Funny Car Summer, documentary movie available from Netflix, follows Jim Dunn through the 1974 funny car races, and gives a good look at 1974

the car he raced was this rear engined Barracuda, one of only 2 rear engined funny cars racing in 1974

his ordinary job for 47 weeks a year was as a firefighter

the movie covers the drag strips in So Cal mostly, but also Oklahoma and Utah

and I've no idea why the races at El Mirage and Bonneville are in the movie, or even if they are from 1974

Carl and Veda Orr!

and no shit, they lit the back tire on fire to race bicycles with small chutes that were pulled in a parking lot race

1936 Ford raced on Bonneville in 1950, was on the green for the 2013 Desert Classic Concours

above I took, below I found on http://www.flickr.com/photos/photosbyjohnwiley/sets/72157632897024872/ and the whole event is well displayed there

1963 Bonneville entrant... looking very cool

found on http://www.gyronautx1.com

Bonneville, Fastest Place on Earth, BBC documentary on a couple bike racers

found on http://www.dwrenched.com which isn't safe for work, your wife's peace of mind, or your domestic bliss on the couch

lawn mower racing blog... I just learned of it. They have good coverage! Worlds fastest mowers type coverage

Above images are from http://www.letsmow.com and this blog is titled, The Cutting Edge. Pretty cool!

Learned about it from the event calendar on http://www.goldeagle.com/event_marketing/engine-answerman-tour.aspx and also borrowed the bottom photo to show you what a Monster Truck treatment does to a lawn mower

FYI, the worlds fastest lawnmower is claimed by the Dixie Chopper Jet Mower built in 1991 by Dixie Choppers owner Art Evans and was on a 1993 episode of Tim Alllen's sitcom Home Improvement. The fastest at Bonneville is the black one above (not the monster truck one) which clocked at 96.529 in 2010