Friday, June 21, 2013

6/21/13 Drag Racing News

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Drag Racing: Swiss star set for Santa Pod Summer Nationals
Northampton Herald and Post
Swiss star Bruno Bader is forsaking his pursuit of the FIA European Championship to concentrate on the MSA British Drag Racing Championship after entering the third round at Santa Pod's Summer Nationals this weekend. Bader has been an FIA ...
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Rain hampers drag racing
Lifestyles Publications
The conclusion of the Estevan Drag Racing Association's first program of the year June 16 was rained out. They were able to get some heat races in, but they battled the weather, and had to dry out the track three different times. The racers will ...
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Many make long trek to catch drag races
The Union Leader
Thousands of fans are expected to pack the dragway for the Mello Yello Drag Racing Series' first stop in New England. It's a big deal for people like Monat, who will make the four days of racing a family event with her husband, Wayne, 66, her daughter, ...
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Public gallery packed for council drag vote
The Macleay Argus
By Shellie Morrison. June 21, 2013, midnight. Standing room: some of the people at the council meeting. THE topic of drag racing at Kempsey Airport caused a long and heated debate at the Kempsey Shire Council meeting on Tuesday.
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2013 NHRA: NHRA Newsmakers: June 20, 2013
PaddockTalk
NHRA FANFEST TAKES TO DOWNTOWN BOSTON: NHRA fans in Boston streamed to Faneuil Hall Marketplace Wednesday to get their first glimpse of the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series during a Fanfest. A press conference also took place, and ...
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From left, Allen Johnson, Pietro Gorlier and Roy Johnson. (photo courtesy ...
Drag Racing Online Magazine
At last weekend's Bristol race the driver of the Mopar Express Lane Dodge Avenger, Allen Johnson along with his father and engine builder Roy Johnson, were presented with the "Mopar President's Award" by Pietro Gorlier, President and CEO of Chrysler ...
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HOT ROD Drag Week Announcer Brian Lohnes Goes Big-Time at the NHRA ...
Hot Rod Magazine (blog)
But just this week, the dream came true. Lohnes secured a gig announcing the '13 NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion in Bowling Green, Kentucky, last weekend—alongside NHRA Big Show announcer Bob Frey and Voice of Drag Racing Lundberg himself.
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F1, Formula 1, NASCAR, IndyCar, MotoGP, ALMS, And More!
PaddockTalk
Race vehicles from all four NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series classes were showcased in the heart of the sprawling ESPN campus near the company's cafeteria. Antron Brown and his Matco Tools Top Fuel dragster, Courtney Force and her Traxxas Ford ...
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