Where Has He Been?
Alan Bradshaw’s interest in racing started at the young age of 2. Following his dad, Buddy Bradshaw, who has won over 200 races in his drag racing career, Alan developed a burning desire to follow his dad’s footsteps. At the age of 3, Alan was totally consumed with drag racing. He was doing fire burnouts on the back wheels of his tricycle such as TV Tommy Ivo did with his Top-Fuel dragster in those days.

Alan continued to help his dad prepare his race car on a regular basis. As a 14-year-old kid covered in grease and loving every minute of it, Alan started racing his dad’s tow truck at the local bracket races. At 16, he eventually moved up to a Super Gas Vega and eventually into a Super Comp dragster in 1992. After having a taste of open wheel racing in a dragster, Alan knew he wanted to continue the progression into Top Alcohol Dragster and eventually Top Fuel Dragster. Knowing his life long dream of driving a Top Fuel Dragster was an expensive proposition, Alan decided higher education was the first step in accomplishing such a goal. In 1992, Alan graduated from college and opened Bradshaw Chiropractic Center in Odessa, TX and has been a practicing Chiropractor ever since. In 1993 Alan began his career of driving a Top Alcohol Dragster on a limited schedule through 1998.

In 2001 he continued his quest, racing Top Alcohol Dragster in Division 5, finishing 3rd in points. Alan capped off a great 2002 season with wins in Denver, CO and Douglas, WY, as well as two final round appearances at the O'Reilly Spring Nationals in Houston Texas, and the O'Reilly Summer Nationals in Topeka Kansas. He was crowned the 2002 NHRA Division 5 Top Alcohol Dragster Champion. More recently, Alan proved in 2003 he has what it takes to win: appearing in eight finals and winning an amazing six of them. In 2003 he won the NHRA World Championship in Top Alcohol Dragster.

He has also been selected as a guest columnist for the paper publication of NHRA Drag Racing, The National Dragster, where he described his great outlook on the future of NHRA Drag Racing. He receives a warm welcome whenever he races and is a popular crowd favorite.