NOSTALGIA NATIONALS COMES TO MID STATE DRAGWAY

Venerable Mid State Dragway in Havana, Illinois will host a Nostalgia Nationals this weekend. All entries are restricted to the pre-1972 “golden age” of drag racing.

One of the organizers of the event is Mike Coker of Westfield, IN, former resident of Havana, helped design Mid State Dragway in 1969 and raced his own dragsters there from 1970-72. He will return for the second year in a row to compete with his son Troy at the wheel of their new “Greenskeeper” front motored digger.

The Agent made many laps down the eighth-mile Central Illinois track in his youth, so he feels nostalgic enough about the old place to give it a free plug. For more information go to www.midstatedragway.com, or call Troy Coker at (317) 496-9056. (Photo courtesy Troy Coker) [9-28-2005]

TAD CHAMP ALAN BRADSHAW GETS TOP FUEL LICENSE

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Former NHRA Top Alcohol Dragster World Champion and Texas racer Alan Bradshaw recently completed his Top Fuel licensing laps in one of Virgil Hartman’s Top Fuel cars. He made laps of 4.65/316.75 and 4.77/307.98 mph to get his license. T/F drivers John Smith and Clay Millican signed his license. Bradshaw drove Kansas racer Randy Meyer’s injected-nitro A/Fuel Dragster to the 2003 Top Alcohol Dragster World Championship. Currently Bradshaw is without a Top Fuel team to drive for but like hundreds of other drivers with a Top Fuel ticket is searching for funding and a ride. (Photo courtesy Will Hanna) [9-28-2005]