Some of Unca Frank's Favorite Links
indicates a new
link or revised entry - last updated 3 October 2001
indicates a
(full-size) drag racing or automotive site Unc highly recommends a visit to.
Links to some other Slot Car Drag Racing sites on the Web
(note: I've purposely not listed direct links to
manufacturer's sites, save for one shameless plug for one of
my sponsors. Nor do
I have direct links to tracks with a strong
slot car drag racing program that are also in
the manufacturing business.
Likewise, other than a page for my home track elsewhere on this site, there aren't
all that many direct links to drag-oriented raceways
with their own sites (the few that have them).
Sanctioning
Organization & Unc's Blatant Sponsor Plug
SDRA -
Scale Drag Racing Association -
The national sanctioning body for slot car drag racing.
DRS Home Page -
Drag Racing Specialties
and Bob Herrick, the Godfather of slot car drag racing.
Tracks & Non-U.S. Slot Car Drag Racing
Buena
Park Raceway - I can't believe I left out the Center of the Hardshell
Universe! Mea maxima culpa.
Cory's
Slot Car Dragway - Jim Cory's
revised track site - check out the "Christmas
tree" mounting system.
FlashBack
Model Raceway
- Larry and Tina Black and the Stone Mountain Motorplex.
New
Zealand Slot Car Drag Racing
- Demonstrating that New Zealanders also occasionally have the drag habit.
ProGear Raceway - Kenny
Bainbridge & Wade Smith's new track in the "woods" of North Carolina.
Radlap -
Drag Racing in the
wilds of South Dakota! - Not to mention a very interesting timing system.
Thunder
Mountain Raceway - Which, if I understand the home page, sets a new
track opening-closing record.
Slot Car Racing
Ipswich
- Australian slot car drag racing!
Swedish
Slot Car Drag Racing - The language
may be foreign, but trust me - you'll figure it out.
Slot Car Drag Racers'
Home Pages
Dragit's Page -
Jim Chapman's
home page - A fellow Troll with incurable Hardshell Fever.
Gary’s
Slot Car Drag Racing Home Page - Gary Nicholson's snazzy Ohio site with TR Motorplex info, results, and links.
JCR Racing -
Chuck Paulinski's slot car drag page, with an emphasis on good-looking scale cars.
Wildman's
Slot Car Madness - Rick Wiley's SoCal Hardshell Heaven page with
plenty of great car pics.
Link to all the rest of the Slot Car sites on the Web
(note: it occurred to me that not listing
some manufacturers' sites, as well as other slot car drag racing sites
with a
more commercial flavor, might be a disservice to those who hadn't already found them.
Rather than me
figuring out which might be
useful, now you can do it. Below is one-stop shopping for all your slotcar link
needs.)
SlotLink by George -
The
most complete, reasonably up-to-date slot car links page on the Web.
Links to interesting Drag Racing sites on the Web
(some more notes: the following links vary widely in both quality and "graphic
intelligence." Don't blame me if they
take 5 minutes to load the pictures you're looking for; I
didn't design them, as if you couldn't tell. There is often
some neat stuff
behind all that useless whiz-bang graphics crud, so patience is
in order here. Also, just because it's
not here doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
Mostly. It just means that the last time I
looked for it I couldn't find it. You
may have better luck. And lastly, I have raced enough real
cars to know that having a bad or slow one is still better
than not having one at all. When a guy steps up to the pro
ranks, however, I believe he becomes reasonably subject
to both criticism and opinion. You'll find a lot both below,
in the site descriptions. Feel free to disagree.)
Organizations
NHRA -
Need you ask? Outstanding gallery of
current car photos, action shots, and multimedia clips.
IHRA
- How can you not love a '53 Studee Pro Mod? Site is better than it was (which was awful,
considering).
Publications, Web & Print
Competition Plus
- One of the few - only? - drag racing e-zines worth reading. Dirt, news,
interviews, the works.
Nitronic Research -
Check the back
issues for anything by Cole Coonce.
Drag City - Coonce and others - You're
either 'gonna love it or hate it (for reference: Unc loves it).
Drag Racing Monthly - For almost 35 years,
the best magazine in the history of drag racing - gone, but not forgotten.
Nostalgia & Drag Racing History
Awful,
Awful Fuel Altereds - Jim Sorenson's wonderful
site about hair-raising, jaw-dropping, unforgettable race cars.
The
Official Bean Bandits Site - Joaquin Arnett and the wild and
wooly days of early SoCal lakes and drag racing.
Don
Ewald's Fuel Dragsters - "We Did It For Love" - 2000
pictures of the cars that defined Drag Racing. A must-see.
