Racing's sweet noise

Canoe.ca - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
Two NASCAR weekends and a drag-racing event on a separate track attract capacity crowds of 160000. The rest of the year, there's a steady stream of visitors ...
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FALLBROOK: Ace mechanic and drag racer build on the past
North County Times - Escondido,CA,USA
A member of the International Drag Racing Hall of Fame, Martin recently requalified for his racing license. Photo by Daniel Raifsnider - For The North ...
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FALLBROOK: Ace mechanic and drag racer build on the past
North County Times - Escondido,CA,USA
Still, he doesn't deny that he enjoyed qualifying for his drag racing license, which required him to fill out a stack of paperwork, then suit up and make ...
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Local car dealership sponsors NHRA Top Fuel Car
News 10 Now - Syracuse,NY,USA
"Now it's just trying to take it into a different community, the drag racing community and fortunately we've gotten a lot of TV exposure. ...
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Inside Drag Racing to debut May 3 on ION Media Network
NHRA.com - Glendora,CA,USA
Inside Drag Racing, a Masters TV production, will premiere Saturday, May 3, at 4:30 pm Eastern time on the ION Media Network. ...
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Jegs NHRA Cajun SPORTSnationals are underway at No Problem Raceway ...
NHRA.com - Glendora,CA,USA
This year's event will feature drivers in six NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series categories who will vie for valuable points leading to divisional and ...
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Teens invited to drag race cops
Vallejo Times-Herald - Vallejo,CA,USA
Starting Wednesday, high school students are invited to try their luck at drag racing local police officers in a safe, legal environment at the "Top the ...
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Motorbike, rail car in epic clash

Trinidad News - Port of Spain,Trinidad and Tobago
By STEPHON NICHOLAS Friday, April 4 2008 MORE THAN 3000 drag racing fans turned up on Monday to be a part of a day of fun and competition staged by Speed ...
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ROP students to test skills
The Salinas Californian - Salinas,CA,USA
Many students enter trades competitions through CO2 drag racing. In drag racing, students must design a car using AutoCAD and then create the car out of ...
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Belleville racer is ready to shift gears
Belleville News Democrat - IL, USA
Middendorf was watching a 2002 NHRA drag racing event at Gateway International Raceway in Madison when he announced to several friends seated around him ...
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SA Raceway hosts Amalie Nationals
Seguin Gazette-Enterprise - Seguin,TX,USA
The International Hot Rod Association’s Amalie Oil Texas Nationals again kicks off the Knoll Gas Nitro Jam Drag Racing Series and national championship ...
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Power Tool Drag Racing Returns
CARkeys - UK
Following the success of last year's inaugural event, a second Silverline Power Tool Drag Race event will be held at the Haynes International Motor Museum ...
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Cunningham assumes full crew chief duties at Tasca Racing
NHRA.com - Glendora,CA,USA
After beginning the 2008 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series as co-crew chief at Tasca Racing, Chris Cunningham will immediately assume full crew chief ...
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Johnson, Scelzi to Compete in the ‘NHRA Stars in Short Track Cars ...
WhoWon.com - Lincoln,NE,USA
Team Mopar and NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series drivers Allen Johnson and Gary Scelzi will trade their usual quarter-mile drag strip “office” for a ...
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Legends Of Racing Abound At International Motorsports Hall of Fame ...
Autochannel (press release) - USA
In addition to the Class of 2008 – which consists of land speed record breaker Art Arfons, NASCAR champion Robert “Red” Byron, drag racing guru Bill ...
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NHRA Notebook: April 2008
Racing stars Leroy Chadderton and Jim Paoli pass on, and other news.

More bad news
Leroy Chadderton passed away yesterday, after a long battle w/cancer and heart failure. Services are pending. Chadderton drove fuel altereds and funny cars into the 70s. Good guy. RIP DE

Wally Bell to Join Casella Racing in Advisory and Tuning Capacity
Legendary doorslammer pilot Wally Bell will be making a comeback in 2008, aiding the Casella Racing team in tuning their hot rod throughout the season.

All in the families in drag races

Inland Valley Daily Bulletin - Ontario,CA,USA
The drag racing community is extremely tight and families have long histories with one another. Just look at the Force and Worsham clans. ...
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Racers for Christ to Host Family Fun Day at ORP During Season Kick ...
WhoWon.com - Lincoln,NE,USA
Also taking place during the day local Boy Scout troops from across Indiana will get the opportunity to experience drag racing and take part of the ...
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Local Drivers Count on Large Field, Great Action at Debut of ...
TricitiesSports.com - Kingsport,TN,USA
Kingsport's Van Greer, a highly-accomplished competitor, says everyone, from the drag racing novice to the seasoned veteran, will enjoy the show the racers ...
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Orient Express To Feature Öhlins Suspension In Display At Drag ...
RoadracingWorld.com - Lake Elsinore,CA,USA
Öhlins racing suspension engineer Eric Knight will be on hand Saturday to answer your suspension related questions, and provide expert advice. ...
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Funny Car champion enjoys life in fast lane
Port Huron Times Herald - Port Huron,MI,USA
Pedregon is a champion driver in Funny Car, which is a drag racing car class in the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA). Funny cars are front-engine ...
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Drag Racing History, Ed Donovan
Nitrogeezers has a great piece on this terrific drag racing innovator.

