Don “Dyno Don” Nicholson raced at Detroit Dragway and was another of the famous drag racers of the 60′ & 70’s there much written about “Dyno Don”, so we have posted a few of the best articles we found along with the links to the article, so you can read the whole thing. We are proud to say that “Dyno Don” raced at Detroit Dragway, and we are glad he did.
At the height of drag racing in the 60’s & 70’s Detroit Dragway was one of the drag strips all the top drag racers wanted to race at. Detroit Dragway held it’s last race in 1997, but we are keeping it’s memory alive. Share your stories with us.
Drag Racing was so good back in the day when racers like “Dyno Don” and others traveled all over the U.S. and raced. Not like today’s events Although I still love drag racing, and will to the end, it’s just not the same.
Here is a page from Wikipedia that has so much of the information about “Dyno Don” and his life as a top drag racer.
“Don raced in the 1960s and 1970s when there were few national events. The National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) estimates he won 90 percent of his match races. As of 2002, he held the record for the most number of categories in which he reached a final round (won or took second at an event):Funny Car,Pro Stock,Super Stock,Competition Eliminator,Stock, and Street He was nicknamed “Dyno Don” after he was one of the first drivers to use a chassis dynamometer on his cars in the late 1950s, a skill that he learned while working as a line mechanic at a Chevrolet car dealer”.
Here is a page from MotorCities website with some information and a few nice photos. Click here to see. –>https://www.motorcities.org/story-of-the-week/2020/remembering-the-great-racing-legend-dyno-don-nicholson
From MotorTrend: MotorTrend is one of our favorite sites for drag racing information. “Dyno Don Nicholson was the consummate drag racer, and his crew chief, Jon Kaase, probably knew him as well as any man. Kaase came aboard at just the right time, helping Dyno win the 1977 NHRA Pro Stock championship. Kaase says, “He was my hero”. See the full article along with some great photos. Click here–> https://www.motortrend.com/news/unseen-vintage-photos-from-the-life-of-dyno-don-nicholson/
Hemmings article “Dyno” Don Nicholson is best remembered for his dominant performance in match racing and in the NHRA’s Pro Stock class, but Nicholson was one of the most versatile competitors drag racing has ever seen”.
Check out the full story here.–>https://www.hemmings.com/stories/2014/03/04/racing-heroes-dyno-don-nicholson
Below are a few of our photos of “Dyno Don, along with some our members of the our FB group. Join our group here-> https://www.facebook.com/groups/1166285873413298
Click the Photo for a larger image. A special thanks to all our members that share their old photos with us.
We are always looking for Detroit Dragway memorabilia.
If you have any you would like to get rid of please contact me.
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