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• THE PHOTOS - THE HISTORY - THE HEART OF WDIFL
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• Sample Newest Photos  - Updated 4-25-12  258 pages
• Sample of Diggers Photo Pages (256 and growing)
• From The Beginning - 1950-1959 (16 pages)
• 1965 - 1979 Funny Cars  - New Sample 05-01-12  80 pages
• The Transition  - Rear Engine Dragsters 1971-1979  - 114 Pages
• Smoke on the Water  - 1960-1979 Drag Boats  125 pages
• In Memoriam  - Tribute to those who inspired this site.
• Diggers 1  - First of 225 FED Photo Pages w/50+ pics on each page
• The McClelland Collection - 7 photo pages from Big Mac
• The Surfers Collection - The legendary Skinner, Jobe & Sorokin -- 2 pages.
• The Fuller Collection - Kent & Evelyn Fuller's huge slice of drag racing history.
• The Tom Hanna Collection  - Over 60 pics with comments by "The Tinman"
• From The Beginning  - Really rare shots - 12 pages
• Archive Page - First photos posted here in May of 1998.
• Frantic 4 Scrapbook  - Weekly-Rivero-Fox-Holding A/FD - 2 pages
• Candid Camera - Rare shots played for a laugh 
• Photo's by Pete  - Mile High fueler shots from "Pete" Garamonne
• Rare Video Clips  - 1966 US Nationals and more!
• Rare Video Clips II  - Surfers, "The Charger" and more
• Rare Video Clips III - US Nationals, Jungle Jim and more
• Bikini Beach - Photo stills - Pomona
• More American Graffiti - Drag racing stills from the 1979 movie
• Nicholson - Landy Match Race  - Island Dragway, NJ 1966
• BankAmericar Video - Lions Drag Strip - 1969
• 150 On Line Drag Racing Puzzles - members only
• Drag Racer - The Movie - 5 part video
• Nicoll Crash - 1970 U.S. Nationals vs Prudhomme (mp3)
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• Search Engine - Search Free Pages on WDIFL
• Contact Us
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• MAJOR NOSTALGIA EVENTS
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• New 4.01.12:  2012 March Meet - 11 pages - 1800 photos
• 2011 CHRR Cacklefest - 5 pages, 1000+ photos
• 2011 California Hot Rod Reunion - 7 pages, 1200 photos
• 2011 National Hot Rod Reunion
• 2011 March Meet - 8 Pages w/over 1500 photos
• 2010 CHRR Cacklefest - 8 pages & 1405 photos
• 2010 CHRR Coverage - 6 pages & 1435 photos
• 2010 Sid Waterman Classic Auto and Art Show
• A Day at the Vipe's
• Bixby Knolls Dragster Expo
• 2010 National Hot Rod Reunion - 3 pages w/700 photos
• 2010 National Hot Rod Reunion Cacklefest - 3 pages w/500 photos
• Las Vegas Rockabilly Rod Reunion - nothin' but photos
• 3rd Annual Dragfest - nothin' but photos
• 50th NHRA Winternationals - 6 pages, 2000+ photos
• 2010 March Meet Race Coverage - 7 pages w/over 2200 photos
• 2009 CHRR Cacklefest - 9 pages - over 1900 photos
• 2009 California Hot Rod Reunion - 8 pages -over 2100 photos
• 2009 Governors Cup - Top Fuel at Sacramento
• 2009 Boise Nightfire Nationals - 4 pages, 850 photos
• Chet Herbert Memorial Car Show - Cacklecars
• 2009 Dragster Expo - Cacklecars - Bixby Knolls, CA
• 2009 Nitro Nite of Fire - Funny Cars & More
• 2009 Nitro Nite of Fire Cackle Mania
• 2009 National Hot Rod Reunion - 3 pages, 550 photos
• 2009 NHRR Cacklefest - 3 pages, 750 photos
• 2009 Funny Car Fever - Sacramento - Beckman crash & much more
• 2009 Dragfest Race & People - 2 pages - 400 photos
• Cacklecars at 2009 Dragfest - 2 pages - 375 photos
• 2009 March Meet Results & Photos - 6 pages 2000 + photos
• 2009 March Meet Cacklefest - 2 pages
• 2008 California Hot Rod Reunion - 6 pages - 1450 photos
