Thursday, November 03, 2011

Today's Drag Racing News

News
Local 16-year-old finds success in drag racing
Park Rapids Enterprise
Cassidy Haggard is following in her father's footsteps and has taken the steering wheel of his 2001 Camaro SS for drag racing. Cassidy Haggard was featured in the November issue of Hemmings Muscle Machines magazine. (Anna Erickson / Enterprise) Cassidy ...
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Drag racers still content with shorter races as NHRA heads to Pomona
Los Angeles Times (blog)
After the death of drag racer Scott Kalitta in a mid-2008 crash, the NHRA took the dramatic step of temporarily shortening races for the 300-mph funny cars and top-fuel dragsters in its premier Full Throttle Series. As the series heads to Pomona for ...
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Mopar Unveils 800HP Viper V10 for Drag Racing, Plus New Crate Engines and ...
Carscoop (blog)
The new engine, codenamed P5155872 Performance Series V10, has been developed especially for drag racing. It features an aluminum block and aluminum cylinder heads, forged steel crankshaft with forged steel connecting rods and forged aluminum pistons ...
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Carscoop (blog)
Eye of the Tiger: Sophomore Kindra Curley competes regularly in drag racing ...
my.hsj.org
Kindra Curley feels it is difficult to get injured while drag racing with all of the precautionary safety equipment, though she hears often that it is a dangerous sport. - Sam Simmons Roseville High School sophomore Kindra Curely is an active ...
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SMS student driven to drag racing
The Tennessean
As much as he loves drag racing, Ashton said he isn't interested in pursuing the sport professionally. "But I'll stay with it as a hobby for a few more years," he said. Ashton said racing has improved his performance in the classroom, ...
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NHRA: Series teleconference: Pro Stock, Top Fuel and Funny Car drivers
Motorsport.com
THE MODERATOR: I'd like to welcome the media out to the teleconference call for the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series. I'm Zak Elcock with NHRA media relations. This call is to discuss the final race of the 2011 Countdown to the Championship, ...
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Motorsport.com
KC poised to buy drag strip property to convert to a park
Kansas City Star
... the peaceful environment of the homeowners in the area," Porrevecchio said. Porrevecchio said the community also is working with the racetrack's owners to find a larger, better and more accessible venue within the city for the drag-racing operations.
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FYI WIRZ: NHRA champ Jeg Coughlin Jr. revs up again in Pro Stock for 2012
Examiner.com
The JEGS organization normally aligns its racing machines with Chevrolet in NHRA drag racing and their JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour Late Model program, but has chosen Mopar for their return to the competitive Pro Stock class. Engine builders Nick Ferri and ...
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Racing Games November 2011
Appolicious
Awesome! Truck Drag Race Free Can you make it over the obstacles without flipping over? Recommend. Fun! Moto Drag Race Drive through the desert, navigate the obstacles. Fun! Drag Racing Free No Frills drag racing. Just accelerate and shift. Awesome! ...
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Blogs
Car and Driver Blog » Viper V-10 Lives for Drag: Racing Crate Motor ...
By Erik Johnson
Viper V-10 Lives for Drag: Racing Crate Motor Announced at SEMA. November 2, 2011 at 5:47pm by Erik Johnson. Mopar V10 Competition Crate Engine. While the Dodge Viper is on hiatus—the next-gen snake will arrive in late 2012—a ...
Car and Driver Blog

Web
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