I've wondered what happened to some of the great drag racers and hot rodders of Kentucky.   Remember the Frakes n Funk dragster in the 60s and 70s?   What about Joe Williamson, who won Modified Comp Eliminator in a wild 6-cyl powered T-bucket roadster like 6 times? (He was doing round-track racing at Louisville Motor Speedway, til it closed circa 2001).

Today, in drag racing circles, a Kentuckian on top of his game is Lexington's Darrell Alderman, who drives Pro Stock on the NHRA circuit.   He's part of a multi-million dollar operation and is in the professional ranks of the sport.   Darrell won back-to-back world titles in the early 1990s, and after a brief hiatus, came back and is still a terror on the strip.