NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series: Page, Ellis Take Wins at ...
WhoWon.com - Lincoln,NE,USA
Sean Page of Boise, Idaho, lead the pack of winners today for the more than $210000 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series 38th Annual Napa Auto Parts Ignitor ...
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Road accidents toll falls - thanks to BIC
Gulf Daily News - Manama,Bahrain
"The level of accidents due to racing on the roads has dramatically reduced with drag racing at the BIC. "I wish the BIC would open the drag strip for more ...
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Furious Pro Stock battle stokes Coughlin's competitive fire
Autochannel (press release) - USA
LOUIS (April 28) -- Reigning Pro Stock champion Jeg Coughlin Jr. looks at the first quarter of the 2008 POWERade Drag Racing Series and just shakes his head ...
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Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals
NHRA.com - Glendora,CA,USA
Atlanta , Sunday: Ashley Force put a new face on Funny Car drag racing Sunday by becoming the first woman to win a national race in a category that once was ...
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Ashley Force made history and made father proud all at once - Racing
ESPN - USA
Many times in the sport of NHRA POWERade drag racing, statistics become the bricks and mortar with which history is created. Drag racing historians and ...
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Ashley Force becomes first woman to win an NHRA funny car final
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
With her victory, the 25-year-old remained in the lead of the Powerade Drag Racing standings. She has reached the final round in the last three events of ...
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Hayden Enterprises Specialty Wheels
A SoCal firm that specializes in re-aligning, repairing and creating new laced-wire front wheels for quite a wide range of applications.

T&T dragster aims for record time
Trinidad & Tobago Express - Port-of-Spain,Trinidad and Tobago
"We hope that with this renewed vigor, drive and speed would be injected into local drag racing with the introduction of high horsepower machines, ...
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YOU GO GIRL
Napa Valley Register - Napa,CA,USA
Patrick’s also competing in a form of racing that hasn’t been as friendly to its female competitors as the NHRA. Not that drag racing didn’t start that way. ...
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ISU Racing Team To Visit WCHS, Blending Motorsports, Education
Times-Union Newspaper - Warsaw,IN,USA
Students, with guidance from faculty members, devised and implemented a plan to operate a drag racing business to compete in the 2008 NHRA Super Comp ...
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Brown makes transition to NHRA drag racing
MLive.com - MI,USA
Just about the only thing the dragster and motorcycle have in common when it comes to drag racing is that both go in a straight line. ...
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Hammonds drops basketball for drag racing
Online Athens - Athens,GA,USA
"I enjoy them both, that's probably why I'm so hooked on drag racing. It's so competitive. I think a lot of athletes have trouble when they hang up the ...
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Top drag racers are headed for Gateway
Belleville News Democrat - IL, USA
Pedregon's car will be on display at the dealership from noon-6 pm Just one week before the NHRA drag racing tour visits Gateway, a new tour sponsor was ...
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New Youth Drag Racing Safety Item Released by M&R Products
WhoWon.com - Lincoln,NE,USA
by Jill Canuso VINELAND, NJ -- M&R Products has released their NEW Jr. Dragster Leg Containment Net. The assembly is NHRA accepted and is available in 11 ...
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Coke's Full Throttle gets into drag racing
Atlanta Journal Constitution - GA, USA
... announced Friday its Full Throttle brand will take over sponsorship of the National Hot Rod Association's premier professional drag racing series. ...
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Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals: Audio Broadcast
NHRA.com - Glendora,CA,USA
Follow the wire-to-wire, play by play coverage from the sixth race of the 2008 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series season. For Friday's and Saturday's ...
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Grass Roots Drag Racing at Union Grove Dragaway
Muscle Mustangs and Fast Fords Magazine - USA
Classes are head-up style and include Limited Drag Radial, Limited Street and Outlaw 10.5 with $1200 to the winner of each class. ...
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Local tracks, club offer illegal street racing alternative
Youngstown Vindicator - Youngstown,OH,USA
Allsopp says he remembers working 10 years ago when illegal street racing was called “drag racing” in the Ohio Revised Code. It was since been changed, ...
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Richard Feldman — Area insurance salesman sheds the tie for drag ...

The Review - East Liverpool,OH,USA
The suit and tie Feldman wears to work is tossed aside when it comes time to work on his hobby — drag racing. Sitting behind the wheel of his more than just ...
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Herbert racing with a purpose
Spartanburg Herald Journal (subscription) - Spartanburg,SC,USA
There’sa lot more excitement and interest in drag racing. Q. What do you think of the new drag strip going up in Charlotte? A. It’s great. ...
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Top Fuel Racer Gaines Markley Passes

Ronald Gaines Markley, beloved husband, father, brother and uncle passed peacefully away in Seattle on April 24, 2008.

