The year was 1988 and NHRA was engaged in a full-scale war, the likes of which hadn't been seen since the IHRA became a formidable force in drag racing. Texas Motorplex owner Billy Meyer had just purchased the series from Larry Carrier and moved it to Waco, Texas, and likewise pulled his crown jewel of a race track out of the NHRA and put it in IHRA.
At the time there were milestones on the verge of being broken, and one of those was the first quarter-mile four-second pass. On this weekend, in 1988, the mark fell.
It's a day with Duck, "Donald 'Duck" Long," Drag Radial racing's most iconic promoter. We've got a few minutes of footage we've compiled into this single presentation from two of 2020's final races through the cameras of noted videographers Jake Simmons and Les Mayhew.
Drag racing boasts a diversity of participation that is the envy of every other motor racing discipline on the planet. But, how diverse would the sport be today had there never been a woman with the fiery determination of Shirley “Cha Cha” Muldowney?
While Shirley Shahan, Judy Lilly and others had broken drag racing’s gender barrier long before Muldowney left the streets of Schenectady, N.Y., they earned their NHRA hardware in cars that could have been driven to and from church, school or the corner store.
When Muldowney burst upon the scene in the early 1970s, though, she wasn’t interested in driving a Dodge or Ford or Chevrolet. She was hell bent on mashing the pedal on a Top Fuel dragster, a purpose-built race car that even in 1973 was capable of zero to 240 mile per hour acceleration in less than six seconds.
In this episode of LEGENDS: THE SERIES, CompetitionPlus.tv takes a look behind the scenes of what made Doner tick, the outlandish promotions and what led him to retire from his breakneck schedule in 1979.
Travel back in time to the 1982 NHRA Springnationals, an event chock full of excitement and controversy. You will see drivers Shirley Muldowney and Lucille Lee go head-to-head in both competition and controversy.
You'll see the emergence of Frank Hawley as a Funny Car driver as well as Bob Glidden's Ford EXP, one of the champion's least favorite cars.
If you are looking for just the raw footage of cars pulling wheelies, then this isn't the video for you. However, if you are looking for a video where drag racers are willing to crash their cars to win $10,000, then you are in the right place.
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We have had our team at three of the last four events to capture the events. While some might complain about the interviews, our objective has always been to tell the story first and illustrate it secondly.
The 1984 NHRA Gatornationals was pivotal in the future of drag racing. Aerodynamics and corporate involvement began to push the sports to a new level. The race to the 260 mile per hour zone incorporated speed merchants in both dragsters and funny cars.
You'll see the legends of the sport such as Joe Amato, and Kenny Bernstein battle it out to be the fastest drag racer in NHRA competition. There's also a bit of controversy in Pro Stock with a Dodge Daytona, as well as the emergence of the Professor of Pro Stock Warren Johnson.
The year was 1988 and NHRA was engaged in a full-scale war, the likes of which hadn't been seen since the IHRA became a formidable force in drag racing. Texas Motorplex owner Billy Meyer had just purchased the series from Larry Carrier and moved it to Waco, Texas, and likewise pulled his crown jewel of a race track out of the NHRA and put it in IHRA.
It's a day with Duck, "Donald 'Duck" Long," Drag Radial racing's most iconic promoter. We've got a few minutes of footage we've compiled into this single presentation from two of 2020's final races through the cameras of noted videographers Jake Simmons and Les Mayhew.
Drag racing boasts a diversity of participation that is the envy of every other motor racing discipline on the planet. But, how diverse would the sport be today had there never been a woman with the fiery determination of Shirley “Cha Cha” Muldowney?
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The 1984 NHRA Gatornationals was pivotal in the future of drag racing. Aerodynamics and corporate involvement began to push the sports to a new level. The race to the 260 mile per hour zone incorporated speed merchants in both dragsters and funny cars.
