Bru Racing
Home of the Midwest's Quickest '56 Chevy!

Dragracingpinoy.com
Drag racing in the Philippines.

Cragar - Reinventing the Wheel
From the earliest hot-rod cylinder heads to Bell helmets and Cragar wheels, a huge chunk of the speed-parts industry grew out of one modest storefront in L.A.

Foster, March Meet and Cacklefest Updates

First and most important, I've been overwhelmed with the responses from Patty's tribute page. If you haven't been back, there are A LOT of new and touching thoughts and photos (coming in on a regular basis) including those from his sons, Dan and Cole.

Pat Foster Tribute Page

Pits and Track - 2008 March Meet Cacklefest

And, the 2008 March Meet on WDIFL is ALL done! 7 pages and over 2000 photos that include all of Top Fuel, all the winners, Nitro Funny cars, other cars, people pics and Media Day.

2008 March Meet Top Fuel Qualifying and Eliminations

2008 March Meet Funny Cars

Crowds wait out rain to see 'PINKS All Out' taping

Shreveport Times - Shreveport,LA,USA
"PINKS All Out," Speed TV's popular drag racing show, was filmed at Red River Raceway in front of more than 15000 fans — after the morning rains finally let ...
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Drag racing’s bad rep undeserved
Rockford Register Star - Rockford,IL,USA
By Stephanie Sanders-Gagliano I usually enjoy reading the Rockford Register Star, but I have noticed many extensive stories about fatal drag racing ...
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Enormous Crowd Packs Eastside for 43rd Coors Funny Car Show
An overwhelming crowd packed into Eastside Sunday for the 43rd running of the Coors Funny Car Classic.

Mopar Info Needed
I would really be thankful for information you have about a car that raced in the late 60's to early 70's in Chicago. I am unable to find out if the car was named at the time. We do have the car in our possession and was wanting to know about it's history. The owner was Joe Miller, he also owned the Kentucky Colonel, which was featured in the Mopar Collector's Guide in June 2003. Briefly in that article it mentions the car that we have. I was wondering if there is any photos of it out there somewhere. It is a 65 Dodge Coronet, born Maroon, 2 door H/T, straight axle, 426 max wedge, 4 speed. Thank you for any help you can give me. Thank you, Michelle

