The Discovery Channel has Shark Week.

At CompetitionPlus.com, we bring you the Great White of drag racing.

Unlike the vicious killer which swims the ocean, Indy is cherished, not feared.
 
 Indy, the most commonly used name for the U.S. Nationals in Indianapolis, is drag racing’s Mecca, the Promised Land for drag racing hopes and dreams.

Win Indianapolis and you might as well win the world championship. Yes, it’s that prestigious.
 
For the next seven days, we will bring you a blast from the past each day from this prestigious event.

It’s ingenuity in action.

At least that is how the producers of this documentary described the 1958 NHRA U.S. Nationals.

This video, from Hot Rod Magazine, features more on the nomadic lifestyle of racers and their insatiable love for the quarter-mile sport. The video is a pleasant trip to the past when hot rodding was exactly as its name describes – hot rodding.

The story focuses on a team as the travel from the west coast to Detroit Dragway.

This video shows us 27 minutes of what drag racing used to be, before the Vietnam War and long before the most hallowed drag race had corporate sponsorship.