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Doug Kalitta and Ron Capps opened the 2009 Full Throttle Drag Racing Series season with wins in Funny Car and Top Fuel at the Kragen O’Reilly NHRA Winternationals at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona. Both had not [...]
Rains have washed out the first 2 days of track activities.
Who say it never rains in southern California?
A total bummer.
The 49th annual Kragen O’Reilly NHRA Winternationals is the official kickoff of the 2009 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series for NHRA’s Professional competitors, and it marks the annual starting point for the 2009 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, which features 69 national and divisional events and will attract nearly 5,000 competitors to member [...]
Ok, ok, yeah, I know!! Name’s on the door, and yet I’ve been a no-show around here lately, and I’m terribly sorry about that … lotsa’ good reasons, but not ONE excuse worthy of you OR Grump for his tireless work around this rather emptier ‘office’ lately. All I can say with true sincerity here [...]
Also filed in ARCA, BADASS, Classics, Dirt, FAST, Fans, GRIN, General, I Feel the Need, NCTS, Nascar, Off-Road, Outlaws, Short Tracks, Video, angler's attitude, the Need for Speed!!
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It was an unlikely friendship between this odd pack rat fellow who worked in a cluttered office. Piles of car magazines, an overflowing ashtray and a slightly greying man in a rumpled shirt with tie askew. That is how I found my new friend in a temporary office trailer out back of the Chevrolet dealership that [...]
While presidential candidate John McCain shook hands with potential voters in the garage at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Sunday, it was Speedway Motorsports Chairman Bruton Smith [far right, striped shirt, of course, grin] who was the ultimate politician this weekend. If NASCAR wants points on how to accomplish “Back to Basics” racing, they could [...]
Also filed in ARCA, Cart, Cup Light, Fans, GRIN, General, I Feel the Need, IRL, NCTS, Nascar, Short Tracks, angler's attitude
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The ‘clown prince’ of NA$CAR, Michael Waltrip was on hand to welcome the NHRA stars to the new zMax Dragway in Concord, N.C.
Waltrip brought his NAPA #55 Toyota to challenge Ron Capps to a match race. Capps drives a funny car also sponsored by NAPA. Can anybody else see a commercial here?
From nhra.com: Arriving with [...]
This weekend, the NHRA will stage its first event in the new $60 million facility built at Lowe’s Motorspeedway in Concord, N.C.
Called the CAROLINA NATIONALS, the inagural event kicks off with qualifying rounds beginning Friday.
The new track has 4 lanes for competition, a first of its kind. For this event, only two lanes will be [...]
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