Travel back to 1984, when the IHRA had parked its Top Fuel program in favor of just a fuel Funny Car class. One of the staples in the traditional schedule was in Milan, Michigan, the drag strip located outside of Detroit.
You'll see the legends such as Dale Pulde, Kenny Bernstein, Billy Meyer, Tom McEwen, Mark Oswald, and Raymond Beadle. The Pro Stocker are represented by Rickie Smith, Lee Shepherd, Darrell Alderman, Roy Hill, Joe Lepone Jr., and more. At the time, many of the sports big names ran both IHRA and NHRA because of Winston's involvement.
From the creative genius of Les Mayhew comes a video that captures the spirit of the March Meet at Famosa DragStrip like none other. You'll hear the sights and sounds like never before of the most prestigious nostalgia drag race in the world.
You'll see everything from front-engine dragsters to Funny Cars to Fuel Altereds in this ten-minute video which takes you as close as you can get without climbing into the cockpit. You'll see the highs and the lows of an event that you should attend every season.
Take a trip back in time when the SUMMERS meant hot and fast drag racing at Raceway Park in Englishtown, NJ. You'll see the dry hops of old and the legends including Jeb Allen, Dick LaHaie, Don Prudhomme, Billy Meyer and Pro Stock legends Bob Glidden and the late Lee Shepherd.
You'll even see the sportsman finals and a good look at the legendary Wayne County Opel A/Gasser. For some reason, the broadcast missed the Pro Comp final round.
Another great trip back in time with Diamond P producing the show for ABC's Wide World of Sports.
Travel back in time when the drag racing world had settled down following the upheaval of the Billy Meyer IHRA purchase and the war which had ensued. With the Texas Motorplex now back home at the NHRA, Houston Raceway Park provided Glendora with a formidable one-two LoneStar punch.
You will see a future champion score his first career NHRA national event victory.
The NHRA Springnationals, when held at National Trail Raceway just outside of Columbus, Ohio, is a throwback to the so-called good old days of drag racing. Outside of the horrible Doug Kerhulas crash, there is plenty to love about this video with the legends of drag racing.
You'll see the emergence of Mark Oswald in Funny Car as well as the dominance of Gary Beck in Top Fuel. The legendary Lee Shepherd is part of a star-studded Pro Stock program.
The 1985 Winston IHRA Drag Racing Series action was about as exciting as it could get. This traditional stop on the eight-race drag racing series in Rockingham, NC, brought all the action via its ESPN broadcasts produced by Masters Entertainment. In this era, the IHRA was heavy on the bodied cars was a 16-car field for Funny Cars and its exciting brand of Pro Stock featuring unlimited displacement engines.
This broadcast, one of four scheduled for the season, is chock full of action, whether it's the Pro Funny Car division or the Mountain Motor Pro Stockers. This event was the last for Dale Pulde's Miller Beer Trans-Am as it squares off against the veterans Don Prudhomme, Kenny Bernstein, and Billy Meyer.
During the final session round of qualifying at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona, driver Alex Miladinovich’s Hot4Teacher Toyota Funny Car crossed the center line, slid sideways, and nosed hard into the wall before coming to a stop.
Miladinovich, of nearby Orange, Calif., exited the car under his own power and stood atop the car and saluted the crowd, perhaps his wife and crew members, to show he was unhurt.
His car suffered extensive nose and right-side damage.
Travel back to 1984, when the IHRA had parked its Top Fuel program in favor of just a fuel Funny Car class. One of the staples in the traditional schedule was in Milan, Michigan, the drag strip located outside of Detroit.
From the creative genius of Les Mayhew comes a video that captures the spirit of the March Meet at Famosa DragStrip like none other. You'll hear the sights and sounds like never before of the most prestigious nostalgia drag race in the world.
Take a trip back in time when the SUMMERS meant hot and fast drag racing at Raceway Park in Englishtown, NJ. You'll see the dry hops of old and the legends including Jeb Allen, Dick LaHaie, Don Prudhomme, Billy Meyer and Pro Stock legends Bob Glidden and the late Lee Shepherd.
Travel back in time when the drag racing world had settled down following the upheaval of the Billy Meyer IHRA purchase and the war which had ensued. With the Texas Motorplex now back home at the NHRA, Houston Raceway Park provided Glendora with a formidable one-two LoneStar punch.
The NHRA Springnationals, when held at National Trail Raceway just outside of Columbus, Ohio, is a throwback to the so-called good old days of drag racing. Outside of the horrible Doug Kerhulas crash, there is plenty to love about this video with the legends of drag racing.
During the final session round of qualifying at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona, driver Alex Miladinovich’s Hot4Teacher Toyota Funny Car crossed the center line, slid sideways, and nosed hard into the wall before coming to a stop.
