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The old NHRA Pro Comp Eliminator was the precursor to today's Top Alcohol Dragster and Funny Car divisions. We have reached deep into our video archives for footage of the two televised events of 1974 on ABC's Wide World of Sports to present competition from the debut event, the Winternationals in Pomona, Ca., and the crown jewel the U.S. Nationals outside of Indianapolis.

You'll see the greats such as Ken Veney, Dale Armstrong and Brad Anderson battling it out in an eliminator which featured everything from alcohol Funny Cars to injected-nitro dragsters to blown alcohol altereds.