Wednesday, August 31, 2011

RINI, MURILLO, BLANKENSHIP GRAB WINS AT 5TH ANNUAL JE PISTONS MUSCLE CAR NATIONALS AND AEROSPACE COMPONENTS NHRA UNLEASHED

MILAN, MI. – Content muscle car enthusiasts got their fix this past weekend at the 5th Annual JE Pistons Muscle Car Nationals and Aerospace Components NHRA Unleashed at Milan Dragway in Milan, MI. Eleven racers made it to the top of their class, and earned them a coveted Wally trophy.

GET SCREENED AMERICA PRO MOD SERIES MAC TOOLS U.S. NATIONALS PREVIEW

PRUETT-LeDUC HOPING TO JOIN DRAG RACING HISTORY WITH FIRST PRO MOD WIN AT MAC TOOLS U.S. NATIONALS

CLERMONT, Ind. – It’s amazing how much can change in a year. Leah Pruett-LeDuc can attest to that.

Just one year ago, Pruett-LeDuc was making her rounds in the NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Racing Series, competing with her Nostalgia Funny Car at tracks up and down the West Coast.

Now, as the NHRA Get Screened America Pro Mod Drag Racing Series makes its eighth of 10 stops in 2011 at the prestigious Mac Tools U.S. Nationals presented by Lucas Oil at historic Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis, Pruett-LeDuc will make her third appearance behind the wheel of her supercharged ProCare Rx ’68 Camaro, a car and a class that she has picked up very quickly.

Today's Drag Racing News

News
2011 NHRA: Kalitta Feels His Team Is 'On The Verge Of Something Good'
PaddockTalk
These days he wants to etch his name in a different record book, next to the biggest legends of NHRA drag racing who have won the Mac Tools US Nationals, the world's most prestigious drag race: Don "The Snake" Prudhomme, Shirley Muldowney, ...
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Lexington sisters enjoy the thrill of drag racing
Kearney Hub
LINDSIE WOOLLEY, 18, of Lexington has been drag racing since she was 8 years old. She and her sister, Bailey, are third-generation racers and the daughters of Brian and Tammy Woolley. In addition to drag racing, Lindsie participates in softball, track, ...
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Racer meets Nolan Ryan, CJ Wilson
ESPN (blog)
2 in the NHRA Funny Car standings and already qualified for the Countdown to the Championship (drag racing's playoff), visited Rangers Ballpark in Arlington on Sunday. He was in town for a media event to promote the NHRA Texas Fall Nationals at Texas ...
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Drag racing returns to Lodi strip
Lodi News-Sentinel
Drag racing is set to return to Lodi with the sixth annual Return to Kingdon Sept. 10-11 at the Kingdon Airport. The old drag strip hosted NHRA-sanctioned events from 1954-78 and featured stars like "Big Daddy" Don Garlits and Connie Kalitta. ...
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75-80 Dragway's Run Watcha Brung II
Drag Racing Online Magazine
After sitting dormant for a few years and in disrepair, a new management team under the guidance of the Stanleys has turned around this little dragstrip on the west side of Baltimore and have brought back the sound of outlaw drag racing to this part of ...
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Drag Racing Online Magazine
Lauth's Eaglepoint fattens up on racing teams
Indianapolis Business Journal
The proximity of Lauth Group Inc.'s mammoth Eaglepoint Business Park in Brownsburg to Lucas Oil Raceway is making it an attractive destination for several drag-racing teams. David Powers Motorsports, John Force Racing, Don Prudhomme Racing and Vance ...
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Indianapolis Business Journal
Dragsters get a green
Wairarapa Times Age
REVVED: Bob Wilton, Masterton Motorplex events co-ordinator, pictured last year with a model of the $3 million drag racing facility his group plans to build at Hood Aerodrome in Masterton. Drag racers have the green light for a world-class drag strip ...
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Get your motor runnin' . . . .
Bluff Country Reader
Drag racing through the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) has been taking place since the mid 1950s. According to Cox, he grew up in the sport because his dad raced. "My dad had many project cars just for fixing and selling," he shared. ...
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2011 NHRA: Spencer Massey Looks To Continue Success In His Return To The US ...
PaddockTalk
"And this is Indy, where so many moments in drag-racing history were written. It's great to be part of it, driving for Don Schumacher at the US Nationals. "Having said that, it is still a race and part of the regular season. We have to approach it the ...
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Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Great Lakes Nostalgia Funny Car Circuit - In the Groove Newsletter



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Nostalgia Funny Car Night
Dunn Tire Raceway Park, Clarence, NY
Friday, August 26th, 2011
This is the third year for this event. The previous years the event had been ran the Friday of Fourth Of July weekend, but this year they moved the event to the end of August.

