[1] Today, nostalgia drag racing events are held in the United States from coast-to-coast run by organizations, groups, tracks along with the NHRA and IHRA.
Initially highly illegal, the first legal drag racing track was set up on an Orange County Airport runway in 1950 by C.J.
[6] 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 Foster in 1981 kicking things off with a match race between T V Tommy Ivo's Rislone jet dragster vs. the " California Kid" 34 ford from the movie of the same name starring Martin Sheen.
[8] The Cacklefest features push starts with flames shooting out of the zoomies and the smell of nitro in the air everywhere.