At the NHRA Gator Nationals in Gainesville, Florida, celebrity drivers from drag racing’s golden era were present. One was Don “The Snake” Prudhomme. We chatted.
What a unique look into the history of drag racing!
You can measure how wild 1960s drag racing really was by looking at the cars that forced officials to rewrite the rulebook. The 1964 Ford Fairlane Thunderbolt did exactly that, turning a mild-mannered ...
During the 1960s, drag racing competitions sanctioned by the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) reached unprecedented levels of popularity, so American manufacturers introduced a series of ...
"The Lively One: Dick Brannan's Rise to Drag Racing Fame" tells the unlikely story of a racing legend who captured multiple records and led Ford Motor Company to national prominence during the "golden ...
During the 1960s, Sand Springs was a hotbed for the sport of drag racing, and Bennie "The Wizard" Osborn was a shining star.
In 1952, the brilliant Rod & Custom magazine writer Roger Huntington did some math to figure out the quickest possible quarter-mile time drag racers would ever achieve: Just 9.1 seconds at 166 mph. He ...
One of Berks County’s longtime establishments is changing hands. The International Hot Rod Association has bought Maple Grove Raceway, which has been a county racing institution since the early 1960s.