Drag season opens at Eastside Speedway
Staunton News Leader - Staunton,VA,USA
WAYNESBORO — Eastside Speedway kicked off its 2008 drag racing season Sunday with the 43rd annual Coors Funny Car Classic. Bunny Burkett made her annual ...
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Kaiser Hired as Drag Strip Consultant at ORP
WhoWon.com - Lincoln,NE,USA
During the season Kaiser will be in charge of the scheduling of drag staff for all weekly events, preparing the track, working with visiting drag racing ...
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PRRACEwire (PRRw) and Kate Harker Announce Management and ...
Autochannel (press release) - USA
“Kate is a first-rate talent, and we’re looking forward to helping her move up the ladder in NHRA Drag Racing with her A/Fuel car, and subsequently on to ...
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Owens Community College Hosts Lincoln Motorsports Welding Night ...
Port Clinton News Herald - Port Clinton,OH,USA
Vehicles featured at the event will include trucks, stock racing cars, drag racing cars, tractors and drag bikes, among others. ...
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Regional events offer variety
Las Vegas Review - Journal - Las Vegas,NV,USA
The festival of muscle cars' glory days will feature key figures from drag racing of the late 1960s. Scheduled to attend: Buddy Martin (Sox & Martin), ...
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Speed TV show 'PINKS All Out' filming episode at Gilliam track
Shreveport Times - Shreveport,LA,USA
So there was never a question whether they would compete for a total purse of $18000 for Speed TV's popular drag racing show "PINKS All Out. ...
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An Island haven for drag racers
The Express Times - Easton,PA,USA
It once hosted the cream of NHRA drag racing. In 1962, "Big Daddy" Don Garlitz posted the first officially recorded 201-plus mph pass at Island. ...
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Winner of Ford Motor Company Drag Race to Receive Mustang 'Pink ...
Trading Markets (press release) - Los Angeles,CA,USA
The drag race winner will be crowned around 4 PM on Saturday; they will then receive instructions and credit to take to their local dealer to select their ...
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'Pinks All Out' coming to Red River Raceway
Shreveport Times - Shreveport,LA,USA
More than 400 race cars and 15000 drag racing enthusiasts will convene at Red River Raceway this weekend as Pinks All Out will be filmed at the local strip. ...
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Nonprofit will honor Shringi
Pacific Daily News - Hagåtña,GU,USA
The event is a precursor to the Drift Drag Xtreme Series that begins June 7. The DDX Series combines drifting, drag racing, stunt bikes, car show and live ...
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Fiery start for Hoddesdon drag racer
East Herts Herald 24 - Stevenage,Engalnd,UK
DRAG racing ace Ian Bishop got off to a hot start over the Easter weekend when his car went up in flames. The Hoddesdon challenger had just one chance to ...
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NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals April 10-13 at The Strip at Las ...
WhoWon.com - Lincoln,NE,USA
Several show cars will be on display and drag racing fans will have the opportunity to meet their favorite drivers, including 2007 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing ...
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Smokin' Wheels event kicks off April 11
Marianas Variety - Saipan,Northern Mariana Islands,Micronesia
... motocross events along with 4X4 rock crawling and mud-bog drag racing, auto-x, drifting, and two nights of drag racing at the 76 Circle K Drag Strip. ...
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Special drag racing this Saturday
Pacific Daily News - Hagåtña,GU,USA
Owners of street cars will have the opportunity to legally drag race Saturday night at the Miller Lite Saturday Night Street Challenge ...
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GM Racing Atlanta preview
Motorsport.com - Tallahassee,Florida,USA
COMMERCE, Ga., March 25, 2008 - An exciting season looks to be in store for Team Chevy's contingent of sport-compact drag racing competitors in 2008, ...
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Baytown: Hillary Will preview
Motorsport.com - Tallahassee,Florida,USA
She and her team are hoping that it will also be the site of their first trip to the Top Fuel winner's circle at a NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series event. ...
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Belleri And Grima Look To The Basics At Willowbank Raceway
Norrgard Motorsport - Cherrybrook,Australia
Looking to get the basics right next month in Top Doorslammer will be 25 year old Mark Belleri, who as the son of Australian drag racing identity Lucky ...
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Drag-race champ says she's no petrolhead bogan
Taranaki Daily News - New Plymouth,New Zealand
Shanelle Dobson fits a successful drag racing hobby around her work as a hairdresser in New Plymouth. Winning a national drag racing title in your first ...
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Race request denied due to liability
Aurora News Register - Aurora,NE,USA
by Jonna M. Huseman Citing liability issues, Hamilton County Commissioners unanimously voted to deny a request from Mickey Dvorak to hold drag racing on ...
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PiranaZ signs Pro Stock Motorcycle racer Pippin
NHRA.com - Glendora,CA,USA
PiranaZ has signed on as a sponsor of Junior Pippin's Pro Stock Motorcycle race team for the 2008 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series. ...
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Gateway Int'l Raceway completes starting-line resurfacing
NHRA.com - Glendora,CA,USA
"When it comes to our racers, whether it's the men and women who race here weekly or the stars of the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, we expect that the ...
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In Memoriam - Pat Foster
Drag racing has lost, much to early, yet another of its "family" and this particular loss hit many of us on a deeply personal level. Pat Foster was a man's man and a racers racer.

Special drag racing this Saturday
Pacific Daily News - Hagåtña,GU,USA
3:15 pm, March 27 — Owners of street cars will have the opportunity to legally drag race Saturday night at the Miller Lite Saturday Night Street Challenge ...
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GM Racing Atlanta preview
Motorsport.com - Tallahassee,Florida,USA
COMMERCE, Ga., March 25, 2008 - An exciting season looks to be in store for Team Chevy's contingent of sport-compact drag racing competitors in 2008, ...
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Baytown: Hillary Will preview
Motorsport.com - Tallahassee,Florida,USA
She and her team are hoping that it will also be the site of their first trip to the Top Fuel winner's circle at a NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series event. ...
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Belleri And Grima Look To The Basics At Willowbank Raceway
Norrgard Motorsport - Cherrybrook,Australia
Looking to get the basics right next month in Top Doorslammer will be 25 year old Mark Belleri, who as the son of Australian drag racing identity Lucky ...
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Drag-race champ says she's no petrolhead bogan
Taranaki Daily News - New Plymouth,New Zealand
Shanelle Dobson fits a successful drag racing hobby around her work as a hairdresser in New Plymouth. Winning a national drag racing title in your first ...
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Race request denied due to liability
Aurora News Register - Aurora,NE,USA
by Jonna M. Huseman Citing liability issues, Hamilton County Commissioners unanimously voted to deny a request from Mickey Dvorak to hold drag racing on ...
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PiranaZ signs Pro Stock Motorcycle racer Pippin
NHRA.com - Glendora,CA,USA
PiranaZ has signed on as a sponsor of Junior Pippin's Pro Stock Motorcycle race team for the 2008 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series. ...
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Gateway Int'l Raceway completes starting-line resurfacing
NHRA.com - Glendora,CA,USA
"When it comes to our racers, whether it's the men and women who race here weekly or the stars of the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, we expect that the ...
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Don Schumacher Racing

