Saturday, October 01, 2011

Today's Drag Racing News

News
Penny Worley Auctioneers Conducts Ultimate Barn Find Online Estate Auction of ...
MarketWatch (press release)
"He was big in the drag racing scene in the 1960's and over the last 50 years he amassed a collection of classic cars and motorcycles, engines, frames, parts and accessories, including many classic Corvettes, Indian 4 motorcycles and Harley Davidson. ...
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Friday Feature: Drag Racing 101
Cycle News
When Eddie Krawiec lines up for any given NHRA Full Throttle Pro Stock final, chances are he does so while sitting across from a rival on a motorcycle that's powered by an engine that Krawiec and his fellow Vance & Hines engineers had a direct hand in ...
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Drag Racer Snaps Seat On Launch, Doesn't Wreck: Video
Motor Authority
More Drag racing is a hard thing to do on a budget; it's a sport measured in cubic dollars. But many... Read More Drag racing is a hard thing to do on a budget; it's a sport measured in cubic dollars. But many people manage to bend that immutable rule ...
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Cassie Simonton appointed spokeswoman for DRAW
Examiner.com
The Drag Racing Association of Women (DRAW) has just announced that NHRA Top Alcohol Funny Car driver, Cassie Simonton from Kon Rodz Racing, will represent the organization responsible for raising funds for drivers and crew members injured in drag ...
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Matt Hagan takes qualifying lead
ESPN
Antron Brown (Top Fuel), Mike Edwards (Pro Stock) and Eddie Krawiec (Pro Stock Motorcycle) were also qualifying leaders at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series Event. Brown, who is fighting for his first world championship, led the way in Top Fuel ...
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Popular NHRA Breakfast At 2011 SEMA Show To Focus On NHRA 'Nitro Generation'
PaddockTalk
The Tasca Family has been a part of drag racing since the beginning, when family patriarch Bob Tasca Sr. coined the phrase "Win on Sunday, sell on Monday." That passion and desire to win has been passed to his son Bob Tasca II and on to his grandson, ...
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NHRA Notes: Maple Grove Safety Questioned
RacinToday.com
(File photo courtesy of the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series) events in the Full Throttle Countdown to the Championship playoffs. Defending event winners are Larry Dixon (Top Fuel), Cruz Pedregon (Funny Car), Dave Connolly (Pro Stock) and Andrew ...
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Blogs
Drag racing Buick Regal driver loses best seat in the house
By John Neff
The only better place to watch a drag race than from the other side of the wall is behind the steering wheel. Then again, that depends on what car you're.
Autoblog