We were to bring 8 cars to this show but due to an error on the GLNFCC director's part we only had seven cars for the show. But they all vowed to put on a great show to make up for the missing car.

It was a nice late August night with clear skies and temps in the mid seventies First pair out was the Rat Poison Corvette driven by Greg Mauchmer taking on the Total Insanity Monza driven by Chris Massarella. Both cars came out with great burnouts. Krista Massarella was backing up her husband looking a lot like Jungle Pam. Krista was recently crowned Best Back Up Girl at the Funny Car Reunion held at Englishtown N.J. and the Funny Car Nationals held at Marion County International Raceway in LaRue, Oh. The Monza was out first and held on for the win.

Next up the Dazed & Confused 69 Camaro driven by Jerry Streb was taking on the Visionary Cuda driven by Scott Hohensee, this is Scott's home track. It seemed like both drivers were trying to break in a new set of slicks because they had so much smoke in the air you couldn't see the other side of the track. During the burnout the Cuda got a little sideways and came real close to the concrete wall. The Camaro was out first but the Cuda tried real hard to run the Camaro down but ran out of track.

Next up was Robb Bundy's Shellshock 72 Vega taking on Lance Good's Omni. Lance's throttle stuck on the burnout and he just drove the car down the track giving the Vega an easy win.

Last up was the Old & Fuelish Corvette driven by John DeCort. John made the spectators forget he was making a single as he did a full track smoky burnout and clicked the timers with a 4.95.

Second round was under the lights and the dew had moved in real heavy. Several of the teams had a challenge keeping their windshield clear.

First up was Sharky's Machine Omni. Lance did a long burnout and then for some reason changed lanes and backed up in the opposite lane that he started in. I'm sure this was to wow the crowd. The car did not stick in the fresh lane so Lance was on and off of the throttle the whole way down the track.

Next pair up was the Visionary Cuda and the Rat Poison Corvette. The Cuda had problems staging and never lit the bulbs. The Corvette staged and took the win.
Next Pair was the Old & Fuelish Corvette taking on the Shellshock Vega. Both cars did strong burnouts with the Corvette again doing an almost full track burnout. The Corvette took off first and turned on the win light with a 4.68/147.


Winner
Chris Massarella
Driver of Total Insanity
Total Insanity
Last pair was the two fastest from the first round. The Dazed & Confused Camaro with a 4.73 taking on the Total Insanity Monza with a 4.77. After the fire up the Monza had some issues with the dew on the windshield but that seem to go away once the body got a little heat on it. Both cars did half-track smoky burnouts. Both cars also did a few dry hops as they staged. The Monza was out first winning the Good Vibrations Motorsports Reaction Time Award with a .494 light. The Monza gave up a fight but the Camaro took the win for the night with a 4.62/148 to a losing 4.73/143.

Bill Leverentz Of Oddy's Performance put up an impromptu burnout contest. He awarded the $100.00 cash prize to Jerry Streb with the Dazed & Confused Camaro. We want to thank Bill for this spur of the moment incentive.

This was a Fan Choice Award event and there was a tie, giving the award to the Old & Fuelish Corvette and the Total Insanity Monza. This award is presented by Good Vibrations Motorsports.

As always we want to thank Good Vibrations Motorsports, Mickey Thompson Performance Tires & Wheels, Herculiner, Peak Automotive Products and Pace Performance for supporting The GLNFCC.

Thank you to the track personnel at Dunn Tire Raceway Park for allowing us to bring our traveling funny car show to their track and giving us a safe place to race.

Next event is The Olympics of Drag Racing at Great Lakes Dragaway in Union Grove, WI. on Sept. 3rd. & 4th. Hope to see ya there.

