Monday, November 12, 2012

Today's Drag Racing News

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Feat comes without fanfare
San Bernardino Sun
Antron Brown is the African-American who drove a Top Fuel dragster under the national radar throughout the 2012 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series. His championship made him the first person of color to claim a title in a major American racing ...
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Feature Flick: 1960s Drag Race Legend Don Prudhomme and Nostalgia Drags
Automobile Magazine
One name indisputably in the pantheon of drag racing is six-time NHRA champion Don Prudhomme. Hot Rod Unlimited's Elana Scherr got a chance to talk with the drag-racing legend about the early days of the sport at Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield, ...
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Automobile Magazine
NHRA FINALS IN POMONA: Schumacher's bid for another title fails; Brown is ...
Los Angeles Daily News
POMONA - There were many emotional and inspirational moments at Pomona Raceway as the sun set on the NHRA Auto Club Finals and the Full Throttle Drag Racing Series season. Another was going to be added Sunday on the last Top Fuel dragster run, ...
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2012 NHRA: NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Returns For 12th Season In ...
PaddockTalk
Adding to the excitement of 10 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series events across the country will be the addition of the newly created NHRA Screamin' Eagle Championship Motorcycle Series. Top Fuel, Pro Gas, Draggin' Bagger, V-Rod, and Hot Street will ...
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Two Championships and a Win for Mopar in NHRA Finals
Sacramento Bee
The 2012 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series season can now be dubbed 'Year of the HEMI' as Pro Stock World Champion Allen Johnson wrapped up his winning season by taking the victory in an all-Mopar final round battle while Jack Beckman added ...
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Schools go drag racing with F1 in Schools
Yahoo! Singapore News (blog)
Schools go drag racing with F1 in Schools. By Cheryl Tay | Fit To Post Sports – 4 minutes 33 seconds ago. BY CHERYL TAY. B. When people first hear of "F1 in Schools", it is not uncommon for them to think that it is a racing programme of some sort that ...
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Yahoo! Singapore News (blog)
Capps' Huge Final Run Nets Him Funny Car Pole
RacinToday.com
First-round pairings for the 48th annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona, the final of 23 events in the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series. Pairings based on results in qualifying, which ended ...
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Johnson Family's NHRA Journey Peaks At Pomona
RacinToday.com
"It's been quite the journey," said Allen Johnson, who clinched the 2012 Full Throttle Drag Racing Series Pro Stock title by qualifying No. 2 for the 48th annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals. "The first year we started (1996), I ...
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Drag racing's best in Pomona for NHRA Finals - Los Angeles Times
One way or another, it's likely that drag-racing mogul Don Schumacher will be ... Five of the leading contenders to win the championships in drag racing's two ...
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