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The Secret History of Drag Racing: Mythbusting, Revelations, and A Look at Its Wild
The Secret History of Drag Racing: Mythbusting, Revelations, and A Look at Its Wild Originshttps://yt3.ggpht.com/KG1SLgmdaq3ipO...00ffffff-no-rj Brian Lohnes 18.1K subscribers 81,333 views Dec 27, 2023 Lots of people know about modern drag racing but very few people know about the strange roots of the sport and how things have evolved over the years. From the odd rules, classes, procedures, and practices of the old days to the cars and people that made them great. In this deep dive into drag racing history we go back to the origins of the sport, the earliest rules, the earliest classes, and dispel some myth as well as explain the hows and whys of drag racing's chaotic first couple of decades. Multiple jump starts determined the winner of the first NHRA national event, Indy class winners got to sit out on Monday until the final. How expensive was nitro back then? All this and more...here! |
The Hot Rod Story Drag Racing King Rose Archives 164K subscribers
The Hot Rod Story Drag Racinghttps://yt3.ggpht.com/ytc/AIf8zZQ9If...00ffffff-no-rj King Rose Archives 164K subscribers 239,235 views Sep 24, 2013 Hot Rods had a bad reputation in the 1950s. What started as a way for young guys to have some fun testing their home made cars on the dry lakes was growing and spilling over into street racing. The press, preachers and politicians were up in arms and people were getting killed. Something had to be done. Bob Petersen, who ran Hot Rod Magazine, worked with one of his editors Wally Parks, to launch a national effort to get the kids off the streets and on to drag strips. They formed the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) and the new sport of drag racing took off. Necessity is the mother of invention. This traces the path they took from amateurs racing at the dry lakes to professionals competing at the drag strips. What a journey. |
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