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Woodburn was the first drag strip on the West Coast to use electronic scoreboards. In 1999, Livingston added track bleachers that had previously been used in Seattle Kingdome. [1] In 2004, the track manager estimated that Woodburn Dragstrip hosts more than 200,000 fans and participants annually, contributing more than $20 million to the local ...
Shannel also was a drag professor for three seasons of the spin-off show RuPaul's Drag U in 2010 to 2012. [12] She appeared as a guest star on the first episode of Drag Race 's eighth season. [13] She appeared with her fellow season one cast on the Drag Race season ten finale, lip syncing next to Mayhem Miller. [14] [15]
George Ray's Dragstrip is an automotive drag racing strip in Paragould, Arkansas. Built in 1961 by the famous George Ray, it is the oldest single-purpose drag racing facility in Arkansas. It is located on Arkansas Highway 135, east of Paragould, with racing occurring (in season and weather permitting) every Sunday.
In 1952, a car club known as the "Choppers of Pomona" aided by a young police officer, Sergeant Bud Coons, advocated that a safe place should be provided for local area drag racers. Coons, along with fellow hot rod enthusiast, Pomona Police Chief Ralph Parker, and the city government of Pomona asked to lease the parking lot of the LA County ...
Beginning in 2018, No Prep Kings became the newest series in the Street Outlaws franchise, where racers took their racing from the street to the drag strip. "No Prep" means that "the race surface is not prepared ahead of time like it is in most forms of drag racing." (Source: Motortrend) As of 2023, No Prep Kings (NPK) is now in Season 6.
CHiPs used the drag strip as a setting in the 1981 episode "Forty Tons of Trouble". Willie made connections to famous figures in Hollywood in order to spread his influence. Prominent people like Arthur Newman, Paul Newman's brother , and Barry Meguiar , the host of Car Crazy could be seen wearing Brotherhood jackets or vests.
1960 – A group of local racers from the Eastern Custom Car Association – including George Weiler, Carl Ruth, Bob Eveland and Lee Crupi – approaches Stauffer about converting track into full dragstrip that can be used by cars. [2] [3] 1962 – Maple Grove Drag-O-Way opens in August as a nationally recognized racetrack.
Pinks is the primary television series in a franchise series of television programs on Speed based on street racing, held at legal closed drag strips with a theme around drag racing. The original aired from 2005 to 2008, with the spinoff Pinks: All Out following in 2006 until 2010.