Tuesday, April 17, 2012

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Castellana Wins Third Career NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series Presented by ...
WhoWon.com
CONCORD, NC -- Mike Castellana was awarded his third career NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series ProCare Rx victory at the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals in a single pass during the final round after his competitor was unable to make it to the starting line.
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Gadson To Perform At Road Atlanta
Cycle News
Rickey Gadson, the most recognized face in motorcycle drag racing, will be on-hand April 20-22, 2012 when M1 PowerSports and AMA Pro Road Racing return to Braselton, Georgia's Road Atlanta for the Triumph Big Kahuna Atlanta presented by Dunlop Tire and ...
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Fan's View: A NASCAR Fan's View of the NHRA
Yahoo! Sports
Through my writing, I have recently been exploring the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series in more depth, and this past weekend had the opportunity to attend my first NHRA race, the NHRA 4-Wide Nationals at zMAX Dragway at Charlotte Motor Speedway in ...
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Back In Business; Drag Racing returns to Irwindale Raceway!
Popular Hot Rodding Magazine (blog)
"We're very pleased to be able to bring street-legal drag racing back to the Irwindale facility," said Jim Cohan, CEO of Race Training, USA Inc. the operators of LA Racing Experience, the event centers stock car driving school.
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2012 NHRA: Goodyear Takes Six Wins In NHRA Four-Wide Nationals
PaddockTalk
Hight's Funny Car victory evened him with drag racing giants Kenny Bernstein, John Force, Cruz Pedregon and Don Prudhomme who also won four or more races in a row during their NHRA careers. Goodyear's other winners included Spencer Massey (in Top Fuel) ...
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2012 NHRA 4-Wide Nationals: Hight wraps up fourth straight win
Examiner.com
John Force Racing Funny Car driver Robert Hight continued his hot streak with his fourth-consecutive win on the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series circuit. In winning the third annual NHRA 4-Wide Nationals, Hight became the fifth driver to win four ...
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'Hoppity hop hop'
Port Orchard Independent
Mixed into a day of mostly adult drag racing of great American muscle cars that have been hybridized, built up and blown out for drag racing and top-fuel dragsters, were a dozen children, 8 years old and up, following in the burnout tracks of their ...
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Easter Thunderball at Santa Pod
Drag Racing Online Magazine
The 2012 edition of the British Drag Racing Championships got off to a somewhat inauspicious start at the Easter Thunderball at Santa Pod, with cold and damp conditions impacting on qualifying and the Bank Holiday Monday proving to be a washout thanks ...
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PHOTOS: Smithtown Photographer Captured Westhampton Race History
Patch.com
For many, the photos are a snip-it of Long Island Racing history where drag racing tracks were filled with the reeving engines of souped-up Chevys and Fords and the air was thick with the smell of gasoline. "I was disappointed it closed," said ...
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