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Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins
Oh, and Larry Dixon... Has a reputation as being somewhat self centered and "difficult". Has been at loggerheads with the NHRA for a long time (Don Garlits was too, so not an unheard of situation for an outspoken Top Fuel driver). Pissed off Don Prudhomme when he bought out his own contract so he could leave for Alan Johnson's bottomless pocketed Al Anabi team, which soon found themselves abandoned by their rich young Arab sheik owner. Found himself without a ride after burning a few bridges... Lots of talent, though. Still the second driver on the all-time win list, even after about a decade or relative "exile".
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LOL, yes Dixon was a major PITA but I was still a fan.
At Al Anabi, Dixon basically made lots of demands or he would take his ball and go home.
Johnson laughed and said watch out for the door knob on the way out. IIRC that was after the 2011 season.
Then he hired a friend of mine to take Dixon's place, and he won the world championship the next year.
No one has ever even come close to being as good as Alan Johnson.
EDI: IMO the biggest PITA a-hole in drag racing evar goes to Whit Bazemore.
He put the "D" in douchebag.