Author Archives: minter252

This week I want to talk about what my milestone moment was in my drag racing career. I started racing at the age of ten but didn’t reach my milestone moment till I was 18 years old. I was a senior in high school, and I won my first race in a big car. ThisContinue reading “My Milestone Moment in Drag Racing”

            Since this will be my last blog post I want to talk about what drag racing means to me. Drag racing isn’t just a hobby to me it’s pretty much a way of life. Racing has taught me a lot of things that you just don’t learn from a textbook. I’ve grown a lotContinue reading “What drag racing means to me”

Last week I talked about some of the things that go on while at the track. This week I want to talk about the things that me as a driver will go through when making a pass down the track. People who aren’t familiar with drag racing look at it as just driving a carContinue reading “Making a Pass down track”

Last week I talked about some of the things that need to be during to the week to get ready to go racing. This week I want to talk about some of the things that are done at the track before making a run. Just because you work on the car all week doesn’t meanContinue reading “Preparing the car to make a pass”

This week I want to talk about what a normal week is like for me before going racing. I’m sure a lot of people might think you just go to the track and just put the car in the trailer until the following week. Now some people might do this, and it all depends onContinue reading “Weekday struggles of a Drag Racer”

Since the beginning when drag racing began it has always been about innovation and being a step ahead of the competition. This week I want to talk about a few of the technology advancements that most racers use today and how they are beneficial. I plan to talk about the use of delay boxes, airContinue reading “Innovations in the sport of Drag Racing”

In this blog I want to talk about a few of the pioneers that have been involved in the sport of drag racing.  I will talk about Bob Glidden who has the most championships for a pro stock driver. Kenny Bernstein who is the first top fuel racer to reach 300 mph. John Force whoContinue reading “The Pioneers of Drag Racing”

In this week’s blog post I want to talk about the difference between a dragster and a door car. I want to talk about the advantages and disadvantages about each. Each person has a different preference on what they like and just depends on what the driver wants. I also plan to talk about theContinue reading “Dragster or Door car”

For this week’s blog I plan to talk about the different styles of drag racing. There are many different forms of drag racing all have their ups and downs and appeal to different people. First I plan to talk about bracket racing which is what I currently do. You have a heads-up style racing whichContinue reading

For my next blog post I plan to talk about the history of drag racing and how it started. When it comes to drag racing most people think of the NHRA but there was a time when that didn’t exist. Back in the 1930’s before there were paved dragstrips people used to race their carsContinue reading