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Press Clippings - 1974


  • Of Trauma and Tragedy
       National Challenge '74: anger, frustration and confusion
       ©  Lopez Publications Inc.  -  December, 1974

  • Where Angels Fear To Tread
       A journalist's mishap-by-mishap account of National Challenge '74
       ©  Lopez Publications Inc.  -  December, 1974

  • The Rightest and The Rest
       New York National Speedway's track manager's version of the event
       ©  Lopez Publications Inc.  -  December, 1974

  • Round By Round . . .
       A detailed recounting of the racing at National Challenge '74
       ©  Lopez Publications Inc.  -  December, 1974

  • From The Editor
       Super Stock magazine's editorial about the National Challenge
       ©  Lopez Publications Inc.  -  December, 1974

  • P.R.O. is D.O.A. at New York National
       Hot Rod magazine's look at the National Challenge debacle
       ©  Petersen Publishing Ltd.  -  December, 1974

  • Should Nitro Be Banned?
       Pro (Carl Olson) and Con (Don Prudhomme) views on the subject
       ©  Petersen Publishing Ltd.  -  May, 1974

  • "I Thought you were the Operator"
       A candid look at Bill Doner and Steve Evans -- dragstrip promoters
       ©  Petersen Publishing Ltd.  -  May, 1974

  • Insanity is Colored Green
       Thoughts on Top Fuel racing -- and the Jade Grenade
       ©  Petersen Publishing Ltd.  -  March, 1974

  • The 13-year overnight success
       Who is Gary Beck and where did he come from?
       ©  Petersen Publishing Ltd.  -  February, 1974
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