Mickey Thompson stands in his garage next to a single seat road racer in September 1986. Mickey Thompson and his wife, Trudy Thompson, were shot in the driveway of their Bradbury, Calif., home on ...

"Please don't kill my wife," Mickey Thompson begged on the morning of March 16, 1988, as a gunman stood over his wife, Trudy, in the driveway of their Bradbury, California home. After the gunman shot ...

Mickey Thompson was known as the fastest man on four wheels. The racing legend earned the sobriquet ‘Speed King’ after breaking the American land-speed record in 1960, clocking in at almost 407 mph on ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Countless speed records are attributed to him; he was the first man to break the 400 MPH barrier, he pushed innovation at the Indianapolis 500 ...

Mickey Thompson’s life and death are explored in the Netflix docuseries Larry Bessel/Los Angeles Times/Getty Mickey Thompson and his wife, Trudy Thompson, were shot in the driveway of their Bradbury, ...