Tasca’s feat eclipsed a 25-year-old nitro threshold and a 20-year-old Funny Car mark—but it happened at a non-NHRA-sanctioned event, so it’s unofficial in the NHRA’s eyes. No anticipation, Tasca says: ...
In early 1968, Ford made dragstrip headlines when the new 428 Cobra Jet stormed the NHRA Winternationals and won the company’s first-ever Super Stock Eliminator title. ‘Win in February, sell a Shelby ...