34. "WILD WILLIE" BORSCH
Borsch's wild "Winged Express" did not win any eliminators in NHRA competition, but did win class. Borsch wheeled the blown roadster to the AA/Fuel Altered class title at the 1967 NHRA Winternationals. In a rather memorable performance, Borsch's final-round opponent, Lee LeBaron, broke behind the line and Borsch's entry broke just past the starting line. As per the rules, Borsch had to push the car the entire quarter mile to claim the trophy ... A year earlier, wheeling the Harrell-Borsch roadster, the bearded wonder captured the AA/FA class title at the AHRA World Championships at Lions ... On Aug. 19, 1967, Borsch became the second Fuel Altered driver to enter the seven-second zone with a 7.95 lap at Lions. A month later, Borsch became the first Fuel Altered driver on legit clocks to run a 200-mph charge, registering a 7.91/200.44 at Irwindale Raceway. ... Borsch did not end his career with Fuel Altereds. He drove his last Fuel Altered in 1973, the same year he started in Funny Car. He wheeled with almost zero success the Revell "Wildman" Dodge Charger that season and then moved to Florida and bought Pee Wee Wallace's "Black 'Stang" Mustang II in late 1975. He burned that to the ground in May of 1976 at Martin, Michigan and closed his career that year with a spring/summer tour aboard Detroiter Walt Knoch's "Walt's Puffer Too" Monza. ... One final note on Borsch. He was one of the very few drivers who was narcoleptic. That disease caused Borsch to fall asleep easily regardless of site or occasion. Well, one exception there … he never was asleep while the "Winged Express" was in flight. (Photo by Bob Martin)

35. TERRY VANCE
I got $10 that says Terry Vance was the tallest of all NHRA Pro Stock Bike champions.

36. BLAINE JOHNSON
As great as three-time Winston Top Fuel champ Gary Scelzi is, it's interesting to think what would have transpired if king Top Fuel wrench Alan Johnson and his late brother Blaine had stayed together as a team. Blaine's first race was in Alcohol Dragster at the 1988 Chief Auto Parts Winternationals and on Friday of the event, in just his second run in the car, he logged an eventual third best with a 6.259/215.67. On that one pass, he bettered the career best (6.343/214.28) of older brother Alan, who had run a Rodeck-powered Alcohol Dragster for nearly 10 years. In round one, Blaine ran a 6.262/215.36 to beat Steve Fedele, but a slowed down to a 6.503/211.11 that cost him a round two go with Bill Barney's Castrol GTX dragster. In his next event, Johnson won the NHRA Gatornationals Alcohol Dragster title.

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