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“This list may document goals I achieved and races I’ve won, but it fails to show my biggest most prideful personal accomplishment, my beautiful wife Lisa, and my miracle child Katie…I over achieved.” |
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| 28 NHRA National Event wins - 18 in Top Fuel and 10 in Top Alcohol Dragster | ||||||||
| Finished in Top 10 every year since 1982 | ||||||||
| Two IHRA National Event wins | ||||||||
| 1980 | Rookie of the Year - Southeast Division II | |||||||
| 1981 |
Most Improved Driver -
Southeast Division II Became the first second generation NHRA National event winner (81 Sportsnationals) |
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| 1982, 1983, 1984 | Southeast Division II Champion Top Alcohol Dragster | |||||||
| 1983 | Became first second generation NHRA World Champion - Top Alcohol Dragster | |||||||
| 1983 | Sportsman Driver of the Year - Southeast Division II - Top Alcohol Dragster | |||||||
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1982, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1990 |
Car Craft Magazine All-Star Driver of the Year | |||||||
| 1986 | Inducted into the "Sons of Danger" by Big Daddy Don Garlits | |||||||
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1987, 1988, 1989 |
Professional Driver of the Year - Southeast Division II | |||||||
| 1988 | Member Touchdown Club of Columbus | |||||||
| 1989 | 13th Member - Cragar 4 second club (4.981) | |||||||
| 1990 | Hot Rod Magazine - Person of the Year | |||||||
| 1990 | September 13, Reading, PA, Darrell Gwynn Day | |||||||
| 1991 | NHRA Good Hand Award | |||||||
| 1991 | April 23, Florida Senate Resolution #1950 | |||||||
| 1994 | Inducted into the NHRA Southeast Division Hall of Fame | |||||||
| 1997 | Great Sports Legend - Miami Project to Cure Paralysis | |||||||
| 1999 | Gwynn Family - Ollie Award Winners, Car Craft Magazine | |||||||
| 2001 | Voted NHRA Top 50 Drivers of All Time (#32) | |||||||
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2002 |
Inducted in to the International Drag Racing Hall of Fame |
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2009
2009 |
Golden Pioneer Award - North Miami Sr. High School Class of 1979
Grand Marshall, NHRA Hot Rod Reunion
NHRA Lifetime Achievement Award |
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| NHRA Official Records | ||||||||
| Class | MPH | ET | Date | Place | ||||
| TAD | 213.77 | 6.53 | 5/9/82 | Edgewater Sports Park | ||||
| TF | 5.342 | 9/1/86 | Indianapolis, IN | |||||
| TF | 278.55 | 5.261 | 9/25/86 | Ennis, Texas | ||||
| TF | 5.220 | 3/22/87 | Gainesville, FL | |||||
| TF | 5.204 | 4/25/87 | Commerce, GA | |||||
| TF | 5.084 | 10/2/87 | Ennis, TX | |||||
| TF | 5.052 | 8/6/88 | Seattle, WA | |||||
| TF | 4.981 | 9/2/89 | Indianapolis, IN | |||||
| TF | 4.951 | 9/17/89 | Maple Grove, PA | |||||
| TF | 4.909 | 3/30/90 | Houston, TX | |||||
| IHRA Official Records | ||||||||
| Class | MPH | ET | Date | Place | ||||
| TF | 261.62 | 5.396 | 5/3/87 | Rockingham, NC | ||||
| Career wins as an owner | ||||||||
| 15 (Through November 2002) | ||||||||
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