page_title: Al Young (dragster driver)
section_title: Racing accomplishments
hierarchical_section_title: Al Young (dragster driver) / Racing accomplishments
caption_attribution_description: English: Rear 3/4 photo of Al Young's Championship Challenger
context_page_description: Alfred John Young is a former World Champion Drag Racer and National Hot Rod Association Hall of Famer who competed in professional Bracket racing, and the heads-up categories from Super Street and Super Gas to Super Comp. He taught high school in Seattle, Washington, for 37 years, and is involved with the preparation of classic high performance race cars. After campaigning his 1970 Dodge Challenger for over 25 years, winning the American Hot Rod Association World Championship and numerous other National Hot Rod Association and AHRA titles, he donated his drag racing car to the Museum of History and Industry in Seattle, Washington, in 2007. During the majority of his auto racing career, he was sponsored by Ole Bardahl of the Bardahl Company. In 2018, he was inducted into the National Hot Rod Association, Northwest Division, Hall of Fame.
context_section_description: Car Craft Magazine "All Star Drag Team" (1983)
  Firebird Raceway (Boise, Idaho) Bracketeer All-Star Inductee  (1988)
  Twice winner of every major Championship E.T. Drag Race National event in the Pacific Northwest from 1976 to 1996.
  A three-time winner of Bremerton Raceway's annual "Day Fire Nationals"
  Donated his 1970 Dodge Challenger to the Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI) in Seattle
  Winner of the "Long Distance" Award at the "Power Big Meet", Vasteras, Sweden (July, 2014)
  Winner (repeat) of the "Long Distance" Award at the "Power Big Meet", Vasteras, Sweden (July, 2015; July 2016)
  Winner NHRA Division 6 National Open, receiving (a)The Wally at Bremerton Raceway, 2018
  NHRA Hall of Fame, National Hot Rod Association, Northwest Division, 2018
  The present: still driving in local Sportsman and Pro ET level drag racing events and working on classic high performance muscle cars.
caption: A.Young Challenger Rear
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