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Click to see the photo! Drag Racing Pictures: The Cannon by Danny White. Scotty Cannon was one of the best Pro Modified racers ever in drag racing history. Cannon is shown here in 1989 in his On Sat Willys at Milan in 1989. - Apr 30, 2013
Click to see the photo! Drag Racing Pictures: Summit Motorsports Park Funny Car Fox Hunt by David Oakes. The Great Lakes Nostalgia Funny Car Circuit highlighted the Funny Car Fox Hunt - the opening event for Summit Motorsports Park at Norwalk, Ohio on April 27th. - Apr 29, 2013
Click to see the photo! Drag Racing Pictures: Coughlin Wins in Charlotte by Auto Imagery. 2012 NHRA Pro Modified World Champion Troy Coughlin won the Pro Modified category at Z-Max Raceway in Charlotte. The Corvette ran solid fives to win the race. - Apr 22, 2013
Click to see the photo! Drag Racing Pictures: Troy Coughlin's Vette by Auto Imagery. Troy Coughlin #1 qualifier in Pro Mod after day one at the Dollar General Four-Wide Nationals. - Apr 20, 2013
Click to see the photo! Drag Racing Pictures: Wild Side, Nitro Ride by Danny White. Before running a nostalgia funny car, Troy Ray ran a big show funny car back in the nineties. The low buck racer from Tennessee ran this Camaro in NHRA and IHRA action. - Mar 15, 2013
Click to see the photo! Drag Racing Pictures: A Star is Born! by Danny White. Mark Oswald rose to fame while driving the Thomas, Oswald & Kattelman Top Fueler in the early eighties. The team consisted of Ross Thomas, Mark Oswald, and Tom Kattelman. The team is best remembered for this lightweight Don Long built car which was very successful in IHRA racing. - Feb 23, 2013
Click to see the photo! Drag Racing Pictures: Piranio Performs by Danny White. Dennis Piranio's series of Performance Engines funny cars were some of the toughest in Texas in the '70s and '80s. His horsepower and the ability to get down the tricky tracks of the era better than most propelled him into the upper echelons. - Feb 21, 2013
Click to see the photo! Drag Racing Pictures: Peeking In by Danny White. In 1985, Dick LaHaie ran this black & yellow dragster built by Dave Uyehara. Dick was was tuned by his daughter Kim to 5.40-second runs. LaHaie finished in the NHRA top 10 that year with the limited budget car. - Feb 13, 2013
Click to see the photo! Drag Racing Pictures: Wheeling & Dealing by Danny White. Fred Mandoline was one of best alcohol funny car racers in history. He won a few UDRA championships as well as the 1983 NHRA world championship. Here is Fred's 1987 Oldsmobile Firenza with his Bac-Man Rat setup to power the potent funny car. - Feb 12, 2013
Click to see the photo! Drag Racing Pictures: Remember When by Danny White. Remember when NHRA had Pro Stock Trucks at their races? Here were two of the best: Brad Jeter in the Karl Chevrolet S-10 and Tim Freeman in the Bluegrass Transportation S-10. The trucks were around for only a few years before being replaced by Pro Modified in the NHRA pro lineup. - Feb 10, 2013
Click to see the photo! Drag Racing Pictures: Funny Mod by Danny White. In drag racing you have to push the rules to see what happens. In 1992, during the early years of Pro Mod, Tommy Mauney built three pro mods that almost turned the class on its head. The bodies were built from Cutlass funny car shells for Scotty Cannon, Micheal Martin, and Mauney himself. Scotty Cannon is shown here burning out at Bristol. The cars were allowed to race in 1992 but were banned for the 1993 season, thus ending the funny mod era of Pro Mod. - Feb 9, 2013
Click to see the photo! Drag Racing Pictures: Foreign Battle by Danny White. This photo from the first ADRL race held at Carolina Dragway shows Swedish racer Micheal Lindahl racing Alabama racer Jeff Fisher in the famed Fanta Z. The Swedes were in the middle of a short US tour while the Fishers were finishing up a year of Pro Mod racing in the Deep South. - Feb 8, 2013
