Drag Racing Pictures:
Pontieri's Chev by Danny White.
Popular Canadian Pro Mod racer Tony Pontieri rose to fame came in this Camaro. Pontieri raced the car in the Top Sportsman in IHRA and local Quick 8 races. The car was another tough machine running under the Action Performance banner. - Jun 5, 2013 |
Drag Racing Pictures:
Stretched and Supercharged by Danny White.
Don Bouma raced this nice stretched blown Chevy Beretta out of Canada.
The car was purchased from Jim Oddy who had barely raced it. Bouma ran in Canada and the Northeast. - Jun 1, 2013 |
Drag Racing Pictures:
The Widowmaker by Danny White.
Mike Janis' Widowmaker Corvette was a tough customer in Pro Mod racing. Janis won a IHRA championship in the car. The car was sold to Henson Motorsports who drove to a ADRA Pro Extreme championship with Bubba Stanton at the wheel. The car is said to be racing in Texas today.
- May 31, 2013 |
Drag Racing Pictures:
Hijacked by Danny White.
Joe Amato rose to national prominence in the Gabriel Shocks Hijacker Monza BB/FC. The beautiful low riding Monza had a Tim Richards Hemi and ran high-sixes. The Amato-Richards team ran races up and down the East Coast in the Pro Comp wars of the seventies. - May 26, 2013 |
Drag Racing Pictures:
Magic Man by Danny White.
Willie McKinnon was one of the first stars in the Pro Modified class in the early nineties. Tootee's built Big Willie this trick Chevelle that raced in IHRA, USSC, Super Chevy, and match races. This car passed through several hands over the years before being retired. - May 25, 2013 |
Drag Racing Pictures:
Standing Proud by Danny White.
One of the killer Pro Stock teams of the seventies was Gapp & Roush
from Michigan. Wayne Gapp usually did the driving, tough Jack Roush
drove some. Roush would leave drag racing to enjoy bigger fame in road racing
and NASCAR. - May 22, 2013 |
Drag Racing Pictures:
It's a Gas by Danny White.
In the first year of Pro Comp they still had blown gas dragsters and the
Mack & Dorr AA/D was one of the best. The beautiful blown gas
dragster was powered by a Milodon Hemi. Dave Mack won several races that
first year. - May 21, 2013 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Copyright 1996-2010 by