Dick Landy, nicknamed "Dandy Dick", was an American

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. In 1965, Landy's

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A/Factory Experimental (A/FX) entry, was one of the first to compete in what would later become the Funny Car class. Landy won the Street class at the

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in 1968, following with a win in Modified (Altered) there in 1969. At the 1970 Winternationals, he beat Herb McCandless'

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, when McCandless redlighted. Landy would reach a final round only once more, at the 1972

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; he would lose to Grumpy Jenkins. Landy died on January 11, 2007, at the age of 69.

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