The Funny Car Years - Jim
Sorenson does for early Funny Cars what his "Awful,
Awful..." did for Fuel Altereds.
Gasser Madness -
Byron Stack's great
site about some of the neatest cars Drag Racing has ever seen.
Holman & Moody -
If you don't know who they
were/are, you should learn.
Bob
Plumer's Photo Album - An outstanding collection of historical pictures
and drag racing models.
Top Fuel Dragster
Kenny
Bernstein - The "King of Speed," and a lizard with
a pal named "Frank?" Ok! Where's Brandon?
Andrew Cowin
- While we're not paying attention, those Aussies keep slipping in drivers,
don't they?
Larry Dixon -
The "Beer Wagon Wars" remind
Mike
Dunn's Site - Just in case Darrell Gwynn gets fuzzy, Mike has his own site.
Tim Gibson
- Like Dunn, Tim figures the BME honeymooon will only last so long, so he's got
his own site.
David Grubnic
- If John Mitchell's Montana Express teaam had a few more bucks, how quick would
Dave be?
Darrell
Gwynn - Steinbrenner?
Yankees? Pinstripes? Gee, it's hard to root for these guys, isn't it?
Rhonda Hartman
- Big decals do not necessarily make for a quick or consistent car, do they?
Doug Herbert
- Is it my imagination, or has Doug igniited a "Tool War" to rival the
"Beer War?"
Eddy
Hill
- Chris Karamesines can manage a ride, Big Daddy races Shirley, and Eddy Hill
has to watch?
Doug Kalitta
- The benefit of Connie and Scott's knowledge without the attitude.
Chris Karamesines
- Speaking of the Golden Greek, what is your grandfather doing these
days?
Bruce Litton
- While trying to sell you a trailer, Bruce also mentions his TF car
occasionally.
Bill
Miller Engineering
- Guess I have a soft spot for guys who run big-bucks Classes on relatively low
bucks.
Shirley Muldowney -
How many other drag racers
had a really good movie made about their lives?
Gary
Ormsby
- Not nostalgia, really, just a remembrance of a very good and very creative
drag racer.
Paul Romine
- This isn't quite like "nostalgia&" racing and the IHRA, is
it, Paul?
Darrell Russell
- I Imagine Amato can hardly wait for Brandon Bernstein to get in Kenny's car.
Gary Scelzi
-
No bull! Well, some bull. Interesting page for the two-time Winston TF
Champ.
Tony Schumaker
- Looks like no promotions for The Sarge in the near future, huh?
Craig Smith
- If you have to run the AHRA to get a win, you should probably
spell your sponsor's name correctly.
Steve Smith
- I suppose you don't have to be nuts to race TF on (mostly) your
own nickel, but I bet it helps.
Funny Car
Bad
Moon Rising
- O.k., so it's an alcohol car. With a name and logo that neat, who cars?
The Official Whit Bazemore Site
- Absolutely the quickest and fastest Chheese Weenie in drag racing.
Phil Burkart Jr. - Where
the
"Nitro Fish" concept is taken to its logical extreme.
Jerry Caminito
- Owner, driver, crew chief, and mechanic of "Blue Thunder." A
plus: souvenir FC pistons cheap.
Scotty Cannon -
Too much time on the paint jobs and too little on the tuning. Lose the
haircut, Scotty.
Creasy
Family Racing - Dale Creasy, Jr. - Some people could probably race on their
decal bill alone.
Gary Densham - Gary and his NEC funny car still have a Site, but
see what a guy can do with real money?
Jim Eppler
- Only one page, but anyone who tries a Corvette again in FC gets a mention
from me. But...
Chuck Etchells
- ...now has both his and Jim's cars featured, so you can check out that Bass
Pro Shops stuff.
Extreme
Pressure Racing - Imagine: a real BB/Funny Car site! Those
Australians, eh?
John Force -
What Michael Jordan did for
basketball, John Force did for drag racing. Only faster.
Bob
Gilbertson
- So FMTV means "Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles," and Stewart
& Stevenson... never mind.
The Unofficial Al Hofmann Site
- Al fans: forget Mooneyes, and look at this one first, because the real
one,...
The Official Al Hofmann Site
- ..., or Jim Dunn Racing, looks like your 7-year old did
it. Or, uh, this site.
Tommy Johnson, Jr.
- Whenever, wherever, and whatever, Tommy always lands a ride.
Todd Paton
- After Densham's win, little guys like Paton might figure there's still hope.
Cruz Pedregon -
Hope springs eternal for the Cruzer, huh?
Frank
Pedregon
- Ever figure the odds of three brothers all ending up in funny cars? And/or
TV?
