For 2010, the NHRA Winternationals this year celebrates their 50th anniversary and they held a special Historic Race Car exhibition called "Golden 50" event presented by the NHRA Museum. They called upon the MOONEYES Dragster to come out to the event as well.
The first time I went to the Winternationals was in 1978, 32 years back now and that’s quite a while ago. Even back then, the Winternationals title always had that symbol mark of a snowflake.
From the track you can see the snowcapped mountains, that Winternationals. It doesn’t snow much in this region but compared to other years, there was a lot of it this year and the view was excellent. Speaking of "Golden 50," the MOONEYES Dragster was recognized as one of the Golden 50.
Hawaii’s Hero in the field "Hawaiian" Roland Leong was there and also received an award.
Altereds and dragsters there were 80 Old Race Cars on display. One caught my eye and you might now it with the "seahorse" mark, which is Tony Nancy.Not only a Hero Drag Racer, but Tony Nancy was an interior specialist by trade and very famous for the work he did. The Seahorse marking is also as famous. I have been seeing it more lately.
OK, back to the main story, NHRA Championship Drag Racing. The current state has scene some changes such as a Chinese sponsored shown on the hood above and even a Middle Eastern team.
So as you can see, it is about getting money to keep it going from all over.
Jim Dunn Racing battled it out the entire season this year.
by Shige
