{"id":300,"date":"2010-01-07T23:16:04","date_gmt":"2010-01-07T23:16:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/?p=300"},"modified":"2010-02-05T13:41:09","modified_gmt":"2010-02-05T21:41:09","slug":"prudhomme-announces-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/2010\/01\/07\/prudhomme-announces-retirement\/","title":{"rendered":"Prudhomme Announces Retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"

Prudhomme Announces Retirement <\/strong><\/span><\/a>– Competition Plus.com<\/em> – January 7, 2010<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Don \u201cThe Snake\u201d Prudhomme, one of the most accomplished drivers and revered team owners in the history of motorsports, announced his retirement today, thus ending a career spanning five decades in the sport of drag racing.Prudhomme\u2019s 47-year career saw him behind the wheel for 32 seasons before he retired from driving at the end of his 1994 \u201cFinal Strike\u201d campaign.\u00a0 He then transitioned to the role of team owner where he led his teams and drivers for the past 15 seasons.\u00a0 Overall, Prudhomme has totaled an impressive combination of six National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) World Championships and 112 National Event victories.\u201cI feel very fortunate to have been able to make a living in drag racing and to have enjoyed some success along the way,\u201d said Prudhomme.\u00a0 \u201cI would like to thank all of the great sponsors we\u2019ve worked with over the years, everyone at NHRA, the many track owners, operators and promoters, our past employees and team members, and all of the drag racing fans that have supported Snake Racing.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Prudhomme: I’m Gonna Miss The Sport<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0– Competition Plus.com<\/em> –\u00a013 Jan 2010<\/strong><\/p>\n

NHRA article on Prudhomme\u00a0<\/strong><\/a>– NHRA.com<\/em> – 7 Jan 2010<\/strong><\/p>\n

Spencer Massey: Facing The Harsh Reality<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0– Competition Plus.com<\/em> – 8 Jan 2010<\/strong><\/p>\n

Prudhomme Racing Site<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0– Snake Racing<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

A Storied Rivalry Put Drag Racing on the Map<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0– New York Times<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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The loss of Don Prudhomme from racing will certainly impact our sport. What are your thoughts? – Roger Young, Edwards & Young Racing<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Prudhomme Announces Retirement – Competition Plus.com – January 7, 2010 Don \u201cThe Snake\u201d Prudhomme, one of the most accomplished drivers and revered team owners in the history of motorsports, announced his retirement today, thus ending a career spanning five decades … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-discussions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=300"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":382,"href":"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300\/revisions\/382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}