Nostalgia Sites and Pages |
| The Acceleration Archive Alan Currans collection
of UK nostalgia photos with many superb images from the seventies and early
eighties. The site is rapidly expanding. Alan has too much spare time on
his hands!
Time Travel DVDs Currently boasting no less than 48 volumes of UK Drag Racing history on DVD! Compiled from old cine film, slides and photos these DVDs range from rare Dragfest footage to the mid eighties. Pretty much all of this stuff is unavailable anywhere else and makes for fascinating viewing. In addition to this Nick Pettit's site has Hot Rodding DVDs and photo galleries from Nick's own collection. U.K. Drag Racing Nostalgia Website Jon Spoards great site has hundreds of pix from the 60s through to the 80s. NitroGeezers "Preserving The Past and Protecting The Future Of Drag Racing" Top US Drag Racing Heritage site with countless articles and photos to peruse. You can loose yourself for hours in this one! Goodwood Festival Of Speed 2002 The Eurodragster report and pictures from this event featuring two Allard Dragsters and the Commuter David Kiplings Homepage NEW URL! David is an ex-pat-Brit living in Canada. His site contains some great pictures of Drag Racing machinery from the 1960s as well as some Stock Car shots from the same era. Gasser Madness An American site with info and pictures of classic Gassers. Fuel Dragsters We Did It For Love Takes a while to load but it's worth it! This U.S.nostalgia site, run by Nitro Slingshot driver Don Ewald, has loads of incredible pix of top fuelers with smoke and flames and crashes and wheelies and stuff!! And not a single rear engine among them! The site has undergone a major reconstruction since I first featured it on this page and now looks better than ever. Walkin' The Dog A fine tribute to the Houndog Racing Team with great photos and memories Malmsbury Jackdaw, Santa Pod Raceway. Interesting page with a nostalgic tale of David Forwards first trip to Santa Pod and how it changed his life. Includes a number of excellent photos. Santa Pod Photo Greats Two galleries of photos from SPR in the seventies (and one from the late 90s!). Well worth checking out. Kelvin Fagan Drag Photos. Just a list of photos here but well worth a look. All unique images taken by Kelvin during his time as crew member for Terry Revill. Allard Dragon Dragster A tribute to the UKs first dragster available in kit form 70s Funny Cars Superb nostalgia site concentrating on 1970s floppers Awful Awful Fuel Altereds AA/FA history site with over 500 photos of those wild machines in their heyday Rat Trap At Goodwood Short piece on the USAutomotive site about the famous altereds appearance in the UK in 2004 Fuel Altereds At Goodwood Follow up to the article above Race68.Com Svensk Dragracing nostalgia. Dane's Swedish nostalgia site. Some great photos. Chris Dawson Chris spent a number of years as a photographer at Santa Pod and captured some memorable shots. You can see some of them here.
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Nostalgia Racers |
| The Wild Bunch British nostalgia racing at its best.
The site includes results and pictures & profiles of members cars
Backdraft A car with a long history behind it. You have to love this guy. He does the nostalgia bit soo well! Nostalgia Fuel Altered Association Online home of the NFAA B+J Nostalgia Building nostalgia race cars and running a blown nitro slingshot. What a great way to live! Russ Carpenter Racing Remember the Glacier Grenade? It's been rebuilt and runs again. Site includes some great pictures of Russ and the car. The International Blown Alcohol Association 'Awesome burnouts, cool cars and the most original group of racers in North America' Supercharged Warriors Blown and injected show racers from the US Sammy Miller Article One & Sammy Miller Article Two A couple of nice articles from Drag Racing Online about the career of Slammin' Sammy. Written by Chris Martin. Des Taylor Des' company website has a very detailed account of his career in Drag Racing with some great photos Mick Bennett Racing. The online home of the Benett Brothers and their NFAA Topolino
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Contemporary Racers |
Showtime Racing UK The website of the UKs quickest nitro
funny car. All the latest news from the camp, previous race reports, results
and timing data + large photo gallery
Andy Carter The official website for the 2001 + 2004 FIA Top Fuel Champion Nobby Hills Racing The latest nitro burning venture of Nobby Hills Junior Drag Bikes Everything you could possibly want to know about the UKs Junior Drag Bike scene. Red Victor One Racing Progress reports on Andy Frosts Red Victor 2 project along with plenty of photos, history and news King Racing Ian Kings Top Fuel bike team + Pitlane Gossip The National Sprint Association UK motorcycle sprinting and drag racing The European Top Methanol Racers Association Very comprehensive site dedicated to the alky burners. All the latest news and results plus past results and points standings Dragbikes Of New Zealand Exactly what it says! All the info you could possibly want to know on the two-wheeled Kiwi racers
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Photos And Information |
| Eurodragster.com This site goes from strength to strength.
Absolutely the best place to start for the latest news on the European
scene
Togs Drag Racing Page A great photography based site with pix from the latest meetings at Santa Pod and Avon Park Bad Boys Imagin.com Bill Slys superb digital trackside photos. Includes an archive of nostalgic photos Dragsterworld.com Gary and Phil Cottinghams site features photos, interviews and some photos of days gone by along with a history section where you can vote for your favourite moments from the past four decades of British Drag Racing. Check out the forum to see what the fans are talking about The Drag Racing List Online Vast amounts of information here. Lists of the worlds quickest racers and loads of links. The best site of its kind. UK1320 Bang up to the minute results and pictures Sharkmans Top End Tales Great site with photos, free downloads unique race reports and now movies too Turboville.com Ian Turbovilles great site, dealing with motorcycle drag racing and including details of Ians paintings of motorcycle drag racing legends Drag Racing Underground Lots of great pictures plus details of some videos you can order online Northern Thunder A Top Alcohol Team From Canada with a great site. Well worth a look The European Drag Racing Database Great new site with tons of info and statistics on European drag racing past and present The European Top Methanol Racers Asociation Exactly what it says on the tin! Includes a Dennis Stone tribute page Fantasy Drag Racing Check out Chris' site for his fantasy drag racing league which also includes some photos and some great graphics Auto Imagery Inc. A great site with many photos, both modern & nostalgia, good set of links and drag racing jigsaws! Nitronic Research "Information For An Accelerated Culture" with links and letters and news and merchandise and more from a very different site. You could get lost in this one for a while! UK Drag Racing A great new site that provides information with a view to getting more people to attend drag racing meetings. Includes a history section, a selection of photos, details of the UK tracks and more. Well worth a visit. Oh, and the webmaster is my brother. Nice one Bill Drag Racing Down Under A central information point for Australian/New Zealand drag racing. Check out the report of NZs first drag meeting in 1966!
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Miscellaneous sites |
Power Race Graphics
The business and website of regular Trakbytes
contributor Darren West.
The Rooster Hilarious online Hot Rodding magazine that defies description. Looks great! T.S.I. Timers The guys who operate and look after the timing equipment at Santa Pod. Well worth a visit if you've ever wondered how it all works Mooneyes/Ratfink Homepage Links to all the International mooneyes sites. Check out the pics of the Mooneyes Dragster in Sweden. The Avon Park International Racers Association Homepage of the APIRA, features include Avon park records and a very active news page NEW URL Quick Times The official online magazine of the APIRA Don Garlits Museum of Drag Racing If you find yourself around Ocala, Florida, you gotta go there! Bikesters "An adventure in racing and technology" A developing story built around Fred Vosks two wheeled creations, check out the photos of the bikes, awesome! |
If you would like to see a link to your site here (Drag Racing only please), and are prepared to return the favour with a link to Trakbytes on your site, send me your details and I'll add your site to this page on the next update. ~Chris |
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