Thursday, February 17, 2011

Today's Drag Racing News

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Series broadcast news 2011-02-16
Motorsport.com
16, 2011) -- Entering its second decade exclusively on ESPN2, NHRA announced today that the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series will once again be showcased on the worldwide leader in sports television in 2011. ESPN2 is in nearly 100 million homes ...
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Paul Burgate's ambition to lower UK drag racing record
The Press, York
By Stuart Martel » Sports editor The 50-year-old York speed merchant has one clear ambition in 2011 – lowering the UK drag racing record he set last season. The newsagent became the first to clock under 12 seconds for a standing quarter-mile in a road ...
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Cody Coughlin Cruising Through Florida Races With High Marks
Autochannel (press release)
The son of drag racing champion John Coughlin, one of four brothers that own and operate JEGS High Performance Mail Order, Cody has completed three of six races and is getting better each time out in his JEGS.com Chevrolet Impala. ...
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Autochannel (press release)
Weather forces cancellation of PSCA event
Drag Racing Online Magazine
(photo courtesy Cunningham Motorsports) Testing for Buddy Perkinson and Cunningham Motorsports began on Monday with a focus on finding the horsepower needed to qualify at the top of the field throughout the 2011 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing season. ...
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Drag Racing Online Magazine
Peterson: Heartland Park announces 2011 schedule
Topeka Capital Journal
Another big drag event, the American Drag Racing League, will return for its third appearance at Heartland Park on June 17-18. HPT also will host a 22-week dirt track series, the Super Saturday Showdown, with that series opening April 2 and continuing ...
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Drivers tougher to deal with than football players, team owner Joe Gibbs
Florida Times-Union
Gibbs first built a successful drag-racing team, but he decided NASCAR was a better fit for his sons, JD and Coy, because they had no interest in football. It was a risky business venture, one that operated in the red in 1992. ...
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Jenkins Ready to Hold onto Records, Title at Round Eight in Qatar
WhoWon.com
by Josh Hachat DOHA, Qatar -- Fresh off a Round Six victory, Shannon Jenkins' wish list for Round Seven of the Arabian Drag Racing League included another win and more records. It started out just as Jenkins had planned at Qatar Racing Club (QRC), ...
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