Motorsport.com - Tallahassee,Florida,USA
... "Ask us Anything" and "In the News," which will further enhance driver accessibility to fans of the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series. ...
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Motorsport complex plan gains support
Messenger News - Adelaide,SA,Australia
ADELAIDE will be able to host national drag racing events again under plans for a new motorsport complex in the northwest suburbs. Drag racing is on the ...
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FHM Model, Drag Racer Looks to Heat up The Strip at Bristol ...
WhoWon.com - Lincoln,NE,USA
A drag racing supermodel, another new racing class and a chance to win cash in the inaugural Practice Tree Nationals at Bristol Dragway highlight the ...
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Snow makes for a white Easter
Bedford Today - UK
More than 20000 drag racing spectators were expected to see the first round of the National Drag Racing Championships, but the event had to be put off until ...
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Coker Tire buys Phoenix drag racing tires
Modern Tire Dealer - Akron,OH,USA
Inc. has acquired Phoenix Racing Tires, "one of the most trusted names in drag racing," the company says. The acquisition spearheads the launch of Coker ...
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2008 Racing Season at ORP Begins this Weekend
WhoWon.com - Lincoln,NE,USA
by Scott Smith INDIANAPOLIS -- The 2008 racing season is ready to take the green at O’Reilly Raceway Park as two days of drag racing will open the racing ...
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Tickets for the 11th Annual Torco Racing Fuels Route 66 NHRA ...
WhoWon.com - Lincoln,NE,USA
The NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series will visit Route 66 Raceway's 1/4-mile drag strip June 5 - 8 and will include the categories of Sportsman, ...
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The Pride of Garrettsville
Bedford Times Register - Bedford,OH,USA
"Growing up, Jeff and I used to go to the US Drag Racing Nationals in Indiana every year," said Orban, who is the owner of the "Time Bandit" car. ...
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A Visit with Pat Foster
Cindy Gibbs Arias, who spearheaded the fund drive that raised $20,000 to help the family of ailing funny car legend Pat Foster, shares an emotional and uplifting recollection of her recent visit with Pat.

Easter Thunderball Washed Out
I was as usual going to write a report on the Easter Thunderball at Santa Pod but with so little action taking place due to the weather, I don't think there is enough to do it justice. Friday was sportsman qualifying and despite a gale blowing across the track, the car classes ran all day but the bikes could not run.

Saturday and Sunday were lost to strong winds and snow despite the valiant efforts of the track crew who never give up trying to get the track ready. Monday did not look much better with early snow showers, then it cleared up and we had a day's racing although it was bitterly cold.

We managed to run the Top Fuel cars 3 times, the last being in the dark at around 6:00 pm with a track temp of 5 and air of 4 (the cars ran over the eighth) with some surprisingly good runs and a lot of pedaling from the 4 top fuel cars. Andy Carter ran a .863 sixty foot for the highlight.

Hopefully in May for the first round of the FIA championship it will be much warmer.

Regards, Phil Cottingham

RINGERS GLOVES NASCAR NATIONWIDE NEWS RECAP

RacingWest.com - Thousand Oaks,CA,USA
The NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series resume racing this weekend; NHRA at Houston Raceway ...
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Baytown: Pre-race notes, schedule
Motorsport.com - Tallahassee,Florida,USA
WHAT: 21st annual O'Reilly NHRA Spring Nationals presented by Pennzoil, the fourth of 24 events in the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series. ...
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Baytown: Team Jeg's chef recipe of
Motorsport.com - Tallahassee,Florida,USA
Before I started, I had no idea what drag racing was all about. I had heard of a Funny Car, but had no idea what they looked like. ...
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Racing in Bowling Green
Rod and Custom Magazine - USA
Top drivers from every era of NHRA drag racing, an incredible engine and transmission builder and a group of engineers that created Chrysler's drag racing ...
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Garlits back at Byron for first time in 25 years
Rockford Register Star - Rockford,IL,USA
“We are trying to spice up the event, and he is the biggest name in drag racing,” track President Ron Leek said. “Maybe (John) Force is a bit bigger at this ...
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Free Hot Rod Rally a can't-miss event for Houston motorsports fans
NHRA.com - Glendora,CA,USA
The POWERade Drag Racing Series is hosting the largest motorsports event of the year in southeast Texas from March 28-30 at Baytown 's Houston Raceway Park ...
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Drags up and racing
Northern Territory - Australia
THE dynamite of Darwin drag racing added some wheel-spinning splendour to the grand opening of Alice Springs' long-awaited new track. Drag racing in Central ...
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Dale County registrar looks beyond politcal races
Dothan Eagle - Dothan,AL,USA
Tomorrow when he officially retires, Smith will have more time to devote to another kind of race — his drag racing hobby. While his racing days are over, ...
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Iron Man Racing News
Chock full of doorslammer racing info.

