Hugh Tucker is an American gasser drag racer.Davis, Larry. Gasser Wars (Cartech, 2003), pp.180-6. Tucker was the first driver to win three National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) national championships in a gas supercharged class.Davis, p.180-6.
Racing career Driving an Oldsmobile-powered 1928 Chevrolet, he won NHRA's A/SR (gas) national title at the NHRA Nationals, held at Indianapolis Raceway Park, in 1962. His winning pass was 11.14 seconds at .Davis, p.183. At the Winternationals, he claimed the Little Eliminator win.Ultimateracinghistory (retrieved 3 October 2018)
The next year, Tucker added a supercharger to the Oldsmobile engine. At the NHRA Nationals in Indianapolis, he again won the AA/SR national title. His winning pass there was 11.33 seconds at .Davis, p.183. He also claimed Junior Eliminator at the Winternationals, over Bob Culbert. Ultimateracinghistory (retrieved 20 September 2018)
One year later, at the NHRA Nationals at Indianapolis, Tucker took a second AA/SR national title, with a pass of 11.03 seconds at .Davis, p.184.
In 1966, a Chrysler hemi replaced the Oldsmobile. At the NHRA Nationals in Indianapolis, Tucker took his third (and final) AA/SR national title, with a pass of 9.75 seconds at .Davis, p.185.
References
Sources Davis, Larry. Gasser Wars. North Branch, MN: Cartech, 2003, pp. 180–6.