Sunday, March 20, 2011

Today's Drag Racing News

News
Need for speed
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
By Chris Dell BRADENTON — For the professional drivers and drag racing fans at the Bradenton Motorsports Park, speed is anything but overrated. Whether it's in a brand new Chrysler Challenger, '62 Chevy or an airplane-powered jet car, spectators ...
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Alternatives to the Grand Prix
The Age
Just imagine a drag-racing event where modified - even rocket-propelled - trams career down Swanston street all the way to the Shrine of Remembrance. Not only would such an event meet the excitement requirements of the petrol heads, it would help ...
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The Age
White, Mohana, and Wofford score big wins as SPORTSnat'ls turn to eliminations
Radioactive Drag Racing News
The elimination fields for the eighth annual JEGS.com Cajun SPORTSnationals at No Problem Raceway are set after a hot Saturday of drag racing. The event also crowned champions in three specialty races during the day. Jenifer White took the $1000 Top ...
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Around Town — Massillon Lions Club's 'Catch a Wave' opens Friday
Massillon Independent
By Christina Redekopp Spring is on the way and next weekend the Massillon Lion's Club presents its 68th annual show based on the California beach and drag racing scene of the '50s and '60s. Tickets are on sale for all six performances of "Catch a Wave" ...
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Queen of the quarter-mile
Bakersfield Californian
Having traveled the country for years during her drag racing years -- from 1958 to 2003 -- Muldowney sticks pretty close to her home on the outskirts of Ann Arbor, Mich., these days. But when Famoso track operator Blake Bowser called to ask if she ...
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Fueled by nostalgia
Bakersfield Californian
When the younger Rupert started drag racing in the 1990s, it was with the help of his father and friends of his father's such as Mert Littlefield, who passed away last year, Richard Bays and longtime racer Gary Densham. Densham's venture into nostalgia ...
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Bakersfield Californian

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Drag racing second leg up at BRC | The Philippine Star >> News ...
MANILA, Philippines – Drag racing gets into high gear as huge field is expected to turn up in the second leg of the 2011 National Drag Racing Championship ...
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