russell's legacy alive". FOX Sports. Retrieved 2019-11-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)