John Force Racing Teams up with Old Spice

About - News & Issues - New York,NY,USA
... as well as the Ford Mustangs of John Force, Ashley Force, and Robert Hight, during this year's 2008 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series. ...
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Coughlin racing his way into the record books
Daily News - Galveston County - TX,USA
Jeg Coughlin Jr. is a four-time NHRA Champion who’ll be at Houston Raceway Park this weekend when the POWERade Drag Racing Series returns for the 21st ...
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Baytown: Doug Foley preview
Motorsport.com - Tallahassee,Florida,USA
But a last-minute pullout by his title sponsor left the drag racing instructor on the sidelines when '08 began. After a lot of scrambling, Foley and co-team ...
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First CQ Junior Dragster Titles
Gladstone Observer - Australia
With the first junior meeting a great success and enjoyed by the competitors, Scott said the CQ Drag racing Club would definitely make the event annual ...
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Drag racer charged with murder
NEWS.com.au - Australia
QUEENSLAND race driver Troy Critchley, who was at the wheel of an out-of-control drag racing car which killed six spectators, has been charged with murder. ...
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Racing divides Bonfield; Proposal for dragsters heading to public ...
The North Bay Nugget - North Bay,Ontario,Canada
Bonfield council will hear this week from those on both sides of a rezoning application to allow for a drag racing strip on a piece of property near ...
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High Speed Motorsports 2008 March Meet Report
The team runs a career best 5.76 at 258.47 but goes down to a broken blower belt.

Nitro Sheriff Does the 2008 March Meet
Jack Harris Dominates Eliminations and Wins 3rd March Meet by smashing the nostalgia Top Fuel ET Record With a 5.56.

2008 March Meet
The 50th anniversary of the March Meet can be summed up with an amalgamation of superlatives that would send an English major scrambling for their Thesaurus.

Stevens Family Top Fuel Racing
Nitro veterans Rex Stevens and Jerry Dawson are ready to tackle Top Fuel.

Street Fights: Eight Years and Counting for Bristol

TriCities.com - Johnson City,TN,USA
"I’ve been around some form of racing since I was a kid," Hurley said. "I used to do a lot of Autocross type events, then I kind of got into drag racing. ...
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Revised noise ordinance gives green light to dragway racing
Roxboro Courier Times - Roxboro,NC,USA
... that it is a business that provides jobs and also stimulates the county’s economy by attracting drag racing fans who spend money while here. ...
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Tonight Show host Leno gets help from an unexpected drag racing source
NHRA.com - Glendora,CA,USA
"I had the great pleasure of meeting Jay just before the Winternationals when Don Schumacher Racing took Gary Scelzi's Oakley Funny Car over to Jay's Garage ...
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Blackburn sidelined for start of season
Lynn News - King's Lynn,UK
By Staff Copy Easter weekend sees the 2008 Drag Racing season begin at Santa Pod Raceway in Bedfordshire and for the first time in many seasons, ...
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Drag Racing List - Happy Easter from Draglist.com
Chuck Carman fires off some more racing art to help celebrate the season.

Legendary Drag Racing Machines Part of Special Display at Lowe's ...

WhoWon.com - Lincoln,NE,USA
... the April 3-6 Food Lion AutoFair at Lowe's Motor Speedway will feature a special display chronicling the history of drag racing A dozen vehicles will ...
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John Force Racing, Neff sponsor
Motorsport.com - Tallahassee,Florida,USA
1 anti-perspirant/deodorant stick and body wash choice for guys in the United States, is joining forces with drag racing's most successful Funny Car Team ...
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The bright stuff
The Wenatchee World Online - Wenatchee,WA,USA
Fode holds up a model of a drag racing car next to the computer model that was created in class at Wenatchee High School. The team will use this model as a ...
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Drag strip plans up for debate
Farmington Daily Times - Farmington,NM,USA
"We passed three constitutional Alan Doyle, left, and Leland Wilson share stories with Four Corners Drag Racing Association President Kerry Meier, right, ...
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Local teams brace for action
Las Vegas Review - Journal - Las Vegas,NV,USA
DRAG RACING -- The winners from last weekend's Jerry's Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series at Las Vegas Motor Speedway were Kyle Russem (Super Pro), ...
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Drastic Plastic AA/Fuel Altered
Tom Motry's legendary fuel altered with new driver Lisa Coil at the wheel.

