Saturday, September 17, 2011

Today's Drag Racing News

News
Worsham on top as drag racing's playoffs begin in Charlotte
Greensboro News & Record (blog)
It's a big deal – the first of six events in drag racing's playoffs. The finals are Sunday, and three hours of tape-delay prime time TV coverage starts at 8:30 pm on ESPN2. Worsham starts the week as Top Fuel's No. 1 seed in the Countdown to the ...
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Just two days of drag racing left
Southwest Booster
The final Swift Current Drag Racing Association event of the season will take place on Saturday and Sunday at the Swift Current Airport. Admission will be $40 per day for a racecar and driver. Fans are $5 per day with children 12 and under admitted ...
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Matt Hagan makes NHRA history
ESPN
1 qualifiers in their respective categories at the 17th of 22 events in the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series. It is the first of six races in the NHRA Full Throttle Countdown to the Championship, the six-race playoffs to determine the world ...
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Uncle Roy Hill wins Super Stock class at Indy Again!
Drag Racing Online Magazine
[9/16/11] An indication of the high esteem the drag racing family held Pro Stock racer Bert Jackson was the 4000+ racers, fans and family who attended his funeral services on Friday Sept. 16th. In was a very emotional affair as several of his racer ...
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NASCAR's Chase leads weekend's motor racing
Los Angeles Times
In drag racing, the six-race title playoff in the National Hot Rod Assn.'s Full Throttle Series opens this weekend with the O'Reilly Auto Parts Nationals in Charlotte, NC Del Worsham currently leads the NHRA's top-fuel class by 30 points over Antron ...
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NHRA: Tony Schumacher Charlotte II Friday report
Motorsport.com
After the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series closes shop at zMAX Dragway, it will hit the road for the Texas Motorplex outside of Dallas next weekend and then Maple Grove Raceway in Reading, Pa. the following weekend. "This is a critical stretch for ...
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NMCA at Lucas Oil Raceway on Oct. 6-11
WhoWon.com
At the largest NMCA and LS event of the year you can expect to see all the cars and all the stars of NMCA and LS drag racing. Records will be broken, along with oil pans, transmissions, and suspensions...so you won't want to miss out on all the ...
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