Introduction The other was at our local drag strip, Keystone Dragway, just outside Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, where I allegedly grew up. Keystone was a fairly informal place. Phoenix Raceway Park, just north of Phoenix, Arizona, had a similar feel. Everyone seems to know everyone, and everybody is there because they want to be. One summer afternoon when I was about 14, I was at Keystone having a ball. When the Top Fuel cars started running, I walked down to the "big end" of the track, right by the timing lights at the finish line. When nobody was looking, I crawled on my belly through the tall grass beside the track, and got as close to the track as I could without being seen. I knew something pretty wild was about to happen, but I didn't realize how wild. Now we've all had some great experiences that involve fast cars. I've stood against the safety fence by the finish line at the Charlotte Motor Speedway while a pack of ten Winston Cup cars whoosh by at 180 mph. It was neat. But they're still not Top Fuel cars. When a Top Fuel car running wide open passes you at point blank range, time stops for an instant as your entire body is smacked with a hard wall of air being hammered out of the way with a force that seems to be not of this world. The atmosphere explodes. It's like you're up to your neck in water and a whale smacks its tail down hard on the water right beside you. It penetrates you. And the sound! There's just nothing like it. Beautiful, divine violence.
Top Fuel teams
Top Alcohol teams http://www.shellyhoward.com/
Peter Schofer Racing
Second Wind Racing Team
Strasburg Racing
Turner Racing
Funny Car teams
Pro Mod teams http://www.victorbray.com/
The Grave Digger Willys
Billy Harper's Viper
Ron Iannotti's Iannotti Racing ZR-1 Corvette
Gary Irving's 1941 Willys Coupe
Jan-Cen Racing's Corvette
Bill Kuhlmann Racing
Bob Nagy's 1963 Corvette
John Payne's 1963 Corvette
Johnny Rocca's Dark Horse 1949 Mercury
Southern Thunder Racing
Mike Stawicki's 1963 Corvette
Mitch Stott's Corvette
Torkelson Motorsports 1955 Thunderbird
The Yarini Racing 1937 Chevy
Pro Stock teams http://www.jegs.com/
Team M. Hansson Racing
Allen Johnson
Steve Schmidt
Jim Yates
Jet car teams Jeff Atamian — Jet dragster http://www.jetdragster.com/
Tom Deighton Racing — Jet dragster
Hanna Motorsports — Jet dragster and Funny Cars
Jet Stream Racing — Jet dragster
JetWebb.com — devoted to jet dragsters and Funny Cars
Metal Mickey Motorsport — Jet dragster
Ky Michaelson — The Rocketman
Ron "Mad" Laycock — Jet motorcycle
The Night Fire Jet Dragster
Tom Seydel — 404-mph 1940 Ford jet fire truck
Bobby Tatroe — Jet dragsters and funny cars
Thunderbolt III — Steam rocket dragster
Drag boats http://www.badboats.com/
Mike and Tricia Brown's Showtime USA Top Alcohol Hydro
The Demon Chaser Grand National Hydroplane
Drag Boat City
Drag Boat Review
Dragboats.com — Randy Krohn's drag boat site has news and photos
Jimmy Perry's Pro Eliminator Hydro
The Relentless Pursuit Super Eliminator Hydro
The Rush Gas Hydro
Smokin' Racing — outboard drag boats
V-drives.com
The Vintage Hydroplanes
Rich and Dee Walker's Liquid Thunder Top Fuel Hydro
American Boat Racing Association
IHBA — International Hot Boat Association
KDBA — Kentucky Drag Boat Association
NDBA — National Drag Boat Association
Red Bluff Nitro Nationals
Unlimited Light Hydroplane Racing Association
Drag racing associations http://www.anra.com/
CIFCA — California Independent Funny Car Association
ETMA — European Top Methanol Racers Association
GVRA — Goodguys Vintage Racing Associates
IBDA — International Belt Sander Drag Race Association
IHRA — International Hot Rod Association
MDRA — Midwest Drag Racers Association
Midwest Street Racing Association — "Race heads-up or go
home!"
National Electric Drag Racing Association
National Hot Rod Association
Nostalgia Funny Car Association
Pro Top Outlaws
PSCA — Pacific Street Car Association
RaceLegal.com — in San Diego
Supercharged Warriors
Svensk Drag Racing
UDRA — United Drag Racers Association
USHRA — United States Hot Rod Association
More drag racing sites http://www.azoutlawcars.com/
Bikesters — created by Fred Vosk
Drag News
Drag Racing Association of Women
Drag Racing Monthly
Drag Racing Online
The Drag Racing Underground — drag racing videos
DragRaceResults.com
DragTimes.com
East Coast Drag Racing School — at Atco Raceway in New Jersey
Eurodragster
European Drag Racing Database
Gasser Madness — this one's fun
Frank Hawley's Drag Racing School — dragsters, Funny Cars and Pro Stock bikes
Horsepower Heaven
Mid-America Willys Club
Morris Motorsports Printing — drag racing shirts, posters, calendars, and handouts
PreStage.com
Race Against Drugs — "Winners don't use drugs."
Race Tech Chassis School — at Jerry Bickel Race Cars
Red Lion Racing Team — vintage racing posters
Super Chevy Show
UK 1320
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