“Gaines,” as everyone knew him, was born August 4, 1941, in Spokane and grew up in Seattle. He graduated from Lincoln High School in 1959 and attended classes at the University of Washington. In 1971 he married Annie and they raised one daughter, Beth.

Gaines loved all creatures, large and small, but had a special rapport for his Scotties, Doc and Mac. Dogs are a good judge of character and there has never been a dog that met Gaines that didn’t love him. He set tails wagging wherever he went.

After his family (which included his dogs), Gaines’ love was auto racing. He was Top Fuel Drag Racing champion for 1979 and won numerous other awards and trophies for drag racing. With his brother Charlie and nephew John, he took up racing at the Bonneville Salt Flats in the 1990s, setting a world’s record for his class at 272 miles per hour. He also enjoyed driving his 1933 Ford and 1957 Chevy to cruise-ins and show and shines with his daughter in the Seattle area. Since 1978 he co-owned and operated Custom Machine Shop with Bob Gage, performing specialty machine work on high-performing engines.

Gaines was always a helper and a friend to all. There wasn’t a stalled car he couldn’t get started or a friend he ever turned down. He will be sorely missed by all and especially his survivors, wife Annie, daughter Beth, brother Charlie, cousin Chris Cannon, nieces Julia and Maria, nephew John, and sister in law Mary. We all pray for his peace and look forward to seeing him in Heaven.

A memorial service will be held April 28 at 11 a.m. at Grace Lutheran Church, 22975 – 24th Avenue South, Des Moines, Washington. A reception will be held at Charlie’s house, 6051 SW Woods Court, Portland, Oregon on May 3 at 4 p.m.

Charles R. Markley

Greene & Markley, P.C.

503-295-2668

Popeye start as favourites in drag racing
Gulf Daily News - Manama,Bahrain
BAHRAIN'S Popeye drag racing team will be favourites to take victories in the third round of the National Drag Racing Championship, set to take place today ...
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Commerce: Doug Herbert Racing preview
Motorsport.com - Tallahassee,Florida,USA
(April 23, 2008) With five races of the 2008 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series under his belt, Doug Herbert, owner and driver of the SnaponFranchise.com Top ...
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Force family looking for milestones
Biloxi Sun Herald - MS, USA
This is a male-dominated sport, and I’m fortunate that I’m in the drag racing side of things. "I think women are very much welcomed in drag racing. ...
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Commerce: Steve Johnson preview
Motorsport.com - Tallahassee,Florida,USA
"I'm also looking forward to the induction of Ralph Seagraves, who was instrumental in bringing Winston sponsorship to drag racing. ...
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INSIDE RACING
SI.com - USA
Both Johnson, 40, and Troxel, 35, come from drag racing families. They were teenagers when they met in the mid-1980s. "I was racing alcohol Funny Car at the ...
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Track revs up thrills for novice drag races
DetNews.com - Detroit,MI,USA
I opened the 2008 drag racing season with a few hundred other would-be and serious racers at Milan Dragway on April 5. Visiting the track as a driver this ...
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Blake and Nothstein following a dream
Allentown Morning Call - Allentown,PA,USA
Together, they say, they're going to the top of the drag-racing world. Nothstein begins his third season of professional drag racing by joining Follow A ...
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2002 Camaro Z28 - Freakishly Fast
GM High-Tech Performance Magazine - USA
"No longer was it solely about competing for the love of drag racing, but it turned into constantly searching for sponsorship funds and scratching to make ...
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Candyce Marsh carries on family racing tradition
Toledo Journal - Toledo,OH,USA
''In 2006 we competed in an American Drag Racing League (ADRL) national event and the IHRA's Fall National at Rockingham Dragway in NC. ...
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NHRA: Frank Hawley Happy to Be Racing Again
Autochannel (press release) - USA
Coil, as drag racing fans know, later went to work for Force and earned 14 more â€" and counting â€" season titles. Meanwhile, Hawley brought his dream of ...
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Rock and Roll Cruisers Gearing Up
Hanna Herald - Hanna,Alberta,Canada
Bracket racing is a competitive drag racing sport that allows just about anyone with any kind of vehicle to competitively drag race against each other. ...
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The link: Michael Schindel
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
They said, "Let's put on a drag race." I told them I did that 35 years ago; I don't want to go back to drag racing. But I went to a drag strip, ...
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Female racer up to speed
Washington Daily News - Washington,NC,USA
Moore grew tired of go-cart racing, desiring the adrenaline rush that drag-racing provided. "I didn't care too much for the round track. ...
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· Force Second Driver To Reach 500 Event Mark, Poised To Make ...
PaddockTalk - USA
The event is the sixth of 24 in the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series. But as humble as his beginnings were, Force was never obscure. ...
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Johnson has new perspective on life and drag racing
TriCities.com - Johnson City,TN,USA
BY Allen Gregory Allen Johnson revved the engine on his Mopar Pro Stock Dodge Stratus. After a smoky burnout, he thundered down the famed Bristol Dragway ...
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Howell shines behind wheel of new ride
Aiken Standard (subscription) - Aiken,SC,USA
By MICHAEL PAUL Drag racer Grace Howell had a successful debut recently in the NOPI Drag Racing Association. Howell drove a Pro Stock car owned by Marty ...
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Allen, Ray Lead Winners at South SGMP's Lucas Oil Drag Racing ...
WhoWon.com - Lincoln,NE,USA
NHRA Southeast division Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series competitors have completed the fourth of six races on the division calendar. ...
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Cool news for Drag Racing Legend, Jr. Thompson
Just wanted to spread the word that my dad will be the Grand Marshall at the NHRA California Hot Rod Reunion coming up in October!! It has been 50 years since he won the title of the First Little Eliminator race(s) at the NHRA nationals in Oklahoma City in 1958 which kick started the infamous Gasser Wars! Congratulations DAD!!

