What's New at The Drag Racing List

Drag Racing Picture of the Day: The Cottrell and Reichard AA/GAS Austin. Bruce Wheeler provided this photo of one of the real players in East Coast Gasser action.

Drag Racing Movie of the Week: Joe Priola's Pro Street Camaro on the Bumper! Rick Kurtz and Mary Priola team up on this awesome video clip of Joe Priola standing his 170 mph Camaro up on the bumper.

Draglist.com Southern Fuel Coupes: SFC Rocks Southern Dragway. 2001 circuit champ Jim Dickey continued his winning ways by taking the inaugural Draglist/SFC race over Don Roddy.

April 29, 2002 - Drag Racing Story of the Day: Dixon, Bazemore and Johnson Take the Wins at the Mac Tools Thunder Valley Nationals. NHRA Communications provides the full rundown on the race in Bristol.

Drag Racing Picture of the Day: PF Flyer: Pat Foster in the Barry Setzer Vega Funny Car. "Berserko" Bob Doerrer and Buddy Piper team up to showcase the baddest funny car of the early '70s.

April 28, 2002 - Lists Updated! The Drag Racing Lists have been updated through NHRA Gainesville 2002. We are working on the IHRA races and the NHRA races that took place after Gainesville.

Drag Racing Story of the Day: Dixon, Pedregon and Coughlin Claim Top Qualifying Spots at Bristol Dragway. NHRA Communications provides final qualifying numbers and first round pairings from Tennessee.

Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Mick Coleman's Supercharged Outlaw Calais. Carl Witt sent up this shot of Coleman's screaming blown small block Wild Bunch machine.

Drag Racing Movie of the Week: Greene Machine Nitro Funny Car Wheelstand. Luke Nieuwhof and pal Nitro Nick Dicembre team up with two angles of an awesome nighttime, wheelstanding fuel funny car run.

Personal Best with Steve Klemetti: New driver, ET, and MPH updates from NHRA Houston 2002. Steve has lots of new personal best numbers from NHRA Houston.

April 27, 2002 - Drag Racing Story of the Day: Bernstein, Pedregon, and Coughlin Lead the Way in Qualifying at Bristol Dragway. NHRA Communications provides first day qualifying results from Thunder Mountain.

Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Super Mario Carranca's Jet Funny Car Streaks! Brian Wood got this great shot of Super Mario rocketing past at Cayuga.

April 26, 2002 - Drag Racing Story of the Day: Highways, Troopers, Dogs, and Frau Blucher. Gary Peters tells a tale of a hilarious trip South with the unflappable Dodger Glenn.

Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Tom Prock in the Detroit Tiger Fuel Monza. Bob Strait got this shot of Tom driving Poncho Rendon's competitive mid '70s funny car at Dragway 42 in Ohio.

April 25, 2002 - Drag Racing Story of the Day: The Chicken Choker Chronicles: Licensing in Preparation for Atlanta and Beyond. Len Cottrell and Fran Monaghan are coming down to the wire to get Fran licensed for Top Alcohol Dragster before the Southern Nationals.

Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Rest in Peace, Leroy Goldstein. Leroy Goldstein, the famed Israeli Rocket, passed away yesterday evening. We at draglist.com wish to extend our deepest sympathies to Leroy's family and friends. Bob Plumer says farewell with a photo of Leroy's most famous ride, the Ramchargers Challenger funny car.

April 24, 2002 - Drag Racing Story of the Day: Virginia IS for Lovers: Badco Does IHRA Richmond. Bill Ott, Ms. Boop, and the grandkids headed south to Dinwiddie and sent in this report on what transpired.

Drag Racing Picture of the Day: The Bishop and Buehl AA/Fuel Altered Blazes the Hides. Bob Plumer provides an example of what Fuel Altereds are SUPPOSED to look like!

April 23, 2002 - Drag Racing Story of the Day: Goodguys Nitro Nationals Final Results. John Drummond provides all the results as the premier nostalgia circuit christens the new Sears Point Raceway.

Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Charlie Castaldo's Fun City Flyer Plymouth Duster Pro Stock. Bob Fermier is up with a shot of the Mopar campaigner racing at Indy in the mid '70s.

April 22, 2002 - PhilZone: Tons of new stories! We've redone the PhilZone and added a half dozen new/old stories from Phil's American Drag News days.

Drag Racing Story of the Day: (1) IHRA Richmond Rained Out. Larry Sullivan tells us the details on the postponement. (2) How to Figure Out Margin of Victory in Feet and Inches. Well, IHRA Richmond was rained out, so here's a little drag racing math lesson instead.

Drag Racing Picture of the Day: The Jungle Jim Show: Funny Cars AND Fuelers. "Berserko" Bob Doerrer and Norman Blake team up to show how Ron Attebury joined the Jungle Jim team with a Top Fueler in 1976.

