What's New at The Drag Racing List

August 31, 2002 - It's time for INDY! I didn't get stuff from Indy in time to post it, so as a public service, here's a link to Drag Race Central so you can catch all the action! We should have photos soon!

Drag Racing Story of the Day: Exclusive! 2002 AHRA Spokane World Finals Results. David Hapgood once again traveled to the Great Northwest to cover this one of a kind drag racing event. David covers every run from Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Dozens of photos, too!

Drag Racing Picture of the Day: More AHRA World Finals Pics - RAW! Sheryl Ogonoski adds even MORE new photos to join the shots by David Hapgood and Nolan Hibbard! We now have 78 pics of the most obscure and cool fuel and alky cars in the world!

Draglist.com/Computer Magic Online Message Board. Come join the 215 drag racers and fans who make up our message board community.

Drag Racing Lists Updated! Danny White, Steve Klemetti, Phil Cottingham, Andy Marrs, and the rest of the all-volunteer Draglist have compiled all drag racer statistics for the first half of 2002 and they've updated the Drag Racing Lists! Of course, we continue to go back through old drag mags and papers to fix our historic listings, as well. Hey, we depend on YOU, too, so if you see something that's not quite right, please take a moment to drop us a line and let us know about it. 

Coming up next... Photo review from IHRA Norwalk, schedule information for East Coast Drag Happenings, more Hemi Hunter's Top Fuel Tales, more Flyin' Phil's Nitro Nova, and results and dozens of pics from INDY! Stay tuned...

Classic Thunder: Southern Classic Thunder at Ware Shoals: The Stage is Set for Something Big (PHOTO VERSION). As promised, we added dozens upon dozens of photos by Roger Richards and Brian Wood of CompetitionPlus.com to the story. We think it's just like being there! Click here to see more Southern Classic Thunder Pics - RAW!

Norwalk 2002: Yes, Still MORE IHRA Norwalk Pics -- RAW! "Digger Vic" Cooke sent another couple dozen photos from IHRA Norwalk. We'll do a photo review this week... included in the action was a one-of-a-kind match up. Les Shockley brought the Shockwave out of retirement to face Bob Motz in an historic side by side jet truck race Saturday night. Motz won the close eighth mile battle, 5.07 to 5.30! Vic includes photos of the trucks.

Drag Racing Movie of the Week: LeRoy Blackman and Joe Boyle Side by Side Funny Car Burnouts. Tim Pratt captured Leroy's Blue Moon Monza and Joe Boyle's Plymouth Arrow on a side by side burnout that rivaled the nitro cars at the First Annual Funny Car Reunion at E-town.

August 30, 2002 - Drag Racing Story of the Day: (1) Super Camaro and Son: Sam Gianino Builds Me An Engine. Perry Wyatt, Jr. recalls building his sportsman class car with help from the then world record holder.

Drag Racing Story of the Day: (2) Exclusive! 2002 AHRA Spokane World Finals Results. David Hapgood once again traveled to the Great Northwest to cover this one of a kind drag racing event. David covers every run from Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Dozens of photos, too!

Drag Racing Picture of the Day: AHRA World Finals Pics - RAW! Sheryl Ogonoski adds 32 more awesome photos to join the shots by David Hapgood and Nolan Hibbard!

August 29, 2002 - Drag Racing Story of the Day: Exclusive! 2002 AHRA Spokane World Finals Results. David Hapgood once again traveled to the Great Northwest to cover this one of a kind drag racing event. David covers every run from Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Dozens of photos, too!

Drag Racing Picture of the Day: AHRA World Finals Pics - RAW! David Hapgood and Nolan Hibbard got dozens of shots from Spokane. Check 'em out here before we insert them into the story!

August 28, 2002 - Drag Racing Story of the Day: Southern Classic Thunder at Ware Shoals: The Stage is Set for Something Big (PHOTO VERSION). As promised, we added dozens upon dozens of photos by Roger Richards and Brian Wood of CompetitionPlus.com to the story. We think it's just like being there!

Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Southern Classic Thunder Pics - RAW! Roger Richards and Brian Wood of CompetitionPlus.com were on hand at the big Southern Classic Thunder bash at Ware Shoals and took hundreds of pics, including these.

