Tag: california

• King Becomes Irwindale’s First Female Feature Winner

  Lindsey King is young, tough and determined – qualities that will no doubt continue to be in her favor as she tackles racetracks around the country. She has been racing in different leagues ...

• NHRA Decides to Shorten Runs For Safety’s Sake

  When drag racing became more and more popular in the early 1950s and 60s, the National Hot Rod Association’s home track was Pomona Raceway in California. The track was built as a quarter-mile ...

• Thrilling Racing and Entertainment at the Monterey Festival of Speed

  Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca near Monterey, California, USA, will be hosting the Monterey Festival of Speed from 16 to 18 May 2008. Highlights of the action packed three-day auto racing program ...

• Motorcycle Movies, Part 1: The Wild Angels

  In 1966, the widening generation gap was about to split the country wide open. The older generation who had lived through and fought World War II could neither understand nor relate to their ...

• NHRA: A Brief History – Auto Racing

  In 1951, Wally Parks created the National Hot Rod Association to spotlight the sport of drag racing. Starting in the California, Wally and a few friends roll up their top fuel dragsters and ...

• The Snake: Don Prudhomme – Auto Racing

  One of the first hot wheel cars that I remember owning was a replica of “The Snake” funny car. The real car was driven by Don “The Snake” Prudhomme the first man to ever ...