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What's New at The Drag Racing List
May 31, 2002 - Drag Racing Story of the
Day: Flintstones in
Paradise - Maui Raceway Park. Sarah Gee covers the George
"Flintstone" Andrade Memorial race in Hawaii. Mike Thompson
kicks in photos.
Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Roger
Gustin's Sherbits Jet Dragster. Norman
Blake
captured this dramatic '70s era nighttime shot of the man who gave jet
dragsters respectability.
Drag
Racing Movie of the Week: Mainline
Menace Fuel Funny Car: Pits to the Strip. Brian Fawcus filmed
Europe' s wildest fuel floppers in the pits and then on the strip.
Draglist.com Southern Fuel Coupes: Dickey
Wins Second Straight at Ware Shoals. Bill Pratt and Bob Gettys team
up on words and pics from the second Draglist SFC event of 2002.
May 30, 2002 - Drag Racing Story of the
Day: The Chicken
Choker Chronicles: Englishtown Nationals and Maple Grove Divisionals 2002.
Len Cottrell tells about his and Fran Monaghan's adventures as they
chase Top Alcohol points and fame in NHRA Division 1.
Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Farewell
to the Draglist U.S. Rat Funny Car. Mike Garland
has the ex Raybestos fuel Trans Am. He was gonna paint it up in Draglist.com
colors and hit the strip. Then along came that damn buyer...
May 29, 2002 - Drag Racing Story of the
Day: Gentle Ben: The
Tow Car, Not the Bear. Gary Peters fondly recalls his home
built tow vehicle that had a wicked habit of taking people out at the knees.
Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Wheelstander
Panorama: The Little Red Wagon. Lee Ecker
took this series of shots of Bill Golden's wheelstander as it traversed US
41 International Dragway in 2000, then pieced the shots together into a continuous view of
the run. Cool!
May 28, 2002 - Drag Racing Story of the
Day: This Irresistible
Grasp: Badco Does E-town. Bill "Badco" Ott flew to
E-town and sent back this report from his truly unique perspective.
Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Welcome
Back, Keith Jackson. Lee Craker shot
the first pics of AA/FC veteran Keith Jackson's return after last year's
fire and accident.
May 27, 2002 - Happy Memorial Day. Thanks to all our U.S. veterans, our allies, and all others who have helped to bring peace and freedom to the world.
Drag Racing Story of the
Day: Russell, T.
Pedregon, and T. Coughlin Win At Topeka. NHRA Communications provides
final results from the O'Reilly Summer Nationals. How about the ninth
different Pro Stock winner in nine races? Wow!
Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Jungle!
Jungle! Jungle! Three Jim Liberman Shots.
"Berserko" Bob Doerrer and Dave Milcarek team up to
showcase three of Jungle Jim's awesome mid-'70s Chevy floppers.
Personal Best with Steve Klemetti: New
driver, ET, and MPH updates from NHRA Englishtown and IHRA Cordova 2002.
Steve captured all the performance improvements from the amazing race at
Old Bridge Township and its counterpart in the deep Midwest.
May 26, 2002 - Drag Racing Story of the
Day: Dixon, Sarver,
and Yates Take the Top Spots at O'Reilly NHRA Summer Nationals.
NHRA Communications provides the final pro qualifying results and first
round pairings from Topeka.
Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Joe
Priola's Outlaw Super Stock Up on the Bumper!
Johnny Fever captured Priola on this wheelie bar-destroying pass.
Drag
Racing Movie of the Week: World's
Quickest Import: Six Second VW Dragster. Ocean Street Video captured
this burnout shot of the world's fastest import, Kris Lauffer's six second
VW dragster.
May 25, 2002 - Drag Racing Story of the
Day: Rain Disrupts
Qualifying at the O'Reilly NHRA Summer Nationals. NHRA
Communications provides day one results from soggy Topeka.
Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Ken
Walsh's Mr. 409 '63 Chevy Nostalgia Super Stock.
Joel Naprstek shot this muscle-bound Chevy at the Atco Nostalgia Meet
in 2001.
May 23-24, 2002 - Drag Racing Story of the
Day: E-town Photo Spectacular! Greg Gage got up close and personal with
the racers at the incredible NHRA event at Englishtown, New Jersey. Greg
provides text and photos for both Saturday
and Sunday.
