The links found on this
page will take you to other sites that I visit fairly often. If you've
not "been there," I would 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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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.
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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
album to see some nice examples of his
work from that era.
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Don
Ewald's Fuel Dragsters...We Did
It For Love: The ultimate front-engine and early rear-engine Fuel
Dragsters picture pages, and a whole lot more. 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 fan, the late
Ron "Big Yohns" Johnson, created a site 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.
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Drag
Racing in Hawai'i? You bet! Two of the major Hawaiian islands currently
have drag strips, Maui Raceway Park,
my "home track," and one of the oldest continually operating strips in the
country, and the Kauai Raceway
Park operation 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 1/4-mile drag racing on that island
is still very much in limbo at this point in time. Too bad!)
The
NHRA's Hot Rod Heritage
Series is the premier nostalgia drag racing series. Among
the series' events are the annual March Meet, at Bakersfield's
Famoso Raceway, the National Hot Rod Reunion, at Beech Bend
Raceway, Bowling Green, KY and the fabled California Hot Rod Reunion,
also at historic Famoso Raceway.
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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,
including yours truly, in 2017. (It's more of a glorified bench racing session
and car show, no actual racing takes place but a few dragsters do fire up,
and cackle for awhile.)
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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.
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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're totally into the Nostalgia Drag Racing scene, check out Pam & Darrell Conrad's Drag Strip Iron site.
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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 live feed from the 2009 California Hot Rod Reunion! That coverage was absolutely
priceless to a nitroholic like me!
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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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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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