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HOW THE NHRA CAME ABOUT!
National Hot Rod Association founder Wally Parks and his associates virtually invented drag racing. They
organized NHRA more than 50 years ago, establishing standards and procedures that govern the sport to this day.
Concerned about the growth of illegal street racing in the 1950s, NHRA's pioneers embarked on a "Safety Safari"
across the United States. They traveled from city to town, introducing organized drag racing to one car club at a
time and teaching how to conduct fair races in such humble arenas as abandoned airport runways. Their intent
was to give car enthusiasts a safe place to race. Their result was the birth of a world-class motorsport that so far
has spanned six decades.
Throughout the years, NHRA Championship Drag Racing has been responsible for innumerable advances in
automotive performance, driver and vehicle safety, and, of course, flat-out speed. The sport has grown to
encompass five major drag racing series, countless performance categories, and worldwide exposure on
television and in print. NHRA's brightest stars have become sports legends, and its brightest moments have been
stunning. One need only look as far as "Big Daddy" Don Garlits, Shirley Muldowney, Don "the Snake"
Prudhomme, and John Force to grasp drag racing's effect on American culture.
As drag racing stars have broken barrier after barrier in the never-ending pursuit of speed, NHRA has been there to
guide the growth of what has become, inarguably, the world's fastest motorsport.
National Hot Rod Association founder Wally Parks and his associates virtually invented drag racing. They
organized NHRA more than 50 years ago, establishing standards and procedures that govern the sport to this day.
Concerned about the growth of illegal street racing in the 1950s, NHRA's pioneers embarked on a "Safety Safari"
across the United States. They traveled from city to town, introducing organized drag racing to one car club at a
time and teaching how to conduct fair races in such humble arenas as abandoned airport runways. Their intent
was to give car enthusiasts a safe place to race. Their result was the birth of a world-class motorsport that so far
has spanned six decades.
Throughout the years, NHRA Championship Drag Racing has been responsible for innumerable advances in
automotive performance, driver and vehicle safety, and, of course, flat-out speed. The sport has grown to
encompass five major drag racing series, countless performance categories, and worldwide exposure on
television and in print. NHRA's brightest stars have become sports legends, and its brightest moments have been
stunning. One need only look as far as "Big Daddy" Don Garlits, Shirley Muldowney, Don "the Snake"
Prudhomme, and John Force to grasp drag racing's effect on American culture.
As drag racing stars have broken barrier after barrier in the never-ending pursuit of speed, NHRA has been there to
guide the growth of what has become, inarguably, the world's fastest motorsport.
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YOU ARE LISTENING TO A TYPICAL FRIDAY
NIGHT AT THE HIGHLANDER DRIVE IN. IT IS
AROUND 10:00PM AND EVERYONE IS
GETTING READY TO GO TO ROCK ROAD TO
DRAG RACE! WORD SPREADS FAST WHEN
EVER THERE WAS A CHALLENGE/GRUDGE
RACE ABOUT TO HAPPEN!
NIGHT AT THE HIGHLANDER DRIVE IN. IT IS
AROUND 10:00PM AND EVERYONE IS
GETTING READY TO GO TO ROCK ROAD TO
DRAG RACE! WORD SPREADS FAST WHEN
EVER THERE WAS A CHALLENGE/GRUDGE
RACE ABOUT TO HAPPEN!
| Click here for the 50's TV Shows You received your TV shows via an antenna. A big tall ugly thing that stuck up way above the roof line of your house. The thing had to be pointed correctly to receive the OKC station. Customarily this directional adjustment to get the ghost out, was accomplished by Dad going outside to manually turn the antenna while someone with an eye on the TV yelled out an open window, "no, too far, come back a little." |
50's TRIVIA
DO YOU REMEMBER BURMA SHAVE SIGNS ON ROUTE 66?
For those who never saw any of the Burma Shave signs, here is a quick
lesson in our history of the 1930s, '40s and 50's. Before there were
Interstates when everyone drove the old 2 lane roads, Burma Shave
signs would be posted all over the countryside in farmers' fields.
They were small red signs with white letters. Five signs, about 100
feet apart, each containing 1 line of a 4 line couplet......and the
obligatory 5th sign advertising Burma Shave, a popular shaving cream.
