Donald Ray Prudhomme, nicknamed "the Snake", is an American drag racer. He won the NHRA FC championship four times across a 35-year career.
Prudhomme in his dragster before a run in 1992
Prudhomme's Top Fuel dragster in 1992
Prudhomme's Funny Car in 1989
Top Fuel is a type of drag racing whose dragsters are the quickest accelerating racing cars in the world and the fastest sanctioned category of drag racing, with the fastest competitors reaching speed
Two Top Fuel dragsters side by side during an NHRA event in 2012
2009 NHRA Top Fuel championship trophy
A NHRA Top Fuel dragster at night. Josh Hart at 2026 NHRA Gatornationals.