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Old School Shootout Photos by Chris Graves.
The season opener for the Texas Blown Fuel & Southwest Junior Fuel at the Texas Motorplex was cut off short. The two will have to finish the Motorplex race later this year, but here are some photo highlights of the race. - May 11, 2012 |
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Drag Racing Well Represented at 26th NNL Model Car Show by Ted Pappacena.
Saturday, April 21, ushered in the 26th edition of the NNL (National
Nameless Luminaries) East at the Wayne, New Jersey, PAL complex. On hand
were hundreds of the nation's top model builders showing off their hard
work in almost every category of automotive modeling. Feast your eyes
on this sampling of the drag racing scene at the NNL East. - Apr 22, 2012 |
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The Long & Short of It by Danny White.
In the days of weight break Pro Stocks, you would get interesting match ups like this: a long wheelbased Camaro facing a short wheelbased Monza. Here we have the nationally ranked Yuill Bros. taking on a young Harold Martin in the Little Kim Monza. - Mar 31, 2012 |
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2012 Bakersfield March Meet Winner Photos by Gary Brown.
Gary Brown sent 44 shots from the 2012 March Meet Sunday Winners Circle, March 4, 2012, at Bakersfield, Ca., Famoso Raceway. - Mar 24, 2012 |
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Wash's Wonder by Danny White.
Billy Wash made a splash in the short time he raced in Pro Stock with the former Mardy Maltais Chevy Monza. Billy stepped up to Pro Stock from the Modified class but only raced at the pro level in 1979. Wash ran an 8.77, 154 out of the gate at the Pomona Winternationals. - Mar 21, 2012 |
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Burgin's Baron by Danny White.
Gary Burgin campaigned this Chevy Monza nationwide in 77 and 78. hitting all three associations and many match races. Gary ran a great 6.02, 241 in the Orange Baron Monza before returning to a Mustang in 79. - Mar 20, 2012 |
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Gerardot's Pony by Danny White.
Don Gerardot was a great racer in Pro Comp and later in alcohol funny car. One of Don's best cars was this Mustang funny car that he raced in 1981. Gerardot won many races in several organizations with the car. - Mar 19, 2012 |
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The Blue and Red by Danny White.
The Blair's Speed Shop Camaro driven by Steve Bovan was probably best known for its unique paint job of red on one side and blue on the other side. The Chevy powered Camaro hung with the best of the Southern California crowd although it was said to run on 100 percent alcohol. The Mike Hoag-built Camaro tuned by Don Blair ran a best of 7.99 in 1968. - Mar 18, 2012 |
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Big Chief by Danny White.
This is Bob Glidden's '86 Thunderbird sponsored by the Southland Corporation's labels of Chief Auto Parts and 7-11 Stores. The Thunderbird was raced in NHRA and IHRA Pro Stock. Glidden won the world championship in NHRA with the Ford. - Mar 17, 2012 |
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Double Blow by Danny White.
Here are two photos of the Campos Bros. Low Blow fuel altered from the the mid-sixties. The Low Blow went through a series of transformations from a crank-driven supercharged small block to a traditional Chrysler Hemi powered 23T. This photo shows the car with the small block Chevy first with collector headers and later with the zoomies. - Mar 16, 2012 |
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Heavy Time! by Danny White.
Here is a perfect example of a first generation Pro Stocker -- Rufus Boyd's 69 Camaro. Boyd, better known as Brooklyn Heavy, began racing Pro Stock with this big block Camaro. The Camaro not only had chrome reversals and vinyl top, it was carried on the standard ramp truck of the day. - Mar 15, 2012 |
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Alexis Goes Pro by Chuck Carman.
Chuck Carman celebrates Alexis DeJoria's entry into the pro funny car ranks with this cartoon. - Feb 21, 2012 |
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Happy Halloween! by Chuck Carman. Chuck Carman offers this spooky funny car as a Halloween greeting. - Oct 31, 2011 |
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The King of the Northwest by Danny White.
Jerry Ruth could talk the talk and walk the walk as former NFL coach Jimmy Johnson would say. Jerry was known to be a little self confident at times but his multiple championships in NHRA Division 6 just made him right. Here is Jerry in the Pay N' Pak FED doing a burnout. - Oct 22, 2011 |
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Captain Who? by Danny White.
Every once in while we get a photo that we cannot identify. Here is a good example. The car in the photo is the Captain America AA/Fuel Altered, shot at the 1973 Gatornationals. Drop us a line if you know who Captain America is! - Oct 21, 2011 |
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Bad Trip by Danny White. Jay Miner was making a run at the famed York, Pennsylvania, track when he lost his Plymouth Cuda body. The spectators seemed to take it in stride. - Oct 18, 2011 |
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2011 East Coast Drag Times Hall of Fame Photos by Bill Pratt.
Attended the 2011 East Coast Drag Times Reunion in
Henderson, NC. It was another amazing weekend with great people and
cars. Here are 140 photos of the fun. - Oct 17, 2011 |
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Four to Go! by Danny White.
In the early seventies it was not unusual for tracks to do stunts. At Maryland International Raceway they staged four funny cars for an eighth mile exhibition. The track did it with the nitro cars as well as the injected cars. In this photo we have three of the four cars involved. - Oct 17, 2011 |
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Sir Wells by Danny White.
The beautiful Sir Wells Charger of
Fred Wells was one of the best funny cars in the Southeast in the early
seventies. The Charger was driven by Tom Crevasse and Paul Smith during
the 73 and 74 seasons. - Oct 16, 2011 |
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E. Reed Boogie by Danny White.
In the late 80's Eric Reed was an up
and coming funny car driver with his Ford bodied vehicles. Reed ran
times in the 5.40's with this Thunderbird. - Oct 15, 2011 |
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Fine Company by Danny White.
Clark & Co. raced this New York State based Top Fueler during the early seventies. The dragster was built by Sam Hagen at A&P Automotive and was driven by Ronnie Moore and Casey Powell. - Oct 14, 2011 |
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On Second Thought by Danny White.
The Think Twice funny car team was one
of the earliest from the Northeast part of the country when it made
its debut in 1965. By 1967, the team graduated to this
James Keese driven Camaro. The team was considered an underdog as it
continued to use an injected motor to compete against more powerful
blown cars. - Oct 13, 2011 |
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Cajun Probe by Danny White.
The Candies & Hughes Motorcraft
backed Probe driven by Mark Oswald was one of the quickest and fastest
funny cars of the 1989-90 season. Oswald ran a 5.19 in 1989 while
setting the NHRA National record at 283.28. In 1990, Oswald upped the
national record record to 284.10. The Candies & Hughes team broke up
at the end of the year when the Motorcraft sponsorship ended. - Oct 12, 2011 |
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Maximum EXP by Danny White.
The EXP was not one of Ford's better ideas, but the body style served the purpose for three time NHRA Funny Car champion Raymond Beadle, who ran this EXP in 1982 and 1983 with a best performance of 5.76 seconds at 256 mph. - Oct 11, 2011 |
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Bolder's Omni by Danny White.
In 1981, Joe Bolder, a low buck alcohol racer from California, replaced his aging Nova TA/FC with this beautiful new Omni. Bolder got his money's worth from this car by running it for the rest of the decade. - Oct 10, 2011 |
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