The video will take you back to an era when the top name professional drag racers will able to compete in both sanctioning bodies. Cameo appearances include the late Scott Kalitta, Kenny Bernstein, Darrell Alderman and Roy Hill just to name a few.

A rainy Saturday afternoon of YouTube searching netted us this two-part gem apparently aired on ABC's Wide World of Sports. In the early years of the their broadcasts, the NHRA used this medium as a means of gaining television coverage for its annual Winternationals and in some seasons, the U.S. Nationals.

A rainy Saturday afternoon of YouTube searching netted us this two-part gem apparently aired on ABC's Wide World of Sports. In the early years of the their broadcasts, the NHRA used this medium as a means of gaining television coverage for its annual Winternationals and in some seasons, the U.S. Nationals.

One of the birthplaces of Pro Modified, Shuffletown Dragway in Charlotte, NC, was a training ground for many of the class' pioneers with their Sunday afternoon Quick Eight competitions. On any given Sunday in the late 1980s, you could see Charles Carpenter, Tommy Mauney, Scotty Cannon, Ed Hoover and Blake Wiggins just to name a few.

One of the birthplaces of Pro Modified, Shuffletown Dragway in Charlotte, NC, was a training ground for many of the class' pioneers with their Sunday afternoon Quick Eight competitions. On any given Sunday in the late 1980s, you could see Charles Carpenter, Tommy Mauney, Scotty Cannon, Ed Hoover and Blake Wiggins just to name a few.

NHRA Funny Car racer Ashley Force Hood and her Castrol GTX Ford Mustang team are featured in the new music video by rising country star Krista Marie for her next hit single “Tomboy.” The video footage was shot at zMax Dragway before the NHRA Carolinas Nationals this year. In addition to the pit footage, race footage from Ashley Force Hood’s historic win at the Mac Tools U.S. Nationals is also included in the video.

We came across this YouTube gem featuring the first round of Top Sportsman Quick Eight action at the IHRA Gateway Nationals in St. Louis. Scotty Cannon won the competition and became the first and only driver in the pre-Pro Modified era to win the Saturday night Quick Eight and Sunday's Quick 32 bracket race. 

We came across this YouTube gem featuring the first round of Top Sportsman Quick Eight action at the IHRA Gateway Nationals in St. Louis. Scotty Cannon won the competition and became the first and only driver in the pre-Pro Modified era to win the Saturday night Quick Eight and Sunday's Quick 32 bracket race. 

The IHRA sanctioned their first and last drag race in Charlotte
during the 1974. While this video, originally broadcast on Speedvision,
which is now Speed TV, showed good footage from the event, the horrific
deaths of three people on Saturday of the event was not mentioned. The
event was the first eighth-mile sanctioned national event on record and
was contested on the pit road at what is now Lowe's Motor Speedway.

The IHRA sanctioned their first and last drag race in Charlotte
during the 1974. While this video, originally broadcast on Speedvision,
which is now Speed TV, showed good footage from the event, the horrific
deaths of three people on Saturday of the event was not mentioned. The
event was the first eighth-mile sanctioned national event on record and
was contested on the pit road at what is now Lowe's Motor Speedway.