The links on this page
will take you to other web sites that I find myself visiting fairly often.
If you've not "been there," I suggest that you take the time to check them
out. I feel quite sure you'll enjoy much of what you encounter along
the way.
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Happy
Surfing!
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Gone!
- The Wheeler
Dealer Diecast Model is sold out! In 2001 1320 Inc.
introduced the first six cars in their "The Fuelers" series
of 1/24th-scale diecast models featuring historic front-engined dragsters
from the 1960s. The original
Wheeler Dealer was the second
in the series, the first being Tony Nancy's "Sizzler" car, with Don Garlits'
1968 "Swamp Rat XII" number three, Dick Kalivoda's "Joker" number four
and so on. Orders for all available 1320 Inc. releases may be placed online
at Don Ewald's great Fuel
Dragsters...We Did It For Love website.
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If you're a true gearhead,
you no doubt watch all forms of motorsports on the tube. For up-to-the-minute
national television listings, I like George Webster's Race
Fan TV site for finding out the broadcast times for just about
any motorsports discipline worth watching. (If you like his site, please
email George and give him "a pat on the back." His is truly a labor of
love!)
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Old friend and photographer
Roy
Wells chronicled 1960's New England drag racing at Sanford, Maine and
Conn. Dragway. Go to this public Facebook
photo album to see some nice examples
of his work from that era.
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RIP Nitronic
Research, 1995 -2003 Cole Coonce's
great
Nitronic Research, the
"thinking man's" drag racing site. Gone but not forgotten!
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Don Ewald's Fuel
Dragsters...We Did It For Love: The ultimate front-engine
Fuel Dragsters picture pages. Absolutely not to be missed!!!
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The popular nostalgia
drag racing-related phenomena known as "Cacklefest"
has grown by leaps and bounds in the past ten years or so. Nostalgia competitor
and fan, Ron "Big Yohns" Johnson, has created a website devoted
to this ever-growing segment of the sport. Learn the history of the "craze,"
and check out the schedule to see if there will be a Cacklefest "coming
soon" to your neighborhood.
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The Wally
Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum is not to be missed if you find
yourself in SoCal with time on your hands. Great restored historic drag
cars, and lots of fascinating static displays will keep avid drags fans
busy for a whole afternoon...or a lifetime!
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Two other museums that
should be of significant interest to all serious gearheads are
The
Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, and the Don
Garlits Museum of Drag Racing in Ocala, Florida.
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Back in the early days
of organized drag racing, beginning in the mid-1950s, the weekly publication
Drag
News was the most widely read source for the latest news and
views. It was noted especially for it's
Standard 1320 class records
list, and the fiercely fought Standard 1320 "Mr. Eliminator"
challenges
for supremacy in the various dragster classes. Many of the movers
and shakers that were in the headlines in those heady days are now a part
of today's Standard 1320 Group
- some 300+ died-in-the-wool drag fanatics and Nitro Junkies of all ages
and genders. Check out the 1320 membership
roster -- how many folks do you remember...or know?
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Drag Racing in
Hawai'i? You bet! Three of the four major Hawaiian islands
currently have drag strips. Maui Raceway
Park is my "home" track, and is one of the oldest continually
operating strips in the country. Here are links for info on the Hilo
(Big Island) and Kauai
tracks. Also, photographer Mike Thompson covers the drags action
statewide. Check out his Islandracer.com
for his latest race photos. (O'ahu's Hawai'i Raceway Park
officially "closed its doors" in April, 2006. The future of drag racing
on that island is still very much in limbo at this point in time. Too bad!)
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For information on
other motorsports scenes here in Hawai'i, be sure to check out the Hawai'i
Motorbeat Monthly and Honolulu
Streets sites. Lots of "good stuffs" there! And, for Maui car
shows and other related happenings, take a look at the Maui
Car Shows and Maui
Car Nuts sites.
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A drag racing social
networking site, Drag
Racers Reunion, is fast becoming a very popular place to "hang
out" at. Lots of photos of all kinds of drag cars, both past and present,
are well worth taking a look at. Sign up to interact with fellow racers
and fans throughout the country.
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Project
1320 "was designed to be more than just a film to document
the sport's roots and pat ourselves on the back, it is an important step
in bridging the gap between us - automotive and drag racing enthusiasts
- and those people not involved in our world."
The NHRA's Hot
Rod Heritage Series is the premier nostalgia drag racing
series. Among the series' events are the National
Hot Rod Reunion (at Beech Bend Raceway, Bowling Green KY).
and the fabled California
Hot Rod Reunion, held at historic Famoso Raceway, Bakersfield.
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Every October the north
central North Carolina town of Henderson hosts the East
Coast Drag Times Hall of Fame event. Many of those who have
contributed to the sport of drag racing over the years are honored at this
annual gathering. (It's more of a glorified bench racing session and car
show, no actual racing takes place.) Friends who have been fortunate enough
to attend this event speak very highly of it.
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George Crittenden
presents
NitroGeezers.com,
Drag
Racing's On-Line Historical Society "Dedicated to the Pioneers and Innovators
in Drag Racing & Hot Rodding"
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Dawn Mazi-Hovsepian
- with photographic help from husband Mark - has created an outstanding
site that covers the Nostalgia Drag Racing circuit extensively in words
and superb pictures.
Check it
out!
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My pals George &
Karen Adams have a site that's dedicated to the glories of drag racing
in the Northwest quadrant of the country. Check out their 15 pages of photos
from last year's California Hot Rod Reunion at nwdragracing.com
... you'll be glad you did!
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Now, here is a prime
example of a nostalgia racing organization resurrecting itself. The American
Nostalgia Racing Assn. is alive and well. Visit
their website to see what's going on.
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Are you into racing
stats? Do you want the very latest news and photos from the "wide world
of drag racing?"
Bill Pratt's
Drag
Racing List site is the place to go!
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If you'e totally into
nostalgia top fuel dragsters, the All
American Fuel Dragsters site is where you need to be. Also,
be sure to check out AAFD News and AAFC News
by going here.
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Vintage
Fuel Magazine is yet another good source of news and views
about the goings on in the world of nostalgia drag racing.
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BangShift.com
is the "Car Junkie Daily Magazine, featuring news, videos, car features
and community in the world of muscle cars and hot rods." These guys did
a great job with a livefeed from the 2009 California Hot Rod Reunion! That
coverage was absolutely priceless to a nitroholic like me!
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Drag
Racing Online showcases the talents of some of the finest writers
the sport has known including Jeff Burk, Chris Martin, Bret Kepner
and Ro McGonegal. For the very latest news and commentary (no BS!)
be sure to check it out!
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Another popular internet
magazine is Competition
Plus which features up-to-the-minute news and views from the
drag racing mainstream.
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The Hemmings
Auto Blogs are always full of truly obscure &
interesting information. I like it, you will, too!
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For a somewhat "different"
perspective on drag racing check out Drag
Racing Underground, the cyber home for "The Doc" and
others from the lunatic fringe! (Just kidding J & D!)
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Then, of course, there
are the two "major players" in the drag racing sanctioning game: NHRA
and
IHRA. Check them out
for the latest happenings in the always fascinating world of "corporate"
straight line racing.
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Also, be sure to check
out National Dragster editor Phil Burgess' "Dragster
Insider" blog, a must read for his excellent insights into
the history of drag racing!
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For news from the world
of Rock 'n' Roll, check out Rolling Stone's rockdaily
page for all the latest haps!
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Finally, if you're
into digital photography at all, be sure to check out the Digital
Photography Review web site - a true leader in this field!
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