The '65 NHRA season yielded unprecedented leaps in performance for Chrysler. Previous model years instigated the cubic-inch wars between the competing manufacturers. Chrysler's B and RB engine ...

Having earned a mechanical engineering degree from Detroit Engineering Institute in 1964, Tom Tignanelli went to work as a technician and test driver in the Road Test Garage at Chrysler ...

The 1965 Chevrolet Chevelle 300 was meant to be ... Adcock reportedly installed a blown and injected big-block Chevy engine, but the NHRA would not allow that combination. The engine and the ...

in 1965, moved to Southern California because it provided him an opportunity to race his Chevy II up to five days a week. His driving career took off in the mid-1970s with the debut of the NHRA ...

Women finding success in the NHRA is nothing new. Shirley Muldowney broke onto the circuit in 1965, going on to win three Top Fuel championships. Since then, 11 other women female drivers have won ...

Shelby built five Dragonsnakes, 289 Cobras specially modified for NHRA drag racing. CSX2427 is the only 289 that came from the factory with a Stage III quad-Weber carb setup. Subject to a full ...

The Enthusiast Network//Getty Images Roland Leong, left, helped Don Prudhomme win the 1965 NHRA U.S. Nationals. While Hawaii was his home and where he first achieved local racing notoriety ...

Yesterday, we got word of a new Shelby Mustang to be unveiled at the NHRA Winternationals ... a race-only R-Model commemorating Jerry Titus’ 1965 SCCA Championship with the original Shelby ...