Drag Racing History How it all began

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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 Origins

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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!

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Tying some racing history together See last post in thread: See it before it goes awa

Tying some racing history together
See last post in thread:
See it before it goes away.
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Inside the NASCAR Hall of Fame*********************

NASCAR Hall of Fame Tour 2013************************

NASCAR Hall of Fame Museum Tour... Charlotte, NC

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Abandoned tracks in Florida area and other places (updated)
https://www.tamparacing.com/forums/ge...s-fl-area.html

Bonneville History
https://www.tamparacing.com/forums/ge...e-history.html

Daytona History
https://www.tamparacing.com/forums/ge...a-history.html

Drag Racing History
https://www.tamparacing.com/forums/dr...ml#post9366328

This link has some historic drag racing pics.

https://www.tamparacing.com/forums/dr...pics-ever.html

Local historic drag racing track Twin City Oldsmar

https://www.tamparacing.com/forums/ge...florida-4.html

Indianapolis History

https://www.tamparacing.com/forums/ge...ml#post9373490

24 Hours of Lemans history

https://www.tamparacing.com/forums/ge...s-history.html

Lemans

Lime Rock Park history

https://www.tamparacing.com/forums/au...rock-park.html

Pikes Peak racing history
Is Pikes Peak a road Race?

https://www.tamparacing.com/forums/ge...ml#post9362624

History of Race Cars

https://www.tamparacing.com/forums/ge...ml#post9370578

Road Racing History
https://www.tamparacing.com/forums/g...g-history.html

Sebring history

The way to part 2 "A brief History of Sebring Raceway" is here:
https://www.tamparacing.com/forums/g...-40-posts.html
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This was the original brief history of Sebring part 1
https://www.tamparacing.com/forums/general-car-chat/816701-sebring-raceway-brief-history-part-1-has-now-exceeded-40-posts-115-posts.html
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A bit of stock car racing history

https://www.tamparacing.com/forums/ge...ml#post9362625

There are Old School Stock Car Pictures here:
https://www.tamparacing.com/forums/e...-pictures.html

Tying some Tampa Racing history together with links: Tampa International Raceway (Fair Grounds)

https://www.tamparacing.com/forums/ge...l-raceway.html
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The Hot Rod Story Drag Racing King Rose Archives 164K subscribers

The Hot Rod Story Drag Racing

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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.