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AHRA had a good half dozen tracks where they consistently ran Grand
American events. To show the kind of competition they had at these races,
we drew from a hat that contained six tracks, Tulsa, St. Louis, Kansas
City, West Salem, San Antonio, and Spokane and picked a facility. Then
we listed all the pro winners at the race to give you an idea of the
caliber of action featured at a typical AHRA show. (Actually, there
was no hat involved, these were lifted from a 1980 Midwest Racer article,
likely penned by Bret Kepner. The later additions by moi.)
The remainder of the material constitutes arbitrary selections of some
AHRA high points by myself. All the accompanying stats are provided
to give a feel for the kind of product AHRA produced.
St. LOUIS INT'L RACEWAY
AHRA GATEWAY NATIONALS
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| Jerry Haas, chassis builder supreme and 1981
and 1984 AHRA Pro Stock champ, stages his Monza (left) alongside
Gary Duckworth's Camaro at St. Louis International Raceway in 1981.
Jeff Burk photo. |
| 1971 |
| Top Fuel |
Steve Carbone |
| Funny Car |
White Bear Dodge/Tom Hoover |
| Pro Stock |
Tom Haller |
| 1972 |
| Top Fuel |
Don Garlits |
| Funny Car |
Drag-On Vega/Mart Higgenbotham |
| Pro Stock |
Sox-Martin/Herb McCandless |
| 1973 |
| Top Fuel |
Don Garlits |
| Funny Car |
Speed Equipment World/Jim Nicoll |
| Pro Stock |
Dick Landy |
| 1974 |
| Top Fuel |
Jim Naramore/Bill Pryor |
| Funny Car |
Don Prudhomme |
| Pro Stock |
"Soapy Sales"/Larry Huff |
| 1975 |
| Top Fuel |
Peterson-Fitz/Herm Peterson |
| Funny Car |
Gene Snow |
| Pro Stock |
Gapp-Roush/Wayne Gapp |
| 1976 |
| Top Fuel |
Paul Longenecker |
| Funny Car |
Shirl Greer |
| Pro Stock |
Bill Jenkins/Ken Dondero |
1976
(On Jun. 4-6, the AHRA Spring Nationals were also run at St. Louis) |
| Top Fuel |
John Wiebe |
| Funny Car |
Tom Hoover |
| Pro Stock |
Bill Jenkins-Ken Dondero |
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