I found a neat website. Perhaps you've seen it. : )

[Larry M]

When I was a kid, back in the late 50's, Walt Knoch was one of my heroes.  He owned a Chrysler-powered '39 Fiat that I wouldn't have driven on a bet.  I watched in awe as he took out the Green Monster for Top Eliminator one Sunday at Detroit Dragway. He ran 9.75 and 144 mph, which I thought was absolutely great.  I doubt that they were running nitro in 1960. Below you'll see a run by a later car.  I was at the drags with friends and racing my mom's '54 Olds 88, then a 60 Chevy, and dad's '59 and '60 Cadillacs.  ; )  "Unhook the power steering." - Tom.  LOL


I found a website that is great for some 1/4-mile trivia, nostalgia, or whatever you can make of it.

The website is draglist.com


Here's an excerpt, in the order I chose.  To see the entire list, I guess you'd have to glance at the site and pick a category.  I went for the Fuel Altereds.
                                           

                                             The Drag Racing List
                                       All-Time Quickest Fuel Altereds
                                               www.draglist.com

RANK     ET    MPH DRIVER                     ENTRY                     ENG     MODEL        CLAS ST YEAR

107  7.530 169.07 Jim        Carter          Jungle Jim                JP-1 48 Fiat         AAFA AU 1989
108  7.545 183.28 Walt      Knoch          Walt's Puffer             Chry 48 Fiat         AAFR MI 1968

NOW LOOK AT THIS GUY:

   1  5.293 272.00 Ron        Fassl           Pepsi Thunder             KB   23 Model T      AAFA AZ 2004

Can you imagine?   LOL

I'll stick with my TGP, but I may have to go out and see some of this modern drag racing action.  : )

[Larry M]

Oops, I see the site is more complicated than I thought.  I found my list through Google search. Here's the link to that specific page:

http://www.draglist.com/lists/faq32.txt

draglist.com website has a lot to offer but is more complicated than I'd expected after the seeing the page that Google Had given me a link to.

Sorry about that.  : )