Don Woosley, NHRA's Top Alcohol Dragster world champion in 1982, died in his sleep Dec. 14. He was 63.

Woosley, who scored 10 NHRA national event wins and seven runner-ups and was a seven-time Division 3 champion, was one of the class' most-feared and yet most-liked competitors in the early 1980s, driving the yellow and white Ale 8 One-sponsored Woosley, Sharp & Reynolds dragster.

Woosley scored his first win at the 1975 NHRA SPORTSnationals in Bowling Green, Ky., driving the Sharp & Reynolds Magic Show injected A/Fuel Dragster past Dale Armstrong on a holeshot in the final. He also won the 1986 Sportsman Allstars competition in Bowling Green, one of the favorite stomping grounds for the Winchester, Ky.-based racer. His last final-round appearance was at the 1987 Atlanta event.

He is survived by sons Lowrey, Jason, and Chris; grandsons Michael and Marley; and brothers Jim, Jack Jr., and Paul. Visitation will be Wednesday, Dec. 16, from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Rolan G Taylor Funeral Home in Winchester, Ky. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Dec. 17.