April 21, 2002 - Drag Racing Story of the Day: 2002 IHRA ACDelco Nationals Final Qualifying Results. Larry Sullivan provides final qualifying results and first round pairings from IHRA Richmond.

Drag Racing Picture of the Day: The Roach: Olds Powered VW Bug B/Fuel Altered. Bill Peters sent in this photo of one of the oddest -- and rarest -- combinations in drag racing history.

Drag Racing Movie of the Week: Victor Bray's Aussie Top Doorslammer. The dragmania.cjb.net gang captured the world's fastest doorslammer on a booming pass. Check out the awesome acceleration in the first 300 feet!

Draglist.com Southern Fuel Coupes: First 2002 Race at Ware Shoals Rained Out; On to Southern Dragway. The Draglist.com Southern Fuel Coupes funny car, altered, and pro mod gang headed to Ware Shoals Dragway on 4/13 to kick off the 2002 campaign. Unfortunately, the race was rained out. Check out the photos of SFC member cars, including Jerry Davis' Carolina Wildman, proudly displaying Draglist.com and Computer Magic Online colors!

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April 20, 2002 - Drag Racing Story of the Day: 2002 IHRA ACDelco Nationals Friday Qualifying Results. Larry Sullivan provides day one qualifying results from IHRA Dinwiddie.

Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Dave Wilson's Top Methanol Dragster is Europe's Quickest. Andy "Tog" Rogers caught Wilson's impressive alky burner at the Easter Thunderball event.

April 19, 2002 - Drag Racing Story of the Day: Photo Review: Fuel Funny Car Racer Ezra Boggs. Danny White got these awesome Ezra Boggs photos from the family and provides a little background on each of the shots.

Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Chris "The Greek" Karamesines is Wide Open. Troy Cagle sent in this shot of the Golden One getting it done back in the '60s.

April 18, 2002 - Drag Racing Story of the Day: Interview with the Pros: John Force. NHRA Communications got this interview with John Force, who discussed his thoughts about winning his 100th race.

Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Smokin' 'em Like the Old Days. Tom West sent in this great vintage fuel dragster burnout shot from the 1999 CHRR.

April 17, 2002 - Drag Racing Story of the Day: Hanging Out at the Ritz Drive-In. Gary Peters remembers the local hangout and all it entailed, namely cars and girls.

Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Bug Off! The VW New Beetle as a Blown Doorslammer. Tim Woods sent in a rendition of a supercharged bug reminiscent of the Durachrome Bug and its cousins.

Personal Best with Steve Klemetti: New driver, ET, and MPH updates from NHRA Las Vegas and IHRA Rockingham 2002. Steve has lots of new personal best numbers from The Strip and The Rock.

PhilZone: Las Vegas 2002: Gambling in the Desert. Phil Elliott wraps up SummitRacing.com Nationals coverage with a recap and analysis of Sunday's final rounds.

April 16, 2002 - Drag Racing Story of the Day: We're a little late with coverage due to our email problems over the weekend, but NHRA was kind enough to resend us the three big stories from Houston. Congrats to John Force on his 100th win!

	(1) Force Captures No. 100 While Bernstein, Edwards And Treble Celebrate Wins at O'Reilly Spring Nationals
	(2) 2002 O'Reilly Spring Nationals Sportsman Eliminations Results
	(3) How John Force Got to 100 Wins

Drag Racing Picture of the Day: John Force Gets 100 Wins. Do They Have to Rename the Statue? Rick Menges sent in this rendition of the NHRA's new award trophy, no longer to be named the "Wally."

April 15, 2002 - Drag Racing Story of the Day: Tommy Joe: A Different Roller Derby. Ralph "Gonzo" Crosby offers up another side-splitting Tommy Joe story, this one all the more hilarious because almost all of it is factual.

Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Dale Creasy vs. the Cassidy Bros. Funny Car Match Race. "Berserko" Bob Doerrer and Norman Blake bring us a common Englishtown Raceway Wednesday night event in the '70s -- a fuel funny car match race.

Mr. 392 Joins Draglist.com as Head Linkmeister. I'm really proud to announce that Tony "Ace" Butera, better known to drag racing mailing list members worldwide as "Mr. 392," has signed on as the Links Editor at draglist.com. Tony brings with him the experience gained in searching for and uploading links to the 480 (yes, you read right -- 480) mailing lists to which he subscribes. At 10,000 links in 50 categories and counting, draglist.com has perhaps the largest drag racing links pages in the world. Tony already has begun expanding the pages to include as many more of the Internet's drag racing and automotive pages as possible. Welcome aboard, Tony! Help Tony by filling out the following form to submit your favorite racing or automotive website to Draglist.com:

http://linksmanager.com/draglist/add_link.html.

eDrags.com Updated: We've done a little cosmetic surgery to our sister site to make it easier to use. What? You don't have eDrags.com set as your Home Page yet? Check it out and see if it won't make the perfect place to start your daily drag race surfing.