Today's Drag Racing News

News
NHRA: Enders seeks a win at Indianapolis
Motorsport.com
Could ZaZa Energy Pro Stock driver Erica Enders follow the same path in NHRA's Full Throttle Drag Racing Series? Coming off her third final-round appearance of the season in the series' most recent race in Brainerd, Minn., Enders will gun for her first ...
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Flag flies at half mast at York Raceway for Kasey Dixon-Grainger
The Press, York
By Kate Liptrot » Reporter TRIBUTES have been paid to a popular young drag racing driver who died after losing control of his car at 130mph at a racetrack near York. Today the flag was flying at half mast and flowers were placed at the finishing line ...
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Drag Racing's Biggest Event, NASCAR Doubleheader at Atlanta
TVbytheNumbers
The biggest event of the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series season will have 11 hours of coverage on ESPN2 this weekend with the running of the 57th annual Mac Tools US Nationals at Lucas Oil Raceway in Indianapolis. ...
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Notes from the 58th annual World Series of Drag Racing
Drag Racing Online Magazine
The World Series of Drag Racing has come full circle. When it was first run back in 1954 and for many years after that it was a hardcore drag race where the quickest and fastest cars and drivers met. Back then a win at the World Series was as good or ...
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Drag racing: Hewes couple team up to set pair of national records
Reno Gazette-Journal
David B. Parker/RGJ And, in this case, sets national drag racing records together. Reno's Tony Hewes and his wife, Debbie, each set class records in NHRA events in July. Debbie blazed their black 1971 Ford Mustang to a time of 10.81 seconds at 121 mph ...
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Roush Yates Partners with Roy Hill and Phoenix Racing
UTV Weekly
Roush Yates Engines is proud to announce a partnership with local drag racing icon Roy Hill and Phoenix Racing. Roy Hill and Phoenix Racing's Ford Cobra Jet Mustangs and Roy Hill's Drag Racing School cars will now feature powerful Roush Yates engines. ...
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UTV Weekly
Tuner Venables joins Don Schumacher Racing
Radioactive Drag Racing News
According to Don Schumacher, adding Venables, who brings 28 years of drag racing experience (including tuning a Funny Car champion) to the team, was an easy decision. "I look to strengthen my organization whenever possible and Dickie's talent gave me ...
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The 2011 Get Your Heart Racing Event
About - News & Issues
Drag racing - a two-car race on a short course. Highway Driving Simulation - choose from a wide selection of Ford vehicles, including Mustangs. Wet Pad - a helmeted ride with a professional driver on a skid pad, for a demonstration of extreme handling. ...
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Last Friday night I was asked to come shoot a night of 1/4 mile drag racing for a couple of brothers that go up against each other. Both driving Chevy.
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UMB BANK INTRODUCES AFFINITY CARD PROGRAM AS PART OF SPONSORSHIP WITH NHRA

GLENDORA, Calif. (Aug. 30, 2011) — NHRA announced today that it has entered into a multi-year relationship with UMB Bank, the lead bank of UMB Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: UMBF), to provide an NHRA-branded affinity credit card.  The new NHRA Affinity Card will offer fans the opportunity to design their own NHRA-branded customized credit cards.
               

LUCAS OIL SPONSORS LIMITED NUMBER OF DISCOUNTED 60TH ANNIVERSARY TICKETS FOR MAC TOOLS U.S. NATIONALS

LUCAS OIL SPONSORS LIMITED NUMBER OF DISCOUNTED 60TH ANNIVERSARY TICKETS AVAILABLE FOR MAC TOOLS U. S. NATIONALS

CLERMONT, Ind. – The 60th anniversary season of the NHRA comes to Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis for the 57th running of the Mac Tools U. S. Nationals presented by Lucas Oil, and to celebrate the event, Lucas Oil is sponsoring a limited number of specially-priced general admission tickets during the weekend in honor of NHRA’s 60th anniversary season. A total of 6,000 tickets will be offered to the public at the low price of $20 per ticket with 2,000 available for Friday, 1,000 tickets each on both Saturday and Sunday and 2,000 tickets on Monday. 

Monday, August 29, 2011

NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Results from Postponed National Trail Raceway, Columbus, Ohio event.

