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Houston Raceway Park, formerly known as Royal Purple Raceway, is a quarter-mile dragstrip in Baytown, Texas, just outside Houston. Built in 1988, the Park is situated on 500 acres on the eastern edge of the greater Houston metropolitan area and is Houston's only major multi-purpose motorsports venue. The dragstrip has a three-story tower ...
Apr 17, 2020 · At that 1972 event, Snively ran 5.97 but lost in the semifinals, and Don Moody eventually went quicker with a 5.91 and won the race; in 1988, Hill played the role of Moody and twice bettered Snow ...
Apr 7, 2023 · Baytown's Houston Raceway Park is being torn down, but its legacy will be remembered. ... Part of garage area at Houston Raceway Park is shown during the inaugural NHRA Fram Supernationals in 1988.
Apr 7, 2022 · Flash forward more than 15 years to April 1988. Eddie Hill recorded the first four-second Top Fuel pass in drag racing history at a non-NHRA event at Texas Motorplex, but it was fellow Texan Gene ...
History in the making at Houston Motorsports Park for the 1988 NHRA Fram Supernationals from Diamond P Sports recording (in 1988) on ED-Beta tape edited and AI upscaled.… Houston Raceway Inaugural 1988 event on Vimeo
Jul 14, 2021 · Houston Raceway Park has been the site of many special moments, none more so than the NHRA’s first four-second run, a 4.99 set by Texan Gene Snow at the 1988 race. Fellow Texan Eddie Hill quickly topped Snow by running a staggering 4.93 in the final round of Top Fuel to win the race, sending off a worldwide frenzy of interest in the sport.
Apr 14, 2022 · The future was certainly brighter in 1988 for the raceway — it was one of four facilities added (or re-added, in the case of Seattle) to the NHRA Winston Drag Racing Series tour that year, a fresh boon to the greater Houston economy and racing scene, and was highly touted as the sport’s “super track.”
