Saturday, May 05, 2012

Today's Drag Racing News

News
Longtime Force in drag racing heads to Atlanta
Spartanburg Herald Journal
Son-in-law Robert Hight has four victories, crew chief turned driver Mike Neff has one and even Force, considered by many to be drag racing's version of Dale Earnhardt, has one. Only rookie driver Courtney Force, Force's youngest daughter, ...
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Noah Wyle races to 'Snake & Mongoose': To play Mattel exec who elevated drag ...
Chicago Tribune
Noah Wyle has joined the cast of drag-racing biopic "Snake & Mongoose" to play the toy-company executive who created the sport's first commercial tie-in. Jesse Williams and Richard Blake star as drag racing legends Don "The Snake" Prudhomme and Tom ...
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Schumacher, Hight, Line and Arana Lead Qualifying at Summit Racing Equipment ...
WhoWon.com
Robert Hight (Funny Car), Jason Line (Pro Stock) and Hector Arana (Pro Stock Motorcycle) also were qualifying leaders at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series event. Schumacher, who earned his last victory 29 races ago in Oct. 2010, powered his US ...
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Gateway Motorsports Park To Offer Supervised Drag Racing
KMOX.com
MADISON, Ill. (KMOX)-Hoping to keep kids from getting killed while drag racing on public streets, Gateway Motorsports Park is offering them a chance to race on a supervised, nationally sanctioned drag strip while a band rocks and friends watch.
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Racers firing up their engines at Firebird
Chicago Tribune
The local drag racing season turns up the heat starting Friday with the 42nd annual NAPA Auto Parts Ignitor at Firebird Raceway. The highlight of this year's field is eight AA/Funny Cars, including reigning NHRA world champion Jason Rupert.
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Nostalgia Super Stock series on the bill at Byron this weekend
Drag Racing Online Magazine
(photo courtesy Rockingham Dragway) Fuel motorcycle phenom Douglas Horne tries to extend a pair of Rockingham Dragway winning streaks this week when the All-Harley Drag Racing Association makes the first of its two Sandhills stops this year with the ...
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Drag Racing Online Magazine
SEMA Hall of Fame Names Four New Members
BodyShop Business
His creations did not end there and included the 10L block and Hemi-head that dominated tractor pulls and drag boat races, an 8.3L power plant for Top Fuel and Alcohol drag racing, the Arias 4-cylinder for USAC Midget circuits, the Arias V6 Hemi, ...
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2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 runs stock 11s (video)
Torque News
By Patrick Rall on Fri, 05/04/2012 - 12:12 for Torque News The world of drag racing is packed full of speculation as to what cars can run what numbers but when General Motors recently took a pair of 2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 super muscle cars to Milan ...
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Torque News
Medway snowmobile club to hold grass races in August
Bangor Daily News
24-26 to turn their winter foray into snowmobile drag racing into a year-round thing, said Jim Stanley, a volunteer who is helping organize the event with another half-dozen club members. "Grass racing actually draws more spectators than ice racing, ...
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Motorcycle drag racing history - Motorcycle Forum
It weighs nearly THREE POUNDS!! It must be AWESOME!!! Seriously...drag racing is very cool. Especially Top Fuel. When I was a kid in CA my cousins took me ...
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