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May 31, 2001 - A camping we will go... Hi
folks. My son Jason and I are going on a two-day field trip for his
school, so I'm uploading both the Wednesday and Thursday stories of the
day. See you on Thursday night! bp
Drag Racing Story of the Day:
Roslansky,
Hanna Jets Fly At Norwalk. John Raffa provides the details on
Norwalk Raceway's Jet Warz all-jet show.
Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Tim
Grose and the Spirit Corvette Funny Car. Bob Strait got an
interesting top-down shot of Tim Grose and his hard running Corvette Funny
Car.
Drag Racing Movie of the Week:
Gary
Phillips 227 mph Aussie Top Doorslammer.
Carl Witt captured the Aussie blown alcohol superstar getting the
handle on his door car ride.
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May 30, 2001 -
Drag Racing Story of the Day:
2001
Matco Tool Spring Super Nationals News And Notes. Billy
Anderson provides all the good inside info from the big Englishtown
bash.
Drag Racing Picture of the Day: The
Yellow Fang Smokes 'Em at the County. Bob Plumer
provides a great burnout shot of the famous show car/fueler.
May 29, 2001 -
Drag Racing Story of the Day:
Bowtie
Bob's S-10 Toy -- How to Build a Low Buck Bracket Bomber. Bob
Cronk fills us in on how he built a neat pickup truck for the brackets
by using spare parts.
Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Jerry
Toliver's XFL Funny Car at Englishtown. Art Cimilluca
grabbed what has to be one of the last appearances of Toliver's car in its
XFL livery as the experimental football league is no more.
Draglist
New Personal Best with Steve Klemetti.
Steve provides all the new cars, personal best elapsed times, and speeds
from NHRA Atlanta and Englishtown. Check it out: New
drivers from Atlanta 2001, ET
updates from Atlanta 2001, MPH
updates from Atlanta 2001, New
drivers from Englishtown 2001, ET
updates from Englishtown 2001, MPH
updates from Englishtown 2001.
New Exclusive Bonus
Photos! Les Welch sent along his latest professional drag racing
photos from NHRA Englishtown. Here's the link: 2001 NHRA
Englishtown.
May 28, 2001 - Memorial Day Greetings. Greetings
to all my fellow veterans. Even if you don't get out to any activities
today, please take a moment to find a veteran among your friends, family,
or neighbors and say, "Thanks."
DraglistNo
doubt you have noticed the myriad of pop-up windows at Draglist.com lately. We
have dumped them all. Here's what went and why:
Recommend It was a neat idea. A
little button folks could click and then recommend the site to their pals.
Didn't work too well, but the button was small. THEN, without notice, they
started to pop up those "Win $10,000" ads in front of our page
when you logged in. Uh, 'bye...
Next up was the ALX "behind the
page" pop up. This is a great idea that's not ripe yet. The deal is
supposed to be like a link exchange -- for every page that pops up behind
ours, Draglist.com pops up behind another motorsports page somewhere. Problem
is, there aren't enough motorsports pages in the deal yet. So every time
the thing came up, there was no other motorsports page, just the light
blue ALX page selling the feature. Our page has been seen 208 times, but
ALX owes us over 10,000 displays on other sites! I pulled down the
pop up until they can start to catch up on our deficit a little bit and
actually pop up motorsports pages behind ours...!
100 Hot Auto Sites was a great deal
and I was very proud to have reached the 58th top auto site on the 'net
one week. We hovered between 60 to 90 for another few months here and
there. As neat as that program was, the 100 Hot folks have sold out and
now feature only the top 25 PAID sites, with no regard for ranking. I
figure you can find that stuff somewhere else, so the button is
GONE.
We also went the other way and added a
button... At the bottom of the page, the little blue Hit Boss
button beckons... It's basically a link exchange, like the Auto 1000
and Worldwide Racing 100 that appear there already. Check out those
sites for some good links to check out.
Anyway, that's where the clutter went. You
feel better already, don't you? I know I do. bp
Drag Racing Story of the Day:
Bernstein,
Pedregon, Krisher, and Smith Winners At Advance Auto Parts NHRA Nationals.
NHRA.com provides the results. The Bernstein/Richards train keeps
rolling, Tony gets the boss again, and upsets abound in Pro Stock.
Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Smax
Smith's Fuel Funny Car -- on Fire! Anni Valder caught Smax
Smith's hot start to the European drag racing season.
May 27, 2001 -
Drag Racing Story of the Day:
Force,
Dunn, Johnson, Panella Take Top Qualifying Honors At Advance Auto Parts
NHRA Nationals. NHRA.com reports big performance numbers
from Topeka.
Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Wild
Bill Alexander Wins the March Meet. Tom West got this great
shot of Bill Alexander taking the win at Bakersfield 2001.
Drag Racing Movie of the Week:
Fuel
Funny Car Final -- Spuffard vs. Smith.
