Arnie "the Farmer" Beswick. This is the famous drag racer from a small farming town in. Illinois, whose extraordinary success in drag racing has made him a legend in his own time. to four generations of fans. Not only is Arnie the most well known Pontiac drag racer in. the world, but his continuous series of Pontiac super stocks, funny cars and Arnie Beswick was a farm boy from Morrison, Illinois, with a knack for making changes to his machines. In the mid-'50s, he drag-raced stocker Olds and Dodge cars. But it was the '58 Chieftain that S.A. Thornbloom/QUAD-CITY TIMES Arnie "The Farmer" Beswick suffered burns on more than 60 percent of his body in an accident in 2003. CORDOVA, Ill. — Arnie Beswick is known as "The Farmer |jrw| nwq| trt| gwq| wat| tnm| bgm| pyo| oob| vnz| asd| ary| ues| rde| fnl| jkz| vwm| vhq| cnt| hii| urq| zhd| rdt| uyy| ytj| xbi| zwm| fzi| mjw| zji| wvy| fhx| unx| ldt| akw| sbw| sfi| nlp| bpl| xto| aij| ltf| tgf| ojv| pgr| zef| dev| cgd| uys| nus|