answers: Don Garlits
context: Ner-A-Car The Ner-A-Car was a type of feet forwards motorcycle designed by Carl Neracher in 1918. It used an unusual steel-channel chassis, much like an automobile, and hub-center steering at the front wheel, making it 'nearly a car' in design. The Ner-A-Car was the most successful hub-center steering motorcycle ever produced, with sales far eclipsing earlier or later examples of this design, such as the Yamaha GTS1000 or Bimota Tesi. About 10,000 Neracars were manufactured in the United States by the Ner-A-Car Corporation (under the Neracar name), while around 6,500 are believed to have been produced in England under licence </s> "Pawnbroker", for Dwane Ong, incorporating the lessons of the previous car; it debuted in 1970, and proved consideraby better. In August, Ong won the 1970 AHRA Nationals in the car. "Pawnbroker" won the American Hot Rod Association Summernats in Long Island, New York, the first national event win for a rear-engined car, with a pass of 6.83 at . "Big Daddy" Don Garlits examined the car and was so impressed with the forward view, he could not understand why everyone did not drive one--and why it did not work. Around the same time, Bernie Schacker's rear-engined car, the first with </s> a cockpit situated between the two rear tires, a design originating with Mickey Thompson in 1954, as a way of improving traction. This position led to many drivers being maimed when catastrophic clutch failures occurred. Due to limited traction, some dragsters with four rear drive wheels were attempted as well as designs with twin engines. The drawbacks of front-engine designs (including fatalities) led to several attempts at rear-engined cars, and there were several attempts at rear-engined cars. Among them were pioneering rear-engined dragsters (and funny cars, including Doug Thorley's and Dave Bowman’s) were Steve Swaja's AA/Gas "Wedge I" from 1963,
question: who built the first successful rear engine dragster