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Patrick finally answers her critics
SI.com - USA
While such drag racers as Shirley Muldowney, Ashley Force and Melanie Troxel have won in drag racing, Patrick's series races on closed race courses against ...
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Motorsports This Week on ESPN and ABC
SFCPressPoint (press release) - Tampa,FL,USA
The program airs Tuesday, April 22, at 11 pm ESPN2 airs coverage of the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series stop at Atlanta Dragway this weekend with action ...
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Would It Hurt To Give Danice Patrick Some Credit Here?
Restrictor Plate THIS - USA
But drag racing requires a whole different skill set than oval racing. There is very little common ground. Trying to put Danica Patrick down by lifting ...
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Santa Pod to run alternative fuel drag event
Visordown.com - USA
Racing takes the form of Drag Racing: whoever can clock the quickest time over a quarter mile from a standing start will be declared the winner. ...
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Power wins, but Patrick has spotlight at Long Beach
San Diego Union Tribune - United States
... Series race – becoming not only the first woman to win a major open-wheel race but the first woman to win a major car race outside of drag racing. ...
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"Grump" Heads to the Hall - Interview with Drag Racing Great Bill ...
WhoWon.com - Lincoln,NE,USA
Legendary racer, engine builder and motorsports innovator Bill "Grumpy" Jenkins will join Art Arfons as the latest members of the drag racing community to ...
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NHRA congratulates Patrick on her IndyCar series victory
NHRA congratulates Danica Patrick on her recent IndyCar Series victory in Japan, as she joins a long list of NHRA female racers who have won major auto racing events dating back to the mid-1970s.

Racing to Victory, and Leaving the Men and the Doubters Behind
When a 23-year-old rookie named Danica Patrick became the first woman to lead the Indianapolis 500 three years ago, she raised the tantalizing possibility that in a male-dominated American sport, a woman might for the first time stand in victory lane. Patrick eventually finished fourth in that race, but she quickly became a phenomenon. But along with her celebrity came a question: When would she win? It was answered Sunday in Motegi, Japan, where Patrick, now 26, became the first woman to win an Indy car race.

NHRA Funny Car points leader Ashley Force, 25, of Yorba Linda, Calif.
Salt Lake Tribune - United States
But after attending Frank Hawley's Drag Racing School at age 16, Force found herself pressing the accelerator for fun every weekend. ...
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Heartland Park Topeka Welcomes Flowmaster Drag Racing Program
TK Magazine - Topeka,KA,USA
Heartland Park Topeka is proud to announce the launch of the Flowmaster High School Safe Streets Drag Racing Program. This program is designed to promote ...
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Antron Brown Races To Runner-Up Finish At Las Vegas 1
Restrictor Plate THIS - USA
The next NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series event is the 28th annual Summit Racing Equipment Southern Nationals, April 24-27, at Atlanta Dragway in Commerce, ...
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Sacramento Funny Car Fever 2008
Don and John Ewald again lead the way with complete photo coverage of the 2008 Sacramento Funny Car Fever event.

