Result for: nostalgia nationals
‘Big Daddy’ Don Garlits Will Be Grand Marshal At IHRA Mopar Nitro Jam In Canada Next Weekend
Last week you saw our exclusive coverage of Don Garlits attempt to to be the first person to run over 200 mph in a quarter mile using batteries. The team got close, but after smoking an electric...
Leah Pritchett Returns To Topeka In Dote Racing Top Fueler
It’s always good to see more competitors in the NHRA Mello Yello Series and the tenacious dedication of racers like Leah Pritchett who grew up on the drag strip, with her first pass down a...
Rupert, Maroney and Waddle Win At IHRA’s Return To The Rock
(Photos and words by IHRA) – The new and improved International Hot Rod Association, after a Florida rainout came back to setting world records, stunning upset winners and a showdown for the...
eBay Find: The Original Mickey Thompson Revelleader 1973 Pontiac Grand Am Body
One of the coolest funny car bodies of all time is for sale. Yes, it has a chassis, too but that chassis it not the original pipe, so we’re more gaga over the body than anything else. The 1973...
Summer Fun: Doug Gregory Looks Back At His Adventure To And Time At The Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion
(Words and Photos by Doug Gregory) – I’ll leave my bias out of this one because when it comes to nostalgia racing….I can’t come up with something I don’t like. 2013 was our second...
The Cars, The Classes, And The Drivers You NEED To Know For The 2014 March Meet This Weekend!
(Words by Darr Hawthorne – Photos as credited) – (Editor’s note: This weekend it is GO TIME for the greatest nostalgia drag race known to man, the Bakersfield March Meet....
Action Gallery: The Beaver Springs FE Race And Reunion! Full Info On the 2014 Event HERE!
BELOW YOU’LL FIND A LINK TO THE 2013 PHOTOS BUT BEFORE YOU HIT THAT — CLICK HERE FOR THE 2014 EVENT INFO! Legends Dick Brannan and Hubert Platt will be at the event and last...
We Salute Malcolm Durham, Drag Racing’s First Black Superstar And #48 On NHRA’s Top 50 Driver’s List
February is Black History Month, which got us thinking about men and women of color who have had an impact in racing. The first name that came to our minds is a legend in the sport of drag racing,...
eBay Bonus Find: The Recreation Of The Hurri-Cain II Altered Wheelbase ’67 Barracuda – Real Steel Funny Car Freak!
This is a car you may have seen on BangShift before as it has appeared in some Goodguy car show coverage we have run in the past. This is a recreation of a really neat old drag car that was obviously...
Famed Canadian Drag Racer “240 Gordie” Bonin Dead At 65
We have received sad news today that Canadian Motorsports Hall of Fame member, NHRA funny car champion runner up, and great 1970s funny car racer Gordie Bonin has died. The news came in late last...
Rumor Mill: The 2014 March Meet Will Feature The First Open SoCal Fuel Altered Field In 30 Years!
It has been a very, very long time since a drag strip in SoCal hosted a race that involved an open AA/FA field. Of course by “open field” we mean one that gets populated with racers who...
eBay Find: An Old Donovan 417 Block Originally Delivered To Don Garlits – Never Run
We have to thank Dave Reinikka for the tip on this one. He sent us a note for an eBay ad that shows a never run aluminum Donovan 417 block. In a neat twist, this block had been delivered to Don...
“Wild Bill” Alexander – Great Front Engine Top Fueler Of The 1960s and 1990s Has Died
“Wild Bill” Alexander who had one of the more interesting driving careers in drag racing history has died. Alexander was a noted 1960s top fuel driver who departed the sport as an active...
IHRA Changes Format: 2014 Season Will Be Made Up Of Traditional National Events – Pro Classes Not Named Yet
The whispers we have been hearing were true. The IHRA is returning to a traditional style format (with some sort of small twist apparently) for the 2014 season. Their events will be called...