Monday, May 28, 2012

Today's Drag Racing News

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Sport: Drag Racing: Catton takes over at the top
Lynn News
VARIABLE weather meant another incomplete meeting at the Springspeed Nationals, the second round of the UK Drag Racing Championship, held at SCR near Stratford-upon-Avon. Despite this, Dave Catton, of the Downham-based team NGMotorsport, ...
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Lynn News
Auto racing: Kasey Kahne wins Coca-Cola 600
Salt Lake Tribune
Earnhardt came as close to second and was drag-racing Hamlin for the lead on the final restart before as the large crowd at Charlotte Motor Speedway howled. Earnhardt, too, couldn't keep up with his teammate and his winless drought grew to 141 races.
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Stirk launches race series
Brampton Guardian
Brampton's Andrew Stirk Stirk is launching a race series which he hopes will boost the sport of drag racing in southern Ontario. The DSE Sportsman Racing Series, which is scheduled to begin June 9, 10 at Toronto Motorsports Park near Cayuga, ...
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GRHOF announces Class of 2012
Access North Georgia
They are: 1970 Daytona 500 champion Pete Hamilton, multi-time Dixie Speedway champion and NASCAR driver Bill Ingram, all-time NHRA Pro Stock Drag Racing winner Warren Johnson, long time dirt track and asphalt ace Doug Kenimer, and sprint car champion ...
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Columbus Race Highlights Partnership Between JEGS and CRA All-Stars Tour
WhoWon.com
The JEGS name has been associated with drag racing for many years, but the company hopes to further expand into circle-track racing. Partnering with the CRA helps in that endeavor. "We've had a pretty strong name in drag racing and also with street ...
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Need for speed is in their genes
The Province
Their union is the blend of two drag-racing families. He's quiet and a calm thinker. She's more the talker and very analytical. That's a common trait in most marriages but this one is different. Francesca and Garth Giroux are also Top Dragster ...
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Thousands attend the 30th annual MS Gulf Coast blowout
WLOX
The event features drag racing, A, B and C class, eight classes within the bike shows, daisy duke contest, slow races, barrel race, tattoo contest, bikini and wet t-shirt contest, weenie bite contest and ring toss. During Saturday's racing time trials, ...
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The Beach Boys' Crazy Summer
Newsweek
"Don't Worry Baby" is supposed to be a song about drag racing, but it's actually a song about being afraid of drag racing, at least until "she makes love to me," as Brian puts it, and repeats the title phrase. The tidiest summary of Brian's genius ...
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