Member Inducted 2007
Nobby Hills
History
Nobby Hills has been involved in drag racing since the sport
started in Europe in the 1960s. He was inspired to build his first
car after having witnessed match races between Sydney Allard and
Dante Duce in 1963. The first in a line of Houndog cars
was introduced at the 1964 Drag Fest meetings. Nobby is primarily
interested in the engineering side of the sport and mainly used
hired drivers, including Les Hill, Mike Hutcherson, Owen Hayward
and Alan Bates.
After having run six front-engined dragsters, the opportunity to
buy Paula Murphy's STP-sponsored Plymouth Duster Funny Car in 1973
was grabbed and Nobby ran Nitro Funny Cars from this point onwards,
following up the Duster with a Vega, Challenger and a Corvette that
was the first to record a five in 1986.
After a hiatus from active involvement of almost two decades, Nobby
Hills Racing have constructed a nitro-burning Camaro Funny
Car.