If you were wondering who the coolest person on Earth was recently, wonder no more. It is Don Prudhomme. The man is the epitome of cool. He’s got dough, he knows everyone, he was one of the best drag racers in history. You’ll see him at Bonneville, the US Nationals, the Indy 500, and riding around in the desert with guys like Tony Stewart and others apparently. It does not stop there, but we will. To cultivate this level of cool you have to work at it and Prudhomme did but not all on his own. Yes, some of his highest profile successes came as a team owner and racer but in his early days the kid who could drive better than all the rest was just that, a kid. Even then though, the gods of speed shone down upon him.
It was the early 1960s when Tommy Greer, Keith Black, and Don Prudhomme teamed up and proceeded to beat seemingly most every dragster on planet Earth in the process. Their partnership led to a lifelong relationship between Prudhomme and Black and that is kind of what this video is about. It seems like it may have been a promotional film for Keith Black Racing Engines or something but either way it is pretty rare stuff to have Keith Black in front of a camera and talking. This is not something you see very often.
Keith Black is (in our estimation) one of the most important men in American motorsports from the last 100 years. His innovations and developments in the world of ultra high performance engines helped to spur on entire industries and sports. Keith has passed but his legacy will long loom large over the motorsports world here in the USA.
