PHOTOGRAPH BY VAN ABERNETHY BRISTOL DRAGWAY • BRISTOL , TENNESSEE • SPRING 1995
SMOKE IN THE VALLEY
Shirley Muldowney , a member of numerous motorsports Halls of Fame , creates a thick cloud of tire smoke as she does a burnout at Bristol Dragway , known then as Bristol International Dragway , during the IHRA Spring Nationals . Muldowney qualified No . 2 before defeating now-Top Alcohol Dragster championship tuner and owner Randy Meyer in the first round . She then lined up against 20-year-old Rhonda Hartman in IHRA ’ s first all-female Top Fuel matchup in the semifinals on her way to a runner-up finish to Doug Herbert .
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