Tony Pedregon -
Bet this family's gatherings are a real treat these days. Think Tony
picks up the tab?
Don
Prudhome's Site - Snake Racing (there's an image, right?), Larry Dixon, and
Ron Capps.
Bruce
Sarver
- Who cares what e-Moola does -
the car is quick and the paint job looks good.
Dean Skuza -
Ah, Cleveland! And let's not hear any of those
"Mistake on the Lake" jokes, either.
Gerry
Toliver - Ever
get the feeling that some people will never get a handle on this Funny
Car stuff?
Tim Wilkerson - Remember
JCIT? Levi, Ray & Shoup, an IT company? Cash
the checks quickly, Tim.
Dell Worsham - Checker/Schuck's/Kragen/Spin/Boom/Lose/Smile. Hey, it's not
his money.
Pro Stock
Bruce Allen
- Besides Bruce, the site has a bunch of Rehr-Morrison Pro Stock pics
from the dawn of time.
Greg Anderson
- Win the U.S. Nationals and the beloved NHRA can't even manage a
Gallery picture of you?!
Bob
Benza
- Even if they've never qualified in, what, our lifetime? - if they've
got a site I can find, they're here.
DSS
Racing - Chuck DeMory's IHRA Pro Stock page, with - you remember them,
right? - Fords!
Mike Edwards -
Strangely attractive color scheme and totally incomprehensible sponsorship.
Ray
Franks
- Now if he can only find some power andd consistency to equal the
"Profiler" paint job.
V.
Gaines
- Now that George Marnell and Gary Denshham have done it, is it Vs' turn now?
Jeg's
Racing - Maybe all the yellow and black (and Coughlins)
you could ever want.
Allen Johnson - You know, one of the Dodges that actually qualify
in Pro Stock?
Warren
Johnson - Where The
Professor tells you it's all just the result of hard work.
Tom Lee - Goodbye IHRA Pro Stock Mustang
(light beige? Uh,
guys...?), hello second Johnson/Amoco Neon.
Robert Patrick -
If Bob ever figures out the pro tree, GM and Mopar guys are in for a big
surprise.
Mark
Pawuk - Tell me again where you got that "Cowboy" nickname,
Mark?
Steve Schmidt - Same Power with
less decals and fewer results. Does he still have Yates' phone number?
Eric Shelton
- Perhaps you wondered where Avengers went to retire. Or qualify 35th, 34th,
and 35th this year.
Richie Stevens
- Perhaps it's a question of if the phenom regains his form, rather than
when.
Mike Thomas
- Pro cars without sponsors mean drivers without results. Longing for the
Pennzoil days, Mike?
Jim Yates -
Put the kid back in the car with Ricky and take it easy for a while, Jim. We'll wait.
Euro Pro
Stock Racing -
Pontiac Firebirds and Chevy Camaros... in Finland? In
Finland!
Pro Stock Motorcycle
Antron
Brown - Behind Angelle and Matt, the hungriest bike rider looks like
he's taking the next step.
Shawn Gann - The one bike
racer maybe nobody wants to race, and he can only get better.
Steve Johnson - After 15
years and no wins, Steve may face a decision soon: time for a new rider?
Angelle
Savoie - Real good, real light, or real lucky? Or maybe really all
of that?
Geno Scali - Just one page
for the self-described "most determined and steadfast... driver in the
profession?"
Vance
& Hines - Matt Hines - too young to be the next Warren Johnson, but
trying anyhow.
dragbike.com
- Comprehensive, one-stop shopping for all your motorcycle drag
racing info needs.
Pro Stock Truck
John
Lingenfelter's Site - Besides sponsorship, how John pays for that Pro
Stock Truck stuff.
Bob
Panella's Site - Six million Pro
Stock Trucks, one dominator, and no Class. Ain't racing fun?
Todd Patterson
- Todd's Dodge peaks just as the Class disappears. He must be soo happy.
TruckWorld
Online - Buried in the monster truck and off road stuff is some pretty
decent PS/T coverage.
Nitro Coupe/NMCA/Pro Mod/Top Doorslammer/Top Sportsman/Blown
Whatever
Gary
Bingham - Home of the 3-time IHRA Top Sportsman Champion.
Mike
Bowman - The NMCA '68 Chevelle you wished was parked in your
garage.
Victor
Bray Site - An Australian Pro Mod. So? So, how does 6.257 & 229.94
mph grab you?
Charles Carpenter -
One of the guys and cars that got us all hot for Pro Mods in the first place.
Mike Castellana - Mike's Western
Beef car, another one of those good-looking '57 Chevies.