Jenkins, Arfons to be inducted into Int'l Motorsports Hall of Fame
NHRA.com - Glendora,CA,USA
While Martin's career began in the driver's seat, his legacy was formed when he turned the keys over to drag racing ace Ronnie Sox. ...
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Novas not on line, but plenty of cash is
Gainesville Sun - Gainesville,FL,USA
Yes, Matts says he was born into drag racing, because his dad, Ken, raced when not busy in his Beechcraft aerospace businesses. "My father kind of bred it ...
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Company Profile for NHRA (National Hot Rod Association)
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
It presents 24 national events through its NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series. The NHRA has 80000 members and 140 member tracks. The NHRA-sanctioned sportsman ...
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NASCAR flavor in drag-racing?
Oxford Press - Oxford,OH,USA
By RICK MINTER ATLANTA — NHRA Top Fuel driver Bob Vandergriff Jr. of Alpharetta, Ga., is working to bring some NASCAR flavor to his drag-racing program. ...
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Supers, Late Models to run in same race
Las Vegas Review - Journal - Las Vegas,NV,USA
DRAG RACING -- The Las Vegas Motor Speedway dragstrip will feature a special motorcycle bracket-racing event Saturday in memory of 2003 track champion Jason ...
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Cementing their legacies
Long Beach Press-Telegram - Long Beach,CA,USA
The San Pedro native began drag racing at 16 and won the first-ever jet-powered drag race in 1959 - topping 200 mph - at 19 years old. ...
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Driver Fernandez will be racing in Long Beach and Mexico City this ...
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
3 The NHRA Powerade drag-racing series, looking to better promote and market the sport, formed an alliance with the sports and entertainment company IMG. ...
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Sprint High School Nationals Provides Safe Racing Environment For ...
TricitiesSports.com - Kingsport,TN,USA
"More recently, we have combined our efforts with those of our racers and partners to help spread the word that illegal street racing is not drag racing" In ...
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John Force's midlife crisis at 330 mph
USA Today - USA
The godfather of drag racing turns 59 in a few weeks. When Force wakes up in the morning, his brain pleads "slow down," and the entire left side of his body ...
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Flat tracks make area hotbed for drag, motorcycle racing
Orangeburg Times Democrat - Orangeburg,SC,USA
William “Tootee” Tippins Jr., owner and operator of “Tootees” in Neeses, has been doing custom fabrication and construction of drag racing vehicles of all ...
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Tindle racing with his heart on his firesuit's sleeve in Atlanta ...
Autochannel (press release) - USA
Tindle is the reigning JEGS ProMod Challenge Rookie of the Year, although he's certainly not new to the sport of drag racing. The resident of Santa Rosa ...
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Hemmings Auto Blogs
Wow... great stuff here.

Match Race Madness
Lots of Hemi Colt Pro Stock photos.

Farewell, Dante Duce

Dante Duce passed away on February 15, 2008 in Las Vegas, NV. His brother Micheal van Dusen along with wife Karen, nephews Walter & Henry van Dusen and Mel W. sent him to the next race track... Dante helped so very much to bring drag racing to England. May he rest in peace. - John Hutchinson

In September 1963, the first American dragster and crew arrived in the UK. Dante Duce had challenged Sydney Allard to a transatlantic match race series and had persuaded Dean Moon to lend him his 600bhp Chevrolet Mooneyes dragster for the trip Financial assistance came from Mobil Oils and Revell Model Kits.

Info courtesy of www.trakbytes.co.uk

Photos by John Hutchinson taken at the Don Garlits Museum in May 2003. Info courtesy Fred Babcock.

