Friday, April 13, 2012

Today's Drag Racing News

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Four-Wide racing is two-wide too many
Motorsport.com
Drag racing has always been, and will continue to be a two-car sport. If we want four lanes, go on the interstate, or traipse through the checkout lanes of your local grocery store, not on a drag strip. That being said, I'll once again this weekend try ...
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Motorsport.com
Smith, Pruett prepare for Pro Mods at zMAX Dragway
Examiner.com
While much of the excitement this weekend at zMAX Dragway at Charlotte Motor Speedway will focus on the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series and the 4-Wide Nationals, the NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by ProCare Rx will have its second ...
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Dyson engineers go drag racing with spare vacuum parts
The Verge
By Jamie Keene on April 12, 2012 06:27 pm 8Comments When you design vacuum cleaners all day, you're going to need to let off steam somehow. The engineers at Dyson think that they've found the perfect way: building drag racers from components that would ...
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Drag racer Smith hasn't slowed down a bit
Winston-Salem Journal
Smith said that the Carolinas are the heart of Pro Mod drag racing. "It used to be that Rockingham and Bristol were kind of the home tracks, but now there's Charlotte," said Smith, who drives a 2012 Camaro built by Jerry Bickel of St. Louis and ...
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NHRA: Anderson Ready to Have Fun Defending 4-Wide Nationals Title
Auto Racing Daily
This weekend at zMAX Dragway in Concord, NC, competitors in the NHRA's Full Throttle Drag Racing Series will take on the unique challenge of the 4-Wide Nationals. As the name of the event implies, the traditional two-by-two format used at the other 22 ...
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2012 NHRA 4-Wide Nationals: Who to watch
Examiner.com
The NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series heads to Concord, North Carolina's zMAX Dragway at Charlotte Motor Speedway for the third annual NHRA 4-Wide Nationals, Friday through Sunday, April 13th through 15th. Five of the previous six winners in the ...
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Four-Wide Nationals: 'The rock concert of motor sports'
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Four-wide drag racing will take place this weekend at zMax Dragway. / 2010 photo by Marc Gewertz, AP By Nate Ryan, USA TODAY CONCORD, NC (USA TODAY) — When four dragsters generating 32000 horsepower roar down the strip at zMax Dragway, the thunderous ...
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DieHard Race Week Start-Up, Charlotte
NHRA.com
but as a man who is a showman, he has introduced a new wrinkle to the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series by contesting a drag race in this manner. And in the For What It's Worth category, I really enjoy this race. Let's return to the sentence using ...
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NHRA.com
NHRA: Line Aims to Complete zMAX Resume at 4-Wide Nationals
Auto Racing Daily
6 – Tracks on the 2012 Full Throttle Drag Racing Series schedule where Line has yet to win (out of a total of 20), including zMAX Dragway. 6.510 – Current zMAX Dragway Pro Stock track elapsed time record, set by Line in September 2011.
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