Click to see the photo! Drag Racing Pictures: Nineties Nitrous Battle by Danny White. Brad Jeter and Tommy Mauney face off in a classic Pro Mod battle of the nineties, two nitrous 63 Chevrolet Corvettes. Tommy Mauney set a new record on this run at Mid-Michigan Motorplex with a good 6.56, 211, while Jeter had to shut off. - Jan 7, 2013
Click to see the photo! Drag Racing Pictures: New Ace by Danny White. In 1982, Frank Manzo built this Pontiac Trans Am to defend his 1981 NHRA World Championship. Manzo almost won the title again, finishing in the second spot to Bob Gottschalk. Frank ran a best of 6.46 at 214 with the car that he ran through the end of the 84 season. - Jan 5, 2013
Click to see the photo! Drag Racing Pictures: Bakersfield Beauty by Danny White. Doug Kerhulas was a top ten Top Fuel racer in the early eighties, until a terrible accident at Columbus put him on the sidelines. Kerhulas was able to overcome major obstacles to drive again in Top Fuel. David Oakes photographed Doug in the beautiful Neuman & Kerhulas fueler just prior to his accident. - Dec 30, 2012
Click to see the photo! Drag Racing Pictures: The Invader by Danny White. Mike Van Sant's beautiful Invader Monza was shot by Mike Ditty in the pits at Inwindale in 1977. The photo shows the original paint job for the Monza. Van Sant later ran in the five second zone with the car. - Nov 25, 2012
Click to see the photo! Drag Racing Pictures: Smith's STP Bird by Danny White. Rickie Smith got the STP sponsorship for his Pro Stocker in 1990. The Firebird was painted in Petty Blue and Red. Smith even changed his permanent number to 43 just like Petty's. - Nov 24, 2012
Click to see the photo! Drag Racing Pictures: Big Bang Boom by Danny White. Ronnie and Tyrone Jackson fielded the well named High Explosive Vega in the mid-seventies. The beautiful D.C. flopper could be seen in match race action up and down the  East Coast. - Sep 17, 2012
Click to see the photo! Drag Racing Pictures: Branded by Danny White. One of the stars of the 2012 nostalgia funny car season is the Harry Gutierrez owned recreation of the Brand-X Mustang funny car. The new Brand-X is a solid five second performer with a Paul Smith tune up. - Sep 16, 2012
Click to see the photo! Drag Racing Pictures: Orange Wedge by Danny White. Famed funny car racer Gary Burgin raced a series of Orange Baron funny cars ending with this Iversen bodied Trans Am in 1983. The wedge shaped bodies got mixed reviews by drag racing fans, but Burgin was able to get the car into the 5.70's before retiring. - Sep 15, 2012
Click to see the photo! Drag Racing Pictures: Jungle Jim's Laundry by Danny White. Jungle Jim's Laundry is hanging out for everybody to see at Ohio's Dragway 42 in 1973. Russell Liberman was the most popular match race draw of the seventies with his series of Jungle Jim funny cars. This Vega proved to be one of his best remembered. - Sep 10, 2012
Click to see the photo! Drag Racing Pictures: Infinity Again by Danny White. In 1986, Don Gay Jr. followed in his father's footsteps and began racing funny cars. This also made him Texas' Fastest Teenager just like his dad. Don Gay Jr.'s funny car career lasted only three years when a severe fire prompted to retire from racing. - Sep 9, 2012
Click to see the photo! Drag Racing Pictures: Fireman's Firebird by Danny White. Fuel racer Jim Dunn has had many cars in his long and storied career. This particular funny car was the first he called the Fireman's Quickee, based on his career as a fireman. This was a solid low six second car and consistent, too, which track owners loved for match racing.  - Sep 8, 2012
Click to see the photo! Drag Racing Pictures: M/T's Powerful Pontiac by Danny White. This famous Mickey Thompson funny car has recently been purchased by Army Armstrong from M/T's daughter after years in storage. Here is the car in its prime with Dale Pulde as the pilot in the pits of Union Grove. - Sep 7, 2012
Click to see the photo! Drag Racing Pictures: Garlits in Texas by Danny White. Don Garlits is caught in action at the first Chief Auto Parts Nationals at the then new Texas Motorplex. Garlits made to the rain delayed final where he lost to Darrel Gwynn. - Sep 6, 2012
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