Fast track
Bluefield Daily Telegraph - Bluefield,WV,USA
A lifelong resident of Burkes Garden near Tazewell, Dunford has been participating in drag racing since 1982. This is the first year that he’s set his ...
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Toyota Speedway at Irwindale Expands Test and Tune Drag Racing ...
WhoWon.com - Lincoln,NE,USA
Toyota Speedway at Irwindale announced today that it will expand the schedule of its popular Thursday night Test and Tune drag racing program to include an ...
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Architect mastered straight lines as drag racer; now he's trying ...
Beaumont Enterprise - Beaumont,TX,USA
"Circle racing compared to drag racing is very different, but Jonathan has a lot of ambition, and if he makes his mind up, I think he'll be very successful. ...
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JEGS SPORTSnationals to be highlighted on Inside Drag Racing
NHRA.com - Glendora,CA,USA
Each of the three JEGS NHRA SPORTSnationals events will be the feature of a Race Report segment on the popular Inside Drag Racing TV show with the first ...
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Coughlin enjoys first spin in Thunder Roadster (NHRA/JEGS)
Autochannel (press release) - USA
Coughlin enjoys first spin in Thunder Roadster LAS VEGAS (April 16) -- Drag racing superstar Jeg Coughlin Jr. proved he can turn left last Saturday night ...
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Sunday, Sunday Sunday!!!
Explorer News - Tucson,AZ,USA
A 2008 International Drag Racing Hall of Fame inductee, the sizeable 70-year-old leans toward you — eyes aglow, arms suddenly outstretched, voice booming ...
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Motor-Sport: Maltese Max-R breaks world record in London, despite ...
Malta Independent Online - Malta
Maltese Drag Racing team Maksar Racing took part in their first of three 2008 events at the Santa Pod raceway, North of London. ...
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Drag racers to burn rubber in Tulsa
Journal Record (subscription) - Oklahoma City,OK,USA
by Heather Caliendo TULSA – If the smell of burning rubber and the sound of screeching tires are up your alley, take note: Drag racing is coming to the city ...
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Florida Auto Enthusiast Crowned Drag Racing Champ, Wins a New Ford ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
“We aim to excite at Barrett-Jackson and the Ford drag racing contest took the entertainment value of our Palm Beach auction to the next level,” said Steve ...
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NHRA News: NHRA O'Reilly Jr. Drag Racing League Finals on ION TV
WhoWon.com - Lincoln,NE,USA
The NHRA O’Reilly Jr. Drag Racing League Eastern and Western conference finals will be featured during two episodes of Inside Drag Racing on ION TV. ...
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DRAG STRIPS ALIGHT WITH ANOTHER ZTEST AND TUNE
Bahrain News Agency - Bahrain
MANAMA, APR.15, (BNA) -- GET READY TO SEE THE DRAG STRIP SET ALIGHT THIS WEEKEND AS DRIVERS, BIKERS AND DRAG RACING CHAMPS PREPARE FOR ROUND 3 OF THE ...
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PRP Chooses VP Race Fuel Line; Makin’ Power in Pittsburgh
WhoWon.com - Lincoln,NE,USA
Drums and pails of VP's popular drag racing formulas are in stock and ready to race. "We're really pleased the Tedesco family chose VP," said Jim Kelly, ...
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Racing Nicknames
SportingNews.com - USA
In Drag Racing and one of my favs growing up was Don “The Snake” Prudhomme. Loved his cars with the Snake on them! Shirley “Cha-Cha” Muldowney but she did ...
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Harvick in the NHRA?
Nascar - USA
In 2000, he withdrew from drag racing to focus on his Winston Cup efforts. Some interesting facts: 2006 Pro Stock Champion Jason Line was a dyno specialist ...
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Viva Las Vegas for KB Racing's Jason Line
Motorsport.com - Tallahassee,Florida,USA
Prior to the Las Vegas NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series event in April 2007, a Ken Black-owned Pro Stock car had never won the event for the local team ...
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Wilkerson wins; Force breaks through
Las Vegas Review - Journal - Las Vegas,NV,USA
Ashley Force noted it's only the season's fifth race in the NHRA Powerade Drag Racing Series, but the accomplishment softened the disappointment of ...
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Moses Lake Regatta results are a family affair
Columbia Basin Herald - Moses Lake,WA,USA
Gran Prix hydroplanes use large V-8 engines running on alcohol and have blowers, similar to professional drag racing cars. In the SST 45 class, ...
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NHRA O'Reilly Jr. Drag Racing League Finals To Be Shown During ...
PaddockTalk - USA
The NHRA O’Reilly Junior Drag Racing League was founded in 1992. >From 1994-1999 there was one national championship held. In 2000, in order to give more ...
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Jerry Toliver fails to qualify in Vegas
Restrictor Plate THIS - USA
By Diecast Dude LAS VEGAS (April 12, 2008) - For the first time in this 2008 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series season since joining Don Schumacher Racing, ...
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PARTNERS - TONS of Vintage Drag Racing Photos!! -Draglist.com
A cool blog gives us a nice plug.

