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| | IHRA - International Hot Rod Association Drag Racing |
 | | Other than 1986, when the IHRA held the Popular Hot Rodding Nationals, the PHR event was a totally independent affair, just like the Gas and Fuel Championships in Bakersfield, California, the Olympics of Drag Racing in Union Grove, Wisc., and to this day, the World Series of Drag Racing in Cordova, Illinois. |
 | | John Grivins, owner of U.S. 131 Dragway and Popular Hot Rodding Magazine, began the PHR Championships in 1968 with the elite teams from Top Fuel, Funny Car and Pro Stock competing to be featured as the winner in Popular Hot Rodding Magazine. |
 | | Of the different names of drivers competing in the first PHR Championships were the likes of Don Schumacher, Ron Colson, Dick LaHaie, Eddie Schartman, Charlie Allen, Lew Arrington, Della Woods, Sox and Martin, Tom McEwen, and the Bill "Maverick" Golden and the Little Red Wagon wheelstander. |
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