Moroso Performance
Moroso may refer to: * 7724 Moroso, a main-belt asteroid, named after Pascuala Moroso and Rafael Villalobos * Dick Moroso Richard D. Moroso, commonly called “Dick”, was an American hot rodder, drag racer, and businessman. Moroso grew up in Old Greenwich CT and started selling speed parts out of his family's basement in the early 1960s under the name Speed Assoc ... (fl. 1966–1998), American hot rodder, drag racer, and businessman * John A. Moroso (1874–1957), American author * Rob Moroso (1968–1990), NASCAR racing driver {{Disambiguation, surname ...
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7724 Moroso
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Dick Moroso
Richard D. Moroso, commonly called “Dick”, was an American hot rodder, drag racer, and businessman. Moroso grew up in Old Greenwich CT and started selling speed parts out of his family's basement in the early 1960s under the name Speed Associates. In the mid 1960s, Moroso and then partner Hank Dietrich opened Performance Automotive in Stamford CT. Moroso founded Moroso Performance Products, to supply aftermarket automotive parts to fellow hot rodders, in 1968, the year his son, Rob, was born. He served as son Rob's owner and sponsor for much of his racing career. Driving a 1961 Corvette, Moroso won one NHRA national title, in D/MP (D Modified Production), at the 1966 NHRA Nationals, held at Indianapolis Raceway Park. His winning pass was 13.32 seconds at . In 1981, Moroso purchased Palm Beach International Raceway, renaming it Moroso Motorsports Park. In 1982, Moroso spent $100,000 to upgrade the facility to host the opening event of the 1983 SCCA Trans Am Series. In ...
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Sir John Alexander Macdonald (January 10 or 11, 1815 – June 6, 1891) was the first prime minister of Canada, serving from 1867 to 1873 and from 1878 to 1891. The dominant figure of Canadian Confederation, he had a political career that spanned almost half a century. Macdonald was born in Scotland; when he was a boy his family immigrated to Kingston in the Province of Upper Canada (today in eastern Ontario). As a lawyer, he was involved in several high-profile cases and quickly became prominent in Kingston, which elected him in 1844 to the legislature of the Province of Canada. By 1857, he had become premier under the colony's unstable political system. In 1864, when no party proved capable of governing for long, Macdonald agreed to a proposal from his political rival, George Brown, that the parties unite in a Great Coalition to seek federation and political reform. Macdonald was the leading figure in the subsequent discussions and conferences, which resulted in th ...
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