Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Today's Drag Racing News

News
Drag Racing In LA: As Tracks Close, Racers Turn To The Streets (VIDEOS)
Huffington Post
Mae Ryan's video for KPCC ponders the slow death of drag racing culture through the eyes of its most passionate aficionados. Since the 1960s, as Southern California has become more and more populated and property value has gone up, tracks have closed ...
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Drag Racing in SoCal: 'We're Not Going Anywhere'
LAist
As we saw in the 1978 film "Grease," drag racing was once quite common in Southern California, providing a quick yet dangerous solution to almost any problem and serving as a sport and hobby for many SoCalians. Though the SoCal tradition has continued ...
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Junior drag racing will kick off this year's season at PIR
KATU
Kids ages 8 to 17 will be racing half-scale versions of Top Fuel dragsters as part of the National Hot Rod Association's Jr. Drag Racing League series. Also, coming up this weekend the ChumpCar World Series will be held at PIR, where cars valued at ...
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KATU
HOUSEHOLDER: A big weekend for local racing museum
Yorkdispatch.com
Drag Racing Hall of Famer Bruce Larson will be the Keynote speaker. The afternoon will kick off with the dedication of the new Drag Racing Display. Joining Larson will be drag racing legend Bill "Grumpy" Jenkins and Yorker Darwin Doll, a former NHRA ...
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ADRL and Tyrant Productions to Offer Free Live Broadcast, Extensive Coverage ...
WhoWon.com
The American Drag Racing League (ADRL) will be presented free and live online at www.ADRL.us from start to finish during its highly-anticipated 2012 season. Working with Tyrant Productions for the 2012 ADRL Tour, the world's premier eighth-mile drag ...
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Capps looking forward to returning to Las Vegas
NHRA.com
The heart-pounding action of the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series heads to The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the first of two scheduled stops in 2012 for the 13th annual SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals, March 30-April 1, and Funny Car ...
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NHRA.com
Cyclone Power Technologies Signs Two-Time NHRA Champion, Nelson Hoyos, to Lead ...
MarketWatch (press release)
As factory driver and engine technologies advisor, Hoyos has set numerous drag racing records for Ford and Chevy, and set a land speed record at Bonneville in excess of 243 mph for the GM Performance/Chevrolet division. Hoyos founded and currently runs ...
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Ted Glinny Returns to Pro Bike & Sled Series for 2012
WhoWon.com
Glinny, who has been drag racing motorcycles for over 30 years, rides a 2000 Kawasaki Ninja powered by a 1425-cc engine. The engine is fueled by a Lectron system, and employs a GPZ 1-2 automatic transmission which resides in the FBG chassis.
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Web
Bruce Boland Returning for 2012 PMRA Drag Racing Season
The most successful driver in the Pro Modified Racing Association is returning to competition for 2012, but it may be the last season of active racing for Bruce ...
www.dragracecentral.com/drcstory.asp?ID=246422
2013 Nissan GT-R Dyno and Drag Racing Tests - DragTimes.com ...
We had some time with the brand new 2013 Nissan GT-R and ran it through some dyno and ...
www.dragtimes.com/.../2013-nissan-gt-r-dyno-and-drag-racin...