Sheltons Dirt Drags in Stanford, KY was the place to be the weekend of September 18-20 for the annual running Bluegrass Nationals. This year had a different feel to it because it wasn’t a PSDA sanctioned event like prior years. However, this event still grabbed the attention of racers from […]
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Iceland claims the AA/Dragster Speed Record
The Icelandic team of Valur Vífilsson (driver) and Harry Hólmgeirsson (owner) have taken their Procharged 516ci BBC dragster to new heights over the past couple of years. The duo just lowered the Iceland national record to an amazing 3.044 ET this past weekend at the annual Sandspyrna event. Check out […]
The Gambler
Life’s a gamble…so are vintage fuel sand funny cars.“The Gambler AA/FC”Photo: Kelly Mahoney Las Vegas, 1979.
Cor-VW?
Dave Cook’s Appletree Automotive sponsored VW Corvette. Any old cars you wish you never got rid of?
Old and New Records
Teddy Clark took his daily down the sand strip in Mears, Michigan at West Michigan Sand Dragway to lay down the benchmark for (PS/D) Pure Street Diesel with a 6.413 ET. Teddy’s ride is a 2005 Dodge Ram Dually with a 5.9 Cummins, S&B cold air intake, FASS lift pump, […]
Gravel-Rona 2020
On what would have been the 50th running of the biggest four-wheel drive happening in the United States of America, Gravelrama 50, Gravel-Rona has taken its place just for this year due to said event being postponed to August 2021. Instead of the usual 5 day, all heads up class […]
Drivers Meeting in the Afterlife
Today we celebrate Bucky Ray who recently passed away at the end of August. He is pictured here at the 2019 United Sand Association Reunion with his wife Sheila. Bucky ran the USA sand drags in Glen Helen, CA from 1984-1997 and hosted some of the best sand drag racing […]
New World Records Set At Cleves, OH
Two new world records were set at what would have been a truly historic race at the Gravelrama facility. Covid-19 cancelled the 50th running of Gravelrama which would have been one of the largest events in recent years. Instead what has been dubbed Gravel-Rona gave way to a few newly […]
Ontario Speedway
A bunch of old diggers.Ontario SpeedwayCarey Stanley, Al Westphalt, Hank Eckardt, and Howard Tounget
Frank O
Frank O at Gravelrama early 90s.Photo: Darryl Trafford