Arizona Racing Mugs
Description: This design includes a large Bee Line Dragway imprint on the back and a small AHRA logo on the front making it twice as cool! On July 20, 1963, ground was broken for a drag strip to be built on the Salt River Indian Reservation in what was then a pretty rural area in Scottsdale, Arizona. Jim Rodgers, national 1962 C/S drag champ, built the track on eighty acres of land leased for ten years from the Salt River Pima Indian tribe. Directions to the track were given as being four miles north of the McDowell Road on Arizona Highway 87. It was a 60-foot wide quarter-mile asphalt strip, with seating for 2,000 people, and a pit area to accommodate 300 cars. It opened for every-week Sunday racing on October 6, 1963, under AHRA sanction.
Description: Beeline Dragway was one of the premier racing destinations in the Valley. Built in 1963 by local entrepreneur Jim Rogers on land leased from the Salt River Pima Indian tribe, the facility featured a pair of quarter-mile asphalt lanes where fired-up four wheel speed machines burnt rubber and shot forward at breakneck speeds of well over 200 miles-per-hour. Tricked-out muscle cars that were wildly popular amongst motorheads in that era - including Dodge Chargers, Ford Mustangs, and Pontiac GTO - regularly raced at the track, earning screams of delight from crowds as drivers put their pedals to the metal. The long and skinny custom-built dragster vehicles that are widely associated with the sport were also a common sight at the Beeline.
Description: Arizona Downs was a former Phoenix, Arizona horse racing track at 6200 E. Thomas from the 1950s to 1965, when it was demolished and operations moved to Turf Paradise Track.
Arizona Downs Horse Track - 1960s Vintage Phoenix Mug
by The Lonesome Robot Designs
$13 $18
Description: Old school flat-bottom speed boats have never gone out of style and if anything, have experienced somewhat of a resurgence in recent years. Sleek hulls sitting just above the water, flashy paint schemes, and of course, a hulking V-8 engine sitting nice and high out back in front of the V-Drive setup. Thankfully, a lot of the old-school guys who built and maintained these fun boats are still around, and Laka Havasu City's Hot Water Marine Speed is one of them. So whether you're a local looking for a shop to work on your boat or from out of town and planning to hit the waters of Lake Havasu, be sure to book some time with Hot Water to get your V-Drive tuned up and performing it's best.
Description: This design includes a large Bee Line Dragway imprint on the back and a small AHRA logo on the front making it twice as cool! On July 20, 1963, ground was broken for a drag strip to be built on the Salt River Indian Reservation in what was then a pretty rural area in Scottsdale, Arizona. Jim Rodgers, national 1962 C/S drag champ, built the track on eighty acres of land leased for ten years from the Salt River Pima Indian tribe. Directions to the track were given as being four miles north of the McDowell Road on Arizona Highway 87. It was a 60-foot wide quarter-mile asphalt strip, with seating for 2,000 people, and a pit area to accommodate 300 cars. It opened for every-week Sunday racing on October 6, 1963, under AHRA sanction.
Description: Dust flying, tires sideways, and desert heat hanging over the clay. This weathered Canyon Raceway 1981 design captures the raw character of old-school dirt track racing in Peoria, Arizona, with a hard-charging open-wheel racer, sunset desert scenery, and sun-faded speedway typography. Built to feel like a forgotten race-night shirt pulled straight from an early-'80s Arizona grandstand.
Description: Igniting the air/fuel mixture in high performance racing engines is not an easy task to begin with, but factor in high compression, extreme boost pressures, exotic fuels, and a litany of other variables, and it can become near impossible. In the mid- '80s, Snake Bite Ignition Systems set out to design a complete ignition solution that was not only easy to dial in for any high performance engine application, but was daily driver reliable. From their shop in Phoenix, Arizona, Snake Bite's sophisticated hand fabricated systems were capable of lighting the fire in even the nastiest of big blocks, while still being able to control timing to one-tenth of a degree for one hundredth of a second in any cylinder through individual cylinder timing.
Description: Page, Arizona: History and Hot Rod Culture on the Grand Canyon’s Edge** Perched atop Manson Mesa near Lake Powell, Page was founded in 1957 as a home base for Glen Canyon Dam workers. Originally called Government Camp, the city’s roots run deep—literally and culturally. From its connection to the iconic Horseshoe Bend to the formation of the Horse Shoe Bend Auto Club, Page became a hub for hot rodders who turned desert roads into drag strips. It’s a destination shaped by engineering, horsepower, and community spirit.
Description: Canyon Raceway opened in Peoria, Arizona, on June 4, 1981, as the North Valley’s only sanctioned dirt racing track. Located off Lake Pleasant Parkway, about a mile west of Carefree Highway, the centerpiece was a 1/3-mile clay oval that hosted a huge variety of racing divisions over the years, including modifieds, sport mods, stock cars, hobby stocks, sport compacts, late models, sprint cars, winged and non-winged sprints, midgets, modlites, and 600 mini sprints. The facility steadily grew and improved, eventually offering on-site camping, full concessions, and seating for roughly 2,000 race fans before becoming known as Canyon Speedway Park. After decades of racing, the state chose not to renew its lease, ending a historic run.
Description: A sun-scorched tribute to the golden age of Arizona quarter-mile racing. Front-engine dragster, smoking slicks, desert mountains, checkered flags and weathered pit-lane typography come together like a forgotten Sunday eliminations shirt pulled from an old racer’s toolbox. Built for vintage drag racing collectors, hot rod lifers and anyone who still believes a quarter mile is long enough to make history.
Description: Big Kay's Burger is a fictional diner from the 1986 movie 'The Wraith' in the equally fictional town of Brooks, Arizona. The movie was filmed in Tucson, and Big Kay's served as a central gathering place for the roster of teen characters. The actual diner was located at 2627 E. Benson Highway, and had been there since the early '60s, but was demolished in the '90s. As for The Wraith, it's a classic '80s flick that did better on VHS than it did in the theater. This is probably due to the mysterious box art that was much cooler than the movie itself. For those who are unfamiliar with the movie, The Wraith focuses on a mysterious man/spirit who descends from the sky and manifests in a sports car and targets a violent road-racing gang.
Description: A gritty throwback to the raw atmosphere of early-’80s Arizona dirt-track racing. This vintage-inspired Canyon Raceway artwork combines a sliding clay-track race car, desert dust, old-school speedway typography, and sun-faded Southwest colors into a distressed motorsport graphic built for fans of dirt ovals, grassroots racing, and classic American speed culture.
