I was watching a show about drag racing in Sydney Australia on a sports channel and was surprised to see it because I thought it was just an American thing. It was the same roar and smoke and fire though with lots of fans in the stands so it was all good.
Holy Cow! I was just talking to Don Garlits ("Big Daddy") about 2 or 3 weeks ago. He is 89 now, but still active in racing. Mostly engineering stuff, but still got the mojo working for him. I knew him from back in the days when I puttered around with racing at the AHRA tracks.