Saturday, June 22, 2013

6/22/13 Drag Racing News

News
GIRA breaks ground on drag strip
Thegardenisland.com
MANA — If everything goes according to schedule, the sight, sounds and smells of drag racing will return to the Kauai Raceway Park in September. Carty Chang, the state's Department of Land and Natural Resources engineer, said the DLNR has assembled ...
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NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series invades New England
The Spokesman Review (blog)
The event, which has already drawn a massive fan response, is the 11th event of the 24-race season and will feature all four professional categories: Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock, and Pro Stock Motorcycle. The event will be televised on ESPN2HD.
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NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series heads to New England Dragway for ...
MassLive.com (blog)
john and courtney force.JPG In this photo provided by NHRA, Funny Car driver John Force celebrates his victory with daughter and Funny Car driver Courtney Force, Sunday, June 16, 2013, at the Ford NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals in Bristol, Tenn. Force ...
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GALLERY: Thursday Night Drag Racing from Irwindale
Hot Rod Magazine (blog)
GALLERY: Thursday Night Drag Racing from Irwindale. Written by: Brandan Gillogly on June 21 2013 8:03 PM. Irwindale_Drag_Thursday_June_20-01. Staff Editors Thom Taylor and Brandan Gillogly visited Irwindale Speeway to get some photos of a former ...
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Tammy 'O' loses battle with cancer
Drag Racing Online Magazine
During a break in the 2010 Full Throttle Drag Racing Series schedule, Jim Oberhofer, crew chief of the Doug Kalitta-driven Top Fuel dragster, and his wife, Tammy, were among the dancers that dazzled the crowd in a showcase at The Dance Pavilion near ...
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NHRA to return to Phoenix in 2014 with NHRA Mello Yello Series event at Wild ...
NHRA.com
NHRA has entered into a multiyear agreement with Sun Valley Marina Corp., a corporation of the Gila River Indian Community, to bring an NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series event to newly named Wild Horse Motorsports Park outside Phoenix beginning ...
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F1, Formula 1, NASCAR, IndyCar, MotoGP, ALMS, And More!
PaddockTalk
NHRA officials announced today the world's largest motorsports sanctioning body has entered into a multi-year agreement with the Sun Valley Marina Corporation, a corporation of the Gila River Indian Community, to bring an NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing ...
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Bennett Lane Winery owner enters racing hall of fame
Napa Valley Register
Beginning his drag racing career in the 1960s, Lynch showed early promise in the world of motorsports. A chance meeting with Ken Clapp in 1966 changed Lynch's motor racing career forever. Through Clapp, Lynch became involved in the NASCAR Grand ...
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NHRA signs new agreement with Phoenix track
Racer
NHRA officials announced today that the sanctioning body has entered into a multi-year agreement with the Sun Valley Marina Corporation, a corporation of the Gila River Indian Community, to bring an NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series event to Wild ...
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