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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]
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]
More American Graffiti, a 1979 coming-of-age comedy film written and directed by Bill L. Norton, had filmed Paul Le Mat's character, John Milner, drag racing here. [3] Hot Rod, the 1979 made-for-television directed by George Armitage and starring Gregg Henry and Pernell Roberts, filmed races here. [4]
Stenberg's documentaries previously could only be watched through an old VHS or DVD, but now they are available for free online, either on Tubi or YouTube. ... him film "Nostalgia Funny Car Racing ...
Shirley Shahan (nicknamed the "Drag-On Lady") is a pioneering American woman drag racer. [1] Shahan in 1965 became the first woman to win an NHRA pro event. [2] Her husband, H. L., prepared the cars she drove. [2] She became a member of the International Motorsports Hall of Fame and the Drag Racing Hall of Fame in 1997.
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.
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 ...
The automotive nostalgia cycle has finally reached the 1990s. After two full decades of American companies building enthusiast-focused lineups around the greatest badges of the 60s and 70s, this ...