2. Gapp & Roush: Now that Jack Roush is an industrial titan and owner of multiple NASCAR teams, it's tough to remember how effective he and partner Wayne Gapp were drag racing through the '60s and '70s. Ever the innovators, no one played the mid-'70s weight-break game in Pro Stock more effectively than they did, running sleek Mustangs when it was to their advantage, and even a four-door Maverick when it had an edge.
3. Roger Penske & Mark Donohue: They raced sports cars and won. They raced Camaros and won the Trans Am championship twice. Switched to AMC Javelins and won again. They won in Can Am with a mighty turbocharged Porsche and won Indy in a McLaren. Donohue died just as he and Penske set their sights on Formula One. Penske, meanwhile, went on to win Indy 12 more times as a team owner.
4. Henry Ford II & Lee Iacocca: Through the '60s and '70s they led the Ford Motor Company to produce cars like the Mustang (and the Mustang II), and their feuding was legendary. Eventually "The Deuce" fired Iacocca, who went on to lead Chrysler during its darkest hours.
5. Reher, Morrison & Shepherd: This Texas trio entered Pro Stock racing back in 1976 with driver Lee Shepherd and brought a new, professional level of preparation to the sport nearly perfecting the Chevy big-block drag race engine in the process. Shepherd died in a testing accident and Buddy Morrison succumbed to cancer, but David Reher keeps the team going with driver Bruce Allen.
6. Jim Clark & Colin Chapman: Clark may well have been the greatest driving talent who ever lived, and it's hard to argue that Chapman wasn't among the best engineers ever. These two Brits not only took on Formula One with their Lotus cars, and revolutionized the Indianapolis 500 when they arrived at the race with their rear-engine Lotus 29 in 1963. They won the race in '65.
7. Holman & Moody: John Holman (photo) and Ralph Moody pretty much invented the modern NASCAR race car during the '60s with Moody's engineering innovations and Holman's business sense turning them into products that could be bought off the shelf. They won a lot, too.
8. A.J. Foyt & Dan Gurney: These two paired up for just one race, the '67 24 Hours of LeMans driving Ford's GT40 Mark IV. Of course they won. It was the only time American drivers have won that race driving an American car. They have defined race car driver cool ever since.
9. The Wood Brothers: Brothers Glen and Leonard Wood started racing with Nascar back in 1949 and the family-run team hasn't stopped yet. It was the lightning-quick Wood Brothers crew that helped Jim Clark win the 1965 Indy 500.
10. Bo and Luke Duke: It's not like Boss Hogg or Roscoe P. Coltrane ever caught them. Besides, we needed one more pair to make 10. So sue us.
In and Out List
In: Sliding your car through gorgeous arcs using V-8 torque to control it
Out: Sliding your clapped-out import and calling it "drifting"
In: Drilled brake rotors that fill your wheels
Out: Big wheels and tiny brake rotors
In: Fuel cells
Out: Having to open your trunk and remove all the crap you haul back there just to fill your fuel cell
In: Driving at high speed on a deserted road at 3 a.m.
Out: Falling asleep at the wheel
In: Hearing your engine roar to life for the first time
Out: Hearing your engine wheeze its last gasp before dying
In: Getting your car to run just right on 92-octane fuel
Out: Finding that all the gas stations are now stocking only 91-octane fuel
In: Waking up at 6 a.m. and heading to your car for the long trip to a weekend drag race
Out: Trying to figure out why your car won't start at 6:01 a.m.
In: Hamburgers the size of your head
Out: Arteries clogged like a sink in a Paraguayan hair salon
In: Impressing the neighborhood kids with a block-long burnout
Out: That it doesn't seem to impress their parents