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Drag Racing Stories:
Hillary Will wins 2008 Scott Kalitta Memorial Trophy in Sydney by Todd Myers. NHRA Top Fuel star Hillary Will, the world’s fastest female, claimed the
inaugural Scott Kalitta Memorial Trophy by winning the Shannons U.S.A. vs.
Australia Top Fuel Showdown at Western Sydney Int’l Dragway in Sydney,
Australia, Sunday. - Dec 28, 2008 |
Drag Racing Pictures:
Happy Holidays from Draglist.com by Chuck Carman.
Hey, we're not grinches! Bill, Danny, and the entire
Draglist.com Super Crew wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and
Happy Holiday season. All the best for the new year!
- Dec 22, 2008 |
Drag Racing Stories:
Jerry Baltes’ NHRA Record Setting Dragster Highlights PRI Show Booth in Orlando by Jim Hill.
Jerry
Baltes’ historic 1960’s vintage Top Fuel Dragster recently served as the
centerpiece of the East Coast Drag Racing Hall Of Fame booth at the PRI Show,
December 11-12-13, in Orlando, Florida. Baltes and his wife Pat brought the car
from their home in
North Carolina and
displayed it during the entire 2008 edition of the Performance Racing Industry
(PRI) show in
Orlando.
- Dec 20, 2008 |
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Drag Racing Stories:
Norm Longfield – Quickest & Fastest FED in Australia by Steve Thomas. Aussie front engine dragster history was made at 10.57 am on October
19th, 2008 at WSID when long-time racer Norm Longfield shook up the
slingshot brigade by running the quickest et and highest speed for the
breed ever seen on an Australian drag strip. - Dec 14, 2008 |
Drag Racing Stories:
A Close Call with Broadway Freddy by David Hapgood.
Draglist field editor David Hapgood tells a long lost story from his teenage years about a near-miss with the infamous "Broadway Freddy" DeName. - Dec 14, 2008 |
Drag Racing Pictures:
Pure Hell at Rest by Jeff Coultas.
Jeff Coultas shares a great shot he took of the Pure Hell AA/Fuel Altered in the pits at Indy back in the late '60s. - Dec 13, 2008 |
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Drag Racing News:
Massey In, Dixon Out at Snake Racing by Snake Racing.
Don Prudhomme Racing announced today
that Spencer Massey has been selected as driver of the U.S. Smokeless
Tobacco Company Top Fuel dragster for the 2009 NHRA Full Throttle Drag
Racing Series. - Dec 11, 2008 |
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Drag Racing News:
Enders lands a full-time ride with Cunningham Motorsports by Rob Geiger.
Popular Pro Stock racer Erica Enders
will compete full time in the 2009 Full Throttle Drag Racing Series
behind the wheel of Jim and Gloria Cunningham's Mastercam Ford Mustang. - Dec 8, 2008 |
Drag Racing News:
Pure Hell vs Nanook Match Race Series set for 2009 by John Drummond.
The Goodguys Vintage Drag Racing
Association is proud to announce a historical AA/Fuel Altered match
race series for the 2009 racing season. Rich Guasco’s “Pure Hell”
bantam roadster will come out of retirement to race Dave Hough’s
“Nanook” ’23 Ford roadster at all three Midwestern Goodguys vintage
drag racing events. - Dec 8, 2008 |
Drag Racing Stories:
Taming the Rat Trap by Todd Hutcheson. The tale of George "The Stone Age Man" Hutcheson's first ride in Don Green's famous Rat Trap AA/Fuel Altered. - Dec 8, 2008 |
Drag Photo Review:
SWJFA: 2008 Top Ten by Danny and Gena White. Keith
Brazeal backed up his 2007 Southwest Junior Fuel Association
championship with another in 2008. The Houston based racer's consistent
performances were enough to beat newcomers the Hawkins Bros., who
finished second. - Dec 7, 2008 |
Drag Photo Review:
KOTH: 2008 Top Ten by Danny and Gena White.
Grant McCrary showed in 2008 that he was indeed King of the Hill, winning the very tough Outlaw 10.5 in the KOTH gang. Grant not only set the new KOTH record at 4.32, he ran the quickest 10.5 pass at the time with a 4.29 in testing. - Dec 7, 2008 |
Drag Photo Review:
OFAA: 2008 Top Ten by Danny and Gena White.
Bobby Marriott won another Outlaw Fuel Altered Association championship in 2008. The popular veteran squeaked by Donnie Massey and Nick Poloson at the end of the season. - Dec 7, 2008 |
Drag Racing Pictures:
TOPMA: 2008 Top Ten by Danny and Gena White.