Tony Christian - Every Series
needs one whiner, even one with a good-looking, fast car, right?
Color Me Gone Racing - At
this rate, Roger Lindamood will still be racing a '65 Dodge when the sun goes
nova.
Troy Critchley - A real team, a real car, a real
sponsor, and no Web site? Come on, Troy you had one in Oz.
Mel
Eaves - The Nitro Power '63 Corvette. You can start counting early
Stingrays about here.
Fast Freddy Racing -
Another crazed Swede, this one with a blown '50s-'early '60s Chevy pickup.
G-Force Racing - "The
Agitator," not a washing machine part, but a '95 Camaro Pro Mod. About
time.
Gotham City Racing - Mike
Ashley's '63 Corvette Pro Mod graphics should drive model builders nuts.
Grand Pop's Toy - Make that
"toys" - Dave Greytak and Jeff Brozovich with the Early Chevies From Hell.
GTR
Racing - "Home of the World's fastest and quickest small block
sedan," and they're not kidding, either.
Freddy
Hahn - I've seen this 2001 C5 Corvette up close, and trust me - it's
one slick car.
Hell Fire Racing - Imagine, a '55
Chevy Pro Mod that still looks like a '55 Chevy. Must be lots of fun at
the top end.
Ronnie Hood - Hey Ronnie, if the 2001 Indy Pro Mod
winner can't scare up a Web site, call me, and I'll do it.
Gary Irving - Coming soon to a track near you: a Pro Mod
and/or Nitro Coupe '52 Chevy. Don't ask.
Jan-Cen Racing - Mike
Janis and, as his page reminds you, his 6.19 @ 227 '63 Corvette.
Chip King - No, he doesn't currently have a Site, but I'm reserving a
space for his neat Avenger Pro Mod anyhow.
Kirts Automotive - Another
one of the late-model Pro Mods - a '92 Lumina - you never see on TV.
Bill
Kuhlman - "The Legend Bill Kuhlman," it says. Uh, in whose
mind would that be? At least it's not a '63 Vette.
The Official Bill Kuhlman Site
- Call us when the IHRA lets you race a Pro Mod again, Bill.
Tim McAmis Race Cars - Where so
many of those Pro Mods, his own, among others, come from.
Pat Musi - It's so much easier to
root for Pat's NMCA Firebird with Christian around, isn't it?
Nagy
Racing - Canadian Pro Mod '63 Corvette. Those Rocca-style TF wings seem
to be catching on.
Outlaw Racing - Home of the
Swedish '67 Nova Pro Mod which is reportedly Europe's quickest and fastest.
Alan
Pittman
- Are the noses on those '41 Willys getting lower every year? Alan's certainly
looks like it.
Scott Ray
- The CarQuest '63... You
know, maybe all these Vettes are just the same two cars repainted?
Bob
Rieger - You think I'm 'gonna pass up a guy who runs a black-with-flames
NMCA S-10 truck?
Johnny Rocca - "Ironhorse," the '49 Merc from... God knows
where, still the style leader of the IHRA bunch.
Chuck
Samuel - Both a Pro 5.0 Mustang and a Pro Street S-10. Engine swaps,
anyone?
Scranton
Brothers Racing - Proof that it is possible to make a
late model NMCA Mustang look good.
Southern Thunder Racing
- Gary Ellis' '34 Chevy Nitro Coupe from, as you might imagine, the heart of
Dixie.
Mike Stawicki - There appear
to be 200 '63 Corvette Pro Mods. I don't have one, but Mike does.
Mitch Stott - ...and so
does Mitch, which means, of course, that his brother...
Quain Stott - ...also has one. You
know, I used to like early Stingrays. Maybe, if everyone bought Studebakers...
Studebaker
Racing Company - Those Australians know a good thing when they see it.
Neat logo and a very tidy car.
Tolbert Motorsports -
The home of Birdo,
the world's fastest Plymouth Superbird. And what does Pro Tour mean?
Wayne Torkelson -
The Good News: it's a '55 Thunderbird. The Bad
News: it's a '55 Thunderbird.
Trussell Motorsports -
Ed Hoover's - Gasp! What a surprise! Can it be? - '63 Corvette Pro Mod.
ToyzShop Motorsports -
Carl Spierling's extremely sano '57 Chevy Pro Mod.
Trouble
Racing - Switzerland's fastest (and evidently only)
blown, chopped '55 Chevy Bellaire Pro Mod car.
Udder Nonsense Racing
- Brent and Vicky Fanning go from Top Fuel to... Top Fuel Truck! Unbelievable!
Doug Winters - Pro Mod and
Nitro Coupe with a '61 Corvette, not that the Web site tells you that.
