Drag Racing Update: March 5, 2007

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Drag Racing Update: March 5, 2007

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Bill's Notes: Pardon Our Dust! by Bill Pratt. Well, maybe I should say, "Sorry there have not been any new stories for several days." We are upgrading to the next generation of our Article Manager system and we've run into a few glitches that no doubt will be fixed soon. We REALLY DO have ADRL coverage from Houston this weekend and several new photos uploaded, they just aren't showing up on the front page! Please bear with us and we'll get this worked out and displaying properly, hopefully by early this week. Happy March! bp - Mar 5, 2007

Drag Racing Pictures: Pure Hell AA/FC by Danny White. After racing fuel altereds in the 1960s, Rich Guasco switched over to funny cars. Much like his altereds had been, the “Pure Hell” AA/FC Dodge Demon was drop dead gorgeous. - Feb 28, 2007

Drag Racing Pictures: It’s A Gas! by Danny White. This little unknown Top Gas dragster got a little too much bite at Indy. - Feb 27, 2007

Drag Racing Pictures: Before & After by Danny White. Those who utter the old cliche, “A bad day racing is better than a good day working,” probably have never talked to Aussie funny car pilot Geoff Pratt. - Feb 26, 2007

Drag Racing Stories: 2007 NHRA Phoenix Post Race Notes by NHRA Communications. Insider facts and figures from the 23rd annual Checker Schuck's Kragen NHRA Nationals presented by Castrol. - Feb 25, 2007

Drag Racing Results: 2007 NHRA Phoenix Final Results by NHRA Communications. Final eliminations results and up to date POWERAde points standings after the 2007 Checker Schuck's Kragen NHRA Nationals presented by Castrol. - Feb 25, 2007

Drag Racing News: Help Create the Al Hanna Hemi Hunter Die Cast by Al Hanna. Al Hanna and Ben Greene are looking for photos of the 66-67 Hemi Hunter Fairlane so that they can make a rocking die cast of it. - Feb 25, 2007

Drag Racing Results: 2007 NHRA Phoenix Final Qualifying Results by NHRA Communications. Final qualifying results and first round pairings from the 2007 Checker Schuck's Kragen NHRA Nationals presented by Castrol. - Feb 24, 2007

Drag Racing Results: 2007 NHRA Phoenix Friday Qualifying Results by NHRA Communications. Day one qualifying results from the 2007 Checker Schuck's Kragen NHRA Nationals at Firebird International Raceway near Phoenix. - Feb 23, 2007

Danny's Corner: The 3.80 Zone! by Danny White. The 3.80 pass in eighth mile outlaw pro mod racing is one of drag racing's great achievements. Only five racers noted have done it, and of those, only two have done it while racing. - Feb 23, 2007

Drag Racing Pictures: Hot Rod by Danny White. Dr. Marvin Smith sent a shot of this wild looking altered coupe. The Outlaws & Legends car is super clean and show worthy. - Feb 22, 2007

Drag Racing Pictures: Last of the Mohicans by Danny White. When Pro Comp was formed in late 1973, it included the injected nitro A/Funny Car class. By 1975, A/FC cars mostly died out as most flopper racers converted to the blown alcohol BB/FC combination. But a few die hards stuck it out, including John Hughes, Ron Rice, and the team of Springer & Price, caught here by Mike Ditty at Portland. - Feb 21, 2007

Drag Racing Pictures: Fab Fiat by Danny White. The Trillo Bros from San Jose were true nitro racers, running all the nitro classes. The brothers will best be remembered for running AA/Fuel Altereds in the seventies and eighties. - Feb 20, 2007

Drag Racing Pictures: Firefly: Bringing the Art back to Front Engine Dragsters by Mark Gredzinski. Here is designer Mark Gredzinski's take on a modern slingshot with a couple of extra innovations. - Feb 19, 2007

Drag Photo Review: 2007 NHRA Winternationals Photos: Top Fuel Qualifying by Gary Brown. Gary Brown shot nine photos of Top Fuel cars at NHRA Winternationals, Pomona, Ca., February 8-11, 2007. - Feb 18, 2007

Drag Photo Review: 2007 NHRA Winternationals Photos: Funny Car Qualifying by Gary Brown. Gary Brown shot 23 photos of Funny Car qualifying at the NHRA Winternationals, Pomona, Ca., February 8-11, 2007. - Feb 18, 2007

Drag Photo Review: 2007 NHRA Winternationals Photos: Pro Stock Qualifying by Gary Brown. Gary Brown grabbed 22 photos of the Pro Stock cars qualifying at the NHRA Winternationals, Pomona, Ca., February 8-11, 2007. - Feb 18, 2007

Drag Photo Review: 2007 NHRA Winternationals Photos: Nostalgia Dragsters by Gary Brown. Gary Brown shot the nostalgia cars in the pits and eight Nostalgia cars doing exhibition runs on the drag strip on Saturday, February 10, 2007, at the NHRA Winternationals. - Feb 18, 2007

Drag Racing Pictures: The First Official Five! by Danny White. The late Mike Snively took the beautiful T/F dragster of “Diamond Jim” Annin to the first "official" five second pass in drag history at the 1972 NHRA Supernationals. - Feb 18, 2007

Drag Racing Stories: Farewell, Ray Russell by Danny White. Last week we received word that long time Texas funny car tuner Ray Russell had passed away due to cancer. Danny shares some memories of the popular Brown & Russell team. - Feb 17, 2007

Drag Racing Pictures: One Race Wonder by Danny White. You've probably never seen a photo of Bob Alberty's Ford Probe because it crashed and was totalled on its only pass. - Feb 17, 2007

Personal Bests: 2007 Winternationals Performance Improvements by Steve Klemetti. Steve Klemetti provides the new drivers, and new personal best ETs and speeds from the 2007 NHRA Winters. - Feb 16, 2007

Drag Racing Pictures: Seeing Green! by Danny White. Tim Beebe and Jim Murphy's green dragster is caught in action at Indy! - Feb 16, 2007

Drag Photo Review: 2007 NHRA Winternationals Photos - Sportsman Qualifying by Gary Brown. Gary Brown shot 20 photos of the Sportsman qualifying Thursday & Friday at the NHRA Winternationals. - Feb 15, 2007

Drag Photo Review: 2007 NHRA Winternationals Photos - The Winners by Gary Brown. Gary Brown shot 14 photos of the winners enjoying the spoils of victory in the winners circle at the NHRA Winternationals. - Feb 15, 2007

PhilZone: Three of a Kind by Phil R. Elliott. Flyin' Phil Reviews three great photo essays on drag racing. - Feb 15, 2007

Drag Racing Pictures: Up & Away by Danny White. Before Gary Ormsby became a nationally known Top Fuel owner and racer, he partnered with other racers in a number of cars. The Wilson & Ormsby machine was famous for this wheelstand and for being the quickest DNQ at the time. - Feb 15, 2007

Drag Racing Pictures: Injection is Nice! by Danny White. The A/FC Satellite of Steve Wiencek was one of the last successful injected Pro Comp funny cars. - Feb 14, 2007

Drag Racing Pictures: Gold Coast Duster by Danny White. The Gold Coast Duster of Don Nieves was one of the Southeast’s best funny cars of the mid-seventies. The team had great success in IHRA, NHRA Division 2, and local match racing action. - Feb 13, 2007

Drag Racing Stories: A Reincarnation from Drag Racing’s Past by Bud DeBoer. It had been over 41 years since Jerry Baltes saw the top fuel dragster that carried him to many a victory in 1963 and 1964. But guess what he found a year after completing a reproduction of the original? - Feb 12, 2007