Monday, May 21, 2012

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Victory tastes sweet to Grubnic
Kansas City Star
By TOD PALMER TOPEKA -- David Grubnic hadn't visited the winner's circle in a drag-racing lifetime — 2254 days. His last win came March 19, 2006, at the Gatornationals in Gainesville, Fla., but Grubnic erased more than six years of frustration (or at ...
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Beckman, Grubnic, and Johnson win NHRA Summernationals at Heartland Park
KSNT
David Grubnic (Top Fuel) and Allen Johnson (Pro Stock) also were winners at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series event. Beckman used a quicker reaction time to defeat teammate Ron Capps in the final round with a performance of 4.158 seconds at ...
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NHRA: John Force Racing Faces Tough Match-Ups at Topeka
Auto Racing Daily
As tough as the Funny Car category is this season in the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series John Force Racing has faced more than its fair share of tough match-ups. Tomorrow another intra-team battle will unfold between points leader Robert Hight ...
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Auto Racing Daily
Beckman gets NHRA funny-car win at Heartland Park
Kansas City Star
At times, the 2012 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series season has probably seemed like an ongoing April Fool's joke for Beckman. When Capps failed to qualify for eliminations March 31 during the SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals at the Strip at Las ...
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Kansas City Star
2012 NHRA Summernationals: Beckman back with Funny Car win
Examiner.com
The next NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series event is Thursday through Sunday, May 31st through June 3rd at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park in Englishtown, New Jersey. The Toyota NHRA Supernationals will feature the Top Fuel, Funny Car, ...
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Plan B revs up for Jersey props
Caymanian Compass
If you're into drag racing you have to experience that." Plan B is far from stock, with over $25000 worth of parts. Francis states it is now rated at 606 horsepower on 21 pounds of boost on the dynamometer at its current garage in Pawtucket, ...
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2012 NHRA: Beckman's Funny Car Faces Dejoria For Third Time This Season To ...
PaddockTalk
Not even a disappointing performance in Saturday's first qualifying session and third of the event dampened Beckman's optimism about the team's turnaround since failing to qualify for the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series event a month ago near ...
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F1, Formula 1, NASCAR, IndyCar, MotoGP, ALMS, And More!
PaddockTalk
That ended Brown's streak of winning in the opening round of 33 consecutive NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series events. Then on Sunday, Kalitta beat Brown in the second round when Brown was disqualified with a redlight start after he left the ...
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"Big Willie" Robinson, Larger Than Life Drag Racing Supporter and ...
We reported yesterday that "Big Willie" Robinson, the massive mountain of a man and huge force behind the street legal drag racing scene in the Los Angeles ...
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18 Drag Racing Tips - LS1TECH
I put this list together for my specific combo. Thought it might help someone else. Lots of guys are looking for success at the dragstrip. A powerful.
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NHRA-Racing News | The Thunder Road Show Drag Racing | iHigh ...
NHRA TECH DEPARTMENT FORMS NITRO TECHNICAL ADVISORY COUNCIL GLENDORA, Calif. (May 17, 2012) –. NHRA officials announced today the ...
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NHRA drag racing begins at Heartland Park Topeka - KSNT.com ...
The NHRA Summernationals kicked off on Friday at Heartland Park Topeka. Antron Brown recorded the fastest time in the Top Fuel division.
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