No one person had to be tougher in the drag racing world than Shirley Muldowney when she broke into nitro racing. After all, as she knew ahead of time, it was a man's world. Her intent wasn't to embarrass anyone; she just wanted to race.
Shirley's inclusion came at a time when it was easier for a person of color to gain inclusion than of the opposite gender.
Check out this two-minute teaser for the Season 5, Legends: The Series season opener as Shirley describes why she had to be tough as nails just to survive, and what it took to gain her spot in the good old boys club. We've also included clips of her reminiscing of the Funny Car days and the painful memory of her Montreal crash.
Shirley revealed, "They didn't know the madder the made me, the better I got."
Few drag racing flames ever burned brighter than Gary Scelzi’s. In a pro career spanning just 10 full seasons, five in Top Fuel and five in Funny Car, the native Californian won 37 NHRA tour events, three Bud Shootouts and four championships while endearing himself to friends, fans and rivals away from the track with an offbeat sense of humor.
When he won the 2005 NHRA Funny Car title, he became just the second driver in history to hoist the championship hardware in both fuel categories.
The legend of Kenny Bernstein and Dale Armstrong has been well-documented over the course of the last three decades. However, this doesn't mean the King of Speed Kenny Bernstein doesn't mind talking about one of the most influential persons in his life, Dale Armstrong. In this new episode of Storytellers, Bernstein shares the experience of building a nitro dyno, and all of the fun which accompanied it.
Scotty Cannon, when he raced Pro Modified, was one of the more innovative and edgy racers. When we say it edgy, this description had nothing to do with his mohawk-hairdo and appearance, and every bit his tendency to walk the fine line of the rulebook. In this episode of Storytellers, Cannon discusses the time he used an Oldsmobile Funny Car to create one of the more aerodynamic Chevrolet Lumina Pro Modified entries with chassis builder Tommy Mauney.
Legends: The Series, an online documentary/interview series delves into the history of those drag racers who shaped the various areas of the sport. Now in its second series of production, Legends: The Series provides the inside stories rarely published and told by the legends themselves. You'll see on average thirty minutes of historical footage and the emotions of these individuals who gave their lives in the pursuit of legendary status.
Videos by Bobby Bennett, CPTV Sun, 2018-12-16 19:00
Watch the new online documentary series Legends: The Series, by accessing all eleven episodes on this page.
Legends: The Series, produced by CompetitionPlus.com founder Bobby Bennett, tells the behind-the-scenes stories of drag racing's storied subjects who often reveal untild stories in these interviews.
If you have time to watch them all, it will time well spent. If not, just bookmark the page and watch them as time permits.
With Season 2 already in production, the inaugural season sets a strong platform for the future.
Video by Bobby Bennett; Footage courtesy of NHRA/FOXSports Sat, 2018-12-15 22:46
J.R. Todd clinched his first career NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Funny Car world championship title during the first round of eliminations Sunday at the Auto Club NHRA Finals at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona.
Matt Smith also won his third Pro Stock Motorcycle world championship at the final 2018 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series event during eliminations on Sunday.
Roy Hill said it best when he admitted, "Back in those days we did things differently." This is the story of the early days of mountain motor Pro Stock racing when the two alpha dogs of the backwoods scene met up fact to face and quickly admitted the town wasn't big enough for the two of them. Musi controlled north of the Mason-Dixon line, and Hill controlled the southern side. How they came to this agreement is a story worth telling.
Welcome to the world of Stevie Fast, where doorslammers are mandatory and trash talk is king. Trust us when we tell you that Stevie "Fast" Jackson has mastered both. In this video, he dishes out his ove for rivalry and his disdain for turbos and Street Outlaws. It ain't personal, it's just the business of how drag racing ought to be.
No one person had to be tougher in the drag racing world than Shirley Muldowney when she broke into nitro racing. After all, as she knew ahead of time, it was a man's world. Her intent wasn't to embarrass anyone; she just wanted to race.
Few drag racing flames ever burned brighter than Gary Scelzi’s. In a pro career spanning just 10 full seasons, five in Top Fuel and five in Funny Car, the native Californian won 37 NHRA tour events, three Bud Shootouts and four championships while endearing himself to friends, fans and rivals away from the track with an offbeat sense of humor.
The legend of Kenny Bernstein and Dale Armstrong has been well-documented over the course of the last three decades. However, this doesn't mean the King of Speed Kenny Bernstein doesn't mind talking about one of the most influential persons in his life, Dale Armstrong. In this new episode of Storytellers, Bernstein shares the experience of building a nitro dyno, and all of the fun which accompanied it.
Scotty Cannon, when he raced Pro Modified, was one of the more innovative and edgy racers. When we say it edgy, this description had nothing to do with his mohawk-hairdo and appearance, and every bit his tendency to walk the fine line of the rulebook. In this episode of Storytellers, Cannon discusses the time he used an Oldsmobile Funny Car to create one of the more aerodynamic Chevrolet Lumina Pro Modified entries with chassis builder Tommy Mauney.
Legends: The Series, an online documentary/interview series delves into the history of those drag racers who shaped the various areas of the sport. Now in its second series of production, Legends: The Series provides the inside stories rarely published and told by the legends themselves. You'll see on average thirty minutes of historical footage and the emotions of these individuals who gave their lives in the pursuit of legendary status. 
J.R. Todd clinched his first career NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Funny Car world championship title during the first round of eliminations Sunday at the Auto Club NHRA Finals at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona.
Roy Hill said it best when he admitted, "Back in those days we did things differently." This is the story of the early days of mountain motor Pro Stock racing when the two alpha dogs of the backwoods scene met up fact to face and quickly admitted the town wasn't big enough for the two of them. Musi controlled north of the Mason-Dixon line, and Hill controlled the southern side. How they came to this agreement is a story worth telling.
