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Goodguys has been the leading promoter of vintage or nostalgia style drag racing competition since their first such vintage drag race, [citation needed] held in April 1989 at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, California. From 1994 through 2006 Goodguys staged the West Coast Championship Series which at the time was America's premier points circuit ...
Nostalgia drag racing is a form of drag racing that uses cars from earlier eras of drag racing, as well as cars built to fit the guidelines of earlier eras using parts that would have been available in that era. The cars raced are a mixture between restored originals, while others are re-creations of older cars. [1]
Mendy Fry (pronounced "min-dy" [1]) (born May 24, 1969 in Santa Rosa, California) is an American dragster and funny car driver competing in the NHRA. [2] Under the tutelage of her father, Ron, she began driving quarter-midget sprint cars at age 4.
The popularity of the class evolved into a category of drag racing with hundreds of cars and drivers competing in Championship series, and large nostalgia drag racing events. The spirit of NSS drag racing has the same models of cars that raced Super Stock between 1959 and 1969—but with certain safety equipment updates. [1]
The Famoso Bakersfield Raceway still hosts the March Meet but it is now strictly a "nostalgia drag racing" event. In the 2000s, "Saturday Nitro" events featured Fuel altereds then switched to nostalgia funny cars around 2010. After a driver died in an on-track hit on the guardrail, they stopped hosting these non-sanctioned events.
None of these four-wheel designs bore fruit; the development of tires designed specifically for drag racing made four wheels unnecessary. In keeping with the austere nature of a dragster, the heavy cranking motor and battery needed to start the engine were two of the items removed to save weight, requiring that the dragster be push-started.
In 1982, in a drag racing first, two women squared off in the Top Fuel final. Lucille Lee prevailed, and Shirley Muldowney was second best. This result prevented Muldowney from repeating as March Meet Top Fuel champion, as she had won the event the year before. Beginning in 1988, the event transitioned. The now-defunct Nostalgia Drag Racing ...
Liberman was a flamboyant showman who primarily toured the United States at drag racing match race events. During his career, he averaged an estimated 100 events per year during the 1970s. He refused to lift off the gas when a run was completely out of shape. [5] He was regarded by many as the "greatest showman the drag strip has ever ...