Wednesday, January 21, 2009


The DRAGSTER Insider
One of last summer's popular Insider features was Five Fabulous Favorite Fotos, wherein I contacted some of the sport's greatest lensmen and asked for their best shots. I'm proud to bring it back and equally proud to reintroduce it with Norman Blake as its subject.

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

THE FOOTBRAKE RACERS WEBSITE
Old pal Linda DeJesus has a great website here devoted to footbrake bracket racers.
MICKEY THOMPSON TIRES PULLS NHRA SUPPORT
Mickey Thompson Performance Tires & Wheels will not participate as a major sponsor of the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) in 2009. Ken Warner, VP Sales and Marketing for Mickey Thompson stated, “The tough decision to suspend our relationship with NHRA after more than 26 years is due to several concerns including a recent mandate by the NHRA that Pro Stock racers will be required to compete exclusively on Goodyear tires.”

70s Funny Cars: Round 52
This round of 70s Funny Cars features more seldom seen machines including the Panic Cougar, the Green Hornet Camaro, the Harlan Thompson Camaro, the Tasmanian Devil Corvette, the Bill Moore Cuda, the Performance Engines Vega, the Clayton Pool Vega, the New Generation Charger, the Mountain Music Mustang II, and the Rollins & Finders Cuda.
Tuner Lee Beard Joins Don Schumacher Racing as Team Manager
WhoWon.com (press release) - Lincoln,NE,USA
Said Beard: "Certainly Don Schumacher has put together the premier organization in drag racing, with his excellent facility, his research and development ...
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Hooray For Saturday!: Indoor Drag Racing
For a period in my life, when I was a little kid, I would spend Saturday nights with my grandmother at her house. It was always a treat, seeing that almost every week my grandmother would have a new miniature...
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Z06Vette.com - Corvette Z06 Forum - Drag Racing January 25! Las ...
Las Vegas Motor Speedway, January 25th! Once again Hot Nevada Vettes starts their annual bracket drag racing series with day time event Jan. 25th.
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Drag Racing Champion Nino Cavallo Moves Into New Stratus-phere ...
Drag Racing Champion Nino Cavallo Moves Into New Stratus-phere - (Tuesday, 13 January 2009) by Rob Sharp Reigning ANDRA Super Stock Drag Racing Champion Nino Cavallo has moved into a new 'Stratusphere' after landing an ex‐NHRA Pro Stock ...
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The Frontstretch: Tuner Lee Beard Joins Don Schumacher Racing as ...
17, 2009) - Team owner Don Schumacher announced today that tuner Lee Beard will join Don Schumacher Racing as team manager for the 2009 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series. Beard's responsibilities will include overseeing the ...
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Henderson woman torches track for funny car license - Las Vegas Sun
Cherniack, who previously raced in the super comp drag racing class, decided to switch to funny cars after her father, Mike Cherniack, obtained one but didn't have a driver. For the past month the Cherniacks, who own an auto body shop ...
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The Odd Couple
No, this isn't Oscar and Felix, but the drag racing version of the two. Carol Henson and fellow funny racer Gene Altizer teamed up to campaign this Rodeck Chevy powered Vega in the late seventies.

