Everything you wanted to know about the exciting world of drag racing The NHRA, NMCA, PINKS ALL OUT, building your race car, rule books, race classes, tow vehicles, trailers, components of a run, heads-up racing, index racing, bracket racing. Plus funding your operation, securing sponsorship, and getting magazine and TV coverage The author also takes you on a visual journey showing the various builds of his '67 Pontiac LeMans with assembly pictures that show with time slips how the car evolved from 16 secs in 1994 to a 14 sec bracket car in 2005 all the way to a 10 sec all-out race car...

Following the success of his first book, Drag Racing 101, where IH Racing's Team Owner Ike Heckler Jr. explains how to build your first race car and secure sponsorship, Ike now brings you Drag Racing 201 - Racing in the New Economy. After racing at NHRA tracks in the northeast and southeast for the past 10 years in a booming economy where securing sponsorships was relatively easy, Ike takes you on an exciting journey through 2010 and explains what it is like to uproot your personal life in order to pursue the goal of semi-pro drag racing. With over 52 career round wins and national media...