The NHRA very well knew that legends the likes of Ronnie Lyles, Brooklyn Heavy, John Mcfadden, Billy The Kid, among others were well involved with big stakes street Racing back in the day and participated in all their (NHRA) programmed high profile races, let alone including a prestigious invitation to the White House as members of the United States Drag Racing team. Some high profile giants in the NHRA line up were even building cars that were knowingly being used on the streets.
