Friday, December 16, 2011

Today's Drag Racing News

News
Twenty questions with Matt Hagan
NHRA.com
It's been one month since Matt Hagan claimed his first NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series Funny Car championship, at the young age of 28. We sat down with the driver of the DieHard/Shelor Motor Mile Dodge Charger R/T at his Virginia cattle farm to ...
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NHRA.com
Ticket sales start for Infineon's 2012 major events schedule
Sonoma Index-Tribune
15) and will again feature the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, IZOD IndyCar Series and AMA Pro Road Racing. Highlighting Infineon in 2012 will be its most highly attended race weekend, the Toyota/Save Mart 350 NACAR ...
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Ray hauls fast on last 1/8 pass
Caymanian Compass
A handful of racers emerged atop the standings at End of Days, the track's last drag race organized by the Cayman Islands Drag Racing Association. Hundreds of spectators would see cars, trucks and bikes scream down the 1/8 mile asphalt strip. ...
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Brandon Bernstein gets a Copart-ner for 2012?
Drag Racing Online Magazine
According to Mr. McKinney drag racing is big in Brazil. [12/15/11] David Hance, longtime promoter of the Shakedown at E'Town, added an event last March at Palm Beach International Raceway in Florida. But Hance has been unable to secure the necessary ...
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Drag Racing Online Magazine
'Lifelong dream' a reality for Langdon
San Bernardino Sun
In a span of 24 hours to start the week, the Johnson-managed Al-Anabi Racing team announced its split with driver Larry Dixon and the naming of Langdon as one of its new drivers for the 2012 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series. ...
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Adkinson has championship season
Early County News
Longtime drag racing standout Jeff Adkinson of Damascus has enjoyed an incredible Stock Eliminator racing season, capturing the NHRA Division 2 NHRA Division championship, one of the few racing trophies that had eluded his racing career. ...
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2011 IMS Long Beach Report
MotorcycleUSA.com
Nine-time AMA Pro Drag Racing Champion Rickey Gadson announced Kawasaki's new 'Zero to Hero' promotion where four lucky riders will have the opportunity to race Rickey for a chance to win a new 2012 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-14R. Next stop on the tour brings ...
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Top NHRA drag-racing team taps Persian Gulf driver - latimes.com
Al-Anabi Racing, a leading team in the NHRA's premier Full Throttle drag-racing series, said Wednesday that Khalid alBalooshi would drive one of its two ...
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WHAT HAPPENED TO DRAG RACING? « Autoculture
If you've been hanging around here long enough, you'll know where we stand on the sport lifestyle of competition drag racing. And while some folks may dispute ...
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