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NHRA Announces 2012 Full Throttle Drag Racing Series Schedule WhoWon.com NHRA announced its 2012 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series schedule today, highlighted by a return to Gateway International Raceway near St. Louis, which expands the schedule to 23 races. "We are excited to return to the St. Louis area, ... See all stories on this topic »

AUTO RACING PACKAGE: NHRA's Countdown to the Championship begins this weekend ... Washington Post By AP, CHARLOTTE, NC — The NHRA opens its Countdown to the Championship this weekend at zMAX Dragway, the crown jewel of drag racing and a place that could be pivotal in the final standings. The last two years, three of the four division winners at ... See all stories on this topic »

Cleveland County Speedway to host Hendren Memorial Shelby Star "My dad started drag racing when he was like 14-years-old, back in the '50s. He was one of the big founders of the California drag race scene," said his son, Steve Hendren. "If you've ever seen the movie 'American Graffiti', it's kind of like the ... See all stories on this topic »

Brandenburg wins drag league challenge KC Community News Brandenburg, a fourth-grader at Sunflower Elementary School, has been drag racing for three years. He won the NHRA Junior Drag League Challenge on Sept. 3. Brandenburg has won more than 30 races in his career. The Wally is one of the most prestigious ... See all stories on this topic »

ADRL to Implement Electrimotion RF Safety Device Starting at Summit Racing ... WhoWon.com The American Drag Racing League (ADRL) announced on Wednesday that it has ordered the Electrimotion RF Safety Device and it will be in place and functional for the final two events of the 2011 season. The safety feature, which is designed to ... See all stories on this topic »

Three of NHRA's Favorite Sons from the Great State of Texas will Highlight ... WhoWon.com The impressive lineup of NHRA Legends – each of whom was named to the list of NHRA's 50 Greatest Drivers in 2001 – includes the famed King of Speed who won 69 races and six championships (Bernstein), the drag racing visionary who won 12 Funny Car races ... See all stories on this topic »

Copart drag racing contest focuses on winning Facebook entries Search-Autoparts.com Highlighting its sponsored top fuel dragster running on Sanders wheels and Goodyear tires, Copart, Inc., an online vehicle auction firm, is conducting a prize-filled sweepstakes hosted on Facebook. Through Nov. 14, fans who "like" the Copart Racing ... See all stories on this topic »

A homegrown team burns rubber at the strip Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber By NATALIE JOHNSON Islander Chris Barnes' road to drag racing began at a California art school in the late 1980s. As the publisher of a "zine" — a small photocopied magazine — Barnes went to a drag race thinking he'd write an article. ... See all stories on this topic »

NHRA: Force prepared for return to Charlotte Motorsport.com It is because of his respect for those he calls "the real American heroes" that the 62-year-old drag racing icon is committed this week to racing a special edition version of his Castrol GTX® HIGH MILEAGE™ Ford Mustang – even if it places him at a ... See all stories on this topic »

Kids 12 and under admitted free to NHRA Nevada Nationals on Oct. 28 at The ... RacingWest.com Drag racing legends Don "The Snake" Prudhomme and Tom "The Mongoose" McEwen will serve as grand marshals for the event." The Oct. 27-30 NHRA Nevada Nationals is the next-to-last stop on the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series schedule and competition ... See all stories on this topic »