August 27, 2002 - Drag Racing Story of the Day: (1) Southern Classic Thunder at Ware Shoals: The Stage is Set for Something Big (2) The Jungle Jim Show: Tribute or Rip-off? An Interview with Ernie Walker. I tackle two big stories coming out of our Southern Classic Thunder event at Ware Shoals Dragway last weekend. One is the event results from a great race. Two, I caught up with Ernie Walker to ask him about the Jungle Jim Vega that has JJ purists hopping mad.

Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Southern Classic Thunder Pics - RAW! Roger Richards and Brian Wood of CompetitionPlus.com were on hand at the big Southern Classic Thunder bash at Ware Shoals and took hundreds of pics, including these.

August 26, 2002 - Drag Racing Story of the Day: Millican Winning Streak Continues with Ninth Win at IHRA Sunoco World Nationals. IHRA Communications provides final results from their big bash in Norwalk.

Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Even MORE IHRA Norwalk Pics -- RAW! "Digger Vic" Cooke was up in Norwalk for us and sent a over 100 photos of the action at the Sunoco World Finals!

SPECIAL SECTION: FUNNY CAR REUNION

Meet the Guys Who Race the Next Big Thing: The Draglist Story of the Funny Car Reunion... FINALLY. I stayed up all night to do this, but with the big Southern Classic Thunder coming up, I couldn't put it off any longer! NEW PHOTOS ON 8/20!

Funny Car Reunion Pics -- RAW! With apologies to James Morgan and brother Tim Pratt, here are about 80 Funny Car Reunion pics that we just haven't had time to get up on web pages properly. That doesn't mean that you don't deserve to see 'em and that those awesome photogs don't deserve to have 'em displayed! So here's a compromise: I'll give you a link directly to the directory where they sit on the server. It may not be pretty, but you can click away to your heart's content on some amazing photos of an amazing race! I'll get them up on web pages this week.

Movers and Shakers at the Inaugural Funny Car Reunion. Flyin' Phil Elliott has lots more to share, but here are the first photos from Englishtown. 

Quick Results! Brother Tim, Flyin' Phil, and I are back from the inaugural Funny Car Reunion at Englishtown. Man, did we have fun! 

First Annual Funny Car Reunion Thoughts. Ted Pappacena put down his camera and picked up a pen to provide his impressions of this seminal nostalgia flopper event. 

Art's Funny Car Reunion Photos. Art Cimilluca sent in six choice shots from the 23rd Old Time Drags and Rod Run, featuring the Funny Car Reunion.

August 25, 2002 - Drag Racing Story of the Day: Clay Millican Top Qualifier at IHRA Sunoco World Nationals; John Montecalvo Wins Sunoco Pro Stock Shootout. IHRA Communications provides final qualifying and first round pairings from Norwalk. Montecalvo wins big for GM in Pro Stock.

Drag Racing Picture of the Day: More IHRA Norwalk Pics -- RAW! "Digger Vic" Cooke is up in Norwalk for us and sent a few dozen more photos from day two action at the Sunoco World Finals.

Drag Racing Movie of the Week: Nitro Zombie Wins the Burnout Contest! Tim Pratt captured Rob Bruce and the Zombie '72 Firebird funny car on this awesome burnout that won the Doug Herbert Performance Parts/Draglist.com Burnout Challenge at the First Annual Funny Car Reunion at E-town.

August 24, 2002 - Drag Racing Story of the Day: Carl Baker Leads Qualifying at Rain-shortened IHRA Sunoco World Nationals. IHRA Communications provides first day qualifying results from Norwalk.

Drag Racing Picture of the Day: IHRA Norwalk Pics -- RAW! "Digger Vic" Cooke is up in Norwalk for us and sent these awesome photos from day one action at the Sunoco World Finals.

August 23, 2002 - Drag Racing Story of the Day: MIR Jet Car Nationals 2002. Stephen Jones did the annual MIR flamethrower bash and sent this story.

Drag Racing Picture of the Day: MIR Jet Car Nationals Pics -- RAW! Stephen Jones sent these photos from the Jet Car Nationals at Maryland International Raceway. We'll have a full report soon, but here's a taste of the action.

August 15-22, 2002 - NHRA Brainerd! The weekend's Southern Classic Thunder event and my day job since my return did not allow me to post this race as stories of the day this past weekend. However, I have saved the info on our Draglist.com/Computer Magic Online message board. Check it out!