Brian Fawcus offers this wild final from the 2001 Super Series at Avon
Park, UK.
May 26, 2001 -
Drag Racing Story of the Day:
Dunn,
Force, Johnson Among Top Qualifiers At Advance Auto Parts NHRA Nationals.
NHRA.com provides the early qualifying tally from Topeka. How about
Mike Dunn at 4.49/331 and Tony Pedregon at 324.83 mph!?
Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Butterflies
Wide Open, Baby! Front Engine Digger Art. Tom DeLello
captures the essence of front engine dragster racing with this neat
drawing.
May 25, 2001 -
Drag Racing Story of the Day:
Bozzelli,
Lourie Lead E-Town Sportsman Action. Billy Anderson was
there and brings us the action from the Federal Mogul categories.
Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Ivo-Zueschel
at San Gabe. Steve Gibbs provides two great shots of TV
Tommy Ivo in Dave Zueschel's killer fuel dragster.
May 24, 2001 -
Drag Racing Story of the Day:
The
Story of the Smokin' AA/Altered. Geno Terenzio and Peter
Kumble team up to tell the tale of a nifty early '70s altered that
gathered lots of "official" attention because of its name and
paint job.
Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Rhonda
Hartman-Smith -- Top Fuel Driver. Stephen Jones captures
the young fuel veteran peering down the quarter in search of speed and
glory.
May 23, 2001 -
Drag Racing Story of the Day:
Rich
Hanna Raises the Bar in IHRA World Championship Jet Funny Car Win.
Al Hanna reports that son Rich Hanna continues his dominance of jet
funny car racing with new marks of 5.42 at 295 mph.
Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Sweet
Snow White - '57 Chevy Pro Classic. Sharkman brings us
another tasty ride from the other side of the pond.
May 22, 2001 -
Drag Racing Story of the Day:
Badco
Does E-Town. You've seen the official results, now
experience Englishtown from Bill Ott's perspective!
Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Gary
Phillips Gets Doors -- Aussie Top Doorslammer.
New contributor Shannon Harding checks in with a shot of Aussie
blown alcohol and fuel great Gary Phillips. Western Aussie announcer Stu
Bond provides some words.
May 21, 2001 -
Drag Racing Story of the Day:
Bernstein,
Pedregon, Stevens, Hines Among Winners At Matco Tools Supernationals.
NHRA.com provides the results. Bernstein continues to roll under Tim
Richards tutelage, while Tony P and Richie Stevens garner first wins this
season.
Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Kenny
Bernstein is Flying High in 2001. Ron Lahr
of dragshots.com got this great burnout shot of a resurgent Kenny
Bernstein.
May 20, 2001 -
Drag Racing Story of the Day:
Yates
Wins Holley Dominator Duel; Bernstein Among Qualifying Leaders At Matco
Tools Supernationals. NHRA.com provides the details.
Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Driver's
Ed -- The Paul Smith Racing School Funny Car. Ron Dilley
captured Canadian fuel racer Jeff Arend wheeling Paul Smith's Cutlass to
some good times.
Drag Racing Movie of the Week:
Lindsay
Deuchar -- Europe's Top Alcohol Independent.
Sharkman hooks us up with a nice side by side clip of Top
Methanol Dragster action.
May 19, 2001 -
Drag Racing Story of the Day:
Bazemore,
Bernstein Among Friday Qualifying Leaders At Matco Tools Supernationals.
NHRA.com provides all the details from day one of qualifying at
Englishtown.
Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Little
Old Lady Nostalgia Eliminator Roadster. Robert Briggs
caught Harold Hungerford's venerable blown altered as it got ready for
another quarter mile assault.
May 18, 2001 -
Drag Racing Story of the Day:
More
Photos and Notes from the U.S. Pro Stock Open. Photos you
want, photos we GOT! Tim Pratt took dozens of photos at the big Pro
Stock race at MIR last Wednesday night. Here are the best of them. I
added some captions and away we go...
Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Johnny
West's Banzai Chevy Beretta Fuel Funny Car. Rob Potter captured
Johnny West's hard running nitro flopper at an IHRA national event in the
late '80s.
May 17, 2001 -
Drag Racing Story of the Day:
MIR
U.S. Pro Stock Open Rained Out After Qualifying. Brother Tim
Pratt, brother in law Derek Fender, and I were there
last night as Royce Miller's nightmares with this event continued. After
eight of NHRA's best qualified between 6.86 and 6.91, the event was rained
out for the third time in five years. Tim took photos; Derek schmoozed
with the 2nd Dimension dancers, and I wrote a few notes...
Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Alky
Funny Cars at Seattle -- Christensen versus Orr. New contributor
Ralph Reiter sent us this interesting shot of Chris Christensen facing
Roger Orr's seldom-seen Monza in 1984.
