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 Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2004 6:19 pm Post subject: NHRA |
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The National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) was borne from the post-WW2 meets at the Bonneville Salt Flats. Created in 1951, the NHRA organized the chaos that had been drag racing, by instituting safety rules and performance standards that legitimized the sport. With the first drag strip opening in 1950 at Santa Ana, CA, drag racing quickly gained popularity. The NHRA’s first race was held in 1953, and has grown to include 80,000 members, 140 member tracks, more than 35,000 licensed competitors, and more than 5,000 member-track events.
The first "dragsters" were little more than street cars with lightly warmed-over engines and bodies chopped down to reduce weight. Eventually, professional chassis builders constructed purpose-built cars, bending and welding together tubing and planting the engine in the traditional spot, just in front of the driver; the engines, and the fuels they burned, became more exotic, more powerful, and, naturally, more temperamental. Like almost all racing cars, they have undergone tremendous evolution as racers upgraded, experimented, theorized, and tested their equipment.
The NHRA today offers a 23 race national schedule that includes 3 national championships up for grab; Top Fuel Dragter, Funny Car, and Pro-Stock Car. In addition to these classes, 8 other classes are offered, generally in regional racing action. NHRA has announced their 2005 schedule sponsored by POWERade.
Feb. 10-13 45th annual
CARQUEST Auto Parts Winternationals
Pomona, Calif.
Feb. 25-27 21st annual
Checker Schuck’s Kragen NHRA Nationals
Phoenix
March 17-20 36th annual
Mac Tools NHRA Gatornationals
Gainesville, Fla.
April 8-10 18th annual
O’Reilly NHRA Spring Nationals
Houston
April 14-17 Sixth annual
NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals
Las Vegas
April 29-May 1 Fifth annual
O’Reilly NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals
Bristol, Tenn.
May 12-15 25th annual
Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals
Atlanta, Ga.
May 19-22 41st annual
Pontiac Excitement NHRA Nationals
Columbus, Ohio
May 26-29 17th annual
O’Reilly NHRA Summer Nationals
Topeka, Kan.
June 9-12 Eighth annual
CARQUEST Auto Parts NHRA Nationals
Chicago
June 16-19 36th annual
K&N Filters SuperNationals
Englishtown, N.J.
June 24-26 Ninth annual
Sears Craftsman NHRA Nationals
St. Louis
July 15-17 26th annual
Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals
Denver
July 22-24 18th annual
CARQUEST Auto Parts NHRA Nationals
Seattle
July 29 - 31 18th annual
FRAM-Autolite NHRA Nationals
Sonoma, Calif.
Aug. 11-14 24th annual
Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals
Brainerd, Minn.
Aug. 19-21 18th annual
O’Reilly NHRA Mid-South Nationals
Memphis, Tenn.
Aug. 31 – Sept. 5 51st annual
Mac Tools U.S. Nationals
Indianapolis
Sept. 15-18 21st annual
NHRA Nationals
Reading, Pa.
Sept. 22-25 20th annual
O’Reilly NHRA Fall Nationals
Dallas
Sept. 29 – Oct. 2 Fifth annual
Route 66 NHRA Nationals
Chicago
Oct. 20-23 Fifth annual
ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals
Las Vegas
Nov. 3-6 41st annual
Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals
Pomona, Calif.
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