Drag Racing Story of the Day: Meet the Guys Who Race the Next Big Thing: The Draglist Story of the Funny Car Reunion... FINALLY. I stayed up all night to do this, but with the big Southern Classic Thunder coming up, I couldn't put it off any longer! NEW PHOTOS ON 8/20!

Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Alan Pittman's Westbrook Motorsports Grave Digger '41 Willys Pro Mod. Gary Stroud of www.promodifieds.com offered us this photo. Alan Pittman ROCKED Ware Shoals at Southern Classic Thunder on Saturday!

Personal Best with Steve Klemetti: NHRA Sonoma 2002. Steve provides stats on new drivers, and personal best speeds and elapsed times from Infineon Raceway.

Drag Racing Photo Review: Sonoma 2002: To Infineon and Beyond! Tim Marshall was behind the lens for draglist.com and got dozens of great shots at Sonoma. Sonoma Photo Review #2. Here are 25 more shots from Sears Point from the lens of Tim Marshall.

Nitro Nova: Chapter Six: Chart your course, but sail with the winds. Check out the latest chapter on Flyin' Phil's nostalgia funny car buildup.

Bruce Mullins: War Horse Goes Blue! Both the car and our client's website went from hot yellow to cool blue. Check out the site updates to Bruce Mullins and the War Horse Mustang funny car!

August 14, 2002 - Drag Racing Story of the Day: York U.S. 30 Dragway Reunion a Huge Success. Bob Plumer reports on the biggest drag racing show on the East Coast in many a year and reports that he got a nice surprise there himself.

Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Top Fuel Night Fire at Pomona. Former digger shoe Walt Stevens keeps his eye on modern youngsters Andrew Cowin and Tony Schumacher as they blaze past at Pomona.

August 13, 2002 - Drag Racing Story of the Day: Coup Deluxe, Part 2 (Badco Does the FC Reunion). Bill Ott gives up part two of his entertaining perspective on the First Annual Funny Car Reunion.

Drag Racing Picture of the Day: The Voodoo Vega Funny Car Gets Smoked In. Tom West didn't just shoot this car; he was a partner in it. Here he takes us through the shot.

August 12, 2002 - New Logo! New Navigation! New Links! Check out our new logo and the new navigation links at the top of each page. The new logo reflects our partnership with Bob Gettys of Computer Magic Online, who generously hosts this massive website. Our new links also reflect our partnership with Bob as you can reach Computer Magic Online, the Draglist Southern Fuel Coupes, the Draglist Southeast Gasser Tour, and the Draglist/Computer Magic Message Board. We also added handy links to eDrags.com, our popular drag racing portal, and to our very own Flyin' Phil Elliott and the Nitro Nova nostalgia funny car. Hope you enjoy the new features!

Drag Racing Story of the Day: Millican Wins Eighth Straight at IHRA ACDelco Canadian Nationals; Canadian Konigshofer Takes First Pro Stock Win. IHRA Communications provides final results from Toronto.

Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Jeg Coughlin: It's Been a Long Time. "Berserko" Bob Doerrer and Norman Blake team up to show us that Jeggie, Troy, John, and Mike weren't the first Coughlins to have success on the drag strip.

August 11, 2002 - Drag Racing Story of the Day: Clay Millican Top Qualifier at IHRA ACDelco Canadian Nationals. Summit FastNews provides final qualifying results and first round pairings from Toronto.

Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Jack Harris' Nitro Thunder Nostalgia AA/Fuel Dragster. Tim Pratt caught the Sheriff at the 2001 California Hot Rod Reunion as he readied for another low six second pass.

Drag Racing Movie of the Week: Nathan Sitko Graduates from Juniors to Top Alcohol. Brent Ogonoski sent in this footage of Nathan Sitko's first competition run in his Top Alcohol Dragster.

August 10, 2002 - Drag Racing Story of the Day: Canadians Lead Qualifying at IHRA ACDelco Canadian Nationals. Summit FastNews provides first day coverage from the new Toronto Motorsports Park.

Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Eight Engines in a Nostalgia Dragster? Tom DeLello gets into Photoshop again to bend a little reality.

Personal Best with Steve Klemetti: NHRA Denver and Divisionals 2002. (2) NHRA Seattle and IHRA Martin/Leicester 2002. Steve provides stats on new drivers, and personal best speeds and elapsed times from NHRA Denver and Seattle, IHRA Martin and Leicester, and all the divisional races in between.