Monday, January 19, 2009

James F. Wick
Oshkosh Northwestern - Oshkosh,WI,USA
But his passion was muscle cars and drag racing. Jim built a winning record at Wisconsin International Raceway in Kaukauna, Wis., and Great Lakes Dragaway ...
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Petrolheads feel need for speed
Warrnambool Standard - Warrnambool,Victoria,Australia
BY JARED LYNCH IT may have looked like an extreme take on Liebig Street on Saturday nights but yesterday drag racing at Warrnambool airport was all legal. ...
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Dragway action is hot and fast
Tasmania Examiner - Launceston,Tasmania,Australia
BY EMMA WEBB WHEELS were spinning and rubber was burning at the Motors Holden Dragway at the weekend for the annual Tassie Nats drag racing competition. ...
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Wind slows times, rain curtails
Nelson Mail - Nelson,New Zealand
By PETE MCNAE - Nelson | Monday, 19 January 2009 Speed is of the essence in drag racing. The sole aim of the sport is to leave Point A and arrive at Point B ...
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Life in the fast lane
Times Record News - Wichita Falls,TX,USA
He said competition bracket drag racing is held Saturday nights. The large building houses the tracks, snack bar, offers a variety of slot cars, ...
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NHRA.com
Pro teams hold test session in south Florida
NHRA.com - Glendora,CA,USA
It's funny, to be in drag racing for as many years as I have been in a Top Fuel car, I have not worked with one guy on this team before. ...
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The Freeholder: Drag racing
Drag racing · GuyK is posting about drag racing. You ought to go check out the pictures. Posted by The Freeholder at 2:29 PM. |. Newer Post Older Post Home. Subscribe to: Comment Feed (RSS) ...
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Do you like drag racing? Making surfing more interesting « Surfing ...
Do you like drag racing? Making surfing more interesting. Posted on January 19, 2009 by Maggie. Performance Traffic is owned by my friend Kevin Millhouse. The exchange is based upon the ljs script, and it has been programmed to ...
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Drag Car Does a Massive Wheel Stand During Race! - Video
A drag racing car pops a massive wheel stand during drag!. Watch Video about Cars,Racing,Drag racing by Metacafe.com.
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Barrett-Jackson 2009: Ford FR500CJ Cobra Jet Prototype - Autoblog
Ford drag racing legends Bob and Bill Glidden also spent time in the car, as did editors from "Car Craft", "Race Pages", "5.0", and "Hot Rod". Tags: barrett jackson, barrett-jackson, Barrett-Jackson 2009, Barrett-jackson2009, ...
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Barrett-Jackson 2009: Ford FR500CJ Cobra Jet Prototyp verkauft für ...
Among the accomplished professional drivers who drove this car are funny car drivers John and Ashley Force (both of whom signed its hood), Robert Hight, Mike Neff, and Bob Tasca III. Ford drag racing legends Bob and Bill Glidden also ...
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334
The Simpson & Shafer 334 coupe out of Illinois was built in the mode of the famed Mooneyham & Sharp 554 Coupe. The David Shafer drvien coupe runs solid sevens and is hugely popular.

Sunday, January 18, 2009


Difference Between Automatic and Manual Performance | The Grayline
This is because in bracket drag racing consistency counts more than specific times. Elinating factors like clutch speed and shift speed a racer is able to lay down consistent runs in the quarter or eighth mile runs. ...
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GM (General Motors) Sport Compact Performance Build Book | digital ...
Taken from Introduction: This handbook describes parts and procedures used to prepare ECOTEC Race Engines used by GM Racing in professional sport compact drag racing, as well as engine, transmission, and chassis modifications designed ...
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NHRA Fan Zone » Hagan herding hopes for strong rookie run ...
Radioactive Drag Racing News, TX - 51 minutes ago. Hagan ran four NHRA events in 2008 but the spent the majority of his season racing in the Funny Car class in IHRA. He finished third in the IHRA point … ...
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Racing video - my first one - Video Editing Forums: Digital Director
Drag Racing Video - Santa Pod, treble2, User Videos, 3, 05-13-2007 11:52 AM. Greyhound Racing, Bando, Camcorder Reviews, Problems and Shooting, 3, 03-16-2006 11:33 AM. go kart racing, ianusher, User Videos, 11, 07-15-2005 12:07 AM ...
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Don Schmacher Racers Test in Florida
At the invitation of Alan Johnson Al-Anabi Racing, the Don Schumacher Racing teams tested at the newly revamped Palm Beach International Raceway in West Palm Beach, Fla., on Friday, Saturday and Sunday in preparation for the opening of the 2009 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series in Pomona, Calif., Feb. 5-9.

Alley's 'Stang
Ray Alley raced this Mustang in the 1971 So-Cal funny car wars.

