Mert Littlefield, the supercharger maven whose equipment has adorned everything from fuel dragsters and floppers to monster trucks and mud bog racers has died. He was 66 years old. Littlefield’s contributions to the sport of drag racing as both a driver and an innovator are numerous.
According to a release from the NHRA, “Littlefield began his racing career in bracket cars in the 1960s but made the leap to the big time in a nitro Funny Car in 1970 with the Rapid Transit Dart before teaming with Marty Sublett and later Richard Bays in a successful nitro-racing career that ran through 1984, during which time Littlefield also won an NHRA Division 7 event and had the honor of recording the first five-second Funny Car pass at fabled Orange County Int’l Raceway.”
Littlefield will be missed by his family and fellow competitors. The next time you are at the track or any event where blown iron is present look for the little yellow “Littlefield Blowers” logo on the side of the case.
Another legend gone…
Click below for the full NHRA release on the passing of Mert Littlefield
Link: Mert Littlefield Passes
