Other galleries

The links with photographers names below highlight that shooters favorite various photos

Nostalgia	Pro Mod	Stock/SS	Doorcar	Top Fuel	Funny Car	Pro Stock	Top Dragster
TAFC	TAD	Misc	Paul Grant	Mark King	David Smith	Robert Hunter	Dean Murdoch

 

Stock/Super Stock

The kings of hook, the masters of the wheelies, the back bone of NHRA drag racing. Stock and Super Stock race cars have been around from the beginning. They are for the most part, the true factory race cars with stock bodies, various engine modifications, little or a lot.

Bill Jeffery showcases full bodied original wheel based 3000-4500 lbs American Muscle (and even some that many would say are not muscle), the common denominator is...............the front wheels are NOT on the ground. Three race tracks are part of the action. Mission Raceway Bills home track is THE premier race track in North America for Sportsman racing for two reasons.........(1) it is at sea level in the North West. Cool conditions for most of the season (July August excepted) produce more HP that ANY track in North America. More than Virginia, more that Atco, more than Maple Grove, more than Englishtown, more than Palm Beach.... you get the drift. If the track was on the the south side of the border and if there was a few more acres of land it would be THE baddest race track anywhere in the world. Proof to these statements, came from Warren Johnson a few years ago when he tested at Mission Prior to the National event in Seattle. It was the middle of July, in the hottest part of the year, and he was there to get as many laps as he could, testing a number of different setups, including tires, exhaust and chassis. His first lap at MRP was in his first words, "a god awful run" the car shook the tires, it was loose nothing really good about it. But the time sheet said it was within 1/10th of the ET record and is was like the third fastest mph ever. He could not believe it. From there he knew the track was something special. "If only this was a national event track", were his words. (2) The track is smooth (while it is not a perfect as it was for the first decade), it still is easily one of THE best anywhere.

The second track is Pacific Raceways. The premier track in the North West and the only national event facility in Division Six. a few hundred feet higher than Mission, it still produces excellent traction and ets for the naturally aspirated engines.

Las Vegas is the third track featured. The King of the NHRA circuit. The track that all racers want to compete at........It's Vegas baby! The prep is so good there, even though the track is at 2100 feet, the bite still puts the cars on the wheelie bars.

 

Seattle's Pacific Raceway