Saturday, January 17, 2009

Drag racing at Umm al Quwain
The guys from the Middle East are hitting the US Drag Racing scene hard this year. Here's a look at what they've been up to the past few years. These photos show the very strong scene going on in the UAE.
Drag racing season to open at LVMS
Las Vegas Review - Journal - Las Vegas,NV,USA
Photo by The Associated Press Las Vegas Motor Speedway opens the drag-racing season this weekend with its annual Blast-Off Testing session. ...
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Las Vegas Review - Journal
JEFF WOLF: Racing loses traction in hard times
Las Vegas Review - Journal - Las Vegas,NV,USA
The brain trust at the NHRA -- drag racing's premier sanctioning body -- still seems to have its collective noggins buried in the sand near its Southern ...
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Defending NHRA champion Schumacher gets new crew chief for '09
Examiner.com - USA
Six-time NHRA champion Tony Schumacher, a Chicago-area resident, will have a new crew chief for the 2009 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series. ...
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Outside: Vermont recreation events
BurlingtonFreePress.com - Burlington,VT,USA
NEK Drag Racing to brings head to head racing Saturday on a brand new track located on Rte 114N in Lyndonville. The track is also accessible by snowmobile ...
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Drag racing « C's Garage
Drag racing. By C's Garage. So me, adam and a few mates went up to Meremere for a cone day on the run off of the drag strip. Was an eventful day. I'm in a rush so ill post a few quick photo's taken by chris. Ill update a bit later on in ...
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2001 Pontiac Trans Am WS6 1/4 mile Drag Racing timeslip specs 0-60 ...
Fast 2001 Pontiac Trans Am WS6 1/4 mile drag racing videos and timeslips.
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NMRA On National Television | Mustang Events Blog & Discussions at ...
The NMRA Keystone Automotive Ford Nationals is excited to announce that they have signed a 1-year agreement with Inside Drag Racing, TV's #1 rated drag racing program, which airs on Fox Sports Network in 2009. Inside Drag Racing will ...
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NitroJam.com
Within its continuing efforts in support of Canada's drag racing scene, and to help celebrate its 10th Anniversary year of operations, DragRaceCanada announces its annual "Canadian Drag Racer of the Year" awards program. ...
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MaineRacing Racing News Blog: RMR Snocross News: Epping, NH Event ...
By MaineRacing
of the top names in national and regional drag racing. Yet on Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 24-25, a different type of high-performance engine will draw attention to the historic facility. For the first time ever, the high-flying excitement ...
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Friday, January 16, 2009

Opposition to drag strip presents case
York Daily Record - York,PA,USA
If the drag-racing strip is approved, Martin said, her family will likely have to move. "For the sake of our son's life, we'll have to sell our home," she ...
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Barrett-Jackson Auctioning Three Hot Fords for Charity
Edmunds.com/Inside Line - Santa Monica,CA,USA
The hood of the Cobra Jet Mustang is autographed by Ford drag-racing stars John Force and Bob Glidden, among others. Winning bidders can specify color and ...
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Local auto racing: Roar of swamp buggies looms at end of month
Naples Daily News - Naples,FL,USA
This weekend' drag racing will feature the second annual Murray's Speed and Custom Tomato Nationals tonight and Saturday. For more track details and the ...
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Alan Johnson Al-Anabi Racing debuts with Florida test session
NHRA.com - Glendora,CA,USA
Alan Johnson Al-Anabi Racing, a new two-car NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing team, will debut this weekend at Palm Beach International Raceway in West Palm ...
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Mike Ashley Racing acquires Matco Tools Top Fuel team
NHRA.com - Glendora,CA,USA
The team will begin its preparation for the 2009 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series on Jan. 23 during the National Time Trials at Firebird International ...
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Dominican drag racing "Fever 2009" begins this weekend
Dominican Today - Santo Domingo,Dominican Republic
The Cometa group's Drag Racing Fever Season 2009 begins on Saturday with the participation of more than 150 drivers, who'll compete the first race this year ...
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Ford Donates Three High-Performance Vehicles To Benefit Juvenile ...
WebWire (press release) - Atlanta,GA,USA
How cool would it be to own a drag racer with a hood signed by the legendary John Force and other drag racing stars? Here's your chance. ...
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Autochannel (press release)
Schumacher confirms personnel changes at DSR for 2009
Autochannel (press release) - USA
In the 2009 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, Don Schumacher Racing will campaign six teams: two Top Fuel dragsters (Tony Schumacher in the US Army ...
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Points chase on for second summer meet
The Nelson Mail - Nelson,New Zealand
By PETE McNAE - Nelson | Friday, 16 January 2009 The pursuit of points has drawn a strong field to Motueka for the second meeting of the Nelson Drag Racing ...
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Drag Races on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Tiltshift of drag racing at Gateway International.
Uploads from matneym - http://www.flickr.com/photos/matneym/
Breaking In Autocross/Track Tires - 8th Generation Honda Civic Forum
Looking for some sticky autocross tires, tpofa-07LX, Wheel And Tire Upgrades, 9, 04-21-2008 11:25 PM. Autocross Tires for an LX? AutoXfire, Autocross & Sanctioned Drag Racing, 2, 12-24-2006 09:43 PM ...
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Fun Intro Outtake with Samuel Hubinette & The Mopar Viper - Video
Rated 4.50 | 2324 Views | 0 Comments | Affiliate Video: YouTube. A video compilation of the drag race event held at the 2008 Mopar Meet in Motegi, Japan on June 22, 2008. It was pure heads-up drag racing just fo. ...
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New Fast & Furious Trailer Released - worldcarfans
Drag racing is a test of reaction timing and car performance. Nascar is a MASSIVE test of endurance as those boys run for hours on end in a VERY hot cockpit. Hours on end on a track thats shaped like a bowl, fighting the cars tendancy ...
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What I'd like to see more of in Diesel Power.... – Dieselpowermag ...
Event Coverage (sled pulling/drag racing) Competition vehicle features (drag/sled/mud/etc.) High horsepower work truck features. Tech Parts shootouts. Rearend/axle/stories. Transmission stories. Project vehicle articles ...
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Thursday, January 15, 2009

