Sunday, January 15, 2012

Today's Drag Racing News

News
Snowmobile drag racers prepare to fly next weekend in Medway
Bangor Daily News
Buy Photo By Nick Sambides Jr., BDN Staff East Branch Sno-Rovers club member Maynard Mitchell hoses down the snowmobile drag racing track at the club on Jan. 5, 2011, in preparation for last year's races. Buy Photo MEDWAY, Maine — The three to five ...
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Tap It Brewing Company to Sponsor Jim Dunn Racing's NHRA Top Fuel Funny Car
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Jim Dunn is one of the original pioneers of NHRA Drag Racing. He began his career as a competitor in 1950 when the popularity of the sport was starting to take hold on local strips throughout Southern California. Over the years, the acclaimed ...
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Philadelphia Expo Center: The perfect destination for motorheads
Bucks Local News
Drag-racing legend and Malvern, Pa., native Bill "Grumpy" Jenkins will be appearing. Other famous names in the sport who will be at the expo are Jimmy Spencer, Matt Kenseth, Chad Knaus, Doug Wolfgang, Brad Doty, Dave Argabright, John Roberts, ...
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Blogs
Drag racing's 'Big Daddy', Don Garlits, turns 80 - latimes.com
By Jim Peltz
'Big Daddy' Don Garlits, a three-time champion in drag racing's premier top-fuel class who also revolutionized the sport with a new car design in the 1970s, celebrated his 80th birthday Saturday.
LA Times Sports Blog