• 2008 CHRR Cacklefest - 8 Pages - 1500 photos
• 2008 Sacramento's Governors Cup - 2 pages
• 2008 Boise Nightfire Nationals - 3 pages - 650 photos
• 2008 Sacramento Nite of Fire - Top Fuel
• 2008 NHRR Cacklefest - Bowling Green, KY - 3 pages
• 2008 National Hot Rod Reunion - Bowling Green, KY - 2 pages
• 2008 Fuel & Gas Championships - Bakersfield - 3 pages
• 2008 Funny Car Fever - Sacramento - 2 pages
• 2008 March Meet Cacklefest
• 2008 March Meet - 7 pages - 2000+ photos
• 2008 NHRA Winternationals - 2 pages
• 2007 NHRA Auto Club Finals - Tribute to Wally Parks
• 2007 California Hot Rod Reunion - 7 pages
• 2007 CHRR Cacklefest - 4 pages
• 2007 Governors Cup
• Bucky's Playhouse
• Bucky's Nostalgia Nitro Ball
• 2007 Boise Nightfire Nationals
• 2007 National Hot Rod Reunion - The Race
• 2007 NHRR Cacklefest
• 2007 Sacramento Nite of Fire
• 2007 Nostalgia Nitro Shootout  Top Fuel & Funny Cars @ Fontana
• 2007 March Meet - Cacklecars  
• 2007 March Meet - Compete TF & Much More  5 Pages - Over 600 Photos
• 2006 Goodguys Fuel & Gas Finals  -  5 pages - 500+ photos
• 2006 CHRR - Race Pages  -  4 pages - 400+ photos
• 2006 CHRR Cacklefest VI  -  3 pages - 300 photos
• 35th Boise Nightfire Nationals - 2 pages - 200 photos
• 2006 NHRR The Race - over 100 photos
• 2006 NHRR Cacklefest - 2 pages w/over 200 photos
• 2006 Nitro Nite of Fire - Sacramento TF Show
• 2006 Goodguys 2nd Northwest Nostalgia Drags - Rainout Photos
• 2006 Goodguys 9th Nitro Nationals - 7 pages - 600+ photos
• 2006 Goodguys March Meet - All 5 pages updated 03-29
• 7th Goodguys Fuel & Gas Finals  4 Pages - Hundreds of photos
• 14th CHRR Cacklefest  2 pages - 200+ photos
• 14th CHRR The Race  4 pages - 300+ photos
• 14th CHRR People N Pits  2 pages
• 2005 Governors Cup  Sacramento
• Goodguys 1st Northwest Nationals  Seattle
• Goodguys 8th Nitro Nationals  Pomona - 2 pages
• 2005 National Hot Rod Reunion Race & Cacklefest
• 2005 Sacramento Night of Fire
• 2005 Fremont Reunion @ Sacramento
• 2005 17th Nitro Nationals - Goodguys at Sonoma
• 2005 March Meet - Four Pages - Hundreds of Photos
• 2004 NHRA World Finals
• 2004 VRA Fuel & Gas Finals
• 2004 California Hot Rod Reunion- The Race - 3 Pages
• 2004 CHRR Cacklefest - 4 Pages
• 2004 Governors Cup - Sacramento
• Indy 50th Cacklefest - U.S. Nationals 2004
• 2004 Nitro Night of Fire - Boise
• 2004 National Hot Rod Reunion - Bowling Green
• 2004 Goodguys Pomona Nitro Nationals  3 pages
• 2004 Goodguys Nitro Nationals - Viva Las Vegas
• 2004 Goodguys 45th March Meet
• 2004 NHRA Winternationals Cacklefest
• 2003 VRA Fuel & Gas Finals  3 pages
• 2003 California Hot Rod Reunion - The Race  3 pages
• 2003 California Hot Rod Reunion - Cacklefest  3 pages
• 34th Governor's Cup  Sacramento, 2003
• 2003 Nightfire  Boise
• 2003 Night Of Fire  Sacramento
  
• 2003 National Hot Rod Reunion  3 Pages
  
• 2003 NHRR Cacklefest  Bowling Green
  
• Goodguys-VRA Pomona Coverage  2 pages
• Fremont Reunion  Top Fuel at Sacramento
• VRA Nitro Nationals at Sonoma  2 pages
• 2003 44th March Meet  4 pages - over 350 photos
• 2003 NHRA Winternationals Cacklefest  Cackle & Museum
• 2003 ARHRA Winternationals  2 pages
• 2002 VRA Fuel & Gas Finals  2 pages
  
• 2002 CHRR - The Race  2 pages
• 2002 CHRR - Cacklefest  2 pages
• 2002 CHRR - People & ROF  2 pages
• Governors Cup 2002  - Sacramento Fiasco
• VRA Nitro Nationals 2002  - The Race
• March Meet 2002  - The Race
• Pomona Cacklefest 2002 Winternationals
• CHRR 2001 - People Page 1  
• CHRR 2001 - Cacklefest (2 pages)