Drag Racing Picture of the Day: MIR
U.S. Pro Stock Open Photo Review (1):
Stephen Jones took in the world's oldest independent Pro Stock race and
he got these shots of the top NHRA doorslammer stars. Here's more: MIR
U.S. Pro Stock Open Photo Review (2).
May 22, 2002 - Drag Racing Story of the
Day: Making the Top
Ten on $20K. Al Booton talks about how the Pro Comp team of
Roggie and Campany finished in the Top 10 of the NHRA points on a
shoestring.
Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Bruce
Boland's '33 Willys Nitro Coupe. Joe Barrett snapped this
shot of a Canadian doorslammer that runs the good stuff.
May 21, 2002 - Drag Racing Story of the
Day: Interview with
the Pros: Darrell Gwynn. NHRA Communications did this
interview with the owner of the Yankees fueler right before Englishtown.
Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Butch
Bruenger's "Satin Doll" BB/Funny Car. Jim White snapped
this shot of a bad looking, hard running car from the Midwest. But what was
with that name?
May 20, 2002 - Drag Racing Story of the
Day: (1) Bernstein
Closes In On Dixon with Top Fuel Victory at Matco Tools SuperNationals;
Densham, Anderson, and Brown Also Win. NHRA Communications
provides final results from Englishtown. (2) Millican
Takes Third Straight Top Fuel Win at IHRA Amalie Oil Nationals.
Summit FastNews provides final results from Cordova.
Drag Racing Picture of the Day: The
Grump and Dyno Don Kick Start Match Race Pro Stock.
"Berserko" Bob Doerrer and Norman Blake team up to
remember when Jenkins and Nicholson slapped Mountain Motors in their Pro
Stockers to begin a new type of doorslammer racing.
May 19, 2002 - The Drag Racing List Goes
Over FIVE MILLION HITS! That's right, gang. Sometime in the late, late
hours of Mother's Day 2002, Draglist.com eclipsed the five million hit mark.
More than five million times since April 1996, a drag racer or fan has
displayed a page at Draglist.com! It's sure been a fun ride.
There are two asterisks to put next to that five million hit number,
however. Asterisk one: for the first four years of our existence, we only tracked
the hits coming through the front page. We've come to find out that many
readers enter through other Draglist.com pages. In fact, just about as many
readers enter the site through the Photo of the Day and Classifieds pages as
do those who enter from the front page! For the first four years, none of
those people were tracked, so despite our OFFICIAL five million page view
number, the actual number is probably way higher than that.
Asterisk two: our incredible growth over the past year!
Draglist.com is on track to receive four to five million page views in 2002
ALONE! Thanks to all our readers. And thanks to our amazing volunteers who
help to record the history of the world fastest men and women. To steal Don
Ewald's phrase, "We do it for love." It's incredibly gratifying to
have all of you share our passion for drag racing. Happy Mother's Day,
indeed! Bill Pratt
Drag Racing Story of the
Day: (1) Dixon, T.
Pedregon Take Top Qualifying Honors at Matco Tools Supernationals; W.
Johnson Wins NHRA Pro Stock Challenge. NHRA Communications reports
that WJ found a way to hold off all those other 6.70 cars to win a cool
$50,000, plus full pro qualifying results and pairings from E-town. (2) Track
Records Fall at IHRA Amalie Oil Nationals. Summit
FastNews provides final qualifying and first round pairings from Cordova.
Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Don
Prudhomme's Snake II Plymouth Cuda Funny Car, Restored. Jim M.
White caught the Snake's popular flopper on display at the NHRA
Museum.
Drag
Racing Movie of the Week: Teen
Ben Bray Goes 6.17 in Top Doorslammer! Carl Witt and Jezza
team up to showcase Australia's quickest teenager as he runs the continent's
third quickest time on a test run.
Personal Best with Steve Klemetti: New
driver, ET, and MPH updates from NHRA Atlanta and IHRA Shreveport 2002.
Steve captured all the performance improvements from Georgia and
Louisiana.
May 18, 2002 - Drag Racing Story of the
Day: (1) Bernstein,
Densham, Yates, Savoie Top Qualifiers at Matco Tools Supernationals.
NHRA Communications sent first day qualifying from Englishtown. (2) Millican
Leads Top Fuel Qualifying at IHRA Amalie Oil Nationals. Summit
FastNews provides first day qualifying info from Cordova.
