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when was Mickey Thompson born?
Mickey Thompson was born on December 7, 1928.
what was Mickey Thompson's early history like?
In his early 20s, Mickey Thompson worked as a pressman for the Los Angeles Times while pursuing a lifelong love of hot rodding.
what was special about Mickey Thompson's slingshot dragster?
Mickey Thompson designed and built the first slingshot dragster, moving the seat behind the rear axle to improve traction to handle the output of increasingly powerful custom engines.

Question: was it successful?
Self-contained rewrite: was Mickey Thompson's slingshot dragster successful?