Raymond Beadle was an American nitro funny car and dragster racer, as well as a prolific auto racing team owner.
In the sport of drag racing, Beadle's 'Blue Max' cars he won three consecutive NHRA funny car championships from 1979 to 1981 and three IHRA funny car championships - 1975-6 and 1981.
In NASCAR, Raymond Beadle owned a NASCAR Winston Cup team from 1983 to 1990, winning the 1989 Winston Cup Championship with driver Rusty Wallace. His team's car number was always #27 and his car was usually a Pontiac.
Around the time he owned a stock car team, he also owned a World of Outlaws sprint car team. The car was driven by Sammy Swindell.
Beadle was perhaps most known in the NHRA as the driver of the "Blue Max" funny car for many years.
Read more about Raymond Beadle: Drag Racing Career, NASCAR Owner, Awards
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