Mickey Thompson stands in his garage next to a single seat road racer in September 1986. Mickey Thompson and his wife, Trudy Thompson, were shot in the driveway of their Bradbury, Calif., home on ...

On early runs over the bumpy, damp salt flats at Bonneville, Utah, the long, low car had slued into stomach-stopping skids. But burly, brush-cut Mickey Thompson, 30, still managed to whiz Challenger I ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Countless speed records are attributed to him; he was the first man to break the 400 MPH barrier, he pushed innovation at the Indianapolis 500 ...