• CHRR 2001 - The Race (2 pages)
• NHRA 50th Anniversary Nationals Nostalgia Top Fuel
• Pomona 2001 - Cacklefest West  NHRA Winternationals
• March Meet 2001 - Cars Page
• CHRR 2000 - Cacklefest
• CHRR 2000 - Race Cars
• CHRR 2000 - People (3 pages)
• Goodguys "March Meet 2000" - Cars Page
• "March Meet 2000" - People Page
• 1999 California Hot Rod Reunion  Race Page
• 1999 CHRR People Page  People Page
• 1999 March Meet Race Page  Race Page
• 1999 March Meet People Page  People Page
• 1998 California Hot Rod Reunion  Shots of the cars -- on and off the track.
• 1998 CHRR People Page  Shots of all the folks who made it a "reunion"
• 1st Annual Standard 1320 Inyokern Invitational
• Nitro Thunder - Experience It  Video Clip
• BankAmericar Fireup - from Hot August Nights 2005
• Nostalgia Top Fuel 250 MPH Club
• Nostalgia Top Fuel 260 MPH Club
• BR Motorsports NTF 5.60 Club
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• All the Following Links are Available to our Visitors
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• The STORE
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• WDIFL Drag Racing Gifts
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• IMPORTANT STUFF
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• In Memoriam  - Tribute to those who inspired this site.
• Drag Racing Links  Great drag racing links & other cool sites.
• In Memoriam - Drag Boats   Small tribute to those who gave it all on the water.
• Drag Boat Links  Links for the boat bunch.
• Top Fuel Driver Numbers - Div 1 thru 7 Top Fuel Drivers Numbers 1967 - 1979
• Funny Car Driver Numbers - Div 1 thru 7 Funny Car Drivers Numbers 1967 - 1979
• Swap Meet - Buy - Sell - Swap Cars & Parts
• Project 1320 - important update
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• Contact Us - E-list or Comments/Suggestions
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• SPECIAL EVENTS - TRIBUTES ETC.
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• NEW - Cacklecar Coral @ 2012 NHRA Winternationals
• NEW -  Garlits "Rat Roast" - Benefit for Project 1320 @ 2012 Winternationals
• Tribute to Tom "TC" Lemons
• 2011 NHRA Finals at Pomona
• 2011 Prudhomme Open House
• James Warren Remembered
• Roger Coburn Remembered
• Steve & Gloria Gibbs 50th Anniversary
• Best Photos of 2009 - WDIFL photographers share their favorite shots
• 2009 NHRA Finals - Odds 'n Ends
• On the Road with Project 1320 - A unique advertising opportunity
• 2009 SEMA Show - 2 pages
• Tribute To A Legend - Marvin Rifchin
• Project 1320 - to chronicle drag racing's pioneers
• Everybody Loves Somebody - Unique Tribute to Sy Sidebotham
• Jim Deist Memoriam - NHRA Museium
• Big Daddy and I, Revisited - by Todd Hutcheson
• NHRA Winternationals - 2009
• Wally Parks Night at the Museum
• 2009 Grand National Roadster Show
• John Force 2008 Holiday Car Show
• 2008 SEMA Show - 2 pages
• Scott Kalitta Photo Tribute
• John Shoemaker - Celebration of Life
• Pat Foster in Memoriam - Celebration of Life
• 2008 NHRA Winternationals - 2 pages - wide coverage
• The March Meet Turns 50
• John Force 2007 Holiday Car Show - WDIFL Exclusive
• 2007 SEMA Show - WDIFL.com Exclusive
• Connie Swingle - RIP
• 2006 SEMA Show 
• Frank Cannon Drag Race Pioneer - By Don Prieto
• Ivo - Motorsports Hall of Fame  "TV Tommy" - 2005 Inductee
• Remembering "Diamond Jim" - Memorial Service for Jim Annin
• 2004 SEMA Show - Show overview
• Tribute to CJ & Peggy Hart
• Make A Wish 2004  Drag Race Day for the kids.
