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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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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