2016 Nostalgia Funny Car Nationals Photos

Warm, overcast skies and nearly 30 funny cars from the Great Lakes Nostalgia Funny Car Circuit made for a great day of racing at the 9th Annual Pace Automotive Nostalgia Funny Car Nationals May 29th at Quaker City Dragway. Photos by Dave Oakes Steve Timoszyk’s beautiful Detroit Tiger … [Read more...]

2016 Norwalk LODRS Cavalcade of Stars

Over 650 entries made their way to Summit Motorsports Park for the LODRS Division 3 race billed as the Cavalcade of Stars May 20-22. Cool temperatures and a strong headwind made for some quick but interesting racing that included lots of upsets. Photos by: David Oakes Tony Bartone had an … [Read more...]

2016 Tucson Reunion Photos – Part 4

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2016 Tucson Reunion Photos – Part 3

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2016 Tucson Reunion Photos – Part 2

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2016 Tucson Reunion Photos – Part 1

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KRABILL ELECTRIFIES IDAHO CROWD WITH IGNITOR VICTORY

Eagle, Idaho. In a titanic AA/Funny Car final, the two quickest cars of the weekend met up in the NAPA Auto Parts Ignitor Opener final round. Presented by Peterson Chevrolet, Kris Krabill knocked out a .100 reaction and muscled to another superb 5.69-245.27 to stop Dan Horan Jr. (following a .107 … [Read more...]

Flyin’ Phil’s Book Reports: Top Fuel Wormhole, part 1

By Phil R. Elliott This time, I saved the best story for last. You see, Top Fuel Wormhole is a compilation of tales-of-the-dragstrip a la Cole Coonce, originally written for a variety of places, including Super Stock & Drag Illustrated, Nitronic Research, Bikini, and several other places – … [Read more...]

Smokey’s autobiography

by Phil R. Elliott “This ain’t no romance novel!” ~ Smokey Yunick If you Google Smokey Yunick, you’ll find a great deal of information about a man who achieved a lot, lived nearly 80 years, and although he did other things, Yunick, according to Wikipedia, “is probably most associated with the … [Read more...]

Rained off Santa Pod Easter Thunderball 2016

2016 Santa Pod Easter Festival of Power 25th – 27th March 2016 - Santa Pod Raceway - England Words & Photos by Dick Parnham The first round of the UK National Championships had seen a clear first day but the weather forecast gave rain showers for the remaining two days. Despite the first … [Read more...]