If you're a fan of the classic drags, check out this 1971 footage we
found on YouTube.com from Broadway Bob Metzler's Great Lakes Dragway.
There are the heavy-hitters from back in the day including Don Garlits,
Tom McEwen, Tommy Ivo and Dick LaHaie just to name a few. 

Also, within this seven minute video, there's a great complilation of wheelstander drag races that includes one serious crash.

If you were not able
to attend the year-end Knoll Gas Nitro Jam championship celebration at the
Kalahari Resort in Sandusky, Ohio you can now see all the video that accompanied
the Saturday evening ceremony. Simply go to www.nitrojam.com, click on
the “Featured Video” link and enjoy season highlights and championship profiles
from the 2007 Knoll Gas Nitro Jam.

If you were not able
to attend the year-end Knoll Gas Nitro Jam championship celebration at the
Kalahari Resort in Sandusky, Ohio you can now see all the video that accompanied
the Saturday evening ceremony. Simply go to www.nitrojam.com, click on
the “Featured Video” link and enjoy season highlights and championship profiles
from the 2007 Knoll Gas Nitro Jam.

You watched the drama unfold all season long in the 2007 NHRA POWERade
Drag Racing Series and now you can relive the excitement of the
inaugural NHRA POWERade Countdown to the Championship captured on the
DVD: NHRA Countdown to the Championship 2007 Year in Review.

NHRA is releasing its first home video in many years and is now taking
pre-orders for NHRA Countdown to the Championship 2007 Year in Review,
which is scheduled for an early December 2007 release.  Fans interested
in pre-ordering NHRA Countdown to the Championship 2007 Year in Review
on DVD, can log on to www.nhradvd.com to reserve a copy today.   The
DVD is priced at $19.99 (USD) plus tax where applicable and shipping
costs.

Hosted by acclaimed NHRA announcer Bob Frey, the DVD contains
highlights of the 2007 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series season, with
bonus features honoring the legacies of NHRA founder Wally Parks and
popular Funny Car driver Eric Medlen, and more than 90 minutes of
extreme side-by-side racing action from all 23 events on the NHRA
POWERade Drag Racing Series circuit.   NHRA Countdown to the
Championship 2007 Year in Review promises to deliver a 300-mph rush of
excitement.

Beginning with the season opener in Pomona, Calif., NHRA Countdown to
the Championship 2007 Year in Review will take fans through the first
17 races of the season and follow the drama as teams compete to secure
positions in the Countdown to 8.  Fans then can watch NHRA’s first
playoff round unfold and relive the ups, downs, highs and lows as the
eight competitors remaining in each class battle intensely during the
next four races to earn a spot in the Countdown to 4.

You watched the drama unfold all season long in the 2007 NHRA POWERade
Drag Racing Series and now you can relive the excitement of the
inaugural NHRA POWERade Countdown to the Championship captured on the
DVD: NHRA Countdown to the Championship 2007 Year in Review.

NHRA is releasing its first home video in many years and is now taking
pre-orders for NHRA Countdown to the Championship 2007 Year in Review,
which is scheduled for an early December 2007 release.  Fans interested
in pre-ordering NHRA Countdown to the Championship 2007 Year in Review
on DVD, can log on to www.nhradvd.com to reserve a copy today.   The
DVD is priced at $19.99 (USD) plus tax where applicable and shipping
costs.

Hosted by acclaimed NHRA announcer Bob Frey, the DVD contains
highlights of the 2007 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series season, with
bonus features honoring the legacies of NHRA founder Wally Parks and
popular Funny Car driver Eric Medlen, and more than 90 minutes of
extreme side-by-side racing action from all 23 events on the NHRA
POWERade Drag Racing Series circuit.   NHRA Countdown to the
Championship 2007 Year in Review promises to deliver a 300-mph rush of
excitement.

Beginning with the season opener in Pomona, Calif., NHRA Countdown to
the Championship 2007 Year in Review will take fans through the first
17 races of the season and follow the drama as teams compete to secure
positions in the Countdown to 8.  Fans then can watch NHRA’s first
playoff round unfold and relive the ups, downs, highs and lows as the
eight competitors remaining in each class battle intensely during the
next four races to earn a spot in the Countdown to 4.

Drag racer turned Speed Channel analyst Johnny Rocca will be on camera
at Summer Thunder V in Purcellville VA this Saturday July 28 starting
at 3:00PM. Rockville, MD’s 3AM Studios, who are well acquainted with
filming automotive events, will be taping a TV quality DVD of this
years show.

Those of you familiar with some of the Speed Channel’s programming have
seen the shows that are filmed at car events all over the
country. Johnny will be the Summer Thunder’s Don Garlits, Dennis Gage
and Barry Meguiar all rolled into one. Johnny is an internationally
know racer and Gear Head of the 1st degree. Rest assured, if any one
can handle this task it's Johnny Rocca.

Drag racer turned Speed Channel analyst Johnny Rocca will be on camera
at Summer Thunder V in Purcellville VA this Saturday July 28 starting
at 3:00PM. Rockville, MD’s 3AM Studios, who are well acquainted with
filming automotive events, will be taping a TV quality DVD of this
years show.

Those of you familiar with some of the Speed Channel’s programming have
seen the shows that are filmed at car events all over the
country. Johnny will be the Summer Thunder’s Don Garlits, Dennis Gage
and Barry Meguiar all rolled into one. Johnny is an internationally
know racer and Gear Head of the 1st degree. Rest assured, if any one
can handle this task it's Johnny Rocca.

THE VIDEO

Don Garlits has experienced some wild rides
in his day but few like the one he took during the Southern Nostalgia Shootout
recently at South Georgia Motorsports Park. “Big Daddy” did a 180-degree spin in
a front engine dragster.

Garlits brought his Swamp Rat VIII recreation to put on
a show for the fans. He made a short blast on Saturday and another on Sunday,
and participated in the Cacklefest on Saturday night. He spent hours talking
with his fans and signing autographs.

The long awaited
release of an in-depth video documentary covering one of the sport’s more famous
racetracks will occur this weekend, when “LIONS – THE GREATEST DRAG STRIP” is
made available (on
DVD) during the NHRA Hot Rod Reunion in Bakersfield,
California (October 6-8).

Part One chronicles the first half of the
legendary Long Beach, California facility, from its inception with speed king,
Mickey Thompson, as first manager in 1955, through mid-1962, after lifting of
the infamous “fuel ban”
– and a return to nitro drag racing.

Nearly
two hours in length (1-HR., 55-MINS.), the documentary was created and produced
by Don Gillespie, a 30-plus year drag racing photojournalist who got his start
at the infamous quarter-mile facility.

The long awaited
release of an in-depth video documentary covering one of the sport’s more famous
racetracks will occur this weekend, when “LIONS – THE GREATEST DRAG STRIP” is
made available (on
DVD) during the NHRA Hot Rod Reunion in Bakersfield,
California (October 6-8).

Part One chronicles the first half of the
legendary Long Beach, California facility, from its inception with speed king,
Mickey Thompson, as first manager in 1955, through mid-1962, after lifting of
the infamous “fuel ban”
– and a return to nitro drag racing.

Nearly
two hours in length (1-HR., 55-MINS.), the documentary was created and produced
by Don Gillespie, a 30-plus year drag racing photojournalist who got his start
at the infamous quarter-mile facility.