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Steve Reyes (born 1948) is an American photographer and storyteller from Oakland, California. [1] Reyes has been included in Don Garlits' International Drag Racing Hall of Fame (2002), [2] NHRA California Hot Rod Reunion Honorees (2009), [3] and the East Coast Drag Times Hall of Fame (2011).
Nostalgia drag racing started in California in 1981 when old racers started using their front-engine "slingshot" dragsters, funny cars and Super Stockers to race again at Fremont drag strip also known as Baylands raceway park where the N.D.R.A. "nostalgia drag racing association" was formed by Tom Prufer along with partners Brian Burnett & Ken ...
They've come a long way in the drag racing world since the early days when Wayne won driving the family's 1970 Ford station wagon, which was green with wood-grain panels and an unlikely race car.
Traditionally a Labor Day weekend event, the eliminations are usually held on Monday, but moved to Sunday in 2020 and 2021 because of logistics as a result of the coronavirus pandemic compacted the NHRA schedule and for live television purposes (the final round airs live on Fox), and is the longest-running Labor Day motorsports event in the ...
The national event is still held there today. Gil Kohn was the owner of Detroit Dragway. Gil Kohn and promoter Ben Christ came up with the radio commercial "Sunday! Sunday! Sunday!" . This ad is used to promote events to this day. The Summer Nationals of 1978 set the largest amount in prize money ever awarded at the track of $40,000. A typical ...
The last race at the speedway took place on December 13, 1992, due to the western expansion of new homes and complaints from neighbors. [2] A part of the subdivision of Pembroke Isles now occupies the site of the drag strip, which ran from the south by west to the north by east and roughly aligned with the current NW 167th Avenue.
Lions Drag Strip was an American raceway in the Wilmington district of Los Angeles, California, adjacent to Long Beach that existed from 1955 to 1972. The track was named after its sponsors Lions Clubs International and featured many races that were sanctioned by the American Hot Rod Association (AHRA).