Our own Dan Fletcher drove his Summit Racing/Valvoline B/SA 396 Camaro to he finals in Sto
For NHRA drag racers, the U.S. Nationals ranks right up there with the Daytona 500, the Indy 500, or the Super Bowl. It's the single largest and most coveted event on the NHRA tour. A racer's resume may have a championship on it, but it isn't complete without an Indy victory.
Held during the Labor Day weekend, the grueling six day event draws thousands upon thousands of fans and over 1,000 race entrants in a variety of classes, from Top Fuel, Funny Car and Pro Stock, to the Sportsman categories of Alcohol, Comp, Super Stock, Stock, Super Comp and Super Gas.
Competitors arrive from each of the NHRA's seven divisions and virtually all of the 50 states are represented at the hollowed ground of Indy. The action is more intense than any other drag race, with an unmatched energy level. You'll find racers with some of the best cars in the country sweating just to qualify. And while it's an accomplishment just to make the show, others expect nothing less than an Indy Wally trophy.
For 2006 Super Chevy was there to capture the action; we focused on the Sportsman ranks. We found many unique, interesting and very fast Chevrolets on track-the only shame was that we couldn't feature them all. Nevertheless, it was our own Dan Fletcher in his Summit Racing/Valvoline '69 Camaro taking home the win in Stock Eliminator.
Now kick back and check some of the cool rides we found at "The Big Go."
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Ron Morehead took the hotly contested SS GT/EA victory over eight competitors. In the fina
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Steve Brack had a great weekend at the Nats. Brack first took home the Stock E/FI class wi
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Multi-time Indy winner Kevin Helms took the B/S honors with this time-tested 396/four-spe
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James Lee of Tulsa wheeled his mint '55 to the SS/N class win with a time of 11.55 at 113
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The SS/O winner was Richard Feldman in his long '66 Impala, which is motivated by a 283 an
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Ed Matsko of Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania, scored a class victory in SS/FM with his popula
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Bo Butner was the top qualifier in Competition Eliminator with his nasty, Procharged '05 C
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Check out the wheelstanding '66 Nova of Don Duke.
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Corvettes with flames are hot, and so was Brandon Wilkinson, who took home the SS/AA class
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Ben and Dave Wenzel have been racing this '67 Z/28 Camaro since it was new. At Indy, Ben t
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This sweet '65 Chevy belongs to Bill Long of Warsaw, Indiana. Long ran 11.50s in I/SA and
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