Las Vegas: John Force Racing final
Motorsport.com - Tallahassee,Florida,USA
(LAS VEGAS) --- A quarter of a century ago 14-time Funny Car champion John Force was hoping for a son to carry on his drag racing legacy, today Ashley Force ...
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Las Vegas: Hillary Will final report
Motorsport.com - Tallahassee,Florida,USA
Will continued to maintain her foothold as the fastest female in the history of NHRA drag racing by running the fastest speed of the weekend in Las Vegas, ...
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Toyo Tire USA Corp. Extends Contract with Papadakis Racing
WhoWon.com (press release) - Lincoln,NE,USA
Papadakis has been a member of Team Toyo™ since 2002 and has won championships as a sport compact drag racer in both the IDRC (Import Drag Racing Circuit) ...
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Kalitta LVMS Short
Motorsport.com - Tallahassee,Florida,USA
Kalitta competed with other NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series stars including Gary Scelzi and Jeg Coughlin, Jr. in Thunder Roadsters in a 15-lap charity race ...
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NASCAR's Harvick exploring his options in NHRA drag racing
NHRA.com - Glendora,CA,USA
NASCAR racer and Daytona 500 winner Kevin Harvick and his wife DeLana have teamed with NHRA drag racing veteran Bob Vandergriff Jr. to explore the option of ...
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Drivers work, play to sharpen reactions
Las Vegas Review - Journal - Las Vegas,NV,USA
Brown, a rookie who won the last NHRA Powerade Drag Racing Series event, grew up with starting lines. But when he was a standout sprinter in high school ...
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Buddies quickly bring drag car back to racing condition after ...
Kansas.com - KS,USA
The night of May 18, 2007, racing stopped at the Sunflower Rod & Custom Association drag strip at Great Bend and Sparke was presented with his totally ...
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Wassaic's Ellis has a 'need for speed'
Poughkeepsie Journal - Poughkeepsie,NY,USA
Relaxing, reacting and running right translated to Ellis finishing fifth out of 200 drivers during two Sundays of grass drag racing last fall at Terryville. ...
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Las Vegas: Jerry Toliver Saturday
Motorsport.com - Tallahassee,Florida,USA
LAS VEGAS (April 12, 2008) - For the first time in this 2008 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series season since joining Don Schumacher Racing, Jerry Toliver ...
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WaterSnoGo Brings Big Block Supermodifieds to All-Star Speedway
WhoWon.com - Lincoln,NE,USA
WaterSnoGo is an Indoor-Outdoor Theme Park Franchise spearheaded by Mark O Hildonen, a Four-Time Wheel Standing Funny Car Drag Racing Champion. ...
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Preparing for IHRA event keeps Rockingham drag strip boss hopping
ThatsRacin.com - USA
Earwood has been running the drag strip in Rockingham, NC, for 17 years and he’s been in the drag racing business for twice that long. ...
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POPEYE RACING TEAM OWNER THANKS HM THE KING FOR HIS SUPPORT
Bahrain News Agency - Bahrain
... HIS SUPPORT TO THE TEAM AND CONGRATULATIONS ON ITS PRIDE WORTHY ACHIEVEMENT AT THE UAE DRAG RACING CHAMPIONSHIP, HELD RECENTLY AT UMM AL QUWAIN EMIRATE. ...
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Wild Bunch Forerunner Stanley Set For Trackside View At Tin Tops
PaddockTalk - USA
“If we keep going along in this direction, I see Drag Racing continuing to grow at a nice and steady pace for years to come,” he said. ...
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John Shoemaker: A Celebration of Life
On March 15th a celebration of John's life was held at the Haggin Oaks Golf Complex in Sacramento. For an event put together in less than a week the turnout was incredible.