August 09, 2002 - Drag Racing Story of the Day: Interview with the Pros: Cory McClenathan. NHRA Communications catches up with the top fuel driver who has made a popular return to the sport.

Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Art's Funny Car Reunion Photos. Art Cimilluca sent in six choice shots from the 23rd Old Time Drags and Rod Run, featuring the Funny Car Reunion.

August 08, 2002 - Drag Racing Story of the Day: First Annual Funny Car Reunion Thoughts. Ted Pappacena put down his camera and picked up a pen to provide his impressions of this seminal nostalgia flopper event. Another elated drag racing fan!

Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Rory Christianson's Reese's Candy Alcohol Funny Car. Sheryl Ogonoski sent this photo of another high quality, but unheralded Top Alcohol racer.

August 07, 2002 - Drag Racing Story of the Day: Coup Deluxe, Part 1 (Badco Does the FC Reunion). Bill Ott takes us behind the scenes at the 23rd Annual Old Time Drags & Rod Run (the race the rest of the world now calls the Funny Car Reunion).

Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Steve Wells' Wheelstanding Photographer Hunter! Sharkman caught Wells' errant gasser leaping off the line and coming right at him. Run, Sharkman, Run!

August 06, 2002 - Drag Racing Story of the Day: Muldowney Beats Garlits at E-town Match Race. Billy Anderson reports on the Garlits-Muldowney battle at Englishtown last Wednesday night, plus all the other action from that event.

Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Ronnie Sox Pro Stock Hemi Colt, Restored. Ron Dilley spied this ageless beauty in the pits in 1995.

August 05, 2002 - Drag Racing Story of the Day: Force, Herbert, Morgan, Treble Score Wins at Fram-Autolite Nationals. NHRA Communications provides final results from Sonoma.

Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Rick White's Blown Alcohol A/Fuel Dragster. Robert Briggs captured Rick's cool front engine digger on a tire boiling burnout.

August 04, 2002 - Drag Racing Story of the Day: Sonoma: Pro Stock Great Johnson Fails to Qualify for First Time in 303 Events. NHRA Communications provides final pro qualifying and first round pairings from Sears Point.

Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Cruz Pedregon Happy to Drop Flamin' Frank Paint Job. Rick Menges offers up another entertaining drag racing cartoon.

Drag Racing Movie of the Week: 32 Funny Cars Fire Up at Once! Tim Pratt captured this sight for sore eyes for real funny car fans everywhere as the call goes out to light 'em all up on the Englishtown starting line.

August 02-03, 2002 - No, we didn't go weekly. Despite our spotty coverage this week, draglist.com did not go from a daily publication to a weekly. It was a simple matter of the mind being willing, but the body not being able to pull it off. After last week's sleeplessness followed by the Funny Car Reunion, all it seemed I could do this week was go to work, then come home and sleep. I added an extra hour a night and I think I'm back... so hang in there for cool web updates. 

Danny White has sent new lists that cover the first half of the year, Steve Klemetti has sent updated personal bests from the last few national events, and James Morgan has sent between 60-80 photos from the Funny Car Reunion. In addition, Flyin' Phil will be sending more. He's currently in Wisconsin, picking up the new ramp truck transporter for the Nitro Nova. Oh yeah, brother Tim Pratt took dozens of shots and video clips at the FCR that we need to get up here, too. Stand by!!! bp 

Drag Racing Story of the Day: Bernstein, Force, Coughlin and Hines Lead Qualifying Friday at Infineon Raceway. NHRA Communications provides day one qualifying results from Sonoma.

Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Jungle Pam Backs Up Bruce Larson's USA-1 Camaro. James Morgan captured two of funny car racing's most beloved and enduring stars at the Funny Car Reunion. This is just a teaser. James sent dozens of awesome photos that we will post over the next few days.

August 01, 2002 - Drag Racing Story of the Day: Super Camaro and Son: 1976-1977 - Farewell to Indy; The Son Begins Racing. Perry Wyatt, Jr. remembers his last race at Indy for several years and begins racing himself.

Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Bruce Larson, Funny Car Legend. Tim Pratt took this portrait shot of the Chevy flopper star at the Inaugural Funny Car Reunion.