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This beautiful reproduction poster has been re-mastered from a 1967 advertisement for drag racing at Drag City, in Fontana, California. The poster features famed drag racer Big John Mazmanian’s 1951 Austin sedan.
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FONTANA DRAG CITY & BIG JOHN MAZMANIAN
FONTANA DRAG CITY
Fontana Drag City was a historic drag racing track in Fontana, California, which operated from the 1950s to 1972. Officially known as Mickey Thompson's Fontana International Dragway, it was a major venue for national drag racing events and was famous for its fast, quarter-mile track, though safety concerns eventually led to its closure due to being too short and narrow for the speeds reached by racers. Today, the land is being redeveloped for commercial and industrial use.
Drag City was located just east of the intersection of Foothill Boulevard and East Avenue, in Fontana.
BIG JOHN MAZMANIAN
John Mazmanian (May 18, 1926 – July 21, 2006), also known as Big John Mazmanian, was an Armenian-American NHRA drag racer.
In the 1960s and 1970s, Mazmanian became a well-known name in Southland racing circles, largely due to his promotions for gasser and funny car competitions at local drag strips every weekend.
Standing at 6 feet 5 inches, Mazmanian loomed over many of his fellow owners. Born in East Los Angeles, he excelled in football at Garfield High School. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, he enlisted in the Navy and served in the Pacific, where he sustained shrapnel wounds during the battle for Leyte Gulf.
He began his journey in car building before he was even old enough to drive, reconstructing a 1932 Ford into a “highboy roadster” for an auto shop class when he was just 14. He began with "gassers," modified street-legal cars powered by gasoline. One of his most famous cars from this era was a 1941 Willys equipped with a Chrysler Hemi engine.
In 1967, late-model cars were introduced into the Gasser ranks for the first time. Stone-Woods-Cook had already exited the class, and Mazmanian recognized the trend. The following year, he transitioned to Funny Cars, and before long, Gassers had completely vanished from the scene.
He advanced to funny cars, fueled by nitromethane, producing a massive cloud of burnt rubber smoke at the start of each run. His cars were driven by notable figures in the sport, including Mike Snively and Danny Ongais.
