JANUARY | |
| 01/04/1959 | First
dragster over 160: Cyr & Hopper, 161.71 mph |
| 01/14/1931 | Don
Garlits is born |
| 01/27/1913 | Wally
Parks is born |
| 01/28/1962 | Lions
Drag Strip lifts ban on nitromethane |
| 01/31/1972 | Last
front-engine dragster win: Steve Carbone, AHRA Winternationals |
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FEBRUARY | |
| 02/01/1964 | Two
hundred gas and fuel dragsters turn out for first UDRA meet at Lions |
| 02/03/1953 | First
9-second run (9.40) by Art Chrisman at Santa Ana California |
| 02/05/1960 | First
8-second run (8.95) on gas by Tommy Ivo in twin Buick |
| 02/07/1960 | First
Winternationals, Daytona, Florida |
| 02/07/1971 | Don
Garlits wins NHRA Winternationals in rear-engine dragster (7.03 seconds at 214.79
mph) |
| 02/12/1956 | Ernie
Hashim sets world speed record of 153.91 mph at Bakersfield, California |
| 02/12/1960 | NHRA
National Dragster magazine begins publication |
| 02/14/1964 | Jeep
Hampshire runs first NHRA 7-second run (7.97) at Pomona, California |
| 02/15/1959 | Art
Chrisman runs 181.8 mph at Riverside, California |
| 02/17/1961 | First
over 170 mph: Dode Martin, 174.9 mph, Pomona, California |
| 02/24/1963 | Art
Malone beats Tommy Ivo at San Gabriel for No. 1 spot on Drag News Top 10 |
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MARCH | |
| 03/02/1968 | Last
PDA meet at Orange County International Raceway, 64 fuel dragsters turn out |
| 03/04/1955 | First
Drag News hits the stands |
| 03/05/1959 | First
Smokers U.S. Fuel & Gas Championship Drag Races, Bakersfield, California |
| 03/06/1965 | First
64-car Top Fuel field at Smokers meet |
| 03/06/1936 | Eddie
Hill is born |
| 03/08/1970 | Don
Garlits loses half of his right foot in starting line explosion at Lions |
| 03/10/1963 | First
side-by-side 7-second run, Don Prudhomme vs. Tommy Ivo at San Gabriel |
| 03/13/1951 | NHRA
formed |
| 03/14/1984 | Grand
opening of Don Garlits Museum of Drag Racing |
| 03/20/1992 | First
over 300: Kenny Bernstein , 301.7 mph at Gainesville, Florida |
| 03/29/1964 | John
Bradley runs 171.08 mph in flathead dragster, Colton, California |
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APRIL | |
| 04/01/1957 | Nitromethane
fuel ban at NHRA sanctioned strips |
| 04/11/1953 | First
official NHRA sanctioned race, Pomona, California |
| 04/16/1971 | First
IHRA meet at Rockingham, North Carolina |
| 04/18/1936 | Tommy
Ivo is born |
| 04/07/2002 | John
Force wins his 100th race |
| 04/02/1966 | First
over 210: Tommy Allen, 212.76 mph, Carlsbad, California |
| 04/04/1998 | NHRA
Museum opens |
| 04/06/1941 | Don
Prudhomme is born |
| 04/09/1988 | First
IHRA 4-second (4.99) run by Eddie Hill at Ennis, Texas |
| 04/09/1988 | Connie
Kalitta wins inaugural Winston Invitational, 5.19 seconds at 276.0 mph |
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MAY | |
| 05/05/1977 | Shirley
Muldowney is second Top Fuel driver to top 250 mph (255.52 at Orange County International
Raceway) |
| 05/07/1967 | First
dragster to run in sixes: Don Johnson, 6.97 seconds at Carlsbad, California |
| 05/07/1967 | First
over 220: John Edmunds, 226.12 mph, Carlsbad, California |
| 05/08/1972 | Don
Garlits, in Swamp Rat 16, is Top Eliminator AHRA Nationals, 6.33 seconds at 229.59
mph |
| 05/16/1964 | First
dragster to run in sevens: Bobby Vodnick, 7.96 seconds, Bayview,Maryland |
| 05/21/1960 | Don
Garlits top of Drag News Top 10 list |
| 05/23/1955 | "Bustle
Bomb" twin-engine dragster debuts |
| 05/29/1961 | First
dragster to run in eights: Jack Chrisman, 8.97 seconds, Emporia,Virginia |
| 05/29/1982 | First
Funny Car to run 250 mph: Don Prudhomme, Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
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JUNE | |
| 06/02/1985 | Don
Prudhomme runs 266.27 mph, in a Funny Car, at IHRA Spring Nationals in Bristol,
Tennessee |
| 06/04/1965 | First
NHRA Spring Nationals, Bristol, Tennesee |
| 06/10/1954 | First
NHRA Safety Safari hits the road |
| 06/10/1962 | Jim
