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Drag Racing?

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So where did the name "Drag" come from?
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Is it not from the early days of racing 'on the main drag',the street,before organised private strips?
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latil wrote:Is it not from the early days of racing 'on the main drag',the street,before organised private strips?
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So where does the phrase 'the main drag' come from? :D
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from drag racing, its their main drag strip?
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Derived from, the main street or Drag...(slang) a term used in early America when horses used to pull DRAGS or a wheeless carridges, which was used to break in the young horses and mules ;)

ie...Horse and Drag

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did they race them?
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Is a Drag Artist, sumone who sketched the the road then? :read2: :shock:
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:? So shouldn't we call it Prom racing or High racing over here then?
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