Ken Thomas ended 2007 on a roll and continued into 2008 with a dominating season in the Texas Outlaw Pro Mod Association. Thomas easily won the 2008 TOPMA title, almost doubling the points earned by second place finisher Gaylen Smith. - Dec 7, 2008 |
Drag Racing Pictures:
70s Funny Cars from Dragway 42 by Ohio Dave. First collection of what is hoped to be several - From collection dating from 1973 - 74 to current taken at Dragway 42, Norwalk (Summit), and National Trail, Ohio. - Dec 4, 2008 |
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Drag Racing News:
1,320-Feet to Remain the IHRA Standard by Mike Perry.
The
International Hot Rod Association will
keep its current 1/4 mile format for all Nitro Jam national event races. - Dec 4, 2008 |
Drag Racing Pictures:
80s Top Fuel and Funny Car Photos by John DeLuca. John DeLuca shares photos that his dad took at Englishtown and Epping in the 80s. - Nov 30, 2008 |
Drag Photo Review:
Paris Drag Strip: Best of 2008 Photos by Danny and Gena White.
In May 2008, Draglist visited Paris Drag Strip for an Outlaw Top Sportsman race. We also shot some of the bracket racing action that night. Here is the best of what Gena White shot that night
. - Nov 30, 2008 |
Drag Photo Review:
2008 Outlaw Top Sportsman: 2008 Top Ten by Danny and Gena White. Chris Dollar of Wichita Falls, Texas, won the 2008 Outlaw Top Sportsman championship with the same car that Tommy Keeter used to win the 2007 championship. More than 30 teams competed for the 2008 OTS title and here are the top ten. - Nov 30, 2008 |
Drag Racing Stories:
80s Funny Cars: Europe, Part Two by Danny White. The next round of 80s Funny Cars covers more of the European funny cars. In fact, all of these car came from England with the lion's share from the Roy Phelps stable. - Nov 30, 2008 |
Drag Racing Pictures:
Stardust! by Mark Gredzinski. Drag racing artist Mark Gredzinski offers his latest masterpiece, Don Schumacher's 1973 Plymouth Cuda. - Nov 28, 2008 |
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Personal Bests:
2008 Final Performance Improvements (Rockingham, Las Vegas, Pomona) by Steve Klemetti. Steve Klemetti
provides new drivers and performance improvements
from the second events at 2008 IHRA Rockingham and NHRA Las Vegas and
Pomona. - Nov 27, 2008 |
Drag Racing Stories:
80s Funny Cars: Europe by Danny White.
In the latest round of 80s Funny Cars, we travel across the Atlantic to cover some of the best Europe had to offer, including Harlan Thompson, The Cannonball team, Alan Herridge, and others. - Nov 27, 2008 |
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Drag Racing Stories:
Debut of a Legend by Todd Hutcheson. Todd shares a story of how his George "The Stone Age Man" Hutcheson conquered the desert and made lots of drag racing fans in his fuel dragster debut. - Nov 25, 2008 |
Drag Racing Stories:
60s Funny Cars: Corvairs by Danny White.
The Corvair was one of the most famous cars of the sixties, but for the wrong reasons. Ralph Nader dubbed it unsafe at any speed, but Chevy's little rear motor experiment was speedy and successful when converted to a fiberglass shell and mounted on a funny car chassis. In this round of the 60s funny cars, we cover a few of the Corvair floppers of the era. - Nov 25, 2008 |
Drag Racing Pictures:
Hemi Hoss by Danny White.
Hector Leal and his brother run a great website at www.roddingandracing.com with current and classic racing photos. The site also features car shows as well. It is a must see for a fan of Texas motorsports action. - Nov 25, 2008 |
Drag Racing News:
“Tournament Of Champions” – A Revolutionary New Sportsman Racing Championship System by Mike Perry.
The days of IHRA championships being
determined by who can afford to tow to the most races are over. With a
revolutionary system where drivers have to earn their way to the World
Finals in Rockingham for an elimination-style “winner-take-all” race,
IHRA has now opened the door for everyone to have a chance to become a
world champion. - Nov 21, 2008 |
Drag Racing Pictures:
Heritage Point Champions 2008 by Gary Brown.
Fourteen photos of the Point Champions in action at various tracks. NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Racing Series 2008 Point Champions - Nov 20, 2008 |
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Drag Racing News:
Infinity Over Zero Land Speed Record Book Available for Free by Cole Coonce. In a
move designed to liberate words into the sphere of public domain and make
information available to those who crave it,
KeroseneBomb Publishing has released the entire body of Cole Coonce's
impressionistic history of the Land Speed Record, INFINITY OVER ZERO, for
complimentary, no-strings attached consumption. - Nov 20, 2008 |
