Monday, May 16, 2011

Today's Drag Racing News

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Drag racers notch one more win
Peoria Journal Star
Jack Beckman (Funny Car), Jason Line (Pro Stock) and LE Tonglet (Pro Stock Motorcycle) also won their categories in the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series event. Brown had a 3.856-second run at 318.69 mph for his 27th of his career NHRA victory and ...
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Loyd Davis blazed through early days of drag racing
Kansas City Star
BY RANDY COVITZ | THE KANSAS CITY STAR Loyd Davis lives in Prairie Village with his collection of drag-racing memorabilia, including a piece of apparel that marked his reaching 150 mph. Loyd Davis' cluttered living room in Prairie Village tells the ...
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Kansas City Star
It's a total drag as weather takes toll on racers
San Bernardino Sun
Competition Eliminator will resume in November at NHRA Auto Club Finals at Pomona Raceway as part of the Full Throttle Drag Racing Series season finale. Division 7 director Mike Rice said. "We had a decent car count for the event and we tried to get it ...
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Forks may sacrifice airport to maintain summer drag racing
Peninsula Daily
Patty Murray's regional director said last week that it may be the best way to preserve summer drag racing. The council will discuss the idea — along with other options for keeping the West End Thunder races rolling — at its meeting Monday, May 23, ...
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Hoover sweeps up Pro Mod victory at Atlanta
Radioactive Drag Racing News
Ed Hoover raced to his first career NHRA Get Screened America Pro Mod Drag Racing Series victory Sunday during eliminations at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals at Atlanta Dragway. Hoover, from Gilbert, SC, defeated New York's Mike ...
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EKKanoo Racing Team Wins 2010-11 Bahrain Drag Racing Club Outlaw 6 Cylinder ...
American Banking News (press release)
The EKKanoo Racing Team ran the table at the Bahrain Drag Racing Club Final Round in Bahrain this evening, setting an Outlaw 6 Cylinder ET Record and winning the event thus winning the Championship for the 2010-2011 season. Owner/Driver Ebrahim Kanoo, ...
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Hadi emerges winner in Drag Racing C'ship
Gulf Today
By A Correspondent BAHRAIN: Tareq Hadi clinched first place in the Pro Mod class in the Bahrain National Drag Racing Championship. Saad Al Maran was finished second while third place went to Kuwait's Abdullah Al Sori. In the Street Front-Wheel-Drive ...
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Hood: First NHRA Race A Real Ear-Opener
RacinToday.com
(Photos courtesy of the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series) Commerce, Ga. – After witnessing several hundred NASCAR races (I've actually lost count) in person over the past three decades, I experienced a motorsports first on Saturday when I attended ...
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Sunday's Southern Snapsnots
NHRA.com
[9 am] Southeast fans are streaming into Georgia's House of Speed, Atlanta Dragway, in anticipation of final eliminations at these 31st annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals, stop six of the 2011 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series ...
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