Here are more of the actual signs:
DON'T LOSE YOUR HEAD
TO GAIN A MINUTE
YOU NEED YOUR HEAD
YOUR BRAINS ARE IN IT
Burma Shave
DROVE TOO LONG
DRIVER SNOOZING
WHAT HAPPENED
NEXT IS NOT AMUSING
Burma Shave
BROTHER SPEEDER
LET'S REHEARSE
ALL TOGETHER
GOOD MORNING, NURSE
Burma Shave
CAUTIOUS RIDER
TO HER RECKLESS DEAR
LET'S HAVE LESS BULL
AND MORE STEER
Burma Shave
SPEED WAS HIGH
WEATHER WAS NOT
TIRES WERE THIN
X MARKS THE SPOT
Burma Shave
THE MIDNIGHT RIDE
OF PAUL FOR BEER
LED TO A WARMER
HEMISPHERE
Burma Shave
AROUND THE CURVE
LICKETY-SPLIT
BEAUTIFUL CAR
WASN'T IT?
Burma Shave
NO MATTER THE PRICE
NO MATTER HOW NEW
THE BEST SAFETY DEVICE
IN THE CAR IS YOU
Burma Shave
A GUY WHO DRIVES
A CAR WIDE OPEN
IS NOT THINKIN'
HE'S JUST HOPIN'
Burma Shave
AT INTERSECTIONS
LOOK EACH WAY
A HARP SOUNDS NICE
BUT IT'S HARD TO PLAY
Burma Shave
BOTH HANDS ON THE WHEEL
EYES ON THE ROAD
THAT'S THE SKILLFUL
DRIVER'S CODE
Burma Shave
THE ONE WHO DRIVES
WHEN HE'S BEEN DRINKING
DEPENDS ON YOU
TO DO HIS THINKING
Burma Shave
CAR IN DITCH
DRIVER IN TREE
THE MOON WAS FULL
AND SO WAS HE.
Burma Shave
And my all time favorite:
PASSING SCHOOL ZONE
TAKE IT SLOW
LET OUR LITTLE
SHAVERS GROW
Burma Shave
Do these bring back any old memories?
If not, you're merely a child.
If they do - then you're old as dirt...
and I remember:
Don't stick your elbow
Out so far
It may go home
In another car.
BURMA SHAVE
For those who never saw any of the Burma Shave signs, here is a quick
lesson in our history of the 1930s, '40s and 50's. Before there were
Interstates when everyone drove the old 2 lane roads, Burma Shave
signs would be posted all over the countryside in farmers' fields.
They were small red signs with white letters. Five signs, about 100
feet apart, each containing 1 line of a 4 line couplet......and the
obligatory 5th sign advertising Burma Shave, a popular shaving cream.
Here are more of the actual signs:
DON'T LOSE YOUR HEAD
TO GAIN A MINUTE
YOU NEED YOUR HEAD
YOUR BRAINS ARE IN IT
Burma Shave
DROVE TOO LONG
DRIVER SNOOZING
WHAT HAPPENED
NEXT IS NOT AMUSING
Burma Shave
BROTHER SPEEDER
LET'S REHEARSE
ALL TOGETHER
GOOD MORNING, NURSE
Burma Shave
CAUTIOUS RIDER
TO HER RECKLESS DEAR
LET'S HAVE LESS BULL
AND MORE STEER
Burma Shave
SPEED WAS HIGH
WEATHER WAS NOT
TIRES WERE THIN
X MARKS THE SPOT
Burma Shave
THE MIDNIGHT RIDE
OF PAUL FOR BEER
LED TO A WARMER
HEMISPHERE
Burma Shave
AROUND THE CURVE
LICKETY-SPLIT
BEAUTIFUL CAR
WASN'T IT?
Burma Shave
NO MATTER THE PRICE
NO MATTER HOW NEW
THE BEST SAFETY DEVICE
IN THE CAR IS YOU
Burma Shave
A GUY WHO DRIVES
A CAR WIDE OPEN
IS NOT THINKIN'
HE'S JUST HOPIN'
Burma Shave
AT INTERSECTIONS
LOOK EACH WAY
A HARP SOUNDS NICE
BUT IT'S HARD TO PLAY
Burma Shave
BOTH HANDS ON THE WHEEL
EYES ON THE ROAD
THAT'S THE SKILLFUL
DRIVER'S CODE
Burma Shave
THE ONE WHO DRIVES
WHEN HE'S BEEN DRINKING
DEPENDS ON YOU
TO DO HIS THINKING
Burma Shave
CAR IN DITCH
DRIVER IN TREE
THE MOON WAS FULL
AND SO WAS HE.
Burma Shave
And my all time favorite:
PASSING SCHOOL ZONE
TAKE IT SLOW
LET OUR LITTLE
SHAVERS GROW
Burma Shave
Do these bring back any old memories?
If not, you're merely a child.
If they do - then you're old as dirt...
and I remember:
Don't stick your elbow
Out so far
It may go home
In another car.
BURMA SHAVE
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