Drag racing

Jim Hanig · 01-23-2014, 07:24 PM

Anyone know where that term got started,and why?

RacingRicki · 01-23-2014, 08:01 PM

I think it had something to do with street racing off the main drag. Kids would cruise around town on the main drag then decide they wanted to race each other.

Brandon Peterson · 01-23-2014, 10:19 PM

not a 100% but didnt it start from the term dragging your car to the track with your tow vehicle, instead of towing to the track it was referred to as dragging to the track, hence drag racing...... i dunno thought i read that somewhere once

John Kelley · 01-24-2014, 12:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Brandon Peterson

not a 100% but didnt it start from the term dragging your car to the track with your tow vehicle, instead of towing to the track it was referred to as dragging to the track, hence drag racing...... i dunno thought i read that somewhere once

It started LONG before there were any track dedicated to "drag racing" !!
We even used dirt roads........

Stock4106 · 01-24-2014, 09:08 AM

I heard Don Garlits say it came from farmers. They would ride the plows that horses dragged behind them. When they raced it was referred to as a drag race.

JimL · 01-24-2014, 11:47 AM

Hi Jim,

One explanation is that years ago the widest streets in a small town was main street which was called the main drag through town. So eventually a race down the main drag became a drag race.

Take care,

Charlie A · 01-24-2014, 06:24 PM

"My car is so much faster than yours I can drag you all the way down the street".

Lots of possibilities that all make sense.

TOM KASCH · 01-24-2014, 08:30 PM

We would be setting & eatting at a drive in hamburger place & a guy would say " DRAG your car " out to race me.....

Bob Lasko · 01-24-2014, 09:23 PM

Try the following links,

http://voices.yahoo.com/the-where-dr...g-7741594.html

http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/drag-race.html

http://www.nhra.net/apcm/templates/a...263&zoneid=101

Bob Lasko

fatdsoto · 01-28-2014, 05:20 PM

I thought it was when 2 guys dressed like women raced each other on the street. Maybe in Greenwich Village, NYC. My memory is getting bad though.

01-23-2014, 07:24 PM	#1
Jim Hanig Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Pukwana SD Posts: 860 Likes: 554 Liked 99 Times in 49 Posts	Drag racing Anyone know where that term got started,and why?

01-23-2014, 08:01 PM	#2
RacingRicki Sponsor Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Colorado Posts: 106 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Drag racing I think it had something to do with street racing off the main drag. Kids would cruise around town on the main drag then decide they wanted to race each other. __________________ RacingRicki

01-23-2014, 10:19 PM	#3
Brandon Peterson Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: North Carolina Posts: 436 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Drag racing not a 100% but didnt it start from the term dragging your car to the track with your tow vehicle, instead of towing to the track it was referred to as dragging to the track, hence drag racing...... i dunno thought i read that somewhere once

01-24-2014, 09:08 AM	#5
Stock4106 Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Covington, LA Posts: 99 Likes: 0 Liked 10 Times in 4 Posts	Re: Drag racing I heard Don Garlits say it came from farmers. They would ride the plows that horses dragged behind them. When they raced it was referred to as a drag race. __________________ Owen S. Birkett Stock/Super Stock 4106

01-24-2014, 11:47 AM	#6
JimL Junior Member Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 70 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Drag racing Hi Jim, One explanation is that years ago the widest streets in a small town was main street which was called the main drag through town. So eventually a race down the main drag became a drag race. Take care,

01-24-2014, 06:24 PM	#7
Charlie A VIP Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Mississippi Gulf Coast Posts: 2,483 Likes: 68 Liked 87 Times in 63 Posts	Re: Drag racing "My car is so much faster than yours I can drag you all the way down the street". Lots of possibilities that all make sense.

01-24-2014, 08:30 PM	#8
TOM KASCH VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: TOLEDO,OHIO Posts: 1,735 Likes: 0 Liked 241 Times in 100 Posts	Re: Drag racing We would be setting & eatting at a drive in hamburger place & a guy would say " DRAG your car " out to race me.....

01-24-2014, 09:23 PM	#9
Bob Lasko Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Wilton,CT Posts: 628 Likes: 0 Liked 185 Times in 54 Posts	Re: Drag racing Try the following links, http://voices.yahoo.com/the-where-dr...g-7741594.html http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/drag-race.html http://www.nhra.net/apcm/templates/a...263&zoneid=101 Bob Lasko

01-28-2014, 05:20 PM	#10
fatdsoto Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 12 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Drag racing I thought it was when 2 guys dressed like women raced each other on the street. Maybe in Greenwich Village, NYC. My memory is getting bad though.