Reliving: The '70s and Early '80s Funny Cars at Byron Dragway

The '70s and '80s were a great time to be a funny car fan in the Midwest especially when Byron Dragway held their annual funny car shows. I always loved getting there early in the morning just to watch all the floppers come in. Some came in on open trailers and some had big rigs.


You had your local favorites along with some of the countries biggest stars showing up to make the events the best and memorable funny car events around.

  

Luckily in todays era and thanks to Chris and Tera Graves we're able to revisit a lot of the '70s and '80s memories through Funny Car Chaos and Nitro Chaos. Get out and support the CHAOS and relive a lot of those old funny car memories! 

March 31, 2026
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