WORTH THE WAIT FOR MANS, BARTONE

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Brain Mans and Tony Bartone waited an extra month but it was worth it as they pulled their cars in to winner’s circle for the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Buckeye Fuel Wars event. The event was postponed a month and move from National Trail Raceway near Columbus, Ohio, to Beech Bend Raceway Park, Bowling Green, Ky., to be concluded in conjunction with this past weekend’s final NHRA North Central Division Lucas Oil Series event.

Mans, Godfrey, Ill., outran Mike Kosky, Robin Samsel and reigning NHRA Lucas Oil National Champion Bill Reichert of Owosso, Mich., for the long awaited win in Top Alcohol Dragster. Godfrey ran 5.607 seconds, 5.570, and 5.576 in eliminations with an average speed of about 250 mph for his first win of the season.

Bartone made the haul from Long Island City, N.Y., and drove his ‘09 Centre Pointe sponsored Top Alcohol Funny Car Mustang to victory over Chris Foster, Davenport, Iowa. Bartone ran his best lap of the day covering the quarter mile in 5.630 seconds at 256.50 mph to Foster’s 5.732, 256.50.

NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Final Results from Beech Bend Raceway Park, Bowling Green, Ky.

REICHERT, MANZO LEAD WINNERS IN BOWLING GREEN

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Bill Reichert and Frank Manzo led all winners this weekend at Beech Bend Raceway Park and the NHRA North Central Division Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series. Reichert, the reigning national champion and defending event champion from Owosso, Mich., led the field in qualifying and grabbed his fourth win of the year in defeating Richard Putz, Earlville, Iowa, with a lap of 5.367 seconds at 262.18 mph. Putz, the No. 2 qualifier, ran quicker each round with a 5.459, 258.96 pass in the final.

It was a monster match up in the Top Alcohol Funny Car final as Manzo, Morganville, N.J., faced off with Tony Bartone. Manzo has dominated the class for a number of years but is locked in a battle for the National Championship this year with Bartone, Long Island City, N.Y. The two have 17 wins (national and divisional) between them this year with this being Manzo’s seventh. The two qualified 1 and 2, and advancing to the final where Manzo outran Bartone with a 5.593, 259.26 to a 5.668, 259.16.

NHRA OFFERS FREE ADMISSION TO ACTIVE MILITARY FOR FRIDAY'S RACING AT MAC TOOLS U.S. NATIONALS

CLERMONT, Ind. – As a special thank you to all that have bravely served our country, the NHRA will offer free general admission tickets to both active and retired military for the Friday night qualifying session during the Mac Tools U. S. Nationals presented by Lucas Oil at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis on Sept. 2. 

The Friday night qualifying session at the Mac Tools U. S. Nationals is one of the highlights of the weekend, and is the first time the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series teams will take to the track and attempt to qualify for the race.  There is electricity in the air when the cars go down the track the first time during the Mac Tools U.S. Nationals and the special ticket offer will be a perfect way to salute the military in attendance. 

The offer must be taken advantage of at the gate on Sept. 2. One complimentary ticket per person will be issued and proof of active or retired military status will be required to receive the complimentary general admission ticket.

NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Final Results from zMAX Dragway, Charlotte, N.C.

ADCOCK DOUBLES, GREEN-KING SCORES SECOND

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Sherman Adcock scored a rare double this past weekend at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series at zMAX Dragway. Adcock, Fortson, Ga., took out Jason Kenny, Kingston, Ont., CAN, in the Super Comp Final with a lap of 8.908 seconds 176.28 mph then faced off against Cameron Manuel, Winston Salem, N.C., in the final of Super Gas.

Not to be outdone, Manuel had just beaten Scott King, Warrenville, S.C., to take the trophy in the division’s Hickory Enclosed Trailer Top Dragster class, running 7.293 seconds at 174.62 over King’s 7.447, 180.55. With a double win on the line, Manuel took the holeshot lead leaving Adcock to run him down with a double breakout win for Adcock running 9.897 on the 9.90 index for his second trophy of the day.

In Top Alcohol Funny Car, Melinda Green-King defeated Mark Billington for her second Southeast divisional win in a row, scoring the win at Atlanta Dragway back in May. Green-King drove her ’10 Mustang to a pass of 5.903 seconds at 244.43 mph.