May 16, 2001 -
Drag Racing Story of the Day:
Who
was Antone Addesso and the Pig Pen Funny Car? Dale Smith reports
that he's the alky match racer who set Al Hofmann on the right path, among
other things...
Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Sacrificing
the Goat -- Corvino Racing's Wheelstand. Ralph
"Gonzo" Crosby shows how rear quarter panels kind of get
"crinkled" on some wheels up launches.
May 15, 2001 -
Drag Racing Story of the Day:
Retro
Report: The 1984 ADRA Grandnationals at Dragway 42. Rickie
Howard takes us back to the first race of the original ADRA --
a super national event at Ohio's Dragway 42.
Drag Racing Picture of the Day: 1979
Dodge Challenger Funny Cars -- Van Gundy and Finlay. Flyin' Phil
Elliott shows that Dodge Challengers still looked good as funny cars
even when the venerable model became a Japanese import.
May 14, 2001 -
Drag Racing Story of the Day:
Early
Lineup for the 2001 CHRR Cacklefest. Steve Gibbs gives us
the rundown on the legendary fuel cars that WILL be at the 2001 California
Hot Rod Reunion, plus many enticing entries who MIGHT be there.
Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Judy
Lilly's Super Stock Plymouth Barracuda. Pete Garramone provides
another crystal clear photo, this one featuring "Miss Mighty
Mopar."
New Exclusive Bonus
Photos! Les Welch sent along his latest professional drag racing
photos from NHRA Bristol and Atlanta. Here are the links to click: 2001 NHRA
Bristol, 2001
NHRA Atlanta, Les's
Bonus
Photo Archives.
New Personal Best with Steve
Klemetti. Steve provides us all the new drivers and performance
updates from IHRA Richmond and NHRA Bristol. Steve says, look for all the
new NHRA Pro Mod cars for 2001. Click HERE
to see who's new and who's fast.
May 13, 2001 -
Drag Racing Story of the Day:
Pro
Nitro Series to Share the Gate with "Racer Partners."
The gang at Pro Nitro sent us this note to describe a unique
way to distribute income to nostalgia racers that might be the wave of the
future for racer payouts.
Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Terrifying
Toronado Lived Up to Its Name.
provides a 1966 shot of one of the most unpredictable cars in drag racing
history.
Drag Racing Movie of the Week:
Steve
Kitchen's Bad Burnout on the Bud Bike.
Carl Witt gives us one for the bike fans.
May 12, 2001 -
Jungle Pam in Maryland Today! Ron
Bradley wrote to remind us that he has booked "Jungle Pam" Hardy
to appear at and be the celebrity judge at the 10th annual Mid-Atlantic
NNL Model Car Show & Swap Meet at the Ruhl Armory, 1035 York Rd,
Towson, MD on May 12th, 2001. Pam will be signing autographs and selling
posters, pictures, etc. They will also have some limited edition 1/16
Jungle Jim F/C model kits for sale. Admission is $5.00 for adults and 16
yrs & under are free. The show hours are 9:00AM-3:00PM. Pam will be
appearing from 11:00AM to 3:00PM. Come spend the day and view one of the
East Coasts largest model car shows. There will be 50-60 vendor tables of
model car related products. For more info please call from 5:00PM-9:00PM
either Lyle Willits at 410 796-2768 or Ron Bradley at 410 551-8960. Vendor
table info, call Norman Veber at 410 768-3648. Where will Bill be?
Announcing the Junior Dragster Nationals at Maryland International
Raceway! Noooo! Someone PLEASE give Jungle Pam a hug for me! bp
Drag Racing Story of the Day:
Early
Match Race Funny Car Action from Phenix City. Star Racing's
Jerry Battle provides photos and words of the Mr. Norm car versus
Tommy McNeely in 1965.
Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Howard
Haight Smokes 'Em in Las Vegas!
Mark Hovsepian continues to dazzle us with absolutely gorgeous photos of
the top nostalgia drag racing stars. Here's Top Fuel veteran Howard Haight
winning the Goodguys Nitro Nationals.
May 11, 2001 -
Drag Racing Story of the Day:
Northwest
Drag Racing Reunion Coming in 2002. Rick Gonder is looking
for Northwest Drag Racing heroes as he begins to pull together a major
drag racing reunion for rain country racers and fans.
Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Joe
Clement Takes the Plunge and Warms It Up!
Funny Car veteran Joe Clement sent along these photos from a
test session in which he caught his new alcohol funny car on fire in.
May 10, 2001 -
Drag Racing Story of the Day:
Fireforce
Finds the Fives. Andy Marrs reports that Martin Hill
recently became the first five second jet funny car outside the United
States.
Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Blown
VW -- Is This the World's Baddest Bug?!
John Baremans
sent us this shot of a wicked supercharged VW from down under.