It's been great ride for retired record-setting drag racer
Greenville News - Greenville,SC,USA
1 Top Fuel dragster throughout the 1980s, setting drag-racing records seven times between 1979 and 1991. Most of the records were set on a bike he built ...
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NHRA: Kalitta Motorsports Adds Famed Crew Chief Hogan To Mac Tools ...
PaddockTalk - USA
Hogan has spent four decades in drag racing, working as a crewmember and tuner for such names as Don Garlits, Kenny Bernstein, and Don Prudhomme, ...
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Hard-charging amputee takes on Bonneville
MyTown Bay of Plenty - Bay of Plenty,New Zealand
Christiansen will take a car designed for drag racing on a quarter-mile strip to the eight mile (13km) long course on the vast salt flats. ...
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John Force buys Summit Motorsports Park
NHRA.com - Glendora,CA,USA
"Yes, it's true," said the drag racing legend in an April 1 press conference at his drag racing shop in Yorba Linda , California . ...
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Hare scramble kicks off sand drag racing season
Lake Cowichan Gazette - Lake Cowichan,BC,Canada
By Doug Marner - Lake Cowichan Gazette - April 01, 2008 The sand drag racing season gets started April 13 with a free fun day of racing that will include a ...
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Schumacher comtemplating retirement to “pursue other interests”
NHRA.com - Glendora,CA,USA
“Additionally, my dad (Don Schumacher) is starting this new radio-controlled drag racing series and that was really attractive. Even on a part-time basis, ...
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Nitro Returns to Sacto
Nitro drag racing returns to Sacramento Raceway on April 12th with the 27^th running of the Funny Car Fever event; featuring over 12 nitro nostalgia Funny Cars. Legendary names like the Bubble Up Pontiac, Plueger and Gyger Mustang, and Code Red Challenger are running in Sacramento for the first time; along with newcomer 19 year old Leah Pruett driving her Dickies Girl Mustang Funny Car! With Nitro Funny Cars coming from as far as the East Coast and as far north as Canada, Sacramento is going to play host to the best there is in Nitro Nostalgia Drag Racing. With the season already underway, this will be the last stop in California before these teams travel across the western states and Canada.

New dragway: City's racers now have venue
El Paso Times - El Paso,TX,USA
Auto racing, at legal venues, is one of the nation's most-attended sports. Drag racing has its bevy of fans, too. There remains, though, a wait-and-see ...
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San Antonio: Allan Middendorf
Motorsport.com - Tallahassee,Florida,USA
San Antonio, TX -- March 31, 2008 - IHRA Rookie Nitro Funny Car Driver Allan Middendorf will make his professional drag racing debut during the Amalie Motor ...
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Local Boy Scout Troops to Attend NHRA Lucas Oil Race at ORP
WhoWon.com - Lincoln,NE,USA
“We know that this will be the first time many of our Scout families will be introduced to drag racing and I think many will become lifelong racing ...
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Hillary Will Afghanistan visit
Motorsport.com - Tallahassee,Florida,USA
Drag racing is not only her livelihood; it's her life's passion. Last month Will took off for a goodwill tour to visit US military troops defending the land ...
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NHRA Fans Can Relive Events from 2005 on ESPN Classic
PaddockTalk - USA
... the Sears Craftsman NHRA Nationals on the air Friday. ESPN2 is the home for the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series and the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series.
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Grubnic, Kalitta Motorsports Team Make Early Exit in Houston ...
WhoWon.com - Lincoln,NE,USA
The O’Reilly NHRA Spring Nationals was the 4th of 24 national events in the 2008 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series. Based in Ypsilanti, Michigan, ...
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Drag strip offers speedsters legal races
Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa
By Barry Bateman Some of Gauteng's fastest cars and motorcycles dashed the quarter mile at the Mad Dog Raceway during the first regional drag racing event ...
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BYOC - ‘Bring Your Own Car’ For Drag Racing At The Island
Auto Racing Daily - USA
It once hosted the cream of NHRA drag racing. In 1962, “Big Daddy” Don Garlitz posted the first officially recorded 201-plus mph pass at Island. ...
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Drag racing draws speed-hungry fans to track
Galveston County Daily News - Galveston,TX,USA
More than that, they had come for the spectacle of drag racing. “I like it,” he said a few moments later. “I just don’t follow it that much. ...
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Drag racers say strip can help reduce accidents
El Paso Times - El Paso,TX,USA
Rick Stiles Wilmont, 50, who has been drag racing since 1993, said El Paso needed a venue for the sport. "We needed it so bad," he said. ...
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Baytown: Jeg Coughlin Jr final report
Motorsport.com - Tallahassee,Florida,USA
I felt good and I guess maybe a little too good, but that's drag racing." "It's a shame for the guys because they work just as hard for a loss as they do ...
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Cullen double in Super Street
Young Witness - Young,New South Wales,Australia
“It has about 500 horsepower, and quite possibly could race in a faster form of drag racing,” Brad enthused. “So when my brother wasn’t going to be able to ...
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Baytown: Chip Ellis final report
Motorsport.com - Tallahassee,Florida,USA
... finish today at the NHRA Spring Nationals, the second of 17 races for the Pro Stock Motorcycle class on the 2008 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series tour. ...
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Baytown: Doug Foley final report
Motorsport.com - Tallahassee,Florida,USA
... a drag racing school in Sewell, NJ "It's unfortunate we have to stop now but until we get this thing funded full-time, we can't continue racing. ...
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Baytown: Hillary Will final report
Motorsport.com - Tallahassee,Florida,USA
Will, the fastest female in the history of NHRA drag racing (334.65 mph),qualified her dragster in the No. 8 spot for eliminations, 4.599 seconds, ...
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Cory McClenathan reaches quarterfinals in Houston
Restrictor Plate THIS - USA
It just tells you that NHRA POWERade Drag Racing gets tougher and tougher as we go along. We'll go to Vegas and maybe we can win there. ...
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Team Kalitta adds Hogan as co-crew chief on the Mac Tools dragster
NHRA.com - Glendora,CA,USA
“This organization is one of the best in the history of drag racing. I'm very excited to see what the future holds for both of us.” Hogan's career in drag ...
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Combustion Chamber - 2008 50th Bakersfield March Meet
Mark and Dawn Hovsepian offer an excellent photo review of the 50th Annual March Meet in Bakersfield.