Taking his first win of the season in Top Alcohol Dragster was Sidnei Frigo of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. Frigo qualified No. 3 and outran Artie Allen in round 1 and Rich McPhillips in round 2 before winning over Karen Stalba with a holeshot in the final. Frigo went 5.575 seconds, 254.52 to Hammonton, N.J., resident Stalba with a 5.559, 248.29.

MAC TOOLS U.S. NATIONALS PRESENTED BY LUCAS OIL PREVIEW

KALITTA FEELS HIS TEAM IS ‘ON THE VERGE OF SOMETHING GOOD’ AS THEY HEAD TO MAC TOOLS U.S. NATIONALS AT INDIANAPOLIS

CLERMONT, Ind. – Veteran driver Doug Kalitta has raised several trophies in the winner’s circle on the sacred ground of Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis.

However those trophies were earned a couple of decades ago when he was winning races and championships in the USAC Sprint Car Series.  Kalitta raced to victories on the historic multi-purpose motorsports complex’s asphalt oval in 1992 and 1996. It is the same track where motorsports icons like A.J. Foyt, Parnelli Jones, Al Unser, Tony Stewart and Jeff Gordon have also scored victories.

While Kalitta takes great pride in his many USAC accomplishments, his focus in motorsports has now changed. These days he wants to etch his name in a different record book, next to the biggest legends of NHRA drag racing who have won the Mac Tools U.S. Nationals, the world’s most prestigious drag race:  Don “The Snake” Prudhomme, Shirley Muldowney, “Big Daddy” Don Garlits, Bob Glidden and Tom “The Mongoose” McEwen.

Today's Drag Racing News

News
Drag racing driver killed in York
The Guardian
A driver in a drag racing event was killed on Sunday morning when his car rolled and caught fire as he crossed the finishing line. The man from Billingham, Cleveland, was believed to have been 23. He had been racing at York Raceway, on Melbourne ...
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Racing abandoned at York Raceway near Pocklington after 130mph fatal crash
The Press, York
By Megi Rychlikova » A YOUNG drag racing driver died after losing control of his car at 130mph in front of his family and more than 1000 spectators. Kasey Dixon-Grainger was competing at York Raceway on the old Melbourne Airfield, near Seaton Ross, ...
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Drag racing 'deterring' Warrnambool airport investment
Warrnambool Standard
Warrnambool and District Drag Racing Association has been an approved user of the runway for many years, but is keen to develop a stand-alone motorsports venue. It has been negotiating with the Warrnambool and Moyne councils for a permanent base and ...
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Drag racer killed in Yorkshire airfield crash
Yorkshire Post
The family of the man were at the drag racing event at York Raceway on Melbourne Airfield, south-west of Pockington, yesterday morning and watched the fatal incident unfold. The driver, believed to be 23 years old and from the Billingham area of ...
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Drag racer dies in 130mph horror smash
Mirror.co.uk
Organisers of the event, the Northern Drag Racing Finals, said Mr Dixon-Grainger's parents and his brother were also taking part, so were at the racetrack when he died. Competitors later paraded their cars at York Raceway, in Seaton Ross, near York, ...
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Five teams to represent Malta in Santa Pod
Malta Independent Online
Mr. Bernard Vassallo, KMS Chairman said that the FIA European Finals is Europe's most prestigious Drag Racing event with 300mph Top Fuel Dragsters, Top Methanol Dragsters and Funny Cars, Pro Mods, Pro Stock plus Drag Bikes and many supporting classes. ...
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Graham back in winner's circle
Topeka Capital Journal
Graham was at drag racing's elite level back in the '70s and '80s, running both Top Fuel and Funny Car. "I ran Top Fuel and Funny Cars from '72 to '82," he said. "We did well in our time at that. "My claim to fame is we won the 1976 IHRA Spring ...
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NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series ... - Charlotte Motor Speedway
Auto enthusiasts have yet another reason to be excited about this weekend's Food Lion AutoFair, when the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series competes ...
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Drag Racing 2011 - Super Pro ET - Eliminations rd. # 1 - NitrOlympX ...
First round of eliminations for the Super Pro ET without the re-runs. And the winners were: Norbert Schneider, Marc Henney, Mark Flavell, Frank ...
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Drag Racing 2011 - Competition Eliminator - Quarterfinals ...
First round of eliminations in the Competition class John Bradshaw vs. René Meierhofer Silvio Strauch vs. Jens Zimmermann Thomas Stiefel vs ...
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Sunday, August 28, 2011

NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Final Results from Heartland Park Topeka, Topeka, Kan.