Drag strip plans up for debate
Farmington Daily Times - Farmington,NM,USA
Alan Doyle, left, and Leland Wilson share stories with Four Corners Drag Racing Association President Kerry Meier, right, about drag racing their 69 and 72 ...
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VP Racing Named Official Fuel of South Georgia Motorsports Park
WhoWon.com - Lincoln,NE,USA
The track hosts a NHRA Lucas Oil Divisional event, an American Drag Racing League (ADRL) event, the Eastern Spring Test Nationals (ESTN) and an Outlaw ...
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110 years of "Nitro" experience set to square of @ SAR, Amalie Oil ...
Texas Speedzone - Corpus Christi,TX,USA
One thing is for certain, Friday night when they go up against each other in San Antonio it will be a truly historic moment in drag racing. ...
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Driver in Deadly Tennessee Drag-Racing Crash in Court for Bond Hearing
FOXNews - USA
AP June 16: A race car killed six after spinning out of control and careening in a crowd in Selmer, Tenn. MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A drag racer whose car plowed ...
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Drag Race Driver Faces Six Homicide Charges
WTVC - Chattanooga,TN,USA
In drag racing, hot tires help the driver control the vehicle, and a "burnout" is an important step in preparing a car for competition. ...
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The Evolution of Need for Speed
Techtree.com - Mumbai,India
The new game modes like Drag racing and Drifting were really popular online: I remember the Indian forums going crazy over Drag racing, with everybody ...
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Atkinson shows class at Speedway
The Huntsville Times - al.com - Huntsville,AL,USA
After a few years of drag racing, Atkinson decided he would start racing and he took a 1955 perfect body Chevrolet that he used for drag racing and turned ...
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True Power LLC DOHC Supercharged Racing Engines
Fuel Funny Car veteran Tim Grose is back and he's got his own series of fuel motors.

Midwest Top Sportsmen
Six and seven second doorslammers battling it out.

Top Fueler Hillary Will on Tonight’s Episode of Most Daring
WhoWon.com (press release) - Lincoln,NE,USA
... explain to the show’s viewers how safe the 300+ mph race cars of the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series are built and how driver safety is the first priority.
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Bahraini students to build race cars
Gulf Daily News - Manama,Bahrain
The cars will participate in three types of international racing competitions - solar energy car races, hydrogen car races and drag racing. ...
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Big fields for Easter speedway and drags
The Nelson Mail - Nelson,New Zealand
With their summer seasons drawing to a close, organisers within the Nelson Speedway Association and Nelson Drag Racing Association have been working the ...
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Kevin stepping up the drag divisions
Dorset Echo - England,UK
By Echo Reporter A DORSET drag racer will be looking to make a big impression when this year's MSA British Drag Racing Championship gets under way at Easter ...
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2008 Wally Parks Motorsports Statesman Of The Year Award
Hot Rod Magazine - USA
Previous honorees include Bret Kepner, drag racing journalist and historian, 2007 recipient, and Linda Vaughn, "America's First Lady Of Motorsports", ...
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Beckman Wins A Round At Gainesville
Auto Racing Daily - USA
The Frank Hawley Drag Racing School instructor first defeated his “boss” Frank Hawley in the first stanza, with a very close 4.866-second pass at 320.66 mph ...
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McMillen tackles leaded fuel issue
London Free Press - Canada
By JIM CRESSMAN, SUN MEDIA But he feels for his Canadian drag racing brethren and their plight with the leaded fuel issue. And he's qualified to speak to it ...
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Drag racer realizes dream
London Free Press - Canada
Terry has put us at the edge of the umbrella which is important because we're going to be visible now and we weren't as a transient team racing five or six ...
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Patience Pays Off For Green

Springdale Morning News - Springdale,AR,USA
For Brad Green, it has taken countless hours of time (and money) to see his dream of owning a professional drag racing team come to life. ...
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Team Kalitta stays for "overtime" to test at Gainesville Raceway
Motorsport.com - Tallahassee,Florida,USA
The Mac Tools rail had problems with "dropping holes" (un-firing cylinders) in Gainesville as it has in the other two NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series ...
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Ray Price Harley-Davidson Hops to It With Second Annual Easter ...

dBusinessNews Triangle (press release) - Raleigh,NC,USA
Its 60000 square foot, state of the art facility houses a world class Drag Racing Museum on the upper floor along with classrooms for The Rider's Edge ...
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Marvin Noel retires
Veteran of the announcing booth and treasured Draglist.com Super Crew member Marvin Noel has announced his immediate retirement from drag racing announcing. In a telephone interview on March 18, Marvin related that he will no longer accept standard announcing jobs, but would not leave the sport completely. "I will continue to do the National Hot Rod Reunion, some select nostalgia events, and I'll promote my own events, but as for the rest of them, I'm done." Marvin Noel has been announcing drag races for 40 years, including stints as the original announcer of the National Muscle Car Association (1989-1996) and the National Street Car Association (2001-2006). Marvin has also announced at all six National Hot Rod Reunions in Bowling Green, Kentucky, and Columbus, Ohio. Marvin will retire to play with his new '54 Ford street machine and to follow the burgeoning nostalgia drag racing movement. We wish to extend our congratulations to Marvin on a terrific career and wish him lots of rest and relaxation with his newly free weekends. -- Bill Pratt

