Step into our time machine and travel back to 1985 for the ADRA Spring Nationals at the legendary Tulsa Raceway Park in Oklahoma.
Catch the Top Fuel eliminations at the former American Hot Rod Association series as you will see the legends such as "Big Daddy" Don Garlits, Chris "The Golden Greek" Karamesines and Frank "The Beard" Bradley battling it out.
This beautiful brand new 67 Mustang Pro Mod for Richard Freeman is the latest creation by the team at RJ Race Cars and Quarter-Max. Built with the same craftsmanship and quality as their reigning World Championship winning Pro Stock and Pro Modified cars will be ready for the race track soon.
In this latest episode of Storytellers at CompetitionPlus.tv, Louis Force, older brother of John Force tells the story of the day the brothers accidentally ran over a bicyclist while repossessing their race cars. What they didn't know at the time was just how much clout the victim had.
John Force didn’t need to lose two major sponsors to realize the pitfalls of drag racing sponsorships.
The 15-time champion had been down this path before.
When both Ford and Castrol announced they would be stepping away from the iconic drag racer at the end of the 2014 season, he immediately hired a marketing, social media and reality television dream team to chase what he coined as “Corporate America”.
Decades ago, Force didn’t have this option. He didn’t have the wherewithal to chase the corporate dollars.
We've unearthed a rare broadcast from Spokane ABC affiliate KXLY Channel 4 bringing the final results of the 1981 AHRA World Finals at Spokane International Raceway.
While it's only about 3 minutes long, the report covers the event winners from Top Fuel to thye unique Pro Stock category where big blocks and nitrous-injected small blocks did battle.
Relive the glory days with interviews featuring Jerry Ruth, Shirley Muldowney and Don "The Snake" Prudhomme.
Hard to believe it's been 40 years ago when this race took place at National Trail Raceway, just outside of Columbus, Ohio.
Then considered one of the majors in drag racing event, the annual pilgrimage to this NHRA Div. 3 stronghold always brought out the best in racers whether it was Shirley Muldowney winning her first event in 1976, or the multitude of Don Prudhomme versus Raymond Beadle. Then in Pro Stock there was the domination of Bob Glidden, until this driver named Lee Shepherd came along.
There's also the bad weather from time to time, and the absurd; case in point Billy Meyer's nitro-fueled game of chicken. Of course, there's the Tim Grose crash. Catch it all in this flashback to the good old days.
Travel back in time back to 1986, during the last IHRA season sponsored by Winston.
The Popular Hot Rodding Nationals had been a staple of drag racing for many years, and attended by many of the sport's leading touring professionals. In the past, it had been a major divisional event for the NHRA, but in this season U.S. 131, flying the IHRA sanction, was elevated to nationals event status.
Watch as you see IHRA drag racing's movers and shakers, Kenny Bernstein, Mark Oswald, Tom McEwen, Rickie Smith, Roy Hill, and Carol "Bunny" Burkett battle it out for supremacy in Michigan.
Catch all the excitement of the gear-jamming, wheels-up action from the 2020 season from the Southeast Gassers Association, drag racing's strictest period correct series.
This year marks the ninth season of the specialty series which takes racers and fans alike back to the good old days of 1967. This video focuses on the action from the Mooresville Dragway event, the second race of pandemic-delayed season.
The 1984 NHRA U.S. Nationals could have been confused with a Hollywood movie script.
"Big Daddy," the "Bounty Hunter," and the U.S. Nationals battled it out for the big daddy of all drag races.
Don Garlits, joining forces with Art Malone, another veteran racer and the operator of two dragstrips in Florida, came out to the big one at Indy and showed the youngsters how its done -- AGAIN. He won his sixth U.S. Nationals.
Significant winners included Jim Head (Funny Car) and Warren Johnson (Pro Stock).
Step into our time machine and travel back to 1985 for the ADRA Spring Nationals at the legendary Tulsa Raceway Park in Oklahoma.
We are proud to announce the latest member of our CompetitionPlusTV line-up - Monday Morning Racer.
John Force didn’t need to lose two major sponsors to realize the pitfalls of drag racing sponsorships.
We've unearthed a rare broadcast from Spokane ABC affiliate KXLY Channel 4 bringing the final results of the 1981 AHRA World Finals at Spokane International Raceway.
Hard to believe it's been 40 years ago when this race took place at National Trail Raceway, just outside of Columbus, Ohio.
Travel back in time back to 1986, during the last IHRA season sponsored by Winston.
Catch all the excitement of the gear-jamming, wheels-up action from the 2020 season from the Southeast Gassers Association, drag racing's strictest period correct series.
The 1984 NHRA U.S. Nationals could have been confused with a Hollywood movie script.