Bru Racing
Home of the Midwest's Quickest '56 Chevy!

Dragracingpinoy.com
Drag racing in the Philippines.

Cragar - Reinventing the Wheel
From the earliest hot-rod cylinder heads to Bell helmets and Cragar wheels, a huge chunk of the speed-parts industry grew out of one modest storefront in L.A.

Foster, March Meet and Cacklefest Updates

First and most important, I've been overwhelmed with the responses from Patty's tribute page. If you haven't been back, there are A LOT of new and touching thoughts and photos (coming in on a regular basis) including those from his sons, Dan and Cole.

Pat Foster Tribute Page

Pits and Track - 2008 March Meet Cacklefest

And, the 2008 March Meet on WDIFL is ALL done! 7 pages and over 2000 photos that include all of Top Fuel, all the winners, Nitro Funny cars, other cars, people pics and Media Day.

2008 March Meet Top Fuel Qualifying and Eliminations

2008 March Meet Funny Cars

Crowds wait out rain to see 'PINKS All Out' taping

Shreveport Times - Shreveport,LA,USA
"PINKS All Out," Speed TV's popular drag racing show, was filmed at Red River Raceway in front of more than 15000 fans — after the morning rains finally let ...
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Drag racing’s bad rep undeserved
Rockford Register Star - Rockford,IL,USA
By Stephanie Sanders-Gagliano I usually enjoy reading the Rockford Register Star, but I have noticed many extensive stories about fatal drag racing ...
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Enormous Crowd Packs Eastside for 43rd Coors Funny Car Show
An overwhelming crowd packed into Eastside Sunday for the 43rd running of the Coors Funny Car Classic.

Mopar Info Needed
I would really be thankful for information you have about a car that raced in the late 60's to early 70's in Chicago. I am unable to find out if the car was named at the time. We do have the car in our possession and was wanting to know about it's history. The owner was Joe Miller, he also owned the Kentucky Colonel, which was featured in the Mopar Collector's Guide in June 2003. Briefly in that article it mentions the car that we have. I was wondering if there is any photos of it out there somewhere. It is a 65 Dodge Coronet, born Maroon, 2 door H/T, straight axle, 426 max wedge, 4 speed. Thank you for any help you can give me. Thank you, Michelle

Drag season opens at Eastside Speedway
Staunton News Leader - Staunton,VA,USA
WAYNESBORO — Eastside Speedway kicked off its 2008 drag racing season Sunday with the 43rd annual Coors Funny Car Classic. Bunny Burkett made her annual ...
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Kaiser Hired as Drag Strip Consultant at ORP
WhoWon.com - Lincoln,NE,USA
During the season Kaiser will be in charge of the scheduling of drag staff for all weekly events, preparing the track, working with visiting drag racing ...
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PRRACEwire (PRRw) and Kate Harker Announce Management and ...
Autochannel (press release) - USA
“Kate is a first-rate talent, and we’re looking forward to helping her move up the ladder in NHRA Drag Racing with her A/Fuel car, and subsequently on to ...
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Owens Community College Hosts Lincoln Motorsports Welding Night ...
Port Clinton News Herald - Port Clinton,OH,USA
Vehicles featured at the event will include trucks, stock racing cars, drag racing cars, tractors and drag bikes, among others. ...
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Regional events offer variety
Las Vegas Review - Journal - Las Vegas,NV,USA
The festival of muscle cars' glory days will feature key figures from drag racing of the late 1960s. Scheduled to attend: Buddy Martin (Sox & Martin), ...
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