JOHN AND ASHLEY FORCE WOW FANS AT BRANDSOURCE SUMMIT

DALLAS (March 18, 2008) --- The torrential rainstorms that blew through Dallas did not dampen the excitement level of participants at 2008 BrandSource Summit who were thrilled to spend a few minutes with 14-time POWERade Funny Car Champion John Force and 2007 Rookie of the Year and Funny Car rising star Ashley Force. The BrandSource Summit brought together thousands of representatives from some of the biggest companies including Whirlpool, Serta, LG, GE, Mitsubishi and many more. Fans lined up for two hours to get autographs, pass along positive messages to the recuperating elder Force and offer words of encouragement to Ashley, one of only two Funny Car females competing at one of the highest levels of motor sports.

In addition to autographs, fans also snapped photos and gawked at Ashley Force's 8,000 horsepower Castrol GTX Ford Mustang which served as a high powered backdrop. Both of the Forces enjoyed spending time with new and old fans. It comes as no surprise to anyone who knows John Force that spending time at sponsor appearances is as important as getting a win light during eliminations at an NHRA POWERade national event.

"We are really lucky that sponsors pay us to race. We get them television, newspaper and radio exposure at the track but when you can go out into the field for a sponsor like BrandSource and represent all the brands it is very gratifying to me because I get to meet so many people and have the time to talk and visit with them," said Force easily one of the best pitchman in sports. "The BrandSource Summit is a fun show to do. It is like doing a new car show. I get to see the fans as well as most of the people we work with that they know we are here to represent them to help them sell their products."

Force also took advantage of getting a behind the scenes look at a wide array of electronic products to feed one of his hidden passions.

"I love home appliances. I like to cook and I love TV. I have televisions in every room in my house. Ashley is getting married in December and she and her fiancé Danny (Hood) love to walk around and see all the new products."

Power tool racing makes return

Chard & Ilminster News - Chard,England,UK
Power tool drag racing requires competitors to take a hand-held power tool, turn it into a mean machine and race it down a 75ft track. ...
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Gainesville: Hillary Will final
Motorsport.com - Tallahassee,Florida,USA
In the semifinals, Will and Brandon Bernstein gave the enormous crowd of drag racing fans in Gainesville a great side-by-side race down the famed ...
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Ray Price Harley-Davidson Hops to It With Second Annual Easter ...
dBusinessNews Triangle (press release) - Raleigh,NC,USA
Its 60000 square foot, state of the art facility houses a world class Drag Racing Museum on the upper floor along with classrooms for The Rider's Edge ...
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w00t!
By Jay-Dubya
Though the company no longer exists, mere mention of the name "Turbonique" still inspires a shudder of awe among drag racing enthusiast, the company's principle target market. Even in the Wild West atmosphere of 1960s drag racing, ...
TechnoChitlins - http://www.technochitlins.com/

Pro Street Newbie
By cowshedphil1
The problem I have is I am constantly being beat on the 1/4 mile drag. If I get 12.50 seconds someone else goes quicker - one car finishedon 11.56:eek: Iss there any advice about the drag racing at all? the car is the Honda Civic that ...
Electronic Arts UK Community - http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk

The Return of AMC!
By thedguy
Of particular interest to HOT ROD readers is the news of a full-scale racing program to encompass NASCAR, drag racing, IMSA, and even off-road. Reportedly, a highly modified Javelin will make an assault on the Pikes Peak Hill Climb this ...
FinalGear.com Forums - http://forums.finalgear.com

NHRA Gator Nationals 2008 Drag Racing And Crew Chief Pro 7.0!
By Jim Duffy
Crew Chief Pro 7.0 is used by a wide variety of drag racing teams to help predict their performance based on weather conditions, previous runs, and other factors. Customers include professional teams such as the Caterpillar top fuel ...
TakeNote... - http://geekswithblogs.net/TakeNote/Default.aspx

2008 Nostalgia Race Schedule
Jim Marlett's famous nostalgia drags schedule is up for 2008. Thanks, Jim.

Drag racing, pro street cars, Hotrod Gossip in Houston Texas, Baytown, Sealy, HMP
Hotrod Pitstop.com is a racer's community that was just launched on March 12th 2008. We are a new website but it won't be long before we become a household name with the racers.

Street Legal TV
The best video action and video coverage straight from the NMCA and Hot Rod Enthusiasts.

