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Hey, how you doing? Welcome back to Pass Gas. This week we're talking about the history of the NHRA. We talked about Wally Parks, the founder of the NHRA, a few weeks ago.

But this time, we're talking about the history of the organization, how did it come to

be, and what are our ideas to help make it more relevant to today's motorsport audience?

I've got a bunch of ideas. Joe is actually going to read this one because my voice is going

away. So take it away joe march 8th

1970 was a day that drastically changed the direction of drag racing that day brought both catastrophe

and catalysts for innovation at the track that sunday afternoon at the lion's dragstrip in long

beach was a typical day at the races until Don,

Big Daddy Garlets pulled his front engine top fuel dragster,

dubbed the Swamp Rat 13 to the line.

The supercharged hemmy chugged like a raspy bulldog.

Garlets erupted off the line and down the track,

approaching the finish line at more than 200 miles per hour.

As he roared through the finish line, the Swamprad's two-speed transmission exploded with the

force of a pipe bomb. Transmission case shot forward with immense force and severed the car in two.

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