{"id":16594,"date":"2011-08-05T11:10:45","date_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/?p=16594"},"modified":"2013-02-17T18:05:00","modified_gmt":"2013-02-18T01:05:00","slug":"drag-racing-irwindale-speedway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/drag-racing-irwindale-speedway\/","title":{"rendered":"Speed Fever Continues at the Drag Races"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fdrag-racing-irwindale-speedway%2F&amp;media=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2011%2F07%2FChevy-Gassers-Face-Off-at-the-Drag-Races.jpg&amp;description=Speed+Fever+Continues+at+the+Drag+Races\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\" rel=\"lightbox[16594]\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/drag-racing-irwindale-speedway\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/drag-racing-irwindale-speedway\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"Speed Fever Continues at the Drag Races\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/drag-racing-irwindale-speedway\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Speed Fever Continues at the Drag Races&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/drag-racing-irwindale-speedway\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/drag-racing-irwindale-speedway\/\" data-text=\"Speed Fever Continues at the Drag Races\" data-desc=\"Toyota's Irwindale Speedway Heats up on Thursday Nights! Speed Fever is a serious thing. Once I caught on, it was only a matter of time before I got interested in drag racing. First I hot rodded my Studebaker. Then I began attending Speed Week each year. Eventually I learned to do a burnout. Why not\" data-image=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Chevy-Gassers-Face-Off-at-the-Drag-Races.jpg\" data-button=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/images\/social_share_button.png\" alt=\"Share\" class=\"linksalpha_image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/scripts\/loader_iconbox.js?v=2.4\"><\/script><\/span><\/div><h3>Toyota&#8217;s Irwindale Speedway Heats up on Thursday Nights!<\/h3>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Chevy-Gassers-Face-Off-at-the-Drag-Races.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[16594]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16596\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"Chevy Gassers Face Off at the Drag Races\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Chevy-Gassers-Face-Off-at-the-Drag-Races.jpg\" border=\"2\" alt=\"1955 chevy, chevy gasser, chevy gassers, gasser drag race, drag racing, drag race, irwindale speedway\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"575\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Chevy-Gassers-Face-Off-at-the-Drag-Races.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Chevy-Gassers-Face-Off-at-the-Drag-Races-150x61.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Chevy-Gassers-Face-Off-at-the-Drag-Races-300x122.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Chevy-Gassers-Face-Off-at-the-Drag-Races-575x235.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Speed Fever is a serious thing. Once I caught on, it was only a matter of time before I got interested in drag racing. First I hot rodded my <a title=\"Photos of Grease Girls 1955 Studebaker\" href=\"http:\/\/greasegirl.wordpress.com\/photos\/\" target=\"_blank\">Studebaker<\/a>. Then I began attending <a title=\"Speed Week 2010\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/bonneville-salt-flats-speed-week-records-and-pictures\/\" target=\"_blank\">Speed Week<\/a> each year. Eventually I learned to do a<a title=\"Metalworking and Burnouts with Gene Winfield\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/metalworking-and-burnouts-with-custom-car-legend\/\" target=\"_blank\"> burnout<\/a>. Why not drag race!?<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Toyota-Irwindale-Speedway-Amateur-Drag-Racing.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[16594]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16611\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"Toyota Irwindale Speedway Amateur Drag Racing\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Toyota-Irwindale-Speedway-Amateur-Drag-Racing.jpg\" border=\"2\" alt=\"drag racing, drag race, irwindale speedway\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Toyota-Irwindale-Speedway-Amateur-Drag-Racing.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Toyota-Irwindale-Speedway-Amateur-Drag-Racing-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Toyota-Irwindale-Speedway-Amateur-Drag-Racing-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Toyota-Irwindale-Speedway-Amateur-Drag-Racing-575x431.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Although it&#8217;s not time for my own Studebaker to get on the dragstrip just yet, I&#8217;m sure it&#8217;s day will come. First I&#8217;ve got to learn a thing or two about drag racing &#8211; and what better way to go to do that than ride along with a pal who&#8217;s been racing his 1955 Chevy Gasser for years!? When my buddy Stan first invited me to go along with him to the Irwindale Raceway, I didn&#8217;t realize we were going to actually drive his racing gasser TO the races. But yep, he built this car to drive and there&#8217;ll be no trailer for him. (<a title=\"Stan's 1955 Chevy Gasser\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/1955-chevy-gasser\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read more about his Chevy here.<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Amateur-Drag-Racing-Night-at-Irwindale-Speedway.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[16594]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16595\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"Amateur Drag Racing Night at Irwindale Speedway\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Amateur-Drag-Racing-Night-at-Irwindale-Speedway.jpg\" border=\"2\" alt=\"drag racing, drag race, irwindale speedway\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Amateur-Drag-Racing-Night-at-Irwindale-Speedway.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Amateur-Drag-Racing-Night-at-Irwindale-Speedway-150x87.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Amateur-Drag-Racing-Night-at-Irwindale-Speedway-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Amateur-Drag-Racing-Night-at-Irwindale-Speedway-575x335.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thursday nights at Irwindale is a run-what-ya-brung amateur night with some professional class racers around also. It isn&#8217;t a nostaglic-class night, anyone can come&#8230;so long as you have a helmet and a seatbelt (unless you start going too fast&#8230;then you&#8217;d need some extra safety equipment).<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/New-Blood-in-Drag-Racing.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[16594]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16606\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"New Blood in Drag Racing\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/New-Blood-in-Drag-Racing.jpg\" border=\"2\" alt=\"drag racing, drag race, irwindale speedway\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/New-Blood-in-Drag-Racing.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/New-Blood-in-Drag-Racing-150x76.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/New-Blood-in-Drag-Racing-300x152.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/New-Blood-in-Drag-Racing-575x292.