Nationals With Prudhomme & Leong (1 Viewer)

[Cliff]

Saluting U.S. Nationals history: Prudhomme, Leong, and the spirit of '65

The 65th Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals is just round the corner and the number 65 itself is a great piece of event history. In 1965, Winternationals winners Don Prudhomme and car owner Roland Leong became the first to win two NHRA national events in a season when they won at Indy after a...

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Great article by Phil Burgess

 

[sammi]

Terrific job Phil.

 

[Bullard Anderson]

Mad props!

 

[SundayNiagara]

Just one of many reasons drag racing was so great back then.

 

[Nick Name]

That was great. Do they still do a paper version of ND?

 

[SundayNiagara]

That was great. Do they still do a paper version of ND?

I think it's bi-weekly now.

 

[TopFuel@Lions]

Yes they still do ND, have been a subscriber since year 1, I like it very much. Kind of a bummer that the me now, social media, stare at your phone folks do not appreciate or support weekly or bi-weekly racing papers. Besides ND, I get Area Auto Racing News as well. Guess I am just an old geezer.


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[Cliff]

When National Dragster first started, around 1960??, they published the paper in a small building in Glendale, Calif. That was my home town. I remember going there as a kid & one of the guys (maybe Dick Wells) showed me some B/W drag photos. Was in hawg heaven. heh I don't think anyone at Dragster remembers that building now.

 

[SundayNiagara]

When National Dragster first started, around 1960??, they published the paper in a small building in Glendale, Calif. That was my home town. I remember going there as a kid & one of the guys (maybe Dick Wells) showed me some B/W drag photos. Was in hawg heaven. heh I don't think anyone at Dragster remembers that building now.

All the good ones are long gone.

 

[robinjackson]

Roland has just spent this past weekend at Santa Pod's Dragstalgia historic race, tuning Tony Betts' nostalgia FC. Flying home today -- probably landing about now, as I write.
The car broke the transmission, which disappointed all concerned, not least Roland himself, but he signed a pile of hero cards to make up for it.

 

[Cliff]

Interesting to me how nostalgia racing has caught on in Europe & Australia. Sometimes they put on a better show than the Pros.