THOMPSON, PAYNE, STINNETT REPEAT AT HEARTLAND PARK

TOPEKA, Kan. – James Thompson, Jay Payne and Gary Stinnett each defended their event championship from a year ago taking wins at this weekend’s NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Heartland Championships at Heartland Park Topeka.

Today's Drag Racing News

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Drag racing raking in the crowds and cash
cbs4qc.com
It's the World Series of Drag Racing this weekend, and it's bringing in the crowds and the cash at the Cordova Dragway Park, where folks came out to watch the races. It's the roaring engines that really rev up the revenue from this event. ...
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19 arrested for loitering for watching Ark. race
Houston Chronicle
Deputies say numerous residents in the area have complained about illegal drag racing, and say they have warned racers previously about the danger that illegal racing generates. At about 1 am Monday, deputies parked where they had a clear view of ...
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Nitrous-Fueled Drag Race Ends In Tulsa Wreck
News On 6
Witnesses say a red Camaro was drag racing down Harvard at 26th Street at about 2:20 am when the driver lost control and went off the road. The vehicle took out a bus stop bench, two signs and a light pole. "Speed is definitely a factor," said Tulsa ...
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Hot rod Harry
LaSalle News Tribune
The busted and broken 1931 Ford Model A coupe Harold Dzierzynski, 77, turned into a drag-racing roadster in the 1950s is being featured in the forthcoming coffee table book "East vs. West, Hot Rods, Rails and Customs." The book by Joseph Alig and ...
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Drag Racing 2011 - Pro ET - Eliminations rd. 1 - NitrOlympX ...
First round of eliminations for the Pro ET class Saturday evenning just before the Night Show. I think I have every single of the 16 pairings. And ...
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Laurie Cannister and Jon Capps on Racin & Rockin August 29!

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Racin' and Rockin': Laurie Cannister and Jon Capps on Racin & Rockin August 29! by Bill Pratt. Two time IHRA Alcohol Funny Car champion Laurie Cannister has a new ride in Bob and Cathie Floch's Bullet Bob nostalgia funny car and she will tell us all about it on Monday, August 29! PLUS: The Return of Jon Capps! Jon won a big nostalgia funny car match race after being our guest on August 8, so he made sure to get back on the show prior to competing at NHRA INDY! Will our streak as a lucky charm continue? Plus John Bockelman's music pics from one of the greatest years in rock.

