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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 7, 2022 · At the 1972 NHRA Supernationals held at Ontario Motor Speedway in Southern California, Mike Snively clocked the first five-second Top Fuel run at an NHRA national event, a 5.97, on Nov. 17, 1972 ...
Apr 7, 2023 · As Houston Raceway Park is demolished, these old photos show 35 years of raceway fun. Houston Raceway in Baytown is currently being demolished, but the park’s three-and-a-half decades of history ...
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.
The INAUGURAL 1988 Fram Super Nationals at the brand new built Houston Raceway Park!! (YouTube links further down) Top Fuel – Gene Snow became the 1st person in NHRA competition to break the 4...
9/2/2012 by Sean S.. The Houston International Speedway, later known as the Houston International Raceway and then Houston International Dragway, or the "Freeway Dragstrip", as well as other various names in its lifetime, was built in the mid-1950's and was considered one of the nation's premiere drag strips during its time as a member of the NHRA's Division 4.
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.”
