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Pro Mod teams
Pro Stock teams
Jet car teams
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Introduction



Original painting by Tom Hunnicutt There were two experiences early in my life that led me to become an incurable motorhead. One was doing an indicated 150 mph on a deserted highway in rural Alberta, Canada in a friend's 1959 Corvette, with the top off and the headers uncorked. I was ten.

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



King Kenny


Joe Amato
http://www.amatoracing.com/

Bill Ancona
http://www.billancona.com/

Kenny Bernstein
http://www.kennybernstein.com/

Andy Carter
http://www.andycarter.net/

Andrew Cowin
http://www.andrewcowin.com/

Larry Dixon
http://www.snakeracing.com/

Mike Dunn
http://www.mikedunnracing.com/

Don Garlits
http://www.garlits.com/

Tim Gibson
http://www.tgibson.com/

Darrell Gwynn
http://www.darrellgwynn.com/

Steve Hamilton
http://www.stevehamiltonracing.com/

Rhonda Hartman and John Smith
http://www.rhondatf747.com/

Doug Herbert
http://www.dougherbert.com/

Kalitta Racing
http://www.kalittaracing.com/

Bruce Litton Racing
http://www.brucelitton.com/

Anita Makela
http://www.anitamakela.com/

Cory McClenathan
http://www.shoeracing.com/

Bill Miller Engineering
http://www.bmeltd.com/

Clay Millican
http://www.lehmanracing.com/

Shirley Muldowney
http://www.muldowney.com/

Luigi Novelli
http://www.nationalmachinerepair.com/

Don Prudhomme
http://www.snakeracing.com/

Darrell Russell
http://www.darrellrussell.com/

Gary Scelzi
http://www.garyscelzi.com/

Tony Schumacher
http://www.shoeracing.com/

Barry Sheavills
http://www.eurodragster.com/




Top Alcohol teams



Shelly Howard
http://www.shellyhoward.com/

Maddern Racing
http://www.maddernracing.com/

Jimmy Perry's Top Alcohol Dragster
http://www.perryracing.com/

Peter Schofer Racing
http://www.p-s-r.com/




Funny Car teams



California Independent Funny Car Association
http://www.cifca.com/

The Diamond Jim Racing Funny Car
http://www.diamondjimracing.com/

Jerry Caminito's Nitro Funny Car
http://www.bluthunder.com/

Scotty Cannon's Nitro Funny Car
http://www.cannonballracing.com/

John Force's Nitro Funny Car
http://www.johnforce.com/

Bob Gilbertson's Nitro Funny Car
http://www.bobgilbertson.com/

Leif Helander's Alcohol Funny Car
http://www.starkotter.se/

The Leaders Brothers' Alcohol Funny Car
http://www.leandersbros.com/

Cruz Pedregon's Nitro Funny Car
http://www.joegibbsracing.com/

Tony Pedregon's Nitro Funny Car
http://www.tonypedregon.com/

Don Prudhomme's Nitro Funny Car
http://www.snakeracing.com/

Adam Zangara's Alcohol Funny Car
http://www.azpracing.com/




Pro Mod teams



You better move. Victor Bray and the Castrol 1957 Chevy
http://www.victorbray.com/