NHRA.com
Oakley renews with Don Schumacher Racing as associate sponsor
NHRA.com - Glendora,CA,USA
Oakley Inc. has renewed with Don Schumacher Racing as an associate sponsor on all team racing vehicles for the 2009 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series. ...
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Still no decision on drag-racing strip
York Daily Record - York,PA,USA
Ron Wallace is requesting a special exception for a drag-racing strip and complex to be built on a former privately owned airstrip in the 2100 block of ...
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Alan Johnson Al-Anabi Racing news 2009-01-14
Motorsport.com - Tallahassee,Florida,USA
The team will field a Top Fuel dragster driven by Larry Dixon and a Funny Car driven by Del Worsham in the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series. ...
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Plex Systems Announces Contracts With 12 New Customers
MSNBC - USA
Weld Racing, LLC -- Kansas City, Missouri-based market leader in forged wheel technology dominating drag racing, oval track racing and off- road racing Plex ...
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Mindy's Minute
WhoWon.com - Lincoln,NE,USA
BROWNSBURG, Ind. -- We are only three weeks and a couple days from the first Full Throttle NHRA Drag Racing Series event at the Auto Club Raceway in Pomona, ...
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Merrill Ice Draggers ready to roar, despite tough times
Wausau Daily Herald - Wausau,WI,USA
It isn't cheap to participate in ice drag racing, even for competitors such as Gritzmacher, who races a Dodge Caravan. He said he pays about $250 for entry ...
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Bleacher Report
Jack Roush: The Man Below The Hat
Bleacher Report - San Francisco,CA,USA
His early fascination came in the from of drag racing, and always working to see how he could make the cars go faster. ...
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Drag racing suspension setup - evolutionm.net
Drag racing suspension setup Right now im on a tight budget since my trany and T-case needs an overhaul so I went with T-basic so I can lower the car.
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≫ Drag Racing Champion Nino Cavallo Moves Into New Stratus-phere
The state‐of‐the‐art car, built by the renowned Jerry Haas Race Cars in the USA, was previously campaigned on the NHRA Powerade Drag Racing Series tour by the championship‐winning Don Schumacher Racing team and driven by multi‐national ...
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Dover Motorsports Jobs - Employment Opportunities and Careers with ...
Super Chevy Show (April 17-19), NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series (April 24-25), PINKS All Out (May 8-9), NASCAR Camping World Truck Series 200 (June 26-27), NHRA O'Reilly Mid-South Nationals (Oct. 2-4), Million Dollar Drag Race (Oct. ...
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NHRA Fan Zone ≫ Force to serve as guest speaker at charity dinner ...
Radioactive Drag Racing News, TX - 57 minutes ago "Carroll sets the bar very high for everyone else in motorsports," said Force, who has 126 NHRA Funny Car final-round wins to his credit. ...
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Michelle Waterson On the Cover of DSport Magazine February 2009 ...
As in Drag Racing you jokers! This isn't that UFC ring girl… wait, let's not get into it. Along with some new pics of Michelle Waterson, there's also an interview including 99.9% of the stuff we already know… But here it is anyway: ...
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Wednesday, January 14, 2009