Gainesville: Hillary Will final
Motorsport.com - Tallahassee,Florida,USA
In the semifinals, Will and Brandon Bernstein gave the enormous crowd of drag racing fans in Gainesville a great side-by-side race down the famed ...
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Media and celebrities set to battle it out at No Problem Raceway
NHRA.com - Glendora,CA,USA
Kicking off the weekend is Thursday's Celebrity/Media Drag Race, where following a schooling on the art of drag racing Southland Dodge in Houma will provide ...
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Weather played small role at raceway
Gainesville Sun - Gainesville,FL,USA
... but that was reason enough to go to Graham Light, NHRA Senior Vice President of Drag Racing Operations, and ask the worst such downpour he remembers. ...
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The DRAGSTER Insider
Snapshots from the Sunshine State - If the memorable performances on the track at NHRA POWERade national events are the threads with which the history of the sport is sewn and the winners and losers the material on which its built, this column is about the sequins and baubles, adornments that shine brightly in your memory as you recount the day’s activities, a series of vignettes that replay in the mind long after you forget who set low e.t.

Santa Fe teen Brittany Iven back on track
Daily News - Galveston County - TX,USA
Earlier this month, Brittany returned to the sport she loves — drag racing. The Santa Fe Intermediate School student began racing when she was 10 years old. ...
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McClenathan back in contention
Daily News - Galveston County - TX,USA
McClenathan campaigns the 2008 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing season driving the Fram Top Fuel dragster for Schumacher. He considers it his second chance. ...
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Happy St. Patty's Day from Draglist.com
Chuck Carman offers up more whimsical drag racing art to help get us through the long springtime. Don't drink too much green beer!

2008 NHRA Gatornationals Final Results
Final eliminations results and up to date POWERAde championship points standings after the 39th annual ACDelco NHRA Gatornationals at Gainesville Raceway.

2008 Bakersfield March Meet Winner Photos
Gary Brown provides nine photos of the winners of the 50th Annual Fuel & Gas Championships at Auto Club Famoso Raceway, Bakersfield, California.

Drags return to JamWest
Jamaica Gleaner - Kingston,Jamaica
Drag Racing is probably the truest form of motorsport there is. It is about speed, not so much on finesse; it is a brute force solution to the problem of ...
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Gainesville: Jack Beckman Saturday
Motorsport.com - Tallahassee,Florida,USA
"Let me tell you something," said Beckman, an instructor at Frank Hawley's Drag Racing School. "I would much rather be in the situation we were in today, ...
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Bradshaw and Guidera earn first poles; WJ, KJ top Pro Stock ...
NHRA.com - Glendora,CA,USA
Reigning NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series Funny Car champ Tony Pedregon put behind him memories of his massive blower explosion and fire at the season ...
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Brittany Dabney prepared for Eastside Speedway drag season
Staunton News Leader - Staunton,VA,USA
WAYNESBORO — Eighteen-year-old Brittany Dabney of Fluvanna is in her third year of drag racing and has made the leap to the super pro division at Eastside ...
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Married couple may meet on track
Gainesville Sun - Gainesville,FL,USA
Said Johnson: "If one of us was out here racing and the other was at home, that would be a lot more stress." Not surprising, it's drag racing that first ...
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My Weekend at the 50th Annual March Meet
Rapid Randy Baker and the Danny Miller Rear Gears nostalgia funny car team fulfilled a dream by racing at the 50th Annual Fuel & Gas Championships at Bakersfield, California. Randy shares the experience in his inimitable style.

2008 NHRA Gatornationals Final Qualifying
Final qualifying results and first round pairings from the 39th annual ACDelco NHRA Gatornationals at Gainesville Raceway.

Cooking for team never a drag, chef says
Daytona Beach News-Journal - Daytona Beach,FL,USA
Coughlin will drive his own car to the stops in the NHRA Powerade Drag Racing Series, but Morse typically flies in and out of town early for the races. ...
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Gainesville: Kurt Johnson preview
Motorsport.com - Tallahassee,Florida,USA
Sugar Hill, Ga., March 11, 2008 -- Throughout the course of an NHRA national event, drivers and race teams in the POWERade Drag Racing Series will go ...
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Honeywell extends multi-level sponsorship program with NHRA
NHRA.com - Glendora,CA,USA
As NHRA official sponsors, the Framand Prestone brands will receive visibility at all NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series events. In addition, the FRAM brand ...
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American Idol finalist to sing National Anthem at Gatornationals
NHRA.com - Glendora,CA,USA
“The best part about drag racing is that rush,” said Carrico, who can also be seen singing the national anthem on ESPN2's Race Day coverage beginning at 6 ...
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Armed with a New Car, WJ Hopes to Score a Perfect 10 at the Gators
WhoWon.com - Lincoln,NE,USA
This weekend in central Florida, two of the elements that have helped to shape the sport of drag racing will come together as part of the ACDelco ...
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World's fastest drag racers speak out against illegal street racing
NHRA.com - Glendora,CA,USA
In almost every community there is a safe place to drag race in an organized environment. If the Professional and Sportsman-level racers don't speak out ...
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ROUSH Mustang Drag Racing Season Off to a Good Start
About - News & Issues - New York,NY,USA
ROUSH Performance reports that its four-car ROUSH drag racing team started the 2008 NMRA season with a strong showing on Sunday, March 9, at Bradenton ...
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Schumacher has special guest today
Gainesville Sun - Gainesville,FL,USA
Frank Hawley, the drag racing school professor, is back in competition this weekend, in a Funny Car. His most recent crowning moment was when he left school ...
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Brittany Dabney prepared for Eastside Speedway drag season
Staunton News Leader - Staunton,VA,USA
WAYNESBORO — Eighteen-year-old Brittany Dabney of Fluvanna is in her third year of drag racing and has made the leap to the super pro division at Eastside ...
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Married couple may meet on track
Gainesville Sun - Gainesville,FL,USA
Not surprising, it's drag racing that first brought the two together. It happened in the 1980s, when Johnson was starting out in an alcohol Funny Car and ...
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Drag racing my new sporty

