Bill Maverick Golden of Little Red Wagon fame passed away.

I posted this in the general section but I know not everyone goes there.

Saw this on Facebook, didn't see a post here so far so here it is.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=...3520&type=1

Sad news today, my uncle, drag racing legend, Bill Maverick Golden made his final run in life today. He had a great run. Many trophies, championships, titles, and of course, inventing and immordalizing the Little Red Wagon original wheelstander into drag racing history.
And he wasn't a bad fisherman, 2 Louisiana state records, king mackerel.
I'm gonna miss ya Bill. We had a lot of laughs, and breathed a lot of nitro together..
RIP my friend... hit the chutes and take that final turn.

Sorry to see this definitely one of the legends........

I seen him run in the LRW many times back in the
day at Detroit Dragway... RIP

Sad to hear. I saw him at our local track in 1968, I was 7. He broke something in the rear end and used parts out of my uncles brand new GTX. We got to hang out in the pits and he gave an autographed photo. Still one of the coolest track experiences I've ever had.

Gods speed Bill.

my family and i were sad to hear this.we met bill several years ago at tri state dragway.very nice man.my kids spent the evening with him fishing in the nearby river after the day of racing.they were excited that they got to fish with Beel as they called him.my wife and i laugh over that memory to this day...

Met Bill in Chicago at the Chicago model expo some years ago. He was promoting his new "little red wagon" model. He autographed a pic ( from the Garlits museum) for me.

I saw a "little red wagon" just like that in Frankenmuth last weekend.. I noticed some type of goofy looking surfboard sticking out of the grill and wondered what it was for. Still don't know. Kevin

The Showman! Took these at Great Lakes Dragaway.

He used to wheelie the entire length of the track!

always had a smile and would talk your ear off!

Where did the truck ever end up

Have seen Him run on many occasions, always a great show.....sad to hear of his passing R.I.P.

Rickster

I first saw him in the 69-70 time frame, awesome performer.
RIP Bill

MANY TRUCKS. Like notable drag cars of the day, 3-4 was usually the average. Doubt if the original survived. Wheel standers were noted for crashing on a regular basis. The pic in my thread was taken at the Garlits museum in Ocala, Fl. in the 90's. For sure not the original.

When I saw it in 68 the seat was in the center. In the photo he gave me the seat was in the normal position. When I asked him about he told me the truck in the photo had been wrecked.

Another great one gone. RIP. Ron

my brother and i met bill at carlisle many, many years ago during a suprising down time when there were NO people around. we chatted for about 40 minutes and had someone take a pic of us together. what a gracious, humble , and super nice man he was ! he will be sadly missed !
R[ace]. I.P. Bill !

bummer , RIP