Jim Wick passes
Jim Wick, Pro Stock pioneer and long time Chrysler racer with his popular series of Matchmaker cars, has passed away. His family has put up a nice tribute to his years in the sport.
Porsche drivers collect AARWBA honors
Motorsport.com - Tallahassee,Florida,USA
AARWBA members annually elect drivers to the Team from seven categories: Stock car, open-wheel, drag racing, road racing, short track, touring series and ...
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Darlington Legends: Bowani Racing Takes NASCAR By Storm
FanZone Sports -- NASCAR - Centerville,IA,USA
His first love was drag racing, but his mom suggested that, as long as he was racing, it might as well be for money instead of trophies. ...
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NMRA On National Television
Muscle Mustangs and Fast Fords Magazine - USA
The NMRA Keystone Automotive Ford Nationals is excited to announce that they have signed a 1-year agreement with Inside Drag Racing, TV's #1 rated drag ...
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Tuesday, January 13, 2009


Lyle Greenberg Motorsports
Lyle has retired from blown alcohol racing, but please enjoy the photo galleries. He is now completely focused on supporting his daughters and their racing efforts.
NHRA.com
Schumacher wins Jerry Titus award for second time
NHRA.com - Glendora,CA,USA
Tony Schumacher, whose record-setting 2008 NHRA Drag Racing season was capped with a fifth consecutive Top Fuel world championship, won the Jerry Titus ...
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TricitiesSports.com
Thunder Valley Rumbles To Life With Exciting 2009 Schedule
TricitiesSports.com - Kingsport,TN,USA
... action July 4-5 and provides an excellent chance for teams to tune their cars for the July 6-11 NHRA Jr. Drag Racing League Eastern Conference Finals. ...
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Crew chief 'KP' ready to report for duty
Radioactive Drag Racing News - Houston,TX,USA
In Poynter's estimation, his first real job in drag racing was a perfect-case scenario as he scored a position under John Medlen at John Force Racing. ...
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Hollywood stuntman goes to Indy 500, more news and notes
SI.com - USA
According to the American Auto Racing Writers and Broadcasters Association (AARWBA), it was Tony Schumacher, whose record-setting NHRA drag racing season ...
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Few changes made to Jr. Dragster rules for 2009
NHRA.com - Glendora,CA,USA
See the 2009 NHRA Jr. Drag Racing League Rulebook, which was mailed to members in late December, for more details and the complete text of each specific ...
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2005 Ford Focus ST US spec 1/4 mile trap speeds 0-60 - DragTimes.com
Fast 2005 Ford Focus ST US spec 1/4 mile drag racing videos and timeslips. ... Drag Racing 1/4 Mile times 0-60 Dyno Fast Cars Muscle Cars · Home · Browse · Search · Compare · Add · Classifieds · Forums · Parts · Tracks · Videos · Dyno ...
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SpinDoctor500blog: STROPUS WINS CHAPMAN AWARD
By Michael Knight
Today, thanks to NHRA and John Force, we had the good fortune to spend quality time with John and his Ford Mustang team at his shops and then do some media drag racing at Pomona. It's been a full – and fantasic – day. ...
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Dark Parables - Reviews from a Christian Sister: Weekend Movie Viewing
By CaroleMcDonnell
A couple of weeks ago, hubby came to me and said there is this car thingey called "drifting" kinda like drag-racing but different. Okay, who knew? Hubby's graphic art studio was working on something or other that had to do with said ...
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NEAR Hall of Fame Ticket Deadline at YankeeRacer.com
Coming from drag racing, he turned to Midget racing with the Badger in the early 1970s. He did the same in Supermodifieds (winning an ISMA owner title with Denny Wheeler), in Modifieds (notably the #7 Ron-Bouchard-driven Vega) and in ...
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Monday, January 12, 2009


Cupit & Cunninham Dragster
This is a story, not unlike hundreds of others that played out across the country in the 1960's. Get a few guys who love drag racing together, they pool their resources, call in some favors and build a dragster. Most of us never thought about documenting one of these adventures but Glenn Cupit did. This page is basically the story of the Cupit-Cunningham-Cupit Chevy powered AA/FD that had more than its share success racing throughout the South in 1965.