Book Review: A Trio by David McGee

Bristol Dragway Bristol Motor Speedway Kingsport Speedway If you want to know something about racing in eastern Tennessee, there is one go-to guy to ask – David McGee. I met David in the 1980s on the sidelines of the IHRA Winter Nationals at Darlington. I had just accepted the gig of producing … [Read more...]

El Mirage land speed time trials June 2022

Mike Kaehny is the record keeper for the SCTA dry lakes land speed time trials. This was a function that my father, Wally Parks, was responsible for in the 1940s before becoming Editor of Hot Rod Magazine and then founding the NHRA. I know that he would be very proud of the men and women volunteers … [Read more...]

Personal Bests: 2022 NHRA Winters, Phoenix, Gainesville

Steve Klemetti provides the new drivers and personal best elapsed times and speeds from the first three national events of the 2022 NHRA season. He also adds some corrected info from 2021 Bristol. New Entries from the First Three Races of the Year Class Driver Best ET Speed Year Track PMD … [Read more...]

Personal Bests: 2021 NHRA St. Louis to the Pomona Finals

Steve Klemetti wraps up the new drivers and new personal best elapsed times and speeds from the second half of the 2021 NHRA National event season. New Entries Class Driver Best ET Speed Year Track PMD Dmitry Samorukov 6.125 234.82 2021 VEGAS 2 TAD Mike Coughlin 5.227 271.95 2021 VEGAS … [Read more...]

Personal Bests: 2021 Pomona “Winters,” Topeka, Brainerd

Steve Klemetti catches us up on the new personal best elapsed times and speeds from the 2021 NHRA Pomona "Winternationals," Topeka, and Brainerd national events. New Personal Best Elapsed Times CLASS Driver Previous Best ET New Best ET AAFK Chris King 2021 Denver 30.000 -24.224 5.776 2021 … [Read more...]

Personal Bests: 2021 Norwalk, Denver, Sonoma

Steve Klemetti details the new drivers and new personal best elapsed times and speeds from 2021 NHRA Norwalk, Denver, and Sonoma. New Drivers Class Driver Best ET Speed Year Track AAFK Tony Jurado 4.176 270.86 2021 SONOMA AAFK Jason Rupert 5.199 155.44 2021 SONOMA AAFK Chris King 99.999 … [Read more...]

Personal Bests: 2021 NHRA Gators, Vegas, Atlanta

Steve Klemetti provides new drivers and new personal best elapsed times and speeds from the first three NHRA national events of the 2021 season. New Entries Class Driver Best ET Speed Year Track AAFK Mike McIntire 4.587 188.94 2021 GAINESVI PMD Lyle Barnett 5.714 252.66 2021 GAINESVI PMD … [Read more...]

Draglist LIVE: Richard Parks on 5/03/2021!

Coming up on Monday, May 3rd, 2021, at 8 PM Eastern on DragList LIVE, Bill Pratt will host an interview with one of our sport's greatest Historians, Richard Parks! Richard's work with Hot Rod Hotline has covered the entire scope of Drag Racing, and we’re honored to have him visit with us on the May … [Read more...]

Book Review: A Snake de-Skinned

by Phil R. Elliott Don “The Snake” Prudhomme: My Life Beyond the 1320 By Don Prudhomme with Elana Scherr $42.95 CarTech Books www.cartechbooks.com Every once in awhile, there is treasure in my mailbox. A few weeks before Christmas, a familiar looking package lurked there, a book from … [Read more...]

Book Review: Goldenrod: The Resurrection of America’s Speed King

Author, John Baechtal, published by Landspeed Media Group Available for $99.99 or less through http://goldenrodbook.com and fine bookstores by Phil R. Elliott The Summers Brothers’ Goldenrod holds a very special place in my heart. As I read about during its construction phases, my young and … [Read more...]