• Drag Strips We Knew And Loved
• Steve Gibbs Retirement Bash - 2003
• A Diamond Birthday - The late Diamond Jim's 64th Birthday Bash
• Mattel's 35th Anniversary Hall of Fame
• A Tribute to Steve Evans
• Road Kings 50th Anniversary  WDIFL Exclusive
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• MORE COOL STUFF
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• Dragster Names Over the Decades
• Drag Racing Nicknames (non drivers)
• The March Meet Turns 50
• Inside National Dragster - Phil Burgess shares a great mix of old and new
• Drag Racing Online Puzzles - 51 challenges
• Driver Nicknames - Digger drivers nicknames - good stuff
• Drag Racing Quotes - A WDIFL Believe It Or Not...
• Drag Racing Slang - We speak another language
• Drag Racer in Iraq - Pat Maset
• Decals - Tickets & Other Stuff
• Story of labor, dedication and fun!  1964 Texas Digger
• Cupit & Cunningham AA/FD - They did it for love.
• WDIFL Logo by Pete Millar
• Just For Fun - Drag Racing Humor - Funny Stories
• Classic Pete Millar Drag CarToons  - 5 rare cartoons in this section
• Millar Does Ivo - Classic Millar Cartoon
• Modeler Awards - Great Digger Models!
• Hanna's Car - The Quintessential Top Fuel Dragster
• Surgeon General Warning  - Hazards of Nitro
• National Blower Explosion Month  - This is funny!
• BankAmericar - Hot Rod Magazine Cover
• Dragster Replicas by Riceman  The model art of Roger Lee
• Proud Mary Restoration - 1973 Blown Fuel Hydro - First "Cackleboat"
• Trunk Monkey - Nothing to do with drag racing - FUNNY!
• Stress Relief - Top Fuel Audio File
• You know you’re a drag racing addict when:
• Stellings & Hampshire Screen Saver
• If you're over 45
• Racers' Disease!
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• ARTICLES, TECH TALK, FOOD FOR THOUGHT AND MISC.
