1941-45: World War II gives a generation of American boys engineering know-how, thanks to the aircraft industry requiring ever-better planes for the war effort, and others a taste for speed and derring-do for the same reason.Parks starts the Road Runners Club in 1937. Early 1930s: The dry lakebeds of Southern California were wide-open and available to hot rodders to drive as fast as they dared.1913: Wallace Gordon “Wally” Parks was born in Goltry, Oklahoma. His family moved to Southern California in the early ‘20s. You will see his name again in this story.Wally Parks (photo: Tom Medley/N.H.R.A., via New York Times) From those humble beginnings to modern times, when a modern Top Fueler can go 0-1000 feet in a tick over three seconds at speeds topping 330mph, we present a brief history of drag racing, hitting important milestones along the never-ending quest for the perfect pass. In truth it’s a postwar phenomenon, with roots stretching back to dry lakebed racing in Southern California in the 1930s. Drag racing seems like it’s been with us forever.
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