Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Today's Drag Racing News

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Snowmobile Drag Racing to Return to Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis
WhoWon.com
by Scott R. Smith INDIANAPOLIS -- Snowmobile drag racing returns to Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis during the Spring Spectacle of Speed, NHRA North Central Division Lucas Oil race. The event will take place on April 29 to May 1 and the snowmobiles ...
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JEGS NHRA Division 3 Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Preview
Autochannel (press release)
The Coughlin's have won Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series events in nine different classes, Top Fuel, Pro Comp, Super Eliminator, Comp, Super Stock, Super Comp, Super Gas, Top Dragster, and Top Sportsman. The Coughlin's have won Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series ...
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Drag Racing Resumes this Week at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway with ...
WhoWon.com
It's time to leave the holiday break in the rear-view mirror and go drag racing at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The Strip at LVMS will be a hotbed of straight-line activity, kicking off the wild weekend on Wednesday night with LVMS/PSCA ...
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Skyview Drags Announces Season Schedule
WBGH
While they have women competitors in all classes, this race offers women who may not race the opportunity to get involved in drag racing by competing against each other for a trophy and bragging rights. Also, on June 18 and 19, Skyview will play host ...
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Stock Nissan Leaf Entered in Pikes Peak
Gas 2.0 (blog)
Electric cars are the next frontier in motorsports, from drag racing to the Dakar Rally. But while these vehicles are modified for racing, the Nissan Leaf entered into the 2011 Pikes Peak Rally is bone stock. Pikes Peak is no stranger to electric ...
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Gas 2.0 (blog)
Steven McRae: Dancing at full throttle
Telegraph.co.uk
Photo: Johan Persson By Mark Monahan 1:04PM BST 26 Apr 2011 Steven McRae must be the only Royal Ballet principal dancer ever to have been reared amid the smoke, sweat and speed of drag racing. "My dad got involved with cars at a very young age," he ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
Feisty Coughlin Knows He's Bringing Knife To A Gun Fight
Autochannel (press release)
HOUSTON, April 26, 2011: Pro Mod driver Troy Coughlin knows the 366ci small block powerplant in his JEGS.com Pontiac GTO puts him at a disadvantage to all the other drivers competing in this weekend's Get Screened America Pro Mod Drag Racing Series ...
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Autochannel (press release)
ADRENALINE JUNKIES
Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman
By GREG JOHNSON MAT-SU — That periodic rumbling you're feeling may be coming from the Butte, as Alaska Raceway Park prepares for its 47th season of blistering drag racing action. The state's only sanctioned drag strip is cleaning and tuning up for ...
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