Nelson sets AA Dragster record (8.67 seconds) at Pomona, California, in Dragmaster
Dart |
| 06/12/1964 | First
Annual Hot Rod magazine Championship Drags, Riverside, California |
| 06/13/1944 | Joe
Amato is born |
| 06/15/1961 | Tommy
Ivo's four-engine Buick dragster debuts |
| 06/17/1962 | Don
Prudhomme starts winning streak (236-7)in Greer-Black-Prudhomme dragster at Pomona,
California, 8.73 seconds at 179.63 mph |
| 06/21/1959 | California's
Santa Ana drag strip closes |
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JULY | |
| 07/01/1975 | First
IHRA 5-second run, Don Garlits (5.89) |
| 07/02/1950 | First
drag races at Santa Ana Drag Strip in California |
| 07/04/1960 | First
Big Six Divisional Championship Drags |
| 07/11/1982 | Don
Garlits first in AHRA to go 260 mph in Merriville, Indiana |
| 07/12/1964 | Don
Garlits runs 200.44 mph at Detroit dragway (unofficial) |
| 07/13/1968 | Don
Garlits first to run 240 mph in Alton, Illinois |
| 07/15/1957 | First
Professional Dragster Association (PDA) meet, Lions Drag Strip , Long Beach, California |
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AUGUST | |
| 08/01/1964 | First
over 200: Don Garlits in Swamp Rat VI , 201.34 mph, Great Meadows, New Jersey |
| 08/05/1967 | Orange
County International Raceway in Irvine, California, opens |
| 08/20/1955 | First
over 150: Lloyd Scott, 151.07 mph, Lawrenceville, Illinois |
| 08/22/1949 | First
Bonneville Speed Trials |
| 08/31/1956 | First
AHRA National Championship Drag Races, Great Bend, Kansas |
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SEPTEMBER | |
| 09/02/1967 | First
side-by-side six-second race McEwen vs. Dabler at Indy (McEwen won) |
| 09/04/1960 | Don
Prudhomme wins first Top Eliminator title at San Fernando (Defeating Tony Nancy) |
| 09/06/1944 | Kenny
Bernstein is born |
| 09/10/1962 | First
over 180: Connie Kalitta, 180.36 mph, Indianapolis, Indiana |
| 09/10/1970 | First
Funny Car in sixes: Leroy Goldstein, 6.92 seconds, Indianapolis Motor Speedway |
| 09/12/1964 | First
Snake vs. Mongoose match race (Mongoose McEwen won) |
| 09/21/1963 | First
over 190: Don Garlits, 190.26 mph, East Haddam, Connecticut |
| 09/25/1960 | Buddy
Garner crowned First World Champion of Drag Racing |
| 09/27/1958 | Tommy
Ivo runs 159.01 mph in gas dragster at Lions |
| 09/28/? | Mike
Dunn is born |
| 09/29/1955 | First
NHRA National Championship drags held in Great Bend, Kansas |
| 09/30/1984 | Last
AHRA race held in Eunice, Louisiana |
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OCTOBER | |
| 10/02/1993 | Chuck
Etchels takes funny Car run in fours (4.98 seconds) in Topeka, Kansas |
| 10/06/1988 | Gene
Snow makes first four-second run (4.99) in Houston, Texas |
| 10/11/1975 | Don
Garlits makes first 250 mph run (250.69) in Swamp Rat 22 in Ontario, Canada |
| 10/22/1972 | Tommy
Ivo runs 5.97 seconds at New Alexandria, Pennsylvania |
| 10/23/1966 | Larry
Dixon is born |
| 10/27/1962 | Tommy
Ivo runs 7.99 seconds at San Gabriel |
| 10/30/1965 | First
NHRA World Finals held in Tulsa, Oklahoma |
| 10/30/1983 | Shirley
Muldowney wins NHRA World Finals for third time |
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NOVEMBER | |
| 11/04/1961 | Chris
Karamesines beats Don Garlits for Drag News No. 1 spot |
| 11/10/1957 | Don
Garlits runs 8.79 seconds at 176.4 mph in Swamp Rat I |
| 11/12/1959 | Tommy
Ivo debuts twin-engine Buick dragster |
| 11/28/1928 | Chris
Karamesines is born |
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DECEMBER | |
| 12/02/1972 | Last
race at Lions Drag Strip |
| 12/03/1950 | Nicholson
brothers run 120 mph at Santa Ana, California |
| 12/14/1958 | First
dragster over 180 mph, Don Garlits at Brookville, Florida |
| 12/17/1961 | Speed
Sport Roadster runs 184.42 mph at San Gabriel, California |
| 12/18/1955 | Jim"Jazzy"Nelson
sets World ET record at San Fernando, California (9.10 seconds at 132.59 mph) |
| 12/30/1967 | Mike
Sorokin dies at Orange County International Raceway |
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