{"id":540,"date":"2014-07-21T11:54:31","date_gmt":"2014-07-21T11:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goatsurfer.com\/retromtb\/?p=540"},"modified":"2014-07-21T11:54:31","modified_gmt":"2014-07-21T11:54:31","slug":"dragstalgia-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goatsurfer.com\/retromtb\/?p=540","title":{"rendered":"Dragstalgia 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Summertime, time, time,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Child, the living&#8217;s easy.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Fish are jumping out<\/em><br \/>\n<em> And the cotton, Lord,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Cotton&#8217;s high, Lord, so high.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Also high this weekend was the level of Nitomethane in the air at Dragstalgia 2014, Santa Pod Raceway.<\/p>\n<p>Now in its fourth year this annual homage to Vintage Drag Racing took place over a scorching July weekend and I was in my element&#8230;.old enough to remember seeing most of these cars 30 years ago at this exact same Drag Strip this was history come back to life and I loved it \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Highlights for me were 1970&#8217;s Funny Cars, Nitro burning Gas Altered&#8217;s and a large contingent of 1941 Willy&#8217;s but there was also lots of other classic hardware either on the strip or in Show &amp; Shine.<\/p>\n<p>No more talk, here&#8217;s some pictures&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goatsurfer.com\/images\/dragstalgia_2014_01.JPG?resize=620%2C349\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goatsurfer.com\/images\/dragstalgia_2014_02.JPG?resize=620%2C349\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goatsurfer.com\/images\/dragstalgia_2014_03.JPG?resize=620%2C349\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goatsurfer.com\/images\/dragstalgia_2014_04.JPG?resize=620%2C349\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goatsurfer.com\/images\/dragstalgia_2014_05.JPG?resize=620%2C349\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goatsurfer.com\/images\/dragstalgia_2014_06.JPG?resize=620%2C349\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goatsurfer.com\/images\/dragstalgia_2014_07.JPG?resize=620%2C349\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goatsurfer.com\/images\/dragstalgia_2014_08.JPG?resize=620%2C349\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goatsurfer.com\/images\/dragstalgia_2014_09.JPG?resize=620%2C349\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goatsurfer.com\/images\/dragstalgia_2014_10.JPG?resize=620%2C349\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goatsurfer.com\/images\/dragstalgia_2014_11.JPG?resize=620%2C349\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goatsurfer.com\/images\/dragstalgia_2014_12.JPG?resize=620%2C349\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goatsurfer.com\/images\/dragstalgia_2014_13.JPG?resize=620%2C349\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goatsurfer.com\/images\/dragstalgia_2014_14.JPG?resize=620%2C349\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goatsurfer.com\/images\/dragstalgia_2014_15.JPG?resize=620%2C349\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goatsurfer.com\/images\/dragstalgia_2014_16.JPG?resize=620%2C349\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goatsurfer.com\/images\/dragstalgia_2014_17.JPG?resize=620%2C349\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goatsurfer.com\/images\/dragstalgia_2014_18.JPG?resize=620%2C349\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goatsurfer.com\/images\/dragstalgia_2014_19.JPG?resize=620%2C349\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goatsurfer.com\/images\/dragstalgia_2014_20.JPG?resize=620%2C349\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goatsurfer.com\/images\/dragstalgia_2014_21.JPG?resize=620%2C349\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goatsurfer.com\/images\/dragstalgia_2014_22.JPG?resize=620%2C349\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goatsurfer.com\/images\/dragstalgia_2014_23.JPG?resize=620%2C349\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goatsurfer.com\/images\/dragstalgia_2014_24.JPG?resize=620%2C349\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goatsurfer.com\/images\/dragstalgia_2014_26.JPG?resize=620%2C349\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goatsurfer.com\/images\/dragstalgia_2014_27.JPG?resize=620%2C349\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goatsurfer.com\/images\/dragstalgia_2014_28.JPG?resize=620%2C349\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goatsurfer.com\/images\/dragstalgia_2014_29.JPG?resize=620%2C349\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goatsurfer.com\/images\/dragstalgia_2014_31.JPG?resize=620%2C349\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goatsurfer.com\/images\/dragstalgia_2014_38.JPG?resize=620%2C349\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goatsurfer.com\/images\/dragstalgia_2014_39.JPG?resize=620%2C349\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goatsurfer.com\/images\/dragstalgia_2014_41.JPG?resize=620%2C349\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goatsurfer.com\/images\/dragstalgia_2014_42.JPG?resize=620%2C349\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goatsurfer.com\/images\/dragstalgia_2014_43.JPG?resize=620%2C349\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summertime, time, time, Child, the living&#8217;s easy. Fish are jumping out And the cotton, Lord, Cotton&#8217;s high, Lord, so high. Also high this weekend was the level of Nitomethane in the air at Dragstalgia 2014, Santa Pod Raceway. Now in &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/goatsurfer.com\/retromtb\/?p=540\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[224],"tags":[417,409,411,414,415,421,413,420,418,419,412,410,422,18,416],"class_list":["post-540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cars","tag-allard","tag-drag-racing","tag-dragstalgia","tag-funny-car","tag-gas-altered","tag-mopar","tag-nitro","tag-pure-hell","tag-rat-rod","tag-rat-trap","tag-retro","tag-santa-pod","tag-topolino","tag-vintage","tag-willys"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2hERH-8I","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goatsurfer.com\/retromtb\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goatsurfer.com\/retromtb\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goatsurfer.com\/retromtb\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goatsurfer.com\/retromtb\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goatsurfer.com\/retromtb\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=540"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/goatsurfer.com\/retromtb\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":543,"href":"https:\/\/goatsurfer.com\/retromtb\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540\/revisions\/543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goatsurfer.com\/retromtb\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goatsurfer.com\/retromtb\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goatsurfer.com\/retromtb\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}