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Nitro Time Machine: Mr. Bazemore's wild ride

Hop into the NHRA Nitro Time Machine with host Brian Lohnes and travel back to the 1993 Springnationals in Columbus, Ohio, and a scary ride for Funny Car racer Whit Bazemore.
22 May 2020
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Nitro Time Machine: John Force's "War Wagon" was state of the art ... in 1990

In 1990, John Force's single-trailer operation was state-of-the-art stuff in Funny Car racing, but 30 years later it would be considered quaint, at best. Famed NHRA announcer and TV personality Steve Evans leads the tour of the trailer and its contents.
14 May 2020
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Nitro Time Machine: Revisiting "Big Daddy" Don Garlits' 1986 Englishtown blowover

"Big Daddy" Don Garlits' blowover wheelstand during Top Fuel qualifying at the 1986 Summernationals is one of the most iconic moments in the class' history. Take a ride back in time to see how legendary announcer Steve Evans described the moment.
09 May 2020
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Topeka '93: How Chuck Etchells picked John Force's pocket for a $25,000 payday

With a $25,000 reward on the line from Castrol GTX for the first four-second Funny Car run, supremely confident Castrol-backed John Force announced that he'd contribute half of the money, thinking he'd be first. He was wrong. Watch how this all plays out.
24 Apr 2020
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Chuck Etchells
  Etchells races to Funny Car's first four Reprinted from the Oct. 15, 1993 issue of National DRAGSTER TOPEKA, Kan. -- Chuck Etchells' Kendall GT-1 Dodge Daytona was in the first pair of Funny Cars that opened…
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Nitro Time Machine: Mark Oswald’s dramatic victory at the 1991 Gatornationals

After an exploding rear tire took out a huge chunk of the body of Mark Oswald's In-N-Out Burger Funny Car in a semifinal victory at the 1991 Gatornationals, it took a massive, multi-team pit thrash to get him to the final round, where he defeated John Force.
14 Apr 2020
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Nitro Time Machine: Shirley Muldowney goes on a wild ride in 1990

Shirley Muldowney went on a wild ride against Gary Ormsby at the 1990 NHRA Arizona Nationals in her Rahn Tobler-tuned Otter Pops Top Fuel dragster.
07 Apr 2020
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Shirley Muldowney
  The 1990 NHRA Arizona Nationals took a turn for the worst for Shirley Muldowney, who went on a wild ride in her Rahn Tobler-tuned Otter Pops Top Fuel dragster. Watch the run in this NHRA Nitro Time Machine and check out more…
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Nitro Time Machine: Upsets ruled the 1990 Winternationals

The 1990 Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals featured a pair of major upsets courtesy of K.C. Spurlock and Lori Johns. Watch their incredible wins in this edition of NHRA Nitro Time Machine.
02 Apr 2020
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  K.C. Spurlock and Lori Johns opened the 1990 season with spectacular upsets at the Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals. Watch the two earn big wins in this edition of NHRA Nitro Time machine and check out even more …
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Nitro Time Machine: Watch Al Segrini's wild victory at the 1985 Winternationals

Al Segrini scored a magnificent win at the 1985 Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals, traveling all the way from Massachusetts to bag the Funny Car Wally. Watch the victory in this edition of the NHRA Nitro Time Machine.
01 Apr 2020
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Al Segrini
  Funny Car legend Al Segrini picked up the 1985 Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals Wally in spectacular fashion after traveling all the way from Massachusetts. Watch Segrini's victory in this edition of NHRA Nitro Time Machine and check out…
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Nitro Time Machine: Don Garlits goes from the museum to a U.S. Nationals title

Don Garlits added another legendary moment to his hall of fame career by taking a Top Fuel dragster out of his museum in 1984 and winning the U.S. Nationals. Watch him score the Wally in this episode of Nitro Time Machine.
30 Mar 2020
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Don Garlits
  "Big Daddy" Don Garlits scored yet another U.S. Nationals victory, this time in unconventional fashion. He pulled a Top Fuel dragster out of mothballs to win the world's biggest drag race in 1984, further cementing his legacy as one of the…
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Nitro Time Machine: Watch Pat Austin's incredible double-up from 1991

Pat Austin pulled off an incredible double, the first in NHRA history, in Topeka in 1991 by winning in both Top Fuel and Top Alcohol Dragster - watch his feat in this throwback video.
29 Mar 2020
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Pat Austin
    Read the original story from the Sept. 13, 1991 issue of NHRA National Dragster magazine
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Nitro Time Machine: Connie Kalitta takes on Eddie Hill at 1994 U.S. Nationals

At the 1994 NHRA U.S. Nationals, Connie Kalitta scored one of the most memorable wins of his career when he defeated Eddie Hill in the final round of the U.S. Nationals.
17 Jan 2020
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When Coughlin met Coughlin in the 1999 Denver Pro Stock final

During the 1999 season, brothers Troy and Jeg Coughlin Jr. met three times in Pro Stock final rounds, including this memorable encounter at Denver's Bandimere Speedway.
09 Jan 2020
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