A so-called “Wally” is the trophy that NHRA drag-racing winners earn in every professional ... for the photo in early 1969, at California’s Pomona Raceway, that the sculptor used to design ...

He was truly one of the most brilliant pioneers of NHRA Championship Drag Racing and ... In mid-1969, McEwen and Prudhomme corporately became Wildlife Racing with sponsorship from Mattel from ...

See About archive blog posts. NHRA drag racing takes on a new twist this weekend near Charlotte, N.C.: Four-wide competition. The inaugural NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMAX Dragway in Concord ...

The diversity in drag racing is a great accomplishment for NHRA ... Funny cars were born in the 60s and in 1969 NHRA made funny car an official class. Throughout the 1970s the funny car class ...

Big-league drag racing is a niche sport whose popularity has been steady in recent years. As the three-day NHRA Finals got underway in Pomona, the National Hot Rod Assn. aims to recruit more fans ...

The Winternationals are upon us, and to celebrate let's turn back to 1969. In the far lane is Nelson Carter's former Imperial Kustoms Charger, now named "Superchief" after he conducted a name-my ...

For older fans of drag racing ... based Weed Chevrolet. Born in 1969, the Camaro was delivered to Weed and quickly became its entry in the NHRA Stock Eliminator Class in the hands of Americo ...