By MayhemMike
I just got back from drag racing my 07 1200 custom last weekend. My bike has the stage 1 done as well as V&H shortshots. My best time was 13.13@...
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Your 3 Favorite Engines (of all time)
By Fleet 500
One of the most well-known engines ever built and the most successful drag racing and dragster engine. Almost in the top 3: 1968-1970 Mopar 340. In many instances, ran better 1/4 mile times than cars like 396 Chevelles, 383 Road Runners ...
Ultimatecarpage.com forums - http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/forum

Drag Racing Cake
By creolecakes(creolecakes)
The drag racing cake that I mentioned in my previous blog. I like this one esp the checkered flag:). Khenrick Tan's Cake.
creolecakes - http://creolecakes.blogspot.com/

NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series Fantasy League
The latest drag racing fantasy league give you a chance for weekly and quarterly prizes, including free tickets to an upcoming NHRA POWERAde event.

NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Racing Series
The official site of the NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Series.

Mahabir to rumble with 'big boys' at Easter Sunday Drag Race meet

Stabroek News - Georgetown,Guyana
... category of the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC) annual Drag Racing meet on Easter Sunday, as he will make his debut in the `A' category. ...
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Electric bike wins race in the US

Visordown.com - USA
Mike Swallow's win marked the first win for an electric-powered machine in the 20 years of Wednesday Night Drag racing. ...
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Dopey's drag racers get a corner in new museum
Allentown Morning Call - Allentown,PA,USA
''Bausch eventually saw the connection between Dopey, drag racing, and the fledging America On Wheels Museum.'' Honoring their mentor of a half-century ago ...
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Force be with them
Orlando Sentinel - Orlando,FL,USA
It was the second tragedy to hit their drag racing team. The first is what will make this weekend's 16th annual NHRA Gatornationals at Gainesville Raceway a ...
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Wootton's Boomer
Don Wootton had a few problems at last weekend's ADRL Dragapalooza at Houston Raceway Park in Baytown, Texas. At the hit of the throttle on his burnout the Camaro produced this fireball.

2008 NHRA Gatornationals Friday Qualifying Canceled
The first day of qualifying for the 39th annual ACDelco NHRA Gatornationals, the third of 24 races in the NHRA POWERade Series, was cancelled after persistent rain Friday at Gainesville Raceway.

Stewart isn't backing off criticism of tires at Atlanta

Indianapolis Star - United States
Drag racing legend Frank Hawley, a two-time NHRA Funny Car champion who since 1985 has run a drag racing school in his hometown of Gainesville, Fla., ...
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Blake proves vision is more than eyesight
Barnstable Patriot - Barnstable,MA,USA
He'd written the same paper regularly since the fourth grade; his fantasy was to own an auto-racing team. "Drag racing was my love, my passion," he said. ...
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Small team still has a shot at Gatornationals
Palm Beach Post - FL, United States
Still, the Palm Beach County-centric "strategic alliance" of two prominent names in drag racing - Richards and Smith - and Juno Beach-based Tire Kingdom has ...
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In The Fast Lane: Ashley Force looks back at tragic rookie year
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
Everyone was confident this talented daughter of the sport's all-time winningest driver, John Force, would provide drag racing a shot of adrenaline and ...
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Jegs Foundation celebrates five years of fighting cancer
NHRA.com - Glendora,CA,USA
In the drag racing world, JEGS Foundation stickers have become commonplace on racecars in both the professional and sportsman ranks. ...
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This marriage not a drag
Napa Valley Register - Napa,CA,USA
Andy and Natalie Ernest discuss racing strategy while waiting for elimination rounds to start at Sacramento Raceway. The husband-and-wife drag racing team ...
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