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Lawrence Garrett Mitchell [2] (born April 5, 1995), known professionally as Cleetus McFarland, is an American racing driver. He competes part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 30 Ford for Rette Jones Racing. He is also a car enthusiast, amateur airplane and helicopter pilot, RC pilot, and YouTube content creator.
NSS's roots go back to the early 1980s, when retired Super Stock racers Dave Duell, Arlen Vanke and others started exhibition racing 1960s style Super Stock at nostalgia racing events. 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 legend Jim Hall establishes Chaparral Cars, a highly innovative team in the Can Am Series. Racing legend Caroll Shelby establishes Shelby Motors, bringing to racing the famous Cobra and Daytona. Formula 5000 is established based on F1, but using five liter engines instead of the three from Formula One. It is also sanctioned by the SCCA ...
Grand prix racing returns after World War II temporarily halts automobile production. The new grand prix series is known as Formula One. The debut of racing legend Stirling Moss. [3] The establishment of the World Sports Car Championship, composed mainly of endurance races such as the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Scuderia made her debut, recording a best pass of 8.83 seconds at 169.17 mph (272.25 km/h) with Ron Lowe at the wheel, before mechanical trouble sidelined her. [4]The class win went to Bob Muravez (in the John Peters and Nye Frank-owned Freight Train) over Connie Kalitta. [5]
The racing history of the AC Cobra, and the rivalry between Carroll Shelby and Enzo Ferrari. Right on Track: 2003 Family Drag racing Disney Channel story about a pair of drag-racing sisters. Kart Racer: 2003 Family Kart racing: The story is about a young boy who wants to enter a go-kart race against a competitor. Michel Vaillant: 2003 Drama
[4] which sponsored several well-known racing cars, including Rattler (driven by Larry Dixon, to a Top Fuel Eliminator win at the Hot Rod Magazine Championship Drag Races in 1968 [5]). The company was founded by Howard and his wife as Howards Power & Racing Equipment, as a manufacturer of racing cams in 1945.
ABC's Wide World of Sports, the sports anthology program, provided coverage of select NASCAR Winston Cup races in the 1970s. In 1971, it presented a 200-lap race at Greenville-Pickens Speedway in its entirety, the first such broadcast of a NASCAR race.