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The Famoso Bakersfield Raceway hosted the first ever March Meet in 1959 and it helped establish the National Hot Rod Association's (NHRA) legitimacy. The east part of Poso Auxiliary Field became the Poso Airport. [1] [2] [3] The Famoso Bakersfield Raceway still hosts the March Meet but it is now strictly a "nostalgia drag racing" event.
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 ...
2024 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series Schedule [1] Date Race Site TV Winners Top Fuel Funny Car Pro Stock Pro Stock Motorcycle Mar 7-10 Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals TFCO: Gainesville Raceway Gainesville, FL FS1 Shawn Langdon (1) J.R. Todd (1) Erica Enders (1) Gaige Herrera (1) Mar 21-24 Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals
The Mission #2Fast2Tasty NHRA Challenge is a collaboration between NHRA and Mission Foods, introduced in the 2023 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series. [4] The challenge spices up Saturday qualifying schedule at regular-season events. Semifinalists from the previous race compete anew, culminating in a final during the last qualifying session.
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 dragstrip is proud to extinguish the "nowhere else to go" excuse used by illegal street racers, and local police often hand out flyers to offenders for free entry into drag races at the dragstrip to promote safe racing and has re-opened. The drag strip closed on December 21, 2024. [12]
Famoso may refer to: Famoso Raceway, a dragstrip is located north of Bakersfield, California; ... This page was last edited on 24 July 2024, at 18:32 (UTC).
The NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, the national event series which comprises 24 races each year, is the premier series in drag racing that brings together the best drag racers from across North America and the world. The NHRA U.S. Nationals are now held at Lucas Oil Raceway in Brownsburg, Indiana and are officially called the U.S ...