Monday, November 14, 2011

Today's Drag Racing News

News
NHRA champions crowned early
ESPN
By John Oreovicz How do you cap a fantastic 60th anniversary season in the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series? With a fantastic finale at Pomona that featured first-time champions Del Worsham and Matt Hagan. Highlights POMONA, Calif. ...
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Motorsport with Geoff Crisp
Blacktown Sun
G'day and welcome to what will hopefully be a regular column in (please insert newspapers or distribution) based around the exciting Motorsport disciplines of Drag Racing and Speedway. The idea of this little deal is to keep the many thousands of fans ...
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Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals
USA Today
The race is the final of 22 in the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series: Top Fuel: Del Worsham, 3.796 seconds, 318.02 mph def. Tony Schumacher, 3.799 seconds, 321.50 mph. Pro Stock: Greg Stanfield, Pontiac GXP, 6.597, 209.59 def. ...
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Focus shifts to December race
Caymanian Compass
The 1/8 mile track recently hosted the 'Monster Dash' event, organized by the Cayman Islands Drag Racing Association. The meet was an explosive one, in terms of runs and news that Breakers will officially close for good in December. ...
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Pedregon Hoping To Cut Down The Big Guys
RacinToday.com
(Photo courtesy of the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series) For the most part, the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series has evolved into a situation that race fans worldwide know all too well: Big money, multi-car teams have left the small-budget, ...
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Levi Jones Wins Fifth USAC Title
RacinToday.com
The NHRA released its 2012 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series schedule Saturday. It features 43 events, with a minimum of five races conducted in each of NHRA's seven divisions and four series specialty events. In its 11th year, the Lucas Oil Series ...
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Expert on motor sport is our new columnist
Blacktown Sun
"I have always been involved in drag racing and speedway," Mr Crisp said. He was born in motor sport-mad Blacktown and has pursued and promoted the sport ever since. He has raced dragsters since 1976 and was involved as an administrator and state ...
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Force's improbable 15th Funny Car title is fans' choice for NHRA's greatest moment
NHRA.com
Garlits' debut of the rear-engine dragster was a worthy runner-up, a moment that revolutionized the sport of drag racing. Garlits himself, the No. 1 driver on NHRA's list of 50 greatest drivers of all-time, said it was his greatest contribution to drag ...
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