Pat Austin is a retired American drag racer. He competed in the National Hot Rod Association. He won four NHRA Top Alcohol Funny Car championships between 1987 and 1991. He was the first driver to win eliminator titles at the same event when he won the Top Fuel and Alcohol Funny Car classes at Topeka. His 62 wins between his start in 1985 and 1996, which were the most for any driver between the late 1970s and 1996. In 2002, the NHRA labeled him "the most successful drag racer born after the 1940s and the best driver of his generation". He had the first 250 mph Alcohol Funny Car run and the first pass in the 5.5 second range. [More at Wikipedia]

November 12th, 1964 in Tacoma (Age 59)