Mopar and Cindi Lux Announce 2008 World Challenge Program
Autochannel (press release) - USA
Currently, Team Mopar members include Gary Scelzi, Ron Capps, Jack Beckman and Jerry Toliver in NHRA Funny Car drag racing. Allen Johnson represents Mopar ...
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Hardee’s to Sponsor ADRL: Two Join Forces for Georgia’s Largest ...
WhoWon.com - Lincoln,NE,USA
Hardee’s, the popular fast-food restaurant chain, has signed on as the title rights sponsor for the American Drag Racing League’s (ADRL’s) 4th annual ...
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The Dragway @ Lowe's Motor Speedway rapidly taking shape
NHRA.com - Glendora,CA,USA
The drag racing facility's track, pit areas, and midway will cover 46.5 acres, or two-million square feet. The most prominent feature of The Dragway is a ...
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SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals: Audio Broadcast
NHRA.com - Glendora,CA,USA
Follow the wire-to-wire, play by play coverage from the fifth race of the 2008 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series season. For Friday's and Saturday's ...
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Teens, cops bond over burning rubber
Vallejo Times-Herald - Vallejo,CA,USA
Top the Cops drag racing will be most Wednesday evenings through Aug. 27 at Infineon Raceway located at Highways 37 and 121 in Sonoma. ...
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JEFF WOLF: Visit to war zone gives drag racer new perspective
Las Vegas Review - Journal - Las Vegas,NV,USA
In February, she became the fastest woman in drag racing history by reaching a speed of 334.65 mph. Her new outlook sees a title on the horizon. ...
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Safety comes first for NHRA
Las Vegas Review - Journal - Las Vegas,NV,USA
A month later, he had to muster all his strength to stand with a walker near the starting line when the NHRA Powerade Drag Racing Series competed at Las ...
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NHRA drivers to give oval racing a spin at Bullring
Las Vegas Review - Journal - Las Vegas,NV,USA
Kalitta won a national USAC Sprint Car championship before switching to drag racing 10 years ago. Scelzi, a four-time nitro season champion, ...
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West Tennessee DA in drag racing deaths case reacts to complaint
WVLT - Knoxville,TN,USA
SELMER, Tenn (AP) -- A West Tennessee prosecutor accused of misconduct in a case against a professional drag racer whose car surged into spectators at a ...
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Raceway Park's Second Annual Loretta Lynn Area Qualifier
Dirt Rider Magazine - USA
Raceway Park conducts a very wide variety of motorsport events including Championship NHRA Drag Racing, Championship AMA Semi-Pro Motocross racing, ...
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Las Vegas: Jack Beckman spare time
Motorsport.com - Tallahassee,Florida,USA
The 2003 NHRA Super Comp champion and driving instructor at Frank Hawley's Drag Racing School became especially motivated to help less fortunate people ...
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Bret Williamson Las Vegas

Motorsport.com - Tallahassee,Florida,USA
... Corvette Top Alcohol Funny Car Team are looking forward to their second outing of the 2008 Drag Racing Season event this weekend in Las Vegas, Nevada. ...
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They're grandstanding at Martin drag strip
MLive.com - MI,USA
by Steve Kaminski | The Grand Rapids Press Courtesy Photo/ADRLJason Scruggs is the American Drag Racing League's early points leader in the Pro Extreme ...
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Smokin’ Wheels racing happening all weekend
Marianas Variety - Saipan,Northern Mariana Islands,Micronesia
... drifting and two nights of drag racing. “With non-stop action and racing, there will definitely be something for everyone in the family,” Guam Racing ...
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THAT'S RACIN'
Fort Worth Star Telegram - Fort Worth,TX,USA
Massey leads McMillen by 19 points after the first of 11 events in the 2008 Knoll-Gas Nitro Jam Drag Racing Series. Massey is scheduled to compete Friday ...
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Ashley Force Wins Another Competition
Ashley Force won the WFBQ Classic Rock Indianapolis annual NCT&A competition, being selected over 63 of the most beautiful women in the world. Guess they didn't have a chance against Ashley on an elimination ladder!

Spokane Raceway Park Coming Back

Great News! Spokane County won the bidding for the Spokane Raceway Park! They will be paying approx. 3.9 million for 315 acres. The only hurdle left to clear is a judge has to approve the sale. Get ready drag racers in the northwest, Spokane is about to be put back on the map! - Greg Harvey

