Pat Austin was born on November 12,1964 and is a retired American drag racer.
33 Facts About Pat Austin
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Pat Austin competed in the National Hot Rod Association.
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Pat Austin won four NHRA Top Alcohol Funny Car championships between 1987 and 1991.
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Pat Austin was the first driver to win eliminator titles at the same event when he won the Top Fuel and Alcohol Funny Car classes at Topeka.
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Pat Austin was named an All-Star on his high school football team during his senior year.
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Pat Austin began drag racing in the Northwestern United States, where he won approximately 90 percent of the races that he entered.
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Pat Austin started racing on the national tour in 1985.
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Pat Austin won his first national event title in 1986, when he won the Cajun Nationals.
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Pat Austin had numerous second-place finishes and lost the 1986 season championship at the final round at the Fallnationals to Brad Anderson.
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Pat Austin won four of the five championships between 1987 and 1991, losing the 1989 championship.
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Pat Austin made eight finals in 1987 and won six events.
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Pat Austin followed that season with his second championship in 1988.
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Pat Austin had his most wins in 1989 with nine wins.
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Pat Austin won the 1990 championship with 12 finals and nine event wins.
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Pat Austin clinched the 1991 championship in July after posting the first perfect 5 national and 5 divisional wins season.
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Pat Austin campaigned both cars at the event after testing his new Top Fuel dragster at one local event.
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Pat Austin had to watch Kenny Bernstein as he smoked his tires to win the Top Fuel finals in a single.
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Pat Austin continued to run both cars at events, vowing to win in both cars.
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Pat Austin won the Alcohol Funny Car finals over Chuck Cheeseman with a 5.97 second pass and the Top Fuel finals over Joe Amato with a 4.97 second pass.
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Pat Austin avenged his final round Top Fuel loss to Bernstein at the Winston Finals at Pomona and started the 1992 season by winning the second race of the year at the Motorcraft Ford Nationals in Phoenix Arizona over Doug Herbert.
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Pat Austin achieved the second double eliminator win at the second event in 1992 at Phoenix.
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Pat Austin won the Top Fuel finals and beat his uncle, rival Bucky Austin, in the Alcohol Funny Car finals.
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Pat Austin won Top Fuel at the 1993 US Nationals at Indianapolis Raceway Park over Doug Herbert in a tire-smoking peddlefest final round.
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Pat Austin became the first driver to achieve 250 miles per hour in the quarter mile in an Alcohol Funny Car in 1995.
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In 1999, Pat Austin noticed that IHRA drivers such as Von Smith having success in Hoosier Racing Tires.
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Pat Austin had been experiencing severe tire shake and tire spinning problems.
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Pat Austin started using the tires for all passes after having a 5.64 second pass.
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Pat Austin had the first pass in the 5.5 second range and won the race, marking the first time that a Hoosier tire won an NHRA Alcohol Funny Car event.
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Pat Austin had his 75th national victory at Pomona's 2002 NHRA Winternationals.
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Austin now runs the Pat Austin's Pro Max Performance Centers, which is a national automotive parts dealer and it services cars in the Puget Sound.
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Walt Pat Austin competed in drag racing from the 1950s to 1970s.
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Pat Austin inherited his father's muffler and radiator shop in 1968.
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Bucky Pat Austin had over 200 drag racing wins at Northwestern regional NHRA, AHRA and open matches.