Hemi Hunter: It is ALIVE! The Hemi Hunter has left S&W Race Cars as it gets ready for its return.

April 14, 2002 - Drag Racing Story of the Day: Let's Fix Drag Racing with a Variable Tree. Wally Knoch of "Walt's Puffer" fame has an idea for making the driver a bigger factor in the outcome of drag races.

Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Jerry Davis' Carolina Wildman Southern Fuel Coupe. Bob Gettys got this shot of the first Southern Fuel Coupe to show off new series sponsors Draglist.com and Computer Magic Online.

Drag Racing Movie of the Week: The Fastest Volkswagens in the World. Ocean Street Video offers this seven minute video of three bad hombres. Are you ready for six second VW powered diggers and a 7.20 second, 182 mph VW doorslammer?

April 13, 2002 - Drag Racing Story of the Day: Run What You Brung Nationals to Provide True Heads Up Drag Racing. Doug Dornbos has had lots of good ideas about how to improve drag racing, but this time he's putting his money where his mouth is by promoting a heads up race for ALL categories of drag racing vehicles.

Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Dale Boomgaarden in the Mallicoat Bros. AA/Gas Plymouth Barracuda. Tim Pratt grabbed this shot of the legendary gasser team at the 2001 CHRR.

April 12, 2002 - PhilZone: NHRA Las Vegas. Phil Elliott with notes, photos, and observations from the SummitRacing.com Nationals:

	Larry "Elvis" Dixon Has Left the Building. Phil caught the Vegas winner doing his best Presley impersonation in the winner's circle
	Vegas Observations: Saturday Qualifying in the Heat. Phil reports on how the pro teams navigated hot weather and a hot track surface at Las Vegas
	2002 Las Vegas: Friday Qualifying. Phil's coverage of Friday qualifying at The Strip, complete with photos. Check out the new paint for Todd Paton and Whit Bazemore
	Friday Morning from NHRA Las Vegas. Phil provides coverage of early day one action at The Strip

Drag Racing Story of the Day: Moroso Sport Compact Spring Nationals Final Results. Angela Wall provides full race and show results from the big sport compact event at Moroso this past weekend.

Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Norwegian Batmobile May Be the Coolest One of All. Holy Burnout, Batman! Hans Karlsson sent over this great shot of the candy orange Batman Pro Mod '37 Chevy!

April 11, 2002 - Drag Racing Story of the Day: The Chicken Choker Chronicles: Get Well, Tim Slagle! Len Cottrell brings us up to date on the efforts of the popular Division 1 Top Alcohol team and on the recovery of driver Tim Slagle, who is in the hospital with health problems. Take a moment to drop Tim a note to say hello.

Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Bill Hosford's Warped Speed Jet Funny Car Flame Show. Sheryl Ogonoski sent down these shots of Hosford setting the night on fire up in Edmonton.

April 10, 2002 - Drag Racing Story of the Day: Why and How We Did Things in the Stone Age. Gary Peters takes us step by step through building an A/Gas Dragster, circa 1962.

Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Neil Diggins' British Funny Bike at the Cannonball. Sharkman captured Diggins' wicked motorcycle as it left the line at Santa Pod.

April 09, 2002 - Drag Racing Story of the Day: NHRA Las Vegas Sportsman Results. NHRA Communications provides final results for all the Sportsman racers at the SummitRacing.com Nationals.

Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Larry "Elvis" Dixon Has Left the Building. Phil Elliott caught the Vegas winner doing his best Presley impersonation in the winner's circle.

Aril 08, 2002 - PhilZone: Phil Elliott has been busy this past few weeks and here are the results:

	2002 Gatornationals Photo Review. Phil got several great shots at Gainesville
	Potential Jim Dunn Funny Car Driver Replacements. Phil makes his own list and cites the reason for each choice
	April Fools Follies. Phil welcomes April with some late breaking news and thoughts on the drag racing season so far
	The 2002 Gatornationals. Phil offers notes and reflections from Qualifying and Da Race at Gainesville

Drag Racing Story of the Day: Dixon, Densham, Krisher Claim Victories at NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals. NHRA Communications provides final results and points standings after Las Vegas.

Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Jake Crimmins' Mustang II Fuel Funny Car. Berserko Bob Doerrer and Dave Milcarek team up to showcase one of the major players in Northeast funny car match racing.

Southern Fuel Coupes! Draglist.com Signs as Title Rights Sponsor of Southern Fuel Coupes for 2002. We have joined Bob Gettys of Computer Magic Online in promoting Jerry Davis' Southern Fuel Coupes circuit for 2002. Look for hot southern fried funny car, altered, and pro mod action to grace the pages of Draglist.com soon!

