Brand New. Glidden earned the nickname Mad Dog due to his intense work ethic. Facing his first real challenge in the performance department in quite some time, in the form of the Lee Shepherd-driven Reher-Morrison Chevy Camaro, Glidden led the points chase only once all year: on the last day of the season. News, Racing He was dominate. Bob Glidden, drag racing legend and 10-time NHRA Pro Stock champion, died Dec. 17. He was surrounded by his loving family. Amazingly, Glidden won the title by the slimmest of margins that year over Lee Shepherd, his main rival and a man who would make life both interesting and difficult for Bob over the next half decade. He also qualified No. A winner of 85 Pro Stock races and 10 NHRA championships, Glidden developed and built his own engines with the help of wife Etta and his two sons, Billy and Rusty. That commitment resulted in four consecutive Winston championships for the Reher-Morrison team (1981-1984), but the satisfaction of claiming their fourth title was tempered somewhat by the fact that they no longer had the quickest car in the country. Bob, I love you my brother and I will see you again my friend. After barrel rolling six or seven times, Glidden crawled out of the rollcage and shrugged off the safety crew only to remove his fire jacket and place it over the intake manifold. Glidden's Plymouth Arrow | Facebook He was 73. Bob Glidden (August 18, 1944 -December 17, 2017) was an American drag racer.He was born in Whiteland, Indiana.He retired from Pro Stock racing in 1997 and returned in 2010.. Glidden retired as the driver with the most wins in National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) history at that time (a feat recently topped by 16 time Funny Car champion John Force).He was the third most successful drag racer . It is a comeback story, it is a perseverance story, it is an amazing story. In the same vein, we could always associate Bob Glidden with a Ford-powered entry. I saw Gildden at one of woodburn dragstrips pro stock nationals in Oregon about 1989 he whooped WJs ass with a 7.277 to a 7.279 everyone razzed the professor when wj wasnt off sulking and refusing autographs mr.Bob was giving EVERYONE a e ticket tour of his car including a kid with ms that he let sit in the car for prob. It was Billy Glidden that ran the Winnebago PROBE ! I shot a pic of that car at Rockingham in '95 andit was a Probe. What else can you say? Glidden came back in '85, led the points race all season, and won five national events. ETTA TALKED ABOUT WRENCHING ON BOBS CAR.SHE GAVE A LIFE SIZE POSTER OF BOB.SHE IMPRESSED MY DAUGHTER SUSAN SO MUCH SHE GOT A MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEGREE AND NOW IS A GM ENGINEER . Racin' Today Pro Stock Icon Glidden Dies At 73 bob glidden pro stock die cast for sale | eBay