Laced with the lore of legends, the 50th NHRA Gatornationals added more memorabilia to its scrapbook this past weekend.

On hand at the Amalie Oil-sponsored Florida classic were eight selected drag-racing pioneers who took nostalgic but competitive runs down the Gainesville Raceway in Toyota Camrys.

The event was a peek at the future, too, with Top Fuel rookie Jordan Vandergriff challenging eventual runner-up Clay Millican for a spot in the semifinal round and challenging fellow-23-year-old class newcomer Austin Prock to a T-shirt sales battle. (The loser has to wear the winner’s promotional T-shirt at next month’s Houston race.) Megan Meyer, 24, earned the Top Alcohol Dragster victory and set low elapsed time and top speed of the meet. The Top Alcohol Funny Car trophy went to still-youthful-at- age-37 Sean Bellemeur, on the 10th anniversary of his mother Nancy’s passing.

Round by round results from the Good Vibrations March Meet in Bakersfield, Ca.

There will be a new Outlaw Pro Mod champion at the tenth running of the Street Car Super Nationals Presented by Chris Alston’s Chassisworks.

During the second round of qualifying for the Pacific Street Car Association event at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, the JEGS-sponsored Corvette of two-time defending champion Troy Coughlin suffered serious body damage as a result of a serious malfunction near the finish line. The destruction to the front end of the car was enough to force the team to withdraw its entry.