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Jack Beckman has walked a rough road ESPN After nearly a year of chemotherapy, Beckman pursued his dream of racing in the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series. He enters the NHRA season finale one point out of first place. His Don Schumacher Racing teammate Matt Hagan has the lead, ... See all stories on this topic » ESPN

Backmarker: John Stein MotorcycleUSA.com "Some people think drag racing is boring," John Stein told me last year. "But to me it's like the blues. It's simple, but the beauty of it is in the nuance – and in the social scene around it; the characters who bring it to life." A few years ago, ... See all stories on this topic »

World Sport Compact Challenge at Orlando Drag Racing Online Magazine Just when drag racing is getting to be a drag for me because I am bored with watching the same cars, drivers and winners over and over in professional racing I get rescued by an event like the World Sport Compact Challenge at Speed World Dragway in ... See all stories on this topic » Drag Racing Online Magazine

NHRA Division 7 Finals at Las Vegas Drag Racing Online Magazine 6, brought on cold weather with temperatures dropping into the 50's forcing NHRA and track officials to postpone the remainder of eliminations until Monday morning for the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Short Line Express Gambler Showdown event at ... See all stories on this topic » Drag Racing Online Magazine

Dead On - What is next for the Pros and Sportsman racers? Drag Racing Online Magazine The whole thing has created quite a buzz if you follow these things on the Internet, especially in Drag Racing Online's Agent 1320. Why didn't anyone send out press releases about the $50000 winner (Jon Siegel) of the Dragster vs Door Car shoot-out at ... See all stories on this topic »

Burk's Blast - Clearing out my cluttered reporters notebook from the World ... Drag Racing Online Magazine What a great way to both promote the "Sport Compact" style of racing and drag racing period. Why couldn't the NHRA have a race like this every two or four years with the best of Europe and Australia versus the best from US? Now that's a race that the ... See all stories on this topic »

Team Sycamore Racing drivers finish first, third at Crossroads Dragway Indiana State University Troxell and Megan Jackson from Team Sycamore Racing at Indiana State University placed in the top three of the season standings for the Super Pro drag racing division at the dragway. Troxell led for most of the season, and finished in first place once ... See all stories on this topic »

The Pro Bike & Sled Series Top Five for 2011: Pro Bike Rider Dan Cryderman ... WhoWon.com THAMESVILLE, Ontario -- Pro Bike rider Dan Cryderman placed second in points in the Pro Bike & Sled Series Championship Point Award Series Standings for 2011, the first year for the popular drag racing series featuring motorcycles and snowmobiles ... See all stories on this topic »

JILL PAINTER on NHRA: Little miracles continue to happen for Funny Car driver ... Los Angeles Daily News He's a former Sergeant in the Air Force, and he teaches at Frank Hawley's Drag Racing School. He has taught an estimated 8000 students. But his best work with students, both children and adults, isn't in the classroom or track. It's in hospitals. ... See all stories on this topic »