Sunday, May 01, 2011

Today's Drag Racing News

News
Drag racing icon Force isn't slowing down any time soon
Houston Chronicle
A plan for his return to drag racing was immediately put into action upon his leaving Baylor Hospital in Dallas. "A lot of people wrote him off after his accident in '07," said Force's co-crew chief, Dean Antonelli. "Last year he drove the best he has ...
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Philomath high school students revved up to be part of drag racing team
The Republic
McGarry is a member of Philomath High School's 10-member drag racing team. Its drivers will take to the track for five races through August. The first race was April 23. Established in 1983, it is vehicle against vehicle at its most basic: Two ...
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F1, Formula 1, NASCAR, IndyCar, MotoGP, ALMS, And More!
PaddockTalk
1 qualifying position on Friday in the NHRA Get Screened America Pro Mod Drag Racing Series race taking place during the O’Reilly NHRA Spring Nationals at the Royal Purple Raceway in Baytown, Texas. Burgess paced the field with a pass of 5.873 ...
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Drag Racing: Tammour does Yas drag school proud by winnig Pro Drag Series
Sport 360
The 33-year-old jeweller from Syria, who was trained at the Yas Drag Racing School this winter, entered the Pro Series four days later and has won every one of his four races. Tammour recorded a perfect 0.000 reaction time in the semi-finals and just ...
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Quarter-Mile Smile For Ipswich Family
PaddockTalk
In the lead up to March's Top Fuel Championships at Willowbank Raceway, the management at the Ipswich drag racing facility heard about their plight and invited them to take a break with a drag racing experience on them. This saw Stephen and William ...
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Humphrey earns first NHRA Pro Stock pole at NHRA Spring Nationals
San Antonio Express (blog)
BAYTOWN – Ronnie Humphrey recorded his first-ever number one qualifying position in his racing career in the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series Pro Stock division. Humphrey, driving his 2009 Summit/Genuine Hotrod Hardware Pontiac GXP, ...
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San Antonio Express (blog)
NHRA Spring Nationals: Brothers relish lifetime in racing
Houston Chronicle
They played little league sports in Plano during the late 1970s, but deep down the brothers were drag racing enthusiasts. Now 30-plus years later for both and they are living a dream — working for legendary driver and owner Connie Kalitta and Kalitta ...
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Houston Chronicle