Witch Doctor Racing -
A '67 Chevelle blown alcohol Outlaw Pro Street car, or at least about 90%
of one.
Yarini Racing - "Super Twister II" - If you squint, it
sort of does look a little like a
'37 Chevy.
Quick 8 Racers Association -
Real guys, and where you learn that not every drag strip looks or races like
Indy.
Super
Chevy Show Driver Bio Page - Cut to the chase, or, in this case,
where links to the pictures are.
The Secret Web Site of the Guy Who Sells '63 Corvette Pro
Mod Bodies for $300 - There must be one, right?
Drag Racing Chassis & Motor Builders
Jerry
Bickel Race Cars - Where so many of those
Pro Stock cars and
Pro Stock Trucks come from.
McKinney
Chassis - Arguably the premier Top Fuel chassis builder, at least from
the looks of his client list.
S
& W Race Cars - Sportsman
chassis Nirvana - the price and accessory lists are fascinating to read.
Keith
Black Engines - Since the Greer, Black, & Prudhome days, the
standard by which others are judged.
Sonny
Leonard Racing Engines - And to think I used to consider 500 ci a
"big" big block.
Other Interesting Drag Racing Sites
The Drag Racing List
- Who did what & when - The
all-time drag racing argument-ender.
The Staging Light -
Sportsman drag racing for real
people - The Editorials are worth reading.
The Belt Sander Drag Racing
Association - No, I am not making this up, and yes, they do
have different Classes.
Non-American
Drag Racing Sites
ANDRA -
Australian drag racing - They still
have Falcons!?
Ravenswood Raceway
- Now the official site, with a new URL. Australian drag
strip with some of those Falcon pictures.
Neil Smith's U.K. Drag Racing Page
- The Brits doing what we thought only we knew how to do.
Svensk Dragracing -
Yes, the Swedes do it, too (but
now with a new URL).
Tarlton International Raceway -
Drag racing in South Africa - Search the pics for "Little Froggie."
Links to other Hot Rodding & Racing sites on
the Web
Roadsters
- A great deal more than wwhat the name implies - Great content and outstanding links.
North
American Eagle -
With an 800 mph goal, some people are starting with an F-104
Starfighter.
Spirit of America -
For 35 years, Craig
Breedlove has fought to be the fastest driver on earth.
Al
Teague's Speed-O-Motive Streamliner - 425.230 mph and an FIA Record from one lonely
V-8.
Don Vesco's Turbinator -
459.021
wheel-driven mph ain't too shabby either, no matter what the power.
The Thrust SSC Project - The
most
impressive automotive-related accomplishment ever. Site closed.
Links to other interesting Sports Car, Road Racing,
& Automotive sites on the Web
Sanctioning Organizations
SCCA -
Mother SCCA: Club Racing, where Machiavelli meets
Gomer Pyle and they both enjoy it.
SCCA Pro Racing - From Trans Am to Pro Spec Racer -
Some
historical references.
The Sanctioning Body Formerly Known as
IMSA - Hey, it wasn't my lawsuit, o.k.?
The
FIA Web Site - Just in case you think your set of Rules (or Web site) is
totally incomprehensible.
Formula 1 Focus - The Official Formula 1 Web
site (probably - with the French it's hard to tell).
Formula 1
Gran Prix History -
Dennis David's
comprehensive and visually outstanding Formula 1 site - Well worth the trip.
The F1 Picturenet -
If you
simply must have another pic of Jaques Villeneuve...
Touring Cars
Argentinean Touring Car Championship -
Sure,
it's in Spanish; you were expecting, what, Chinese?
Australian Touring Car Championship -
HUGE pics
- You can see which direction screw headds are turned!
German Super Touring Championship -
What could be
more fun than watching Audis & BMWs hit Mercedes?
All Japan Touring Car Championship -
Hard to believe that many people can afford to crash Accura NSXs.
South African Touring Car Championship -
Holdens
and Opels versus Fords and... gasp! Chevys!
South American Touring Car Championship
-
A Chevrolet Vectra? - More Dodge Stratos entries?
Swedish
Touring Car Championship -
How could I leave out the folks who brought us the
Volvo?
Marques & Manufacturers
Holden
Special Vehicles -
Australian performance Chevys by any other
name... Check out the HSV Maloo.
The Javelin/AMX Site -
You think I'd pass up an opportunity for you to see Hornets and Gremlins?
The Mini Cooper Web -
My first race
car was a Mini, and it probably shows, doesn't it?
Links to other technically & historically
interesting (to me, at least) sites on the Web
Links to other interesting and/or amusing sites worth visiting on the Web
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