Tuesday, March 13, 2012

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NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series Presented By Procare Rx Results From Gainesville
PaddockTalk
In his only other NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series final round appearance, Smith lost to Khalid alBalooshi last spring in Las Vegas. In the final round at historic Auto-Plus Raceway at Gainesville, Smith powered his trademark red '68 Camaro past ...
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Chevrolet Camaro COPO – 69 units made for drag racing
ASEAN Automotive News
Chevrolet will build 69 of these COPO Camaros for 2012, the brand's first purpose-built Camaro drag-racing car designed to compete in the NHRA's Stock Eliminator and Super Stock classes. To give you an idea, national records for quarter-mile times in ...
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Lucas, Hight, Edwards, Krawiec score Gatornationals wins
NHRA.com
Robert Hight (Funny Car), Mike Edwards (Pro Stock), and Eddie Krawiec (Pro Stock Motorcycle) also were winners at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series event at Auto-Plus Raceway at Gainesville. Lucas powered his GEICO/Lucas Oil dragster to the ...
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Yahoo! Contributor Network
Yahoo! Sports
Contributor Network 1 hour, 50 minutes ago After a three week layover, drag racing finally got back to action with one of the leading and largest drag meets of the year: the GatorNationals in Gainesville, Florida. The meet is the first to include the ...
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Drag racers digging in
The Queensland Times
COMPETITOR numbers at Australia's premier drag racing venue, Willowbank Raceway, have fallen after track managers were forced to dramatically reduce prize money paid to racers. Track managers cite a combination of difficult economic conditions, ...
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'Trickie Rickie' wins Gators Pro Mod title
Radioactive Drag Racing News
Veteran "Trickie Rickie" Smith raced to his first victory in the NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by ProCare Rx Monday during the rain-delayed Tire Kingdom NHRA Gatornationals. Smith, a former multi-time winner in NHRA Pro Stock competition, ...
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Best Chevrolet Announces Chevrolet to Produce COPO Camaro
Sacramento Bee
Jim Campbell, General Motors' US VP of Performance Vehicles & Motorsports stated that, "The COPO Camaro is going to shake up the sportsman drag racing ranks this summer and give Chevy fans a great new reason to cheer on the Bowtie.
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COPO Camaro Revived: Limited Edition Chevy to Rush NHRA Quarter-Mile
Automoblog.net (blog)
Taking the form and spirit of the new Camaro ZL1 coupe, a drag racing package for General Motor's pony car was acknowledged as the COPO Camaro. Shown as a concept of a factory-built drag racing Camaro ZL1, Chevrolet has approved a limited production ...
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Buddy Ingersoll, Drag Racing Turbo Pioneer Passes | | BangShift ...
A true innovator and pioneer in drag racing, Buddy Ingersoll passed away on Sunday. Among his accomplishments were an IHRA Modified Eliminator World ...
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Drag Racing At Beech Bend Park And Raceway
Drag racers revved up their engines at Beech Bend Park and Raceway Sunday.
www.wbko.com/.../Drag_Racing_At_Beech_Bend_Park_And...