Las Vegas: Ashley Force preview
Motorsport.com - Tallahassee,Florida,USA
... a track on which she made history last fall as the first woman to race in an NHRA Funny Car final, Ashley Force tries to take her burgeoning drag racing ...
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Indianapolis NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Event Postponed to ...
WhoWon.com - Lincoln,NE,USA
by Scott R. Smith INDIANAPOLIS -- The NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event scheduled for this weekend at O'Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis in ...
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ORP Lucas Oil Event Rescheduled
Autochannel (press release) - USA
Contact: Jay Hullinger, NHRA (765) 689-8727 Indy NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event postponed to April 17-20 The NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series ...
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Smokin' Wheels kicks off Friday
Pacific Daily News - Hagåtña,GU,USA
The Shell V-Power Smokin' Wheels Racing Weekend gets underway Friday with the gates opening at 5 pm and Friday Street Night Drag Racing slated to go from 6 ...
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Epic to Sponsor NHRA's West Central Division Top Dragster Season
WhoWon.com - Lincoln,NE,USA
The six-race Ethanol Top Dragster Series and Super Shootout Series will run in conjunction with the division's NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series schedule ...
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Las Vegas: Doug Herbert preview
Motorsport.com - Tallahassee,Florida,USA
Even as Herbert introduces others to the experience of NHRA drag racing, his focus and goal remains intact: win the 2008 championship for his boys. ...
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Las Vegas: Pre-race notes, schedule
Motorsport.com - Tallahassee,Florida,USA
WHAT: Ninth annual SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals, the fifth of 24 events in the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series. Drivers in three categories -- Top Fuel, ...
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Las Vegas: Mopar preview
Motorsport.com - Tallahassee,Florida,USA
Surprising young HEMI-powered drivers Rickie Jones and Matt Hartford have stood out in the early stages of the 2008 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing season. ...
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Cup drivers think the sky is falling after every race - Racing
ESPN - USA
John Force is on the verge of yet another remarkable record in his legendary drag racing career. If Force wins the SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals this ...
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NHRA stars will tackle Thunder Roadsters on LVMS Bullring
NHRA.com - Glendora,CA,USA
Reigning NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series Pro Stock champ Jeg Coughlin, Gary Scelzi, Morgan Lucas, JR Todd, Doug Kalitta, and Allan Johnson will compete in ...
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Spokane Raceway Park update

Thought I would update you on what is happening here। The County Commissioners voted this past Tuesday to bid on the Raceway Park when the sale occurs tomorrow। the plan is if another interested party who wants to keep the track operating bids on it, the county will drop out and let the private party have it। However, if a private party bids who wants to tear down the track, the county will stay in the bidding and attempt to buy it. A track management company from the Seattle area has gone on record as saying that if they are contracted to manage the track, they will transfer the NHRA Schucks Auto Parts Northwest Nationals to Spokane because of weather problems in the Seattle area. I will let you know what happens with the sale tomorrow. - Greg Harvey

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Racing Physics: Aerodynamic Design; Driver Aggravation
Nascar - USA
The relationship between drag and downforce is especially important. Aerodynamic improvements in wings are directed at generating downforce on the race car ...
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Amalie racing event fun for entire family
Seguin Gazette-Enterprise - Seguin,TX,USA
That’s not to say Massey’s new to drag racing. The man has spent years fighting his way through the A Fuel drag racing ranks of one of the sport’s two top ...
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RPM MAGAZINE STRENGTHENS COMMITMENT TO PMRA
Autochannel (press release) - USA
RPM Magazine has become the world leader in providing print media focusing solely on the sport of Fast Doorslammer, Outlaw and Musclecar style drag racing. ...
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Racing Legends Mario Andretti, Parnelli Jones, Gary Gabelich To Be ...
PaddockTalk - USA
Gary Gabelich, a San Pedro native, began racing as a teenager, winning first place in the stock eliminator drag racing class at Santa Ana at the age of 16. ...
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Capps returns to Prelude to the Dream for fourth straight year
Autochannel (press release) - USA
(April 7, 2008) - Ron Capps, whose usual mount is the NAPA AUTO PARTS Dodge Charger R/T Funny Car in the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series for Don Schumacher ...
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Wayne Newton has nothing on Coughlin during race weekend (NHRA/JEGS)
Autochannel (press release) - USA
Plus, we have a full slate of all the usual race weekend activities, which certainly includes a lot of drag racing. We're going to be busy but I can't think ...
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After a rocky start to season, Ashley promises a Team Gotham ...
NHRA.com - Glendora,CA,USA
After finishing the number six spot in the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series Funny Car standings in 2007, Mike Ashley had high hopes for his Gotham City ...
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Ahead of the curve

Opelika Auburn News - Opelika,AL,USA
By Beverly Harvey On a Saturday afternoon last October, Jamie Hancock was winning races in Texas and securing the title of 2007 American Drag Racing League ...
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Patrick in Mid-Season Form at Texas Nationals; Claims First Pro ...
WhoWon.com - Lincoln,NE,USA
Patrick recently ran the quickest naturally aspirated pass in drag racing history during a test session in Valdosta, but when the chips were down he went ...
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Tigert's path to NASCAR went round and round
NewsOK.com (subscription) - Oklahoma City,OK,USA
For as many NASCAR fans as are in this state, there are just as many, if not more, who prefer drag racing to the circle track. It was on a drag strip in ...
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Racing legend in hall of fame

The Enterprise Ledger - Enterprise,AL,USA
The recognition of Billy’s place in drag racing history should could as no surprise to those who followed the sport in the Wiregrass area in the 1960s when ...
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