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Doug Thorley (died March 10, 2021) was an American , and businessman. In 1967, he won the NHRA Nationals' first Funny Car Eliminator title, Land Speed Racing newsletter (retrieved 2 December 2018); Motorsport.com (retrieved 2 December 2018) and was given s All-Star Drag Racing Team Funny Car Driver of the Year Award in 1968.McClurg, Bob. The History of AMC Motorsports (CarTech, Inc, 2016), p.8. Hot Rod magazine describes him as "one of drag racing's most famous early era drivers."

Racing career
Thorley won many drag races at the Santa Ana (California) strip in the 1950s in a 1938 Century coupe.
(2025). 9781613251775, CarTech Inc. .
In the 1960s, he was the first in class to break 200 miles per hour at the Bonneville Salt Flats in a C/Modified Sports Corvette. In 1964, Thorley an altered-wheelbase (pre-Funny Car) big-block 1964 Chevy II he called Chevy Too Much. Land Speed Racing newsletter (retrieved 2 December 2018); Statham, Steve. Nova SS (Osceola, WI: MBI Publishing, 1997), p.107.

Thorley's Doug's Headers Corvair was the first seven-second Funny Car, Pinterest (retrieved 2 December 2018) and it was in this car he won the NHRA supercharged A Funny Car (AA/FC) class at Indianapolis Raceway Park in 1967, Super Chevy online (retrieved 4 December 2018); Land Speed Racing newsletter (retrieved 2 December 2018); NHRA.net 1967 (retrieved 5 December 2018); Motorsport.com (retrieved 2 December 2018) defeating 's The Dixie Devil . Power Performance News online (retrieved 4 December 2018); Ultimateracinghistory (retrieved 2 December 2018) It was the first time Funny Car Eliminator was held at Indy. Land Speed Racing newsletter (retrieved 2 December 2018) Indy would also prove to be Thorley's only NHRA national event win in Funny Car. NHRA.com (retrieved 4 December 2018)

That year 1967, he would also record the first (unofficial) funny car pass in his Corvair, at Lions Drag Strip.McClurg, p.39 caption.

In 1968, Thorley bought a rear-engined AMC 401-powered TF/FC (one of just a handful of similar funny cars ever built, including Dave Bowman's "Gallery: The Best of 1970s Drag Racing", written by Dave Kommel on April 25, 2017, at Hot Rod online (retrieved 22 May 2017)) from .McClurg, Bob. "50 Years of Funny Cars: Part 2" in Drag Racer, November 2016, p.40 caption. (The would later be replaced by a hemi prepared by and .McClurg, p.40 caption.) The same year, he was given s All-Star Drag Racing Team Funny Car Driver of the Year Award in 1968.McClurg, Bob. The History of AMC Motorsports (CarTech, Inc, 2016), p.8.

Doug Thorley Headers
Thorley founded his header company in 1958. Doug Thorley Headers Company (retrieved 2 December 2018) Among Thorley's better-known customers were (through her husband, who Thorley was friends with).Burgess, Phil, National Dragster editor. "Carol Cox: NHRA's first class winner", written 4 May 2018, at NHRA.com (retrieved 16 September 2018) Thorley headers would go on to be a favorite among drag racers. Land Speed Racing newsletter (retrieved 2 December 2018)

Thorley Headers is a leading producer of headers and exhaust systems, Business Week (retrieved 22 December 2018); California Manufacturers Register favored by many rodders and racers. Hot Rod (retrieved 22 December 2018)

Biography
Thorley is the subject of the book Doug Thorley: Headers by Doug written by Don Pennington.
(2025). 9781480214217, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. .

Thorley died March 10, 2021, at his home in New Harmony, Utah at age 92.

Notes
Sources
  • McClurg, Bob. "50 Years of Funny Cars: Part 2" in Drag Racer, November 2016, pp. 35–50.
  • McClurg, Bob. The History of AMC Motorsports. Forest Lake, Minnesota: CarTech, Inc, 2016
  • Taylor, Thom. "Beauty Beyond the Twilight Zone" in Hot Rod, April 2017, pp. 30–43.

Further reading
  • Boyce, Doug. 1001 Drag RAcing FActs at Google Books.
  • Boyce, Doug. Match Race Mayhem at Google Books.
  • Engel, Lyle. The Complete Book of Fuel and Gas Dragsters. Four Winds Press, 1968.
  • Pennington, Don. Doug Thorley: Headers by Doug. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Apr. 23, 2013.

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