Ray Harris, one of the three principals in the Shreve Automotive speed-shop operation that sponsored Top Fuel and other cars in the 1960s and beyond, died Aug. 25 after a long illness.

Harris opened Shreve Automotive in Shreveport, La., in the mid-1950s with partners Russell Wooley and the late Bud Hargrove, the original driver of the Shreve Fiat. The shop moved to New Orleans in the late 1960s. The Shreve Automotive shop was responsible for several notable cars, most prominently its series of Top Fuel dragsters driven by Dave Chenevert, Jere Grice, and others.

Harris is survived by his wife, Patricia; stepchildren Donna Terrase, Linda MacQuinn, and Scott Forde; four step-grandchildren; and a step-great-grandson.

Services will be held at 11 a.m. Aug. 30 at St. Matthew Church in River Ridge, La.