Johnny Loper
Johnny Loper is a pioneering American gasser drag racer.
Driving a 1959 Chevrolet, he won NHRA's E/Gas national title at Detroit Dragway in 1959. His winning pass was 14.94 seconds at.
The next year, at the wheel of an Oldsmobile-powered 1941 Willys, he won NHRA's first ever B/Gas Altered national title at Detroit Dragway. His winning pass was 13.72 seconds at.
At the NHRA Nationals, held at Indianapolis Raceway Park, in 1962, Loper won the B/Gas title, with a Chevrolet-powered Willys. He turned in a winning pass of 12.04 seconds at.
Loper was first three-time national champion to move up a class in his later wins, from E/G to B/G.
Loper was also first ever B/Gas Altered champion, in 1960.