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• NEW - Once Upon a Time in Drag Racing - by Stephen Justice
• NEW - 50's & 60's L.A.Times on Lions
• Garlits v Carbone Indy 1971 - The Great Burn Down
• Lions November 13, 1971 - 17th Anniversary Meet
• March to Oblivion - by Todd Hutcheson and Mickey Bryant
• The Turning Point - March 8th 1970 - by Todd Hutcheson and Mickey Bryant
• Racing Genetics: The Procks by Don Prieto
• The First March Meet by Mickey Bryant
• Garlits v. Carbone Indy 1971
• Jim Nicoll - Drag Racing's 'Superman'  By Todd Hutcheson
• Tales from the Old West - A Little Drag Racing History Lesson - By Don Prieto
• Tales from the Old West Pt. 2 - Vignettes from the first organized drag race - By Don Prieto
• Santa Ana Drags…The End of an Era - by Don Prieto
• Gary Cagle, the Tough Ol' Bird, Makes One More Pass  - by Don Prieto
• Steve Gibbs--NHRA Director of Competition - by Don Prieto
• NoCal Scrapbook - A Glance into the Past
• From Player to Pastor - The "Nitro Noel" Reese story
• The One That Got Away - Phil Burgess online
• The Story of the Burkholder Bros. by Stephen Justice
• Nostalgia Racing Profile  Steve Davidson Race Cars
• The Last Drag Race by Steve Alexander
• A Tale of Jungle Jim and Porky the Pirate
• Slipper Clutch Evolution - by Jim McFarland
• Champion Speed Shop - Part 1 by Stephen Justice
• Champion Speed Shop - Part 2 by Stephen Justice
• Forsberg Bros. & Hubbard - Latest racer profile from Stephen Justice
• Double Dixon - by Todd Hutcheson
• Arty Ross fiberglass dragster body - by Glenn Cupit
• How it all Started - by Don Prieto
• Vince Rossi, Racer 1926-1999 - by Don Prieto
• History of the Hustler - by Don Prieto
• Tales of the ol' West - by Don Prieto
• Big Daddy and I, Revisited - by Todd Hutcheson
• Champion Speed Shop - Part 1 by Stephen Justice
• Double Dixon - by Todd Hutcheson
• Goin' to Drag City: Blaney Drag Strip - by David Burlington
• Betting on Pink, a Royal Flush - Story by Todd Hutcheson
• The Last Stand - US Turbine 1 - Story by Todd Hutcheson
• Taming of the Rat Trap - Story by Todd Hutcheson
• The Boys From Belmont - Schrank Bros. Story by Stephen Justice
• The Stone Age Man - The George Hutcheson Story
• Dry Hops in Heaven  by Phil Burgess
• March Meet History  by Stephen Justice
• How I Got the Wavemaker Handle  by Don Prieto
• Golden Age of Drag Racing - Bill Dunlap Story Pt. 1 by Stephen Justice
• Nostalgic Turn of Events - Bill Dunlap story Pt. 2 by Stephen Justice
• SEMA Chassis Builder Numbers - Numbers and Info thru 1979
• Hampshire Bros. - Merchants of Speed - Part 1
• Hampshire Bros. - Merchants of Speed - Part 2
• Top Fuel Acceleration Put Into Perspective
• The History of C-T AUTOMOTIVE by Kent Fuller
• The Arnold Birky Story
• '74 National Challenge - The End of PRO
• Tire Shake - One Opinion - by Henry Walther
• Don Long Builds The Old Master AA/FD - from start to finish
• The Jim Herbert Story - Part 1 - by Stephen Justice
• The Jim Herbert Story - Part 2
• Attack on Pearl Harbor - Its tie to drag racing
• The Story Behind Lions Drag Strip - From 1965 Drag Scoop
• The Chrisman and Duncan Coupe - By Don Prieto
• TV Tommy Ivo and his T. - By Don Prieto
• Two Drags In a Day - 1953 perspective on drag racing
• Apocalypse: The Chi-Town Hustler - By: Paul Stenquist
• An Ode to Indy - The Nationals - 40 Years Of A Labor Day Weekend Pilgrimage
• National Blower Explosion Month  - This is funny!
• CJ. Hart - Over 80, Doing 90 - LA Times article
• "Bare Bones" History of the March Meet  by Jim Davis
• AA/FD, 1965 - by Phil R. Elliott
• Traps n' Stuff  10 minutes with NHRA's Steve Gibbs
• Header Flames  "Appearances" by Vic Cooke
• Evolution  "A Study of Nomadic Drag Racing Clans" by Laurie Watts
• A Look at Staging Strategies  by Vic Cooke
• Nitromethane - Good ol' CH3-NO2
• Modern Nitro Facts  Astonishing facts regarding TF today
• Tire Shake  One man's theory
• Head's Up?  The Man Who Invented Drag Racing
• Goleta - The First Drag Race from "High Performance" by Robert Post
• Big Gene Stories - In memory of Gene Townley
• The Frog - from Steve Gibbs
• Big Gene Stories - In memory of Gene Townley
• Stupid People by Don Prieto
• Lions Laugh  by Hedge, Stevens & Vosk
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