Sunday, October 16, 2011

Today's Drag Racing News

News
Spencer Massey fails to qualify
ESPN
1 qualifying positions in the 20th of 22 events in the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series and the fourth of six races in the NHRA Full Throttle Countdown to the Championship, the six-race playoffs to determine the world championships. ...
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NHRA: Greg Anderson Phoenix Friday report
Motorsport.com
After an 18-month absence to allow for a complete track repaving, the NHRA's Full Throttle Drag Racing Series returned to Firebird Raceway on Friday for the opening day of qualifying for the NHRA Arizona Nationals. Facing the combination of an ...
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Kanick feels the need for speed
Trinidad Guardian
Photo: Shastri Boodan Central drag racer Rishi Kanick is determined to take the local drag racing record from T&T's top drag racer Sheldon Bissessar. Kanick, 39, of Enterprise, Chaguanas, has been racing for the past six years and said only fractions ...
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Q&A with Don Garlits, Shirley Muldowney
AZ Central.com
The Top Fuel champion in 1975, '85 and '86, Garlits won 35 Nationals and built some of drag racing's more-famous cars, which he called the "Swamp Rat." He designed the first rear-engine Top Fuel racer after being injured in a front-engine car. ...
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Flagler rolls out fun for Biketoberfest crowd
Daytona Beach News-Journal
(NJ | Frank Fernandez) Dave Fenwick of Palm Coast has a simple strategy for motorcycle drag racing -- even when his bike is strapped to a portable toilet. "Just come off the hole quick," Fenwick said. But these aren't stock portable toilets, ...
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Watch a "Lamborghini" drag car meet the wall at full throttle
Jalopnik
When the world of drag racing and modified supercars combine the result is usually pretty wild. Most of the time it's highly tuned hot rod exotics running amazing 1/4 miles while appearing mostly stock (if you can apply that term to a supercar) but ...
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Matusek Sets NMCA Drag Racing Record With A 6.070 Timeslip ...
Matusek Sets NMCA Drag Racing Record With A 6.070 Timeslip. from bgillogly on October 11, 2011 at Hot Rod Magazine Blog. The Roush-Yates team was ...
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