Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Today's Drag Racing News

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Top five drag racers of the 1970s
Yahoo! Sports
I was only five when my dad retired the first time from drag racing. But by the time the '70s came along, I started paying attention and would occasionally go to the drags. I don't remember too much about Lions but Irwindale, Pomona and Orange County ...
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Thunder on the Mountain drag racing event complete at Bandimere Speedway
Examiner.com
That is the sport of drag racing. Bandimere Speedway has been in existence since 1958, set up by John Bandimere, Sr. to provide a "safe environment for young people to learn about cars and race them off the streets (see Bandimere Track History for more ...
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NHRA Pro Mod - Second-round Hiccup Costs Team JEGS Troy Coughlin
Autochannel (press release)
BRISTOL, June 20, 2011: Staging a turbocharged Get Screened America Pro Mod Drag Racing Series vehicle can be a delicate balancing act, and Team JEGS driver Troy Coughlin was on the unfortunate end of the balance beam during Sunday's second round of ...
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Autochannel (press release)

NMRA and NMCA Coming to Route 66 Raceway This Weekend
Muscle Mustangs and Fast Fords Magazine (blog)
For the 4th stop of the season, the NMRA Ford Nationals and the NMCA Muscle Car Nationals will invade Chicago for the Super Bowl of Street Legal Drag Racing. What a better place to hold this awesome all out event as Route 66 Raceway? ...
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Muscle Mustangs and Fast Fords Magazine (blog)
Severance, Gasparrelli Win In Spokane
Sports and Weather Right Now
Joey Severance and Steve Gasparrelli each took home top honors this past weekend for the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Northwest Division event at Spokane County Raceway. Severance, Woodburn, Ore., advanced to his second straight final round ...
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Humberts celebrating 45th anniversary
Winfield Daily Courier Online
Harry enjoys drag racing, building hot rods and working on windmills. Sherri enjoys helping Harry with his drag racing and other projects as well as sewing. The couple has a son, H. Scott Humbert, and wife, Susan, and a daughter, Heather Lumbert, ...
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SACCO: The spirit of Byrd lives on
TriCities.com
He is a champion of the drag racing world. "Don't get me wrong, he loved that over there too," NHRA great Kenny Bernstein said with a nod toward the World's Fastest Half-Mile. "But he loved drag racing." Why else would his name be placed with the ...
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Spencer Massey Bristol Dragway Final Result
Motorsport.com
Massey arrived in Thunder Valley holding second in the 2011 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series Top Fuel standings and in the midst of a two-race winning streak. He appeared on his way to a third consecutive victory before falling to Dixon. ...
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