Today's video classic comes from the 1985 IHRA Winter Nationals in Darlington, SC, when early ESPN drag race coverage (before NHRA was on the network) did a profile on a true drag racing legend - Tom "the Mongoose" McEwen. This is a pretty neat  clip dating back to the Coors Corvette days. Today's video classic comes from the 1985 IHRA Winter Nationals in Darlington, SC, when early ESPN drag race coverage (before NHRA was on the network) did a profile on a true drag racing legend - Tom "the Mongoose" McEwen. This is a pretty neat  clip dating back to the Coors Corvette days.