Drag Racing Picture of the Day: John
Ellul and Manty Bugeja: Top Alcohol Dragsters from Malta. Ivan
Sansom sent over these shots of two Maltese alky dragsters who have
made homes in the 5.70s.
May 17, 2002 - Drag Racing Story of the
Day: Chassis Builder
Roy Fjastad Was Drag Racing Innovator. Top chassis builder Dave
Tuttle remembers Roy Fjastad's contributions to the sport.
Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Custom
Body Enterprises Dodge Omni Funny Car.
James Morgan shot the baddest funny car in the Northeast back in the
'80s.
May 16, 2002 - Drag Racing Story of the
Day: MIR U.S. Pro Stock
Open Quick Results. Gene Wilson won his first event as an
NHRA Pro Stock driver at the 28th Annual MIR Pro Stock extravaganza
Wednesday night.
Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Mark
Conner's Harley Davidson at Gainesville.
Ian Turboville does the most amazing paintings from photos. Here's his
awesome rendition of Mark Conner's drag Harley.
May 15, 2002 - Drag Racing Story of the
Day: Arizona Animal
Annihilates Competition at the "Flame Fest." Shane
Tecklenburg reports on the West Coast Pro Mod Association's 2002 opener.
Drag Racing Picture of the Day: McCurdy
Racing's 8-Second Opel GT.
Dad McCurdy grabbed this shot of the family race car, a rockin' short
wheelbased Opel.
May 14, 2002 - Drag Racing Story of the
Day: Doug Herbert
RaceDay 2002: Nitro and the "Big Bang."
"Berserko" Bob Doerrer provides photos and highlights of Doug
Herbert's annual high horsepower shindig.
Drag Racing Picture of the Day: The
Ultimate Wheelstand: 1930 Model A on the Bumper! Bruce Jilka sent
in this Mike Garland photo of his amazing, event winning wheelstand
from the 1995 Wheelstanding Championships at Byron Dragway.
May 13, 2002 - Drag Racing Story of the
Day: The Day Gary
Ritter Turned 5.98, 242 -- With His Eyes Closed! Cole Coonce,
Mark Hovsepian, and the gang from Nitronic Research have started a
nostalgia dragster 5-second club. Here's Cole's entertaining story of how
Gary Ritter got his membership the hard way.
Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Don
Garlits and Art Malone Team Up. "Berserko" Bob Doerrer and
Norman Blake team up to show Big Daddy Don Garlits winning Indy '84
despite losing a tire at the top end.
May 12, 2002 - Drag Racing Story of the
Day: Drag Racing in
Paradise - Maui Raceway Park. Sara Gee provides race results
from the tropical mountains and Mike Thompson adds photos.
Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Twin
Turbo Hemi '32 Ford on the Salt Flats! Gail Tesinsky
provides before and after photos of Ron Tesinsky's 205 mph run, punctuated
by three 360s when the turbos kicked in!
Draglist.com
Signs as Title Rights Sponsor of Southeastern Gasser Tour. We've
joined up with the romping', stompin'-est bunch of REAL gassers in the
Southeast!
Draglist.com Southeastern Gasser Tour: Bowie
Wins at Shadyside. Rickie Bowie won the inaugural Draglist/SGT race at
Shadyside Dragway.
Drag
Racing Movie of the Week: Long
Island Extreme! New York Drag Machines. directed
this cool film of dozens of Long Island drag racing machines.
Draglist.com Southern Fuel Coupes: SFC
Rocks Southern Dragway. 2001 circuit champ Jim Dickey
continued his winning ways by taking the inaugural Draglist/SFC race over Don Roddy.
May 11, 2002 - Drag Racing Story of the
Day: Jets, Trucks, and
Bikes Dominate Moroso During Pepsi Jet & Truck Nationals.
Angela Wall gives us the 411 on last weekend's big show in Florida.
Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Eight
Second Ford Fairlane from Down Under. "Deaksy"
sent up this Sheehy's Photographics photo of one of his Aussie car club members, a huge
street-driven Fairlane that goes eights.
May 10, 2002 - Drag Racing Story of the
Day: The Chevy Guys Buy
a 331 Cubic Inch Hemi. Gary Peters fondly recalls his '53
DeSoto tow car that kept on running long after it should have died.
Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Shirley
Shahan and the 'Drag On Lady' Dodge Dart. sent in this shot of one of drag racing's most successful female
competitors posing with her big, bad Mopar.
