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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.
Local Bakersfield-based racer James Warren dominated Top Fuel Eliminator in the 1970s, three-peating in 1975, 1976 and 1977. 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 ...
From 1994 through 2006 Goodguys staged the West Coast Championship Series which at the time was America's premier points circuit for vintage drag racing. Also in 1994, Goodguys resurrected the March Meet drag races at Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield, California, tapping into the event's rich heritage. Over time, the Goodguys March Meet became the ...
The NHRA announced on March 10, 2024 that the planned Odessa round will not take place in 2024 because the drag strip, which during development was called the new Kansas City International Raceway and later Central Power Raceway, is still under construction. [7] That circuit opened April 11, 2024 for competition.
Salinas was introduced to racing by his dad who raced during the 60’s and 70’s at Fremont Drag Strip and Little Bonneville in California. From 2001 to 2009, Mike began competing in the Nostalgia Eliminator 1 and 7.0 Pro Class at his home tracks in Bakersfield and Sacramento.
December 30, 2024 at 10:36 AM The 2025 New Year’s Eve numerals are seen on display in Times Square on December 18, 2024 in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
She is the only female drag racer to record a 5-second 1/4 mile elapsed time in a front-engined Top Fuel dragster, [3] as well as the only female member of the exclusive "Nostalgia Top Fuel 250 mph Club". [4] In 2019 she recorded the first 5.4 second quarter-mile elapsed time in a AA/Fuel Dragster.
Atlanta Hawks' Dyson Daniels (5) defends as Milwaukee Bucks' Giannis Antetokounmpo shoots during a semifinal game in the NBA Cup basketball tournament Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024, in Las Vegas.