Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Today's Drag Racing News

News
Gates Corp. Continues Sponsorship of Don Schumacher Racing for 2011 NHRA Season
AftermarketNews.com (AMN)
The company also provides Poly Chain belts to DSR teams contending for full throttle drag racing series titles. DENVER, Colo. -- Gates Corp. has announced the continuation of its associate sponsorship of Don Schumacher Racing (DSR) for the 2011 ...
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AftermarketNews.com (AMN)
NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series at Las Vegas
Drag Racing Online Magazine
Denny Hills, the #1 qualifier in Top Dragster, was stopped in the third round when #40 Tom De Bartolo used a .020 reaction time to stop the tardy Hills (.062). (Tim Marshall photo) The rescheduled second Division 7 NHRA race found great weather on ...
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Drag Racing Online Magazine
Lamattina's drag racing passion
Weekly Times Now
Yet the Wemen carrot farmer still squeezes behind the controls of his Lamattina Top Fuel Racing dragster and gets flung down the track at speeds in excess of 500km/h. With almost 6000kW of power and eye-popping G-forces threatening to tear the whole, ...
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Maturing Lucas has GEICO Team Positioned Nicely Heading into Vegas
WhoWon.com
by Rob Geiger, Morgan Lucas Racing LAS VEGAS -- It's taken Top Fuel driver Morgan Lucas six and a half seasons to reach his current spot in drag racing's premier category, but finally, with the unwavering support of insurance giant GEICO and his ...
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Schumacher ready to get back on track
DVIDS
Raceway to The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the next NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series event, there wouldn't have been an argument or discussion. "I truly wish that would have been the case," said the seven-time world champion. ...
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Texas Mile
Top Speed
Simply having the fastest car in a straight line race is more closely related to drag racing where such vehicles as Funny Cars and Top Fuel Dragsters hit 200mph in a ¼ mile. In a place where everything is bigger - Texas, that is - several fans of speed ...
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HANDLE IT: MOPAR AUTOCROSS IN VEGAS
Mopar Muscle Magazine (blog)
Mopars at the Strip, the largest Chrysler show in the West, was known for period-perfect show cars and drag racing - until last year when the Hotchkis/Keisler Autocross introduced a new type of corner carving competition to the show. ...
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Web
Why Nostalgia Drag Racing Should Not Include Rear-engine, Rear ...
Nostalgia drag racing was started, to bring back "drag racing the way it used to be". Rear-winged rear-engine Top Fuel dragsters aren't nostalgia, ...
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