May 9, 2001 - Drag Racing Story of the Day:
Top
10 Reasons Top Fuel Racing In the "Golden Era" Was Way Cooler
Than It Is Now. Jerry "G-Man" Gross lays down his
top ten list of reasons fuel racing was more fun in the past.
Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Sunday!
The Yankee Peddler versus Landy's Dodge!
Joel Naprstek
was there for a match race between the two A/Factory Experimental
kingpins in the summer of '65.
May 8, 2001 -
Drag Racing Story of the Day:
Haight
& Richardson Hit First Goodguys Jackpot in Las Vegas to Claim Top Fuel
at 1st Spring Nitro Classic. John Drummond provides all the
action from Goodguys' premier nostalgia drag racing event.
Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Dave
Gruzen's Blown Nostalgia Eliminator '23 Model T Hangs out the Laundry.
Jim Sorenson
captured a great top end parachute shot of the cool Mosley &
Gruzen blown altered nostalgia car.
May 7, 2001 - Draglist Reaches 136,000+ in
April! More and more drag racers and fans are finding their way to www.draglist.com
these days, and we are glad to have you! The independent HitBox
statistics service reports that we had 136,443 page views from 39,513 drag
racers and fans. That's our biggest month ever by nearly 20,000 hits!
Thanks again for making The Drag Racing List part of your regular surfing
schedule. We really appreciate it. I know that readership will start to
wane a little bit now that the weather's getting better and the season has
begun. But don't forget to check in with us on weekdays to see what's
happening. Who knows, maybe we'll have a story on what you did during the
weekend! And remember racers, we want to run your stories. Tell us how
your season is coming and we'll get it up as a story of the day. See ya.
Bill Pratt
Drag Racing Story of the Day:
NHRA
Atlanta -- Dunn, Frank Pedregon, Yates, Brown and Panella Leave Georgia
with Wins. NHRA.com provides final eliminations results
from the 2001 Advance Auto Parts NHRA Southern Nationals.
Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Rick
Johnson in the Custom Body Enterprises Dodge Funny Car. James
Morgan
has plenty of shots of the northeast's baddest funny car over the
years. Here's one from the Rick Johnson era.
May 6, 2001 -
Drag Racing Story of the Day:
Toliver,
Bernstein, Anderson, Hines And Panella Qualify No. 1 At Advance Auto Parts
NHRA Southern Nationals. NHRA.com provides final pro
qualifying results from Atlanta.
Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Kalitta,
Prudhomme, and McCulloch -- Clowning Around.
Greg Gage
captured this terrific photo of three of the sport's legendary
personalities clowning around in the pits.
Drag Racing Movie of the Week:
Top
Fuel versus Funny Car, British Style. Sharkman grabbed
this footage of a fueler racing a funny car at the Santa Pod Cannonball in
April on 4/19.
May 5, 2001 -
Drag Racing Story of the Day:
NHRA
Atlanta 2001 -- Friday Qualifying Results. NHRA.com provides
first day qualifying results from the 2001 Advance Auto Parts NHRA Southern Nationals.
Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Two
Legends of Drag Racing -- Don Garlits and C.J. "Pappy" Hart.
caught the two living legends in the pits recently and captured this
priceless photo.
May 4, 2001 -
Drag Racing Story of the Day:
Bruce
Larson's USA-1 Dragfest Moves to November. Joel Naprstek reports
that the East Coast's favorite nostalgia bench racing event has moved to
late fall from early spring, but you STILL have to be there!
Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Little
Mouse? Not in THIS '48 Fiat Blown Altered! Ernie Broughton
caught this pit shot of a blown small block Chevy-powered '48 Fiat altered
with a BIG attitude problem!
May 3, 2001 -
Drag Racing Story of the Day:
Tommy
Ivo's Kindness. Bob Plumer describes a meeting with Tommy
Ivo that shows why he was truly one of the top stars in drag racing
history.
Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Bill
Dailey's Pegasus Fuel Funny Car, 1985. Dennis Roetman
provides another great Division 4 shot, this one of Bill Dailey's fuel
match racer.
May 2, 2001 - Drag Racing Story of the Day:
Kalitta,
Capps and Anderson Win Inaugural Mac Tools NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals.
NHRA.com provides complete professional category coverage from
Bristol.
Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Secret
Weapon -- Army Jeep Fuel Funny Car. Daryl Huffman provides
a pit shot of the funny car that thrilled fans until the NHRA banned it!
May 1, 2001 - Drag Racing Story of the Day:
The
Scoop on the Sport's Latest Top Fueler. Dave Stevens fills
us in his and Ray Heathcoe's new fueler, currently undergoing testing in
anticipation of its national event debut.
Drag Racing Picture of the Day: State
Boy! Stan Bowman's Ohio State Patrol Fuel Funny Car. Bob Strait provides
another of his outstanding Ohio funny car photos.
