Tuesday, October 09, 2012

Today's Drag Racing News

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17-year-old West Jordan drag racer Josh Jones going for national title
Deseret News (blog)
Jones, a 17-year-old from West Jordan, Utah, will race Summit SuperSeries Junior Dragster World Championships during the Summit Racing Equipment World Finals. This premier sportsman drag racing event will be held at Memphis International Raceway ...
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Deseret News (blog)
Simple answer to Ingle's racing motivation: He just likes speed
Huntington Country TAB
This motivation led Ingle, now the owner of Ingle's Service Center Inc., in Huntington, from drag racing buddies in his '67 Mercury Cougar on county roads to competing in race finals with rear-engine dragsters where cash prizes in the thousands of ...
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Huntington Country TAB
Mixed feelings at Maple Grove
Reading Eagle
Antron Brown, Jack Beckman and Andrew Hines left Maple Grove Raceway with national drag racing records. But none of them exited the 28th annual Auto-Plus NHRA Nationals Monday with a trophy. Hines still could get his trophy in a couple of weeks in ...
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2012 NHRA: Spencer Massey Reading NHRA Results: First Round
PaddockTalk
One of the famous drag racing phrases is "sometimes it's a drag, sometimes it's a race." Unfortunately for Massey and the Prestone/FRAM team, Sunday's eliminations were a drag. "That's a tough one to take," Massey said. "We ran great, but we just got beat.
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2012 NHRA: John Force And JFR Road Show To Stop At Wal-Mart Headquarters
PaddockTalk
Ashley Force Hood, 28, Brittany Force, 26, and Courtney Force, 24, will join their famous father and a collection of his iconic drag racing Funny Cars Saturday (Oct. 13) for a special appearance at Wal-mart world headquarters followed by a 9-10:45 a.m. ...
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Mayberry meets Happy Days: Kingman's Class of '62 shares memories
Kingman Daily Miner
They made their own fun - and some of it was pretty wild stuff - including drag racing in town and ditching class to head into the mountains or down to the lake. Not quite Mayberry, not quite Happy Days. More like a little bit of both. "Right where ...
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Jack Beckman on Winning, Challenges & Championships
SpeedFreaks Radio and TV
Jack BeckmanNHRA Funny Car driver Jack Beckham set a drag racing record for Funny Cars this weekend in Reading, PA where the NHRA Nationals were rained out during final elimination competition Sunday. The finals have now been moved to Monday ...
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