The Return of the ATLANTA $10,000 Drag Race - October 13th, 2012

[Toby Denham]

The Atlanta $10,000 Drag Race
Atlanta Dragway
Commerce, Georgia

I hope all who can attend this event will do so. If the idea takes hold, this event promises to be a return to drag racing much like it use to be in the Southeast.

Nostalgia racers, traditional hot rodders, and general enthusiasts who long for the way things use to be need to support such efforts if there is to be any chance of anything like this to exist anymore.

[Toby Denham]

HISTORY OF THE ATLANTA $10,000:
"The Atlanta $10,000 Drag Races were first held at Atlanta Speed Shop Dragway in 1964. It was the first big Top Fuel and Super Stock event in the Southeast. The race was held annually in October from 1964 until 1972. At that point the NHRA Gatornationals took over and overshadowed the event.

Forty years later we have resurrected the event with the intention of having the race every October and restoring its former glory from the sixties. Each year from 2012 going forward we intend to grow and nurture the event while maintaining the lure of Nostalgia style racing: Family oriented fun without the “in your face” commercialism of modern drag racing."

Quoted from the website:

http://atlanta10000.com/