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Drag racing term originated when one would drag down
whatever he had, ie, family car, pick-up, etc. , and race, usually ,
from stop light to stop light. On 8/19/2011 12:03 PM, victim1234 wrote: --I found this for ya.... I was reading about this in and older issue of the Rodder's Journal the other day. The guy from Dragmasters was one the people responsible for the inception of the word "Drag" during the early fifty's. They were the ones that built and raced "TWO-THING" and are currently restoring the moon eyes F.E.D. According to the Rodder's Journal it was derived from the fact that everything was taken off of the cars to make the lighter which led to quicker times. This was at a time when the salts were losing their popularity because the old air strips that they wre now using for racing were open all the time and could be driven to very easily. Now I am not exactly sure how that comes from the word drag but mabe it is due to extra weight "dragging" your accecleration down. This is as much from the article as I can remember. -----Original Message----- From: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim Altemose Sent: Friday, August 19, 2011 12:48 PM To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: So Dakota Auction Where do you think the term "Drag Racing" originated? Nothing wrong with wanting to feel pretty. - Jim Jim Altemose, Long Island, NY '63 Polara 500 (Max Wedge) '63 Polara 500 (383) '65 Belvedere I (Street Wedge) '71 Bronco On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 1:39 AM, Eric Sturgis <ericsturgis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:Welllll, why not! I'd do it but I can't be my beehive hairdo in the car, I need a convertible. Eric -- -- Please address private mail -- mail of interest to only one person --directly to that person. That is, send parts/car transactions and negotiations as well as other personal messages only to the intended recipient, not to the Clubhouse public address. This practice will protect your privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and fine tune the content signal to Mopar topic. Thanks!1962 to 1965 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion Guidelines: http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html andhttp://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.com/general_disclaimer.html.-- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups"The 1962 to 1965 Mopar Mail List Clubhouse" group.http://groups.google.com/group/1962to1965mopars?hl=en. -- Please address private mail -- mail of interest to only one person -- directly to that person. That is, send parts/car transactions and negotiations as well as other personal messages only to the intended recipient, not to the Clubhouse public address. This practice will protect your privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and fine tune the content signal to Mopar topic. Thanks! 1962 to 1965 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion Guidelines: http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html and http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.com/general_disclaimer.html. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The 1962 to 1965 Mopar Mail List Clubhouse" group. http://groups.google.com/group/1962to1965mopars?hl=en. |
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