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Drag Racing?
Posted: Fri Sep 12, 08 10:52 pm
by TyreFryer
So where did the name "Drag" come from?
Posted: Fri Sep 12, 08 10:59 pm
by latil
Is it not from the early days of racing 'on the main drag',the street,before organised private strips?
Posted: Fri Sep 12, 08 11:15 pm
by MrNorm
latil wrote:Is it not from the early days of racing 'on the main drag',the street,before organised private strips?
correct!
Posted: Sat Sep 13, 08 7:04 am
by MetalChuckKey
So where does the phrase 'the main drag' come from?

Posted: Sat Sep 13, 08 8:06 am
by the dodge
from drag racing, its their main drag strip?
Posted: Sun Sep 14, 08 9:15 am
by AllKiller
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
This is modern real one
Posted: Sun Sep 14, 08 11:04 am
by the dodge
did they race them?
Posted: Sun Sep 14, 08 1:22 pm
by Doug
Is a Drag Artist, sumone who sketched the the road then?

Posted: Sun Sep 14, 08 7:10 pm
by TyreFryer

So shouldn't we call it Prom racing or High racing over here then?