OVERVIEW:
This content section includes those magazine titles with a primary focus on drag racing. When more formal and sanctioned drag racing started in the early
1950s, most coverage was done by publications like Hot Rod that covered all aspects of rodding and racing. But dedicated specialist
titles, like the ones in the timeline graphic below, also began to emerge.
The first publications were often weekly or bi-weekly newspaper style magazines with racing coverage and often a regional focus. Then monthly, full- featured magazines emerged like Drag Racing, Modern Rod and Super Stock and Drag Illustrated. The major sactioning bodies had their own publications, such as NHRA's National Dragster and AHRA's Drag World
TITLE RANKING BASED ON REPORTED PRINT VOLUME:
Drag racing titles, rank ordered by publisher reported print volume, can be found
HERE.
TIMELINE:
The image below shows the lineage and life span of each title covered in this Drag Racing section. This section is far from complete, as there were dozens of
small magazines published in all parts of the United States. Please note that we do NOT include weekly or bi-weekly publications at this time.
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