"Front to back: The rear-engine transition", written 20 February 2015, at NHRA.com (retrieved 1 November 2018) Around the same time, Bernie Schacker's rear-engined car, the first with a rear wing, was the first to run in the sixes, with a 6.98 at 192 mph , at New York National Speedway's Spring Nationals (an event sanctioned by none of the national bodies).