Who was the first Pro Stocker to run a seven second time? That has been a good question for many years in the drag racing community. Three drag racing legends can lay claim to the run: Don Nicholson, Butch Leal, and Rickie Smith. We are here to provide the answer! Butch Leal ran his seven in 1977 … [Read more...]
Steve Klemetti provides the new cars and personal best elapsed times and speeds from the last NHRA national events of 2013: Reading, Madison, Las Vegas, and Pomona Finals. New Entries Class Driver Best E T Speed Year Track PMD Bob Rahaim 5.985 239.70 2013 VEGAS 2 PMD Jim Bell 6.096 226.92 … [Read more...]
Text by Danny White ~ Photos by Tom West Former fuel racer Don Cook recently passed away. We remember Cook, a member of Chris Karamesines' Greek Fleet, with a couple of photos. … [Read more...]
Text by Danny White Mike Ditty Former funny car racer Joe Black recently passed away. Joe raced the Green Hornet funny cars mainly in the northeast, but was known to travel out west. We remember the Brooklyn racer in photos. RIP, Joe. Bob … [Read more...]
Here is Steve Klemetti's 2012 driver earnings list. This year, Steve added Pro Mod round winnings (but does not include any sort of championship series bonuses). The list is based on the Pro Classes, Pro Mod, Top Alcohol Dragster, and Top Alcohol Funny Car round wins, Pro national top 10 Full … [Read more...]
Car racing fans; there are three events coming up that you may enjoy attending. Sincerely, Richard Parks (www.landspeedracing.com)------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1) The Santa Ana Drags and Main Street Malt Shop Reunion will be … [Read more...]
The Annual Literature Fair 2010 will be held at the Automobile Driving Museum, 610 Lairport Street, El Segundo, California. The facility is located in the industrial complex on the southern edge of LAX. The precise location is three blocks south of Imperial Highway and one block east of Sepulveda … [Read more...]
The Annual Literature Fair 2010 will be held at the Automobile Driving Museum, 610 Lairport Street, El Segundo, California. The facility is located in the industrial complex on the southern edge of LAX. The precise location is three blocks south of Imperial Highway and one block east of Sepulveda … [Read more...]
Story by Richard Parks. September 21, 2009. The Bean Bandits of San Diego are a storied car club. They were in the forefront of drag racing in the early 1950's, helped to form and manage Paradise Mesa Drag Strip and were players in land speed racing for the last six decades. They are a … [Read more...]
Story by Richard Parks. October 31, 2006. Pat and Tony Berardini raced in the early days of drag racing in the early 1950’s, establishing a reputation for skill, speed and consistency. Their parents, Carlo and Philomena Berardini, emigrated from Italy before WWI and settled in Southwest Los … [Read more...]
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