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On Aug. 29, a guy named Jim Dunn won the Modified Coupe class at Santa Ana (in Southern California) running a speed of 91.74. Yep, it's that Jim Dunn. ... No, there's no Indy report here. Why? There was no Indy, and no Nationals on Labor Day. The original NHRA Nationals was run Sept. 29-Oct. 1 in Great Bend, Kansas and was rained out. The runoff was completed at Perryville, Arizona on Nov. 19-20. You knew that already? Well, you should've. God, I must've written about the first Nationals 50 times for National DRAGSTER during my flack-filled existence there. 35 Years Ago… How about those 1965 AHRA World Championships at Lions Dragstrip on Sept. 4-5? Now, you might've forgot about this major Top Fuel happening, which was the first time AHRA qualified 32 cars. Paul "the Kid" Sutherland pushed Jim Brissette's dragster past Tommy Dyer in Leonard Van Luven's entry in the final. John Mitchell, who owns Indy Qualifier Dave Grubnic's "Montana Express," was one of the final four drivers in the show with the Terry Gall and Duane Trotter entry. Oh, and Don Prudhomme beat Tommy Ivo for the Top Fuel honors at Indy. 25 Years Ago…
15 Years Ago… Ten years later, the Schlitz/"Blue Max" won again at Indy, but not with Raymond Beadle driving. Beadle took the owner's chair, while driver Lil' John Lombardo went past Dale Pulde in his and Mike Hamby's Buick Somerset Regal in the final ... Darrell Gwynn, who debuted his new New York Yankees fueler at this year's Indy (didn't race it, just showed it) made his first U.S. Nationals final, losing to "Big Daddy" Don Garlits. 5 Years Ago… Emulating (in a fashion) Beadle's history of 10 years ago, Don Prudhomme became an Indy winner as an owner. Prudhomme, who retired from driving at the end of 1994, watched his protege, Larry Dixon Jr., knock off Bob Vandergriff Jr. in the Top Fuel finale ... Michael Bartone won Alcohol Dragster in an extremely rare fashion. He was not qualified for the show, but got in as first alternate and racked up the victory. Michael's brother, Tony, of course, is a former Federal-Mogul Alcohol Funny Car world champ. 15 minutes ago… With the announcement of New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner as an active player in Top Fuel drag racing, a number of other teams are considering jumping in. The defending World Series champs may be joined by America's worst team, the Philadelphia Phillies, who will be allowed a pro sponsorship as soon as they post a $10,000 pre-agreement bond towards anticipated oildowns.
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