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I was happy to see there were lots of young people getting interested &#8211; even if they&#8217;re there for the tuner-car category.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Drag-Racing-Oldsmobile.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[16594]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16601\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"Drag Racing 1964 Chevelle\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Drag-Racing-Oldsmobile.jpg\" border=\"2\" alt=\"drag racing, drag race, irwindale speedway, 1964 Chevelle\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"575\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Drag-Racing-Oldsmobile.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Drag-Racing-Oldsmobile-150x97.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Drag-Racing-Oldsmobile-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Drag-Racing-Oldsmobile-575x374.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While there were plenty of new Mustangs, Camaros, and rice rockets racing &#8211; there were still plenty of old cars to watch too, like this 1964 Chevelle. Another amazing &#8217;64 is this amazing <a title=\"1964 Pontiac GTO Drag Racer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/?p=16615\" target=\"_blank\">1964 Pontiac GTO, click here to read the story<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Hot-Rod-Drag-Racing.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[16594]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16603\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"Hot Rod Drag Racing\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Hot-Rod-Drag-Racing.jpg\" border=\"2\" alt=\"drag racing, drag race, irwindale speedway\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Hot-Rod-Drag-Racing.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Hot-Rod-Drag-Racing-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Hot-Rod-Drag-Racing-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Hot-Rod-Drag-Racing-575x326.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Or this early fifties Chevy 2-door. It looks like somebody has been doing a lot of work to make this coupe a record breaker!<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Drag-Racing-Station-Wagon.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[16594]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16602\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"Drag Racing Station Wagon\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Drag-Racing-Station-Wagon.jpg\" border=\"2\" alt=\"drag racing, drag race, irwindale speedway\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Drag-Racing-Station-Wagon.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Drag-Racing-Station-Wagon-150x80.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Drag-Racing-Station-Wagon-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Drag-Racing-Station-Wagon-575x307.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This Malibu was one mean looking wagon! Those are some wildly high air cleaners!<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Metropolitan-Nash-at-Dragstrip.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[16594]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16605\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"Metropolitan Nash at Dragstrip\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Metropolitan-Nash-at-Dragstrip.jpg\" border=\"2\" alt=\"1959 Metropolitan Nash Drag Car, drag racing, drag race, irwindale speedway\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Metropolitan-Nash-at-Dragstrip.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Metropolitan-Nash-at-Dragstrip-150x95.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Metropolitan-Nash-at-Dragstrip-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Metropolitan-Nash-at-Dragstrip-575x366.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>An unlikely candidate for racing, this 1959 Metropolitan Nash speed down the strip.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Drag-Racing-Christmas-Tree-at-Sunset.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[16594]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16597\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"Drag Racing Christmas Tree at Sunset\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Drag-Racing-Christmas-Tree-at-Sunset.jpg\" border=\"2\" alt=\"drag racing, drag race, irwindale speedway\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Drag-Racing-Christmas-Tree-at-Sunset.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Drag-Racing-Christmas-Tree-at-Sunset-150x92.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Drag-Racing-Christmas-Tree-at-Sunset-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Drag-Racing-Christmas-Tree-at-Sunset-575x353.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This Oldsmobile 442 is about to ride off into the sunset.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/sunset-at-drags.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[16594]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16610\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"sunset at drags\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/sunset-at-drags.jpg\" border=\"2\" alt=\"drag racing, drag race, irwindale speedway\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/sunset-at-drags.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/sunset-at-drags-150x95.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/sunset-at-drags-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/sunset-at-drags-575x364.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As the sun went down and the air cooled off, drag racing times just got better&#8230;\u00a0You can&#8217;t ask for anything better then that.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fdrag-racing-irwindale-speedway%2F&amp;media=&amp;description=Speed+Fever+Continues+at+the+Drag+Races\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/drag-racing-irwindale-speedway\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/drag-racing-irwindale-speedway\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"Speed Fever Continues at the Drag Races\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/drag-racing-irwindale-speedway\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Speed Fever Continues at the Drag Races&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/drag-racing-irwindale-speedway\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/drag-racing-irwindale-speedway\/\" data-text=\"Speed Fever Continues at the Drag Races\" data-desc=\"Toyota's Irwindale Speedway Heats up on Thursday Nights! Speed Fever is a serious thing. Once I caught on, it was only a matter of time before I got interested in drag racing. First I hot rodded my Studebaker. Then I began attending Speed Week each year. Eventually I learned to do a burnout. Why not\" data-image=\"\" data-button=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/images\/social_share_button.png\" alt=\"Share\" class=\"linksalpha_image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/scripts\/loader_iconbox.js?v=2.4\"><\/script><\/span><\/div><p>Email Toyota&#8217;s Irwindale Speedway Heats up on Thursday Nights! Speed Fever is a serious thing. Once I caught on, it was only a matter of time before I got interested in drag racing. First I hot rodded my Studebaker. Then I began attending Speed Week each year. Eventually I learned to do a burnout. 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