The NHRA Drag Safari kicked off its third tour of the country, staging 18 Regional Championship events.
HEATH WINS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
At the National Championship Drag Races, held this year in Kansas City, Mo., Melvin Heath earned the national championship. The event received enormous publicity nationwide on television, in newspapers, and in magazines.
NEW TRACKS
Twenty-five new dragstrips opened in 1956, and 33 states boasted NHRA-sanctioned tracks. To better communicate with its members, the quarterly Drag-Link bulletin gave way to the monthly Tie Rod.
COMMUNITY OUTREACH
NHRA’s Charter Club program helped better the name of the hot rod sport, with clubs participating in police functions, as well as rescuing stranded motorists and performing other civic-minded deeds.