Billy Harper's Viper
http://www.redlineracing1.com/

Ron Iannotti's Iannotti Racing ZR-1 Corvette
http://www.iannottiracing.com/

Gary Irving's 1941 Willys Coupe
http://www.promodified.com/

Bill Kuhlmann Racing
http://www.billkuhlmann.com/

Bob Nagy's 1963 Corvette
http://www.nagyracing.com/

John Payne's 1963 Corvette
http://www.jpracing.com.au/

Johnny Rocca's Dark Horse 1949 Mercury
http://www.usaracing.com/

Southern Thunder Racing
http://www.southernthunderracing.com/

Mike Stawicki's 1963 Corvette
http://www.stawickiracing.com/

Torkelson Motorsports 1955 Thunderbird
http://www.torkelsonmotorsports.com/

The Yarini Racing 1937 Chevy
http://www.yariniracing.com/




Pro Stock teams



Troy Coughlin
http://www.jegs.com/

Team M. Hansson Racing
http://www.mhansson-racing.com/

Allen Johnson
http://www.allenjohnson.com/

Steve Schmidt
http://www.steveschmidtracing.com/

Jim Yates
http://www.jimyates.com/




Jet car teams



Jeff Atamian — Jet dragster
http://www.jetdragster.com/

Hanna Motorsports — Jet dragster and Funny Cars
http://www.hannamotorsports.com/

JetWebb.com — devoted to jet dragsters and Funny Cars
http://www.jetwebb.com/

Metal Mickey Motorsport — Jet dragster
http://www.zooommm.com/

Ky Michaelson — The Rocketman
http://www.the-rocketman.com/

Ron "Mad" Laycock — Jet motorcycle
http://www.madv8bike.com/

Bobby Tatroe — Jet dragsters and funny cars
http://www.americanjetcars.com/




Drag boats



Faulkerson Motorsports hydro The Bad Company Top Alcohol Hydro
http://www.badcompany079.com/

The Demon Chaser Grand National Hydroplane
http://www.demonchaserracing.com/

Drag Boat City
http://www.dragboatcity.com/

Drag Boat Review
http://www.dragboatreview.com/

Dragboats.com — Randy Krohn's drag boat site has news and photos
http://www.dragboats.com/

The Rush Gas Hydro
http://www.rushdragboat.com/

V-drives.com
http://www.v-drives.com/

The Vintage Hydroplanes
http://www.vintagehydroplanes.com/

Youngblood Performance Boats
http://www.youngbloodjetboats.com/


H1 Unlimited Air National Guard Series
http://www.h1unlimited.com/

IHBA — International Hot Boat Association
http://www.ihbaracing.com/

KDBA — Kentucky Drag Boat Association
http://www.kdba.net/

NDBA — National Drag Boat Association
http://www.liquidquartermile.com/

Unlimited Light Hydroplane Racing Association
http://www.ulhra.org/




Drag racing associations



IHRA Motorsports logo ANRA — American Nostalgia Racing Association
http://www.anra.com/

CIFCA — California Independent Funny Car Association
http://www.cifca.com/

ETMA — European Top Methanol Racers Association
http://www.etmra.com/

GVRA — Goodguys Vintage Racing Associates
http://www.vratech.com/

IBDA — International Belt Sander Drag Race Association
http://www.beltsander-races.com/

IHRA — International Hot Rod Association
http://www.ihra.com/

MDRA — Midwest Drag Racers Association
http://www.mdra.com/

National Electric Drag Racing Association
http://www.nedra.com/

National Hot Rod Association
http://www.nhra.com/

Pro Top Outlaws
http://www.protopoutlaws.com/

PSCA — Pacific Street Car Association
http://www.pscaracing.com/

RaceLegal.com — in San Diego
http://www.racelegal.com/

Supercharged Warriors
http://www.superchargedwarriors.com/

Svensk Drag Racing
http://www.dragracing.se/

UDRA — United Drag Racers Association
http://www.udra.org/

USHRA — United States Hot Rod Association
http://www.ushra.com/




More drag racing sites



Bikesters — created by Fred Vosk
http://www.bikesters.com/

Drag News
http://www.dragnews.com/

Drag Racing Association of Women
http://www.drawfasthelp.org/

Drag Racing Online
http://www.dragracingonline.com/

The Drag Racing Underground — drag racing videos
http://www.dragracingunderground.com/

DragRaceResults.com
http://www.dragraceresults.com/

DragTimes.com
http://www.dragtimes.com/

East Coast Drag Racing School — at Atco Raceway in New Jersey
http://www.dragschool.com/

Eurodragster
http://www.eurodragster.com/

European Drag Racing Database
http://www.eurodrag.com/

Gasser Madness — this one's fun
http://www.gassermadness.com/

Frank Hawley's Drag Racing School — dragsters, Funny Cars and Pro Stock bikes
http://www.frankhawley.com/

Mid-America Willys Club
http://www.gasserclub.com/

Race Tech Chassis School — at Jerry Bickel Race Cars
http://www.jerrybickel.com/

Super Chevy Show
http://www.superchevyshow.com/

UK 1320
http://www.uk1320.com/




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