Saturday, August 27, 2011

Today's Drag Racing News

News
Daughters following drag racing Dad
Topeka Capital Journal
But in the meantime, the Spring Hill racer continues to be a force in the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series. Meyer, competing in this weekend's Division V Heartland Championships at Heartland Park Topeka, leads the Division V standings in Top Alcohol ...
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Kitsap Briefs: Harlan Thompson joins drag greats at Bremerton Raceway
Kitsap Sun
North Kitsap native Harlan Thompson, a member of the European Drag Racing Hall of Fame, will join an array of Northwest standouts Saturday at Bremerton Raceway's Nostalgia Drags and Car Show and Northwest Hot Rod Reunion and Cackle Fest. ...
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Roush Yates Partners With Roy Hill And Phoenix Racing
PaddockTalk
Roush Yates engines are well known in all series of racing, most notably the NASCAR Sprint Cup series, but they are fairly new to the drag racing world. Sandy Wilkins leads the drag racing program for Roush Yates and will be responsible for building ...
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Buddy Perkinson Set to Drive Dingman Racing's 'Canned Heat' Extreme Pro Stock Car
WhoWon.com
The 19-year-old budding star has been named the new driver for the Dingman Racing Extreme Pro Stock team and he will make his American Drag Racing League (ADRL) debut in the "Canned Heat" XPS car at Dragstock VIII on Sept. 9-10 in Rockingham, ...
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Outlaw drags, Trans-Am Series on way to BIR
Brainerd Daily Dispatch
The Muscle Car Shootout is important again this year because it's the grand finale of the three-race Muscle Car Series that highlights the "fast five" classes and 14 other drag racing classes. When the dust settles Sept. 4, series champions will be ...
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Potential Weather Forces Rescheduling, Postponement Of Some Events
WGAL Lancaster
Maple Grove Raceway has cancelled all drag racing for Saturday and Sunday. These races will not be made up. The Philadelphia Phillies elected to reschedule Saturday night's game to September 15 because of Hurricane Irene. The clubs will play Saturday's ...
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2001 Acura Integra - Nothing Less Than 110 Percent
Honda Tuning Magazine
Beyond that, it has unofficially accepted the role as an advocate for import drag racing in the Midwest, while also serving as an example of Mr. Palo's exceptional driving ability. Finally, it has taken the role of mentor, a rolling benchmark, ...
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Honda Tuning Magazine
McMillen Thanks Biomet Employees for New Knees
Times-Union Newspaper
After years of playing sports and drag racing, McMillen's knees gave him constant trouble. With the NHRA's drug testing policy, his only relief was putting five-pound bags on his knees at the end of each day. Finally late last year, McMillen had ...
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- Idaho Statesman
The Idaho Statesman
What: Drag Racing Test 'n' Tune and Open Grudge Racing available to any car, truck, bike, sled or junior racer. Admission (each day): $11 adults, $3 children ages 6-12 and free for children 5 and younger. Location: Five miles north of Highway 44 on ...
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Loose or grip tires for drag racing? - Yahoo! Answers
Im wondering what would be better tires for my 03 cobra for drag racing. Well ... Well, I thought a Cobra was a car? This forum is about racing BIKES. The only ...
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Friday, August 26, 2011

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NHRA Drag Racing 60th Anniversary: Best of Their 60 Years
Bleacher Report
His career reads like a Hollywood movie script, perhaps the Rocky of drag racing. He grew up poor, drove a truck as a young adult and tried to chase his dream of racing funny cars. He struggled to start His start and barely made it race to race. ...
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Drag racing hosts an event
Lifestyles Publications
The Estevan Drag Racing Association attracted a wide variety of entries for an event on August 21. Sixty-seven entries were received in five different classes for the Estevan Drag Racing Association's (EDRA) second program of the year on August 21 at ...
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Drag Racing: Simon Giordmaina fourth at Hockenheim's Nitrolympx
Malta Independent Online
... during the trip with him, the (MDRA) Malta Drag Racing Association and its committee members for all their support, the (MMF) Malta Motorsport Federation, and Rick and Nicola Stubbins for taking good care of him and his team when they were there. ...
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Drag king: This 11-year-old racer is fast
The State Journal-Register
At just 11 years old, Lewis has three years experience as a drag racer, competing in local tournaments before entering the recent Junior Drag Racing Eastern Finals at Thunder Valley Dragway in Bristol, Tenn. With more than 600 cars competing, ...
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BUSINESS: Motorsports Hall of Fame of America induction report
Motorsport.com
The colorful 2011 class included event attendees Donnie Allison (Stock Cars), Ed McCulloch (Drag Racing), Augie Pabst (Sports Cars) and Bruce Penhall (Motorcycles) as well as friends and family members that capably memorialized and accepted the honors ...
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TNT Super Series at Sparta, Ontario
Drag Racing Online Magazine
Competitors in the Joe's Transmission TNT Super Series took on the 1/8th mile at St Thomas Raceway Park in Sparta, Ontario, August 20-21 for a spectacular two-day drag racing event in partnership with the Can Am Stock / Super Stock Series. ...
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NHRA: Rod Fuller Brainerd final report
Motorsport.com
This event occupies the 13th stop along a 22-race tour for the 2011 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, and Fuller's fourth stop along his 10-race tour for this season. The weekend began with some changes to the car before first round. ...
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Brown quickest on final day of testing in Indy
Radioactive Drag Racing News
NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series teams wrapped up a two-day test session in preparation for the 57th annual Mac Tools US Nationals presented by Lucas Oil, the world's most prestigious drag race, which will be held Aug. 31 – Sept. 5. ...
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