April 07, 2002 - Drag Racing Story of the Day: Force, Dixon, Krisher Top Qualifiers for NHRA SummitRacing.Com Nationals. NHRA Communications provides final pro qualifying and first round pairings from Las Vegas.

Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Bill Pratt Goes Nostalgia Super Stock Racing! Hey, there are two Bill Pratts in drag racing, one a wanna-be racer (yours truly) and the other a Super Stock Ford racer! Robert Briggs caught up with the racer at Bakersfield.

Drag Racing Movie of the Week: Bill Golden's Little Red Wagon Wheelstander. Lee Ecker created this panoramic "movie" by pulling together a series of photos of the Little Red Wagon heading down the strip in 2000.

April 06, 2002 - Drag Racing Story of the Day: Dixon, Force and Krisher Lead Friday Qualifying at NHRA SummitRacing.Com Nationals. NHRA Communications provides day one pro qualifying results from Las Vegas.

Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Tony Schumacher Tests New Michelin Air Suit. Rick Menges entertains us with another great cartoon.

April 05, 2002 - Drag Racing Story of the Day: Gatornationals Photo Review, Too. Greg Gage sent in these great shots from Gainesville. 

Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Don Prudhomme Racing: The Snake Cars Face Off. Greg Gage got this shot of the two Skoal Camaros racing each other at the Gators -- a scene the Snake only wants to see in the final.

April 04, 2002 - Drag Racing Story of the Day: Steve Reyes: Through the Lens of a Natural. Brian Wood wrote this terrific article covering the career of legendary photographer Steve Reyes. Includes several amazing Reyes photos.

Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Cesar Degreas' Twin Turbo Brazilian Bomber! Fabio Felix "Pascoal" checks in from Brazil with some shots of an awesome machine unlike any you've seen.

April 03, 2002 - Drag Racing Story of the Day: Viva Las Vegas! NHRA Communications came through with four stories to get you ready for the big SummitRacing.com Nationals at The Strip this weekend:

	Cannon Eyes First Career Victory at NHRA SummitRacing.Com Nationals
	Worsham Set for Fight to the Finish in Tough Funny Car Category at Las Vegas
	Troxel's Persistence Pays Off With Top Fuel Ride In Las Vegas
	NHRA Las Vegas Notes, Quotes, and Facts

Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Urs Erbacher's Fat Attack Top Methanol Funny Car. Lorenz Tschumi sent in this Tog photo of one of Europe's best alcohol racers.

April 02, 2002 - Draglist.com is on Cable, Baby! We are all set up with our Comcast Digital Cable Internet and it ROCKS! As the saying goes, "I never knew it could be like this." Took a bit to get running, but what combination doesn't need to be flogged a bit before the numbers start coming around? Believe me, this will help us immensely in bringing you Draglist.com.

Drag Racing Story of the Day: Time to Work the Bugs Out: Top Fuel Technology vs. A Hornet's Nest. Gary Peters tells what happens when he decided to use "racer's ingenuity" to take out some hornets in his back yard.

Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Dan Horan's Top Fueler on Fire at Tulsa '73. Steve Reyes caught Dan's inferno at the National Challenge event in 1973.

April 01, 2002 - Drag Racing Story of the Day: The Rocketman Checks In: One of a Kind List of Rocket Cars. Ky Michaelson has been behind most of the rocket cars in drag racing history. Here are his thoughts on some of the cars and an unreal list of all the rocket motors he has built for racing.

Drag Racing Picture of the Day: Jim Adolph and the Shady Glenn Fuel Funny Car. Berserko Bob Doerrer and Norman Blake team up to showcase one of the best looking funnies of the '70s.

Draglist.com Network Under Construction. We have been down from 3/30 through today because we are upgrading our internet access and network from the Starband Satellite system to a speedy new cable modem. You know my luck with these things... what looked like a two or three hour deal actually turned out to be a 24-72 HOUR process. [Note to Comcast Digital Cable -- you need a LOT of work on your customer setup communications!] At least everyone I've talked to at Comcast has be pleasant, if not completely informed. 

To keep going, today I cobbled together a system that allows me access via a 26.4K modem. I can transfer files over our network the old fashioned way -- by DISKETTE! Look for updates in a few hours. Sorry for the delay, but "Bleeding Edge Bill" strikes again! This new deal WILL pay off as soon as it's running. With the volume of data I move on the internet, I was wasting at least an hour a day WAITING for the Starband system to pass the data. Now I can use that hour to add more content or to SLEEP, which will benefit us both in the long run! <g> Talk to you soon. bp

Personal Best with Steve Klemetti: New driver, ET, and MPH updates from NHRA Gainesville 2002. Steve has the numbers from Florida plus some nuggets from the '70s.