Tuesday, March 01, 2011

Today's Drag Racing News

News
SPEED To Air Final 'PINKS All Out'
SPEEDtv.com
After 43 drag-racing competitions since 2006, PINKS All Out goes on hiatus with tonight's event at Phoenix strip. A vintage Chevy Camaro launches during the recent PINKS All Out episode in Kansas City. (Photo: SPEED) SPEED, the motor-sports authority, ...
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Photos by Ron Lewis, Tim Marshall and James Drew
Drag Racing Online Magazine
The cradle of drag racing civilization is near by the Pomona Fairgrounds, where local weekly drags lead to the spectacular national events of today some sixty years ago, Pomona Raceway is the sole Southern California survivor of that innocent time and ...
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Drag Racing Online Magazine
Just Like Being There…
Drag Racing Online Magazine
In the 70s, 80s and even into the early 90s the only way drag racing fans across the country could get results from the NHRA races was to wait a few weeks for National DRAGSTER or Drag News to show up their mailbox or you could call up somebody who was ...
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Winternationals wrap-up: Lucas, Hight, Line take Wallys
Examiner.com
When the weather in Pomona, California subsided, the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series issued its first Wallys of the 2011 season at the Kragen O'Reilly Auto Parts NHRA Winternationals. Top Fuel came down to a battle between teammates, ...
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Legare Getting Geared up for Upcoming PMRA Season
WhoWon.com
by Bruce F. Mehlenbacher TROIS-RIVIÈRES, Quebec -- After a season getting his feet wet in Pro Modified Racing Association action, Steve Legare plans on making his mark in the upcoming PMRA drag racing season. 'For the 2011 season we have made lots of ...
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Pomona: SM: Duane Shields final report
Motorsport.com
After winning one of drag racing's most prestigious events, it would appear that the win capped a great week for Duane Shields. But away from the track it was a difficult week as one of his close friends, Laurie Nason has been in a Las Vegas area ...
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Mopar-Powered Funny Car Driver Hagan Scores Runner-Up at NHRA Winternationals
WhoWon.com
Matt Hagan steered his Mopar HEMI-powered Dodge Charger R/T NHRA Funny Car to a runner-up finish in the 2011 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series season-opening NHRA Winternationals at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona, Calif. on Sunday, Feb. 27. ...
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Blogs
Checkered Past: News release: Speed airs 'Pinks All Out' finale
By Bob Henry
SPEED, the motorsports authority, is set to premiere the final episode of its drag racing reality show, PINKS All Out, tonight at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. Held at Firebird International Raceway, just outside Phoenix, host Rich Christensen ...
Checkered Past - http://blogs.thatsracin.com/checkeredpast/

Web
Don Garlits fueled an explosion in drag racing design - Los ...
Just before 5:30 p.m. on March 8, 1970, Don Garlits edged his top-fuel dragster to the starting line at the old Lions Drag Strip in Wilmington, the car's ...
articles.latimes.com/2011/.../la-sp-nhra-don-garlits-20110224