May 09, 2002 - Drag Racing Story of the
Day: The
Chicken Choker Chronicles: Atlanta 2002. Len Cottrell and new
driver Franny Monaghan had a successful first outing at the Southern
Nationals.
Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Top
Fuel Motorcycles: 1971 vs. 2001. Guy Wills compares a shot
of Eddie Knight's AA/D Fuel Bike from 1971 to Bob Spina's Fuel Harley from
2001.
May 08, 2002 - Drag Racing Story of the Day: A
Crazy Thing Happened on the Way to Sonoma. Mendy Fry-Harris
gives us the lowdown on the initial outing with her new Jr. Fueler.
Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Vance
Hunt vs. Chris Karamesines with Don Garlits as Flagman! David Ray sent
in this amazing "dream shot" of the Texas fuel legend racing the
Chicago fuel legend with the Florida fuel legend filling in as flagman!
Personal Best with Steve Klemetti: New
driver, ET, and MPH updates from NHRA Bristol and IHRA Richmond 2002.
Steve captured plenty of performance improvements from Thunder Valley
and VMP.
May 07, 2002 - Drag Racing Story of the Day: Danny
White Reviews IHRA Shreveport 2002. Danny was down in swamp
country for the IHRA national event and he brought back some strong
impressions.
Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Holden
Monaro GTS -- The Australian Camaro. Dave Murray sent in
this Super Gas version of Australia's all purpose race car.
May 06, 2002 - Drag Racing Story of the Day:
(1) Dixon, Bazemore,
Johnson, and Savoie Earn Victories at Atlanta Dragway. NHRA
Communications provides final pro results from the Southern Nationals. (2)
Millican, Hoover, Rector,
Price, and Baker Win at Red River.
Larry Sullivan and Summit FastNews provides final results from
IHRA Louisiana.
Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Paul
Blevins' Pro Stock Chevy Vega. "Berserko" Bob Doerrer and
Norman Blake team up once again, this time to showcase the solid number
two Chevy Pro Stocker of the early '70s.
May 05, 2002 - Drag Racing Story of the Day:
(1) Bernstein, Densham,
Anderson, and Savoie Earn No. 1 Qualifiers at Atlanta Dragway.
NHRA Communications provides final qualifying results and first round
pairings from Commerce. (2) Millican,
Janis, Stordeur, Cannister, and Baker Lead Qualifying at IHRA Shreveport.
Larry Sullivan provides final qualifying results and first round
pairings from Louisiana.
Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Gary
Burgin's Orange Baron Mustang Funny Car, 1981. Dave Milcarek sent
in this truly incredible shot of Burgin's flopper wheelstanding at Indy '81.
Drag
Racing Movie of the Week: Joe
Priola's Pro Street Camaro on the Bumper! Rick Kurtz and
Mary Priola team up on this awesome video clip of Joe Priola standing
his 170 mph Camaro up on the bumper.
May 04, 2002 - Drag Racing Story of the Day: McClenathan,
Densham, Johnson and Savoie Lead Qualifying At Atlanta Dragway.
NHRA Communications provides first day qualifying results from the
Southern Nationals.
Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Carl
Casper's Cosmic Charger Top Fuel Dragster. Dave Huber
captured Casper's space age fueler at the Louisville Car Show.
May 03, 2002 - Drag Racing Story of the Day: Blowers,
Huffers, or 6-71s, They'll All Do in a Pinch. Gary Peters
talks about telltale signs that a guy has just rebuilt a supercharger.
Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Tony
Thorn's Street Legal Chevy Nova. Danny White got this
dramatic shot of Thorn's 10.5 car burning out at Kennedale Raceway in Texas.
May 02, 2002 - Drag Racing Story of the Day: Bruce
Mullins' Top Alcohol Funny Car Featured in Children's Book. It
took two years to finalize it, but the DK Big Book of Race Cars is finished
and the War Horse TAFC represents drag racing.
Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Outlaw
Super Stock Chevy Launches. Cory Janssen captured this huge
Chevy heading skyward.
May 01, 2002 - Drag Racing Story of the Day: Interview
with the Pros: Tom Hammonds. NHRA Communications talks to
former NBA star Tom Hammonds about the differences between basketball and
his new role as a professional Pro Stock drag racer.
Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Brandon
Holcomb's Rat Motored Blown Altered. Chris Graves shot
another bad hombre from the Outlaw Fuel Altereds Association.
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