Those who believe their classic cars are safer than today’s automobile might want to watch this video.

The IHRA sanctioned their first and last drag race in Charlotte during the 1974. While this video, originally broadcast on Speedvision, which is now Speed TV, showed good footage from the event, the horrific deaths of three people on Saturday of the event was not mentioned. The event was the first eighth-mile sanctioned national event on record and was contested on the pit road at what is now Lowe's Motor Speedway.

The IHRA sanctioned their first and last drag race in Charlotte during the 1974. While this video, originally broadcast on Speedvision, which is now Speed TV, showed good footage from the event, the horrific deaths of three people on Saturday of the event was not mentioned. The event was the first eighth-mile sanctioned national event on record and was contested on the pit road at what is now Lowe's Motor Speedway.

Jim “Bullet” Bailey was known in the drag racing community as the stuntman whose claim to fame was the ability to slide on his belly behind drag race vehicles for the length of a quarter-mile.

Jim “Bullet” Bailey was known in the drag racing community as the stuntman whose claim to fame was the ability to slide on his belly behind drag race vehicles for the length of a quarter-mile.

Travel back in time with this Diamond P Video production of the 1984 NHRA Springnationals at National Trail Raceway in Columbus, Ohio. You'll see everything from professional eliminations to sportsman finals. Also on the video is the unfortunate catch net accident of Top Fuel racer Doug Kerhulas and the final victory for Pro Stock legend Lee Shepherd.

PART 1

Travel back in time with this Diamond P Video production of the 1984 NHRA Springnationals at National Trail Raceway in Columbus, Ohio. You'll see everything from professional eliminations to sportsman finals. Also on the video is the unfortunate catch net accident of Top Fuel racer Doug Kerhulas and the final victory for Pro Stock legend Lee Shepherd.

PART 1

We’ve uncovered another one of the popular 1970 drag racing documentaries, this one titled Wheels of Fire.

This documentary, according to the youtube.com channel was written and directed by Douglas Kent Hall. Wheels of Fire focuses on the lives of five major drag racers of the era: Don Garlits, Don Prudhomme, Shirley Muldowney, Richard Tharp and Billy Meyer.

This hour long movie was produced by Texas race promoter Buddy Boren.