Wednesday, January 25, 2012

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Northern Rivers Echo
After tearing down the Willowbank drag racing quarter-mile in 5.658 seconds with a top speed of 256mph (412kmh) last Saturday, Christine Steffens became the first woman in Australia to earn a nitro-funnycar licence. It was a red letter day for the ...
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Indiana Drag Racing Pioneer, Jim Hullinger Passes Away
WhoWon.com
by Scott Smith BROWNSBURG -- Drag racing pioneer and founder of Indiana's first permanent drag strip in Bunker Hill (Ind.) Jim Hullinger passed away Monday, January 23rd after a brief illness. Hullinger, 86, constructed Bunker Hill Drag Strip in 1956, ...
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Father finds fault that led to son's fatal 132mph racing crash
This is Hull and East Riding
MECHANICAL FAULT: Kasey Dixon-Grainger's drag racing car after the fatal crash. Kasey Dixon-Grainger, 23, had been taking part in a two-day meet at York Raceway on the former Melbourne Airfield, near Market Weighton. His parents, Paul and Tanya, ...
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ADRL's New SuperCar Showdown to Offer Competition for Manufacturers Around the ...
WhoWon.com
After an overwhelming reception to the announcement of its new SuperCar Showdown, the American Drag Racing League (ADRL) has released details of the revolutionary category which distinguishes the class from all others in the sport.
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Hight, Schumacher show strongly in preseason NHRA testing
Racer
Former NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing champions Robert Hight (Funny Car) and Tony Schumacher (Top Fuel) posted the best numbers during preseason testing last week in Florida, as teams geared up for the season-opening O'Reilly Auto Parts NHRA ...
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Father's horror as he describes the moment his son's Ford Cortina drag-racer ...
Daily Mail
By Kerry Mcqueeney A father has described the horrifying moment he watched his son's drag-racing car burst into flames after it flipped over during a 132mph race. Kasey Dixon-Grainger, 23, died almost instantly after the modified Ford Cortina he was ...
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Daily Mail
Sonoma Special: Today's NHRA Racing At 1988 Prices!
PaddockTalk
The one-day offer is part of the raceway's 12 for '12: Sonoma Specials program, and helps kick off the silver anniversary of NHRA drag racing in the Sonoma Valley. Seats will only be available in Row 25 of the Tower Side grandstand, and are exclusively ...
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Ode to an uncommon man: TC Lemons
Bixby Bulletin
Worried she might not approve of drag racing, when she asked what he had been doing, he told her he had been in prison. It was Garlits who chaned the initials TC to Top Cat. One time TC imagined some slight on the part of Garlits and returned to Bixby ...
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They do it a little differently in Australia
Drag Racing Online Magazine
The Australian drag racing and exhibition season is in full swing and Jon Van Daal offers up a look at their Summernationals car show in our Race Coverage. (Jon Van Daal photo) [01/24/12] Rookie Courtney Force was just one of the drivers testing at ...
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Drag Racing Online Magazine
NHRA: FRAM Group renews sponsorship program
AutoWeek
As NHRA official sponsors, FRAM and Prestone will receive visibility at all Full Throttle Drag Racing Series events. "The FRAM and Prestone brands have been synonymous with NHRA for more than 25 years," said Gary Darcy, NHRA senior vice president of ...
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Forzamotorsport.net Forums - Drag racing action shots
Here are a coulple of mine. Post yours up too! Fast and Furious 4 Camaro... Public lobby race, where the Dart drove around and beat my 57 Chevy right at the ...
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Drag racing pioneer passes away » Local News » Hendricks County ...
BROWNSBURG — Jim Hullinger, drag racing pioneer and founder of Indiana's first permanent drag strip in Bunker Hill, died Jan. 23 after a brief illness.
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Mark- Cure For Winter Drag Racing Withdrawls: The Merrill Ice ...
When the rest of country is whining about the local drag strips being closed for the winter bench racing becomes the predominant form of racing, but that is not ...
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