Dick Landy

Dick Landy, nicknamed "Dandy Dick", was an American drag racer.

In 1965, Landy's Dodge Coronet A/Factory Experimental (A/FX) entry, was one of the first to compete in what would later become the Funny Car class.{{cite web |url=https://www.nhra.com/news/2016/funny-cars-who-s-first-i-dunno |title=Funny Cars: Who's on first? I dunno ... |first= Phil |last=Burgess |work=National Hot Rod Association |date=2016-01-29 |access-date=2020-03-15}}{{cite web |url=https://www.nhra.com/news/2018/historic-and-vintage-drag-cars-go-auction-block |title=Historic and vintage drag cars go on the auction block |author=Staff writers |work=National Hot Rod Association |date=2018-01-04 |access-date=2020-03-15}}

Landy won the Street class at the Winternats in 1968, following with a win in Modified (Altered) there in 1969. At the 1970 Winternationals, he beat Herb McCandless' Plymouth Duster, when McCandless redlighted.

Landy would reach a final round only once more, at the 1972 NHRA Summernationals at Englishtown, New Jersey; he would lose to Grumpy Jenkins.{{cite web |url=https://www.nhra.com/news/2011/fan-fotos-1970-summernationals |title=Fan Fotos: 1970 Summernationals |first= Phil |last=Burgess |work=National Hot Rod Association |date=2011-02-08 |access-date=2020-03-15}}

Landy died on January 11, 2007, at the age of 69.{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/racing/news/story?series=8&id=2732272 |title=Landy, dead at 69, was fearsome factory racer |publisher=ESPN |accessdate=November 21, 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nysun.com/obituaries/dick-landy-69-innovative-drag-racer/46919/|title=Dick Landy, 69, Innovative Drag Racer|publisher=New York Sun|accessdate=November 21, 2019}}