Thursday, September 01, 2011

Today's Drag Racing News

News
Vance & Hines offers up drag-racing secrets
CNET
NHRA drag-racing first-place trophies line the lobby of the Vance and Hines research and development center in Indianapolis. INDIANAPOLIS--At first glance, the Vance & Hines facility outside Indianapolis wouldn't seem to offer much of interest to ...
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CNET
Tony Schumacher's zero-win season ominious for opponents
USA Today
By Gary Graves, USA TODAY Considering the impressive numbers Tony Schumacher has piled up in his drag-racing career, seeing a zero in his win column this late in the season is startling. By Mark J. Rebilas, US Presswire Tony Schumacher, ...
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USA Today
Drag racing season wraps up
BCLocalNews
By Staff Writer - The Northern View This race was Billed as "Bike Wars and the Bikes and Sleds were the feature race as well as a "Quick 8" class for cars that was not run at the "Hot August Nites" race, due to a track oil down. ...
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Pro Mods return from long summer layoff
Radioactive Drag Racing News
Now, as the NHRA Get Screened America Pro Mod Drag Racing Series makes its eighth of 10 stops in 2011 at the prestigious Mac Tools US Nationals presented by Lucas Oil at historic Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis, Pruett will make her third appearance ...
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Teens Race Fairfield Police To Stop Drag Racing
KCRA Sacramento
Fairfield police are allowing teens to race behind the wheel to send a message about illegal drag racing. The event is called Top the Cops where police will race against teens at the Infineon Raceway. KCRA 3 will speak with police and find out if this ...
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Volume XIII, Issue 8
Drag Racing Online Magazine
Because of Burk's brain fade regarding the NHRA rules for setting national records he didn't award John Hale a new ET record (5.77) on Saturday at the World Series of Drag Racing. Upon further review (after being flayed on the Classic Funny Car Board ...
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Drag Racing Online Magazine
2011 NHRA: DSR Open House To Again Feature Popular Nostalgia Cacklefest
PaddockTalk
The Chizler dragster was driven in 1962 by drag racing legend and current Top Fuel pilot Chris "the Greek" Karamesines; the '60s Swamp Fox dragster was driven by former DSR crew member Harold Brewer; the rear-engine Green Monster was campaigned in the ...
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Super Comp - Defending Indy champ Coughlin Ready To Race
Autochannel (press release)
31, 2011: One year ago, Troy Coughlin Jr. reached a high-water mark in his brief drag racing career by driving his JEGS.com dragster to the Super Comp title of the sport's most prestigious event -- the Mac Tools US Nationals presented by Lucas Oil. ...
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Autochannel (press release)
NHRA: Tasca III looking forward to Indianapolis
Motorsport.com
Enter drag racing's biggest stage – the "Big Go," where the focus for Tasca and the Motorcraft/Quick Lane team will be on staying above the cut, with Don Schumacher Racing's Johnny Gray is just 62 points behind in 11th. "We're going into Indy in the ...
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Web
Drag racing: Hewes couple team up to set pair of national records ...
And, in this case, sets national drag racing records together. Reno's Tony Hewes and his wife, Debbie, each set class records in NHRA events in July.
www.rgj.com/.../Drag-racing-Hewes-couple-team-up-set-pair-...
Drag racing - YouTube
Loading... Alert icon. Sign In or Sign Up now! Alert icon. Published on Aug 29, 2011 by motorvisionenglish. Drag racing: Quarter mile event ...
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