Born Dale Lincoln Stroud, Dale was known as Dale Arfons after 1923. He and his older brother Walter (Stroud) Arfons then lived with their mother and her second husband, Tom Arfons.
Dale and Walt and their half-brother Arthur Eugene Arfons were all veterans of the United States Armed Forces. They worked together at the Arfons family milling business in Akron, Ohio, and in the early 1950s campaigned a series of drag racing cars known as the "Green Monster". Built by hand at the Arfons Mill, these cars primarily utilized powerful twelve cylinder engines from World War 2 fighter planes. They set many of the top speed records for drag racing throughout the 1950s. Dale was a member of the team at the inception, but soon devoted himself to other pursuits.
Dale was an accomplished professional welder and an expert in the use of dynamite for demolition and construction. He lost part of a hand in an explosion. A subsequent legal action, 'Dale Arfons v. E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co., Incorporated and the Ensign-bickford Company', 1958, set a legal precedent and was a part of the curriculum at some U.S. law schools for many years.
Dale had two sons and a daughter from his first marriage, and one daughter from his second marriage.
Dale and Walt and their half-brother Arthur Eugene Arfons were all veterans of the United States Armed Forces. They worked together at the Arfons family milling business in Akron, Ohio, and in the early 1950s campaigned a series of drag racing cars known as the "Green Monster". Built by hand at the Arfons Mill, these cars primarily utilized powerful twelve cylinder engines from World War 2 fighter planes. They set many of the top speed records for drag racing throughout the 1950s. Dale was a member of the team at the inception, but soon devoted himself to other pursuits.
Dale was an accomplished professional welder and an expert in the use of dynamite for demolition and construction. He lost part of a hand in an explosion. A subsequent legal action, 'Dale Arfons v. E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co., Incorporated and the Ensign-bickford Company', 1958, set a legal precedent and was a part of the curriculum at some U.S. law schools for many years.
Dale had two sons and a daughter from his first marriage, and one daughter from his second marriage.
Born Dale Lincoln Stroud, Dale was known as Dale Arfons after 1923. He and his older brother Walter (Stroud) Arfons then lived with their mother and her second husband, Tom Arfons.
Dale and Walt and their half-brother Arthur Eugene Arfons were all veterans of the United States Armed Forces. They worked together at the Arfons family milling business in Akron, Ohio, and in the early 1950s campaigned a series of drag racing cars known as the "Green Monster". Built by hand at the Arfons Mill, these cars primarily utilized powerful twelve cylinder engines from World War 2 fighter planes. They set many of the top speed records for drag racing throughout the 1950s. Dale was a member of the team at the inception, but soon devoted himself to other pursuits.
Dale was an accomplished professional welder and an expert in the use of dynamite for demolition and construction. He lost part of a hand in an explosion. A subsequent legal action, 'Dale Arfons v. E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co., Incorporated and the Ensign-bickford Company', 1958, set a legal precedent and was a part of the curriculum at some U.S. law schools for many years.
Dale had two sons and a daughter from his first marriage, and one daughter from his second marriage.
Dale and Walt and their half-brother Arthur Eugene Arfons were all veterans of the United States Armed Forces. They worked together at the Arfons family milling business in Akron, Ohio, and in the early 1950s campaigned a series of drag racing cars known as the "Green Monster". Built by hand at the Arfons Mill, these cars primarily utilized powerful twelve cylinder engines from World War 2 fighter planes. They set many of the top speed records for drag racing throughout the 1950s. Dale was a member of the team at the inception, but soon devoted himself to other pursuits.
Dale was an accomplished professional welder and an expert in the use of dynamite for demolition and construction. He lost part of a hand in an explosion. A subsequent legal action, 'Dale Arfons v. E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co., Incorporated and the Ensign-bickford Company', 1958, set a legal precedent and was a part of the curriculum at some U.S. law schools for many years.
Dale had two sons and a daughter from his first marriage, and one daughter from his second marriage.
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