Sunday, March 11, 2012

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2012 NHRA: NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series Kicks Off At Auto-Plus Raceway At ...
PaddockTalk
... Rickie Smith and Danny Rowe also advanced to the quarterfinals. Eliminations for the NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series will continue Sunday afternoon, following the opening round of eliminations of the Full Throttle Drag Racing Series categories.
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Gatornationals Notebook: Bernstein donates trove of memorabilia to Gwynn ...
Florida Times-Union
By Don Coble GAINESVILLE — When Kenny Bernstein became the first drag racer to break the 300-mph barrier 20 years ago, it helped shape the future of the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series. His decision to donate more than 5000 items of personal ...
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Notebook: Bernstein honored at Gatornationals
Ocala
By Robbie Andreu Over the course of his legendary professional drag racing career, Kenny Bernstein was always known for giving back to the sport. After Bernstein was honored with a parade commemorating the 20-year anniversary of his breaking the ...
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Garvie Cooper's 1990 Mustang – Ford Drag Team
Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)
Garvie said that he first became interested in drag racing when his older brothers raced at Arlington when he was just a kid. He and a few friends built a 1965 Mustang and raced it at Pacific Raceways (at the time was known as SIR), Bremerton and ...
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Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)
'King Of Speed' Remembers THE 300 mph Run
RacinToday.com
(Photos courtesy of the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series) By John Sturbin | Senior Writer On the day he officially became "The King of Speed," Kenny Bernstein arrived at the racetrack armed with a work ethic that traces to his family's West Texas ...
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2012 Chevrolet COPO Camaro becomes a reality
Sports Car Illustrated
The COPO Camaro is Chevrolets first purpose-built Camaro drag-racing specialty car designed to compete with the quickest in NHRA's Stock Eliminator and Super Stock classes. National records for quarter-mile times in these contests are in the ...
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Sports Car Illustrated
2012 NHRA: Don Schumacher Honored By Prestigious Racing Hall Highlights ...
PaddockTalk
Hall director Bruce Ramey traveled to the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series event to inform Schumacher of the honor. "It's just an honor to be nominated," said Schumacher, who was surprised and clearly touched by the news.
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Nitro Jam returning to San Antonio Raceway on March 30-31
San Antonio Express (blog)
The single biggest drag racing spectacle that will be seen all year in San Antonio will take place at San Antonio Raceway when Nitro Jam returns to the quarter-mile dragstrip on March 30-31. According to Nitro Jam officials, the event will feature over ...
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San Antonio Express (blog)
2012 NHRA: Auto-Plus Raceway Opens First Round Of NHRA Gatornationals ...
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The first day of time trials in the third round of the 23-race NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series saw a big crowd and solid performances at the Auto-Plus Raceway facility. "We are extremely excited about the new relationship with NHRA and Auto-Plus ...
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Qatar's Al-Anabi off to a fantastic start
Gulf Times
... by Sheikh Khalid bin Hamad al-Thani, will compete in Gainesville, Florida this weekend at the 43rd annual Tire Kingdom NHRA Gatornationals, the third of 23 races making up the 2012 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing season in the United States.
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Seven inducted into Drag Racing Hall of Fame | Ocala.com
GAINESVILLE -- A crowd of several hundred drag racing aficionados gathered Thursday night to induct seven new members into the International Drag Racing ...
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Drag racing christmas tree for the ultimate man cave can crusher ...
Wanting to build an led drag racing christmas tree game to install on a can crusher I'm building. I am pretty good in the shop but, very new and eager, to learn ...
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Watch Some Crazy Swedes Go Nostalgia Drag Racing On Ice ...
Home : Videos : RACING & ACTION : Watch Some Crazy Swedes Go Nostalgia Drag Racing On Ice! ice drags. Posted by Brian Lohnes. This is literally one of ...
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PGA Players Drag Racing - Dot-com Extra March 2012 | Golf Channel
PGA Professionals Louis Oosthuizen, Branden Grace and Matt Kuchar get behind the wheel for some pedal to the metal drag racing in a Cadillac.
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