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 Shelly Howard http://www.shellyhoward.com/
Maddern Racing
Jimmy Perry's Top Alcohol Dragster
Peter Schofer Racing
Funny Car teams
Pro Mod teams http://www.victorbray.com/
Billy Harper's Viper
Ron Iannotti's Iannotti Racing ZR-1 Corvette
Gary Irving's 1941 Willys Coupe
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
Torkelson Motorsports 1955 Thunderbird
The Yarini Racing 1937 Chevy
Pro Stock teams Troy Coughlin 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/
Hanna Motorsports — Jet dragster and Funny Cars
JetWebb.com — devoted to jet dragsters and Funny Cars
Metal Mickey Motorsport — Jet dragster
Ky Michaelson — The Rocketman
Ron "Mad" Laycock — Jet motorcycle
Bobby Tatroe — Jet dragsters and funny cars
Drag boats http://www.badcompany079.com/
The Demon Chaser Grand National Hydroplane
Drag Boat City
Drag Boat Review
Dragboats.com — Randy Krohn's drag boat site has news and photos
The Rush Gas Hydro
V-drives.com
The Vintage Hydroplanes
Youngblood Performance Boats
H1 Unlimited Air National Guard Series
IHBA — International Hot Boat Association
KDBA — Kentucky Drag Boat Association
NDBA — National Drag Boat Association
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
National Electric Drag Racing Association
National Hot Rod 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 Bikesters — created by Fred Vosk http://www.bikesters.com/
Drag News
Drag Racing Association of Women
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
Mid-America Willys Club
Race Tech Chassis School — at Jerry Bickel Race Cars
Super Chevy Show
UK 1320
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