Eddie Hill Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
Eddie Hill (born March 6, 1936) is a retired American drag racer who won numerous drag racing championships on land and water. Hill had the first run in the four second range (4.990 seconds), which earned him the nickname "Four Father of Drag Racing." His other nicknames include "The Thrill", "Holeshot Hill", and "Fast Eddie". In 1960, he set the NHRA record for the largest improvement in the elapsed time (e.t.) when he drove the quarter mile in 8.84 seconds to break the previous 9.40-second record.Hill raced at open competitions and Top Fuel events from 1955 until he retired in 1966. After opening a motorcycle shop, he returned several years later to race motorcycles. He started racing drag boats after attending a drag boat event in 1974 and he won championships in all of the major boat drag racing sanctioning bodies. Hill set the lowest wet elapsed time (e.t.) record with a 5.16-second run, which was lower than the land drag racing record of 5.39 seconds. He quit water drag racing after he suffered broken bones at a crash in Arizona and returned to land drag racing in 1985. Initially underfunded and unsuccessful, Hill set the all-time speed record at a National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) event in 1987, becoming the first person to hold both the land and water speed records simultaneously. In 1993, Hill became the NHRA's oldest Top Fuel champion. When Hill retired in 1999, he had won 12 national season point championships on land or water, and had won more than 100 trophies in motorcycles and 86 drag events between his land and water careers.
Net Worth
$5 Million
Date Of Birth
July 21, 1921
Place Of Birth
Delano, Tennessee, USA
Profession
Actor
Nationality
United States
Nicknames
Eddie Hill
Star Sign
Cancer
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Fact
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Recorded the song, Steamboat Stomp, with Hank Garland in the 1950s
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Gold Guitar
1966
Grand Ole Opry
1955
TV Series
The Early Morning Show
1954
TV Series
Host (1954-1968)
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Forty Acre Feud
1965
Himself
Grand Ole Opry
1956
TV Series
Himself - Ad Pitchman
Known for movies
The Gold Guitar (1966) as Actor
The Early Morning Show (1954) as Host (1954-1968)
Forty Acre Feud (1965) as Himself
Grand Ole Opry (1955-1956) as Himself - Ad Pitchman