Thursday, April 07, 2011

Today's Drag Racing News

News
Bloomingdale student gets fast start in drag racing
Tbo.com
"In drag racing, you have to wear a seat belt and you stay in the same lane." Turns out the junior dragster was just the start of a memorable birthday. On March 10, she turned 18 and became the youngest-ever competitor at the Gatornationals, ...
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Vintage drag racer keeps uncle, grandfather in her pit crew
Napa Valley Register
Murdock, who turned 18 in December and is a senior at Vintage High School, won the Summit ET Bracket Drag Racing High School Division race on Feb. 5 at Infineon Raceway, and then won in the High School Division on opening night at the track's Wednesday ...
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More than 'just a racing girl'
Times and Transcript
And predictions around the drag racing circuit are that she'll deliver the baby in 4.5 seconds. With her glamourous image, the 28-year-old California native has become a darling of the US pro drag racing circuit over the last few years, ...
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Drag racing schedule for 2011 released
BCLocalNews
By Staff Writer - The Northern View By Ed Evans The season will kick off with 1/8 mile drag racing Saturday and Sunday, May 28 and 29 at the Terrace/Kitimat Regional Airport. Terrace is up next again with a June 18 and 19 The next race on the 2011 Drag ...
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$23m lure for Gillman motorsport park
Messenger News
A MOTORSPORT park at Gillman would pump $23 million a year into the state's economy from national drag racing championships alone, those behind the proposal say. They also say the park would boost tourism by attracting international revheads from the ...
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Messenger News
Hunnert Car Heads-Up Vintage Drags At Great Lakes Dragaway June 11
Hot Rod Magazine (blog)
The Chrome Czars Motor Club today announced that their rapidly growing nostalgia drag racing event, the 3rd annual Hunnert Car Heads-Up™ drags, is set for Saturday, June 11th, at historic Great Lakes Dragaway in Union Grove, Wisconsin. ...
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New Sled Should Help Modfather Snowmobile Team into PBSS Winners' Circle
WhoWon.com
by Bruce F. Mehlenbacher ORILLIA, Ontario -- The Modfather Pro Sled team will be competing with a new machine in the upcoming Pro Bike & Sled Series presented by Wiseco Performance Products for drag racing. With a 2010 Yamaha Nytro sled, the 1000-cc, ...
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An '81 Chevy Camaro Goes Electric
Reuters
When I pull up, Bill is spray painting some TRZ control arms for the aforementioned Camaro when Ronald Adamowicz, President and CEO of the newly-formed East Coast Electric Drag Racing Association, comes out to meet me. He is clearly as excited to show ...
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FYI WIRZ: Valdosta NHRA Track Hot Spot for Motorcycle Manufacturers Group
Bleacher Report
Last November a group of motorcycle drag racing suppliers teamed up to replace the departing sanction—AMA Dragbike—and organized an event at South Georgia Motorsports Park in Adel, Georgia near Valdosta. The Manufacturers Cup race was a big hit with ...
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Bleacher Report
New Book Celebrates the '40 Ford
Hot Rod Magazine (blog)
... the archive of The Henry Ford in Dearborn, Michigan, to offer a complete history of the 1940 Ford: the design and production process that led to the car; the various body styles; motorsports (both circle-track and drag racing); and hot rodding. ...
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