Saturday, September 03, 2011

Today's Drag Racing News

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Tim Tuttle: Antron Brown looks to make noise at drag racing's premier event
SI.com
He wanted to start a Pro Stock Motorcycle team to compete in the National Hot Rod Association, the premier drag racing series in the United States. Brown liked running, but his greater passion was drag racing. He'd grown up around it and jumped at the ...
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Drag-racing star Muldowney receives Pioneer Award from women's racing foundation
Washington Post
By AP, BROWNSBURG, Ind. — Danica Patrick and Shirley Muldowney have both won awards from the Women in the Winner's Circle Foundation. Patrick, the IndyCar star who is moving to NASCAR next season, won the 2011 Achievement Award. ...
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Local roundup: Drag racing competition, Atogwe sits, Local aces
Windsor Star
By Star Staff, The Windsor Star September 2, 2011 The top drag racers from Southwestern Ontario will compete at the 12th annual Windsor Weekend Sept. 9-11 at the Grand Bend Motorplex. With five different bracket racing classes, as well as four heads up ...
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Dixon On Top At US Nationals
RacinToday.com
(File photo courtesy of the Full Throttle NHRA Drag Racing Series) Larry Dixon raced to the provisional pole in Top Fuel at the NHRA Mac Tools US Nationals at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis on Friday night. Cruz Pedregon, Greg Anderson and Matt ...
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Mac Tools US Nationals Back in Indy
93.1 WIBC Indianapolis
By Alex Brown (alex@wibc.com) Drag racing is back in Indianapolis with the return of the Mac Tools US Nationals. Events officially began on Wednesday with qualifications for the main race starting Friday night but there are still plenty of chances to ...
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Drag Racing Goes Electric
Design News
When we first published our story on electric-vehicle drag racing in 2009, the excitement in that tight little world was growing. In the intervening two years, John "Plasma Boy" Wayland and his White Zombie Datsun have cracked the 11-second ...
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Toyota finds big return in Indy's drag racing scene
Indianapolis Business Journal (blog)
While a Toyota Camry will be featured in the Funny Car division and the Japanese automaker is the associate sponsor of five teams, there's more to the company's interest in drag racing than beating the American car makers that have dominated the sport ...
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Points leader Balooshi in command of Pro Mod
Radioactive Drag Racing News
1 qualifying position Friday as the NHRA Get Screened America Pro Mod Drag Racing Series returned to Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis for the prestigious Mac Tools US Nationals presented by Lucas Oil. Balooshi, who currently leads the points in the ...
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Nashville is America's Manliest City, says new survey
Daily Mail
Meanwhile, Los Angeles was ranked America's least masculine metropolis, due its low levels of fishing, home improvement and drag racing and high levels of 'emasculating criteria'. The study awarded points to cities with the manliest businesses, ...
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Daily Mail