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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.
Shirley Muldowney (born June 19, 1940), also known professionally as "Cha Cha" and the "First Lady of Drag Racing", is an American auto racer. She was the first woman to receive a license from the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) to drive a Top Fuel dragster. She won the NHRA Top Fuel championship in 1977, 1980, and 1982, becoming the first ...
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]
Pruett debuted in Top Fuel in 2013 with Dote Racing after previously competing in Pro Mod and Nostalgia Funny Car. [5] Her first career national event win on the professional level came February 28, 2016 at the Carquest Auto Parts NHRA Nationals in Chandler, Arizona, defeating Brittany Force in the first all-female final round in Top Fuel since 1982. [6]
Angelle Sampey (born Angelle Monique Sampey, August 7, 1970, New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American drag racer, originally in Pro Stock Motorcycle but currently in Top Alcohol Dragster. She won the NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle championship three times (2000-2002).
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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.