Friday, July 08, 2011

Today's Drag Racing News

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RACING: Deadline approaching for advance BIR tickets
Brainerd Daily Dispatch
The 30th annual event offers four days of ground-pounding, lightning-fast NHRA drag racing. NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series stars John Force, Larry Dixon, Tony Schumacher, Brandon Bernstein, Ron Capps and Antron Brown, plus Minnesota's Greg ...
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Kids Speeding in Cars: Junior Drag Racing
Examiner.com
For those who've been to Bandimere Speedway before, you're familiar with how loud the drag racing cars are, the smell of the fuel, and the short race times. However, if you're at Bandimere this week, you may see a few interesting changes. ...
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Rookie of the Year Leader Coughlin Anxious for Anderson Redo
WhoWon.com
"When you hear 'quarter-mile' around here, you always think of drag racing," said Cody, the first of the family to break tradition and race stock cars. "Drag Racing has been a big part of the Coughlin family since Pappy started racing back in the 1950s ...
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Mopar NHRA Jr. Drag Racing League Western Conference Finals Brings Best Young ...
WhoWon.com
Bandimere Speedway will host the Mopar NHRA Jr. Drag Racing League Western Conference Finals event presented by Lucas SlickMist & JR Race Car, July 7-9. Nearly 500 racers, ages 8 to 17 years, will compete for team and individual honors and a share of ...
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NHRA's IRP (Lucas Oil Raceway) loses NASCAR dates to IMS
Drag Racing Online Magazine
(Ron Lewis photo) [07/07/11] Current ADRL Extreme Pro Stock World Champion John "Monte" Montecalvo was the guest of honor for the Holeshot Drag Racing Association's (HDRA's) 100-Foot Drags June 26, at Riverhead Raceway on Long Island, NY. ...
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Drag Racing Online Magazine
Power, speed and memories at 10th annual Musclecar Madness
Yorkdispatch.com
York Nostalgia's 10th annual Musclecar Madness rolls into the York Expo Center on Friday and Saturday to reunite a host of drag racing legends and the legendary racecars that made the dragway so famous. And that's what continues to draw the big names, ...
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IN THE COCKPIT: Greg Anderson, Bristol/Norwalk
SPEEDtv.com
For the second time this season, the Full Throttle Drag Racing Series competed on consecutive weekends, heading directly from Bristol, Tennessee to Norwalk, Ohio. In a way, it is somewhat fitting that these two races are tied together, because they ...
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NHRA Funny Car - Chicago: Look Out Record Books - Tasca Coming To Chicago
Autochannel (press release)
Joliet, July 7, 2011: At Route 66 Raceway, there's no escaping the raw power and speed that is NHRA Full Throttle Series drag racing. But then, why would you want to? When Bob Tasca III starts the Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford Mustang Funny Car and pulls ...
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Autochannel (press release)
RockN Rods fast and furious
Sioux City Journal
6:30 - 9 pm Drag racing will begin on Water Street and continue until dusk. 7 - 11 pm Live music: The Midnight Suns opening for Canned Heat on the west end of Third Street. 8 am - 4 pm Drag race registration at the Tyson Events Center parking lot. ...
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Motor sports notebook: Enders hopes to make history
Houston Chronicle
It would be a milestone for women, but those are something Enders is used to reaching, as drag racing's best roll into Joliet, Ill., just outside of Chicago this weekend for the 14th annual O'Reilly Auto Parts Route 66 NHRA Nationals at Route 66 ...
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