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Drag Racing News
8/28/2008 For the second consecutive IHRA National Event, Brian and Nick Folk shared the Knoll Gas Motorsports IHRA Nitro Jam winner circle.  (Martin, )

8/28/2008 The popularity of PINKS All Out stretches coast-to-coast, and points beyond, as the highly-successful reality television show on SPEED comes to Infineon Raceway, Sept. 5-6.  (Sonoma, )

8/28/2008 Due to a schedule conflict with the NHRA bracket finals, event promoter George Howard has opted to cancel the Southern Outlaw Tour race planned for Oct. 10-12 at Bristol Dragway.  (Bristol, )

8/28/2008 Former PMRA Champion looking for third series win this weekend.  (Grand Bend, )

8/28/2008 The War On Wheels has been postponed due to weather.  (Mechanicsville, )

8/28/2008 The professional drivers who make up the top two classes on the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) POWERade tour, have established a new Drivers' Safety Committee, which will analyze key safety issues that confront the teams participating in the Top Fuel and Nitro Funny Car classes. 

8/27/2008 In a season that has had more ups and downs than an Empire State Building elevator operator on a busy day, Melanie Troxel sees a new day dawning about the same time qualifying begins Friday for NHRA’s oldest, most-revered race, the 54th Mac Tools U.S. Nationals, Aug. 29-Sept. 1, at O’Reilly Raceway Park.  (Indianapolis, )

8/27/2008 More than 400 grassroots drag racers, some from as far away as British Columbia, will converge on Infineon Raceway for PINKS All Out, the popular reality television series on SPEED television, Sept 5-6.  (Sonoma, )

8/27/2008 Jerry Toliver and the Rockstar Energy Drink Dodge Charger R/T Funny Car team are determined to reach the winner's circle before the 2008 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series comes to a conclusion. And their sights are set on this weekend's 54th annual U.S. Nationals in Indianapolis.  (Indianapolis, )

8/27/2008 Drag racing's premier event, the 54th annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals, kicks off this weekend at O'Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis.  (Indianapolis, )

8/27/2008 NHRA announced today that it has modified the top-end at O’Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis where the Mac Tools U.S. Nationals will be contested this weekend.  (Indianapolis, )

8/26/2008 Pro Mod driver Tommy D'Aprile or "Tommy D" came to Tulsa looking for two things, points and redemption.  (Tulsa, )

8/26/2008 MacAllister Machinery Co. has partnered with David Powers Motorsports and seven-time NHRA Top Fuel winner Hot Rod Fuller for the 54th annual U.S. Nationals, Aug. 27-Sept. 1, at O’Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis.  (Indianapolis, )

8/26/2008 After the smoked cleared and their nerves settled Todd Robertson and his Pro Power Motorsports team couldn't be happier with their ADRL experience and are looking to return soon. 

8/26/2008 Colorado business man, Mike Knowles has had one of the roughest seasons of racing he can remember, but as the old saying goes "a bad day at the race track is better than a good day at the office". 

8/26/2008 Although school is back in session, it does not mean the fun at Bristol Dragway’s Street Fights has to come to an end. On Saturday, Aug. 30, the Borla Back to School Bash will give racers one more chance to hit the track before hitting the books.  (Bristol, )

8/26/2008 As a lead-in to the inaugural NHRA Nationals at zMAX Dragway @ Concord, the Sept. 4-7 Food Lion AutoFair at Lowe's Motor Speedway will include a display of vintage drag racing machines.  (Charlotte, )

8/26/2008 Phoenix, Arizona based hot rodder Joe Schott along with brother’s Mike and Randy Way of All Ways Hot Rod shop rolled into the Goodguys 22nd West Coast Nationals in Pleasanton with their eye on one prize – the Goodguys 2008 America’s Most Beautiful Street Rod presented by Hushpower. 

8/25/2008 FRAM Top Fuel dragster driver Cory McClenathan is looking to score his third career victory at the biggest and most prestigious NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series event of the season, the 54th annual U.S. Nationals in Indianapolis.  (Indianapolis, )

8/25/2008 If the 54th annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals wasn’t already the busiest weekend in drag racing, bear in mind, try seeing it from Morgan Lucas’ perspective.  (Indianapolis, )

8/25/2008 The 54th annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals marks the 18th race on the 24-race schedule in the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series. 

8/25/2008 Busy, busy, busy….and it’s only Monday! But, it is the week of the NHRA Mac Tools U.S. Nationals here in Indianapolis, so there is a lot of preparing to do before the big showdown for the Ringers Gloves Pro Bike Battle held at O’Reilly Raceway Park on Saturday!. 

8/24/2008 Results for Sunday, August 24, 2008 from Bandimere Speedway.  (Morrison, )

8/24/2008 Heartland Park Topeka’s NHRA Summer Championships presented by Aeromotive, a round of the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, ran late into the night on Saturday – in fact, finishing after midnight – the but wait was worth it for those who found themselves in the winner’s circle afterward.  (Topeka, )

8/24/2008 Terry Haddock raced his Lend America-sponsored Chevy Monte Carlo to the No. 2 qualifying position at the IHRA Sooner Nationals based on the strength of his Saturday-afternoon pass of 5.098/283.73.  (Tulsa, )

8/24/2008 Qualifying is complete and the fields are set for eliminations at Beech Bend Raceway Park’s NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event.  (Bowling Green, )

8/23/2008 Results for Saturday, August 23, 2008 from Cordova Dragway.  (Cordova, )

8/23/2008 Results for Saturday, August 23, 2008 from West Michigan Sand Dragway U.S. Sand Nationals.  (Mears, )

8/23/2008 Results for Saturday, August 23, 2008 from Kil-Kare Dragway.  (Xenia, )

8/23/2008 Dan Mercier and Frank Manzo outran their fields to take home wins at this weekend’s NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Northeast Shootout at Cecil County Dragway.  (Rising Sun, )

8/23/2008 Lend America Funny Car driver Terry Haddock jumped to the top of the pack in Friday qualifying at the IHRA Sooner Nationals in Tulsa, Okla.  (Tulsa, )

8/23/2008 The West Coast Hot Rod Association (WCHRA) Team Performance Products Shoot Out at Sundown drew record numbers of cars and spectators August 15 & 16, 2008 at the Famoso Dragway in Bakersfield.  (McFarland, )

8/22/2008 Results for Friday, August 22, 2008 from Cordova Dragway.  (Cordova, )

8/22/2008 Quaker State Series results for Friday, August 22, 2008 from Bandimere Speedway.  (Morrison, )

8/22/2008 In the opening rounds of qualifying at the NHRA Heartland Championships presented by Aeromotive, a round of the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series at Heartland Park Topeka, Jim Whiteley of Grand Junction, Colo., leads the Top Alcohol Dragster class while Jay Payne, Claremont, Calif., heads up the Top Alcohol Funny Car category.  (Topeka, )

8/22/2008 Racing kicked off today at Beech Bend Raceway Park’s NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event.  (Bowling Green, )

8/22/2008 Don Schumacher announced today that XXX Racing Fuels has signed on as associate sponsor on the Schumacher Electric Suzuki Pro Stock Motorcycle ridden by Chip Ellis for the remainder of the 2008 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, beginning at the U.S. Nationals in Indianapolis on Labor Day weekend. 

8/22/2008 Despite two NHRA POWERade Funny Car championships on his resume including last year's title, Chevy Funny Car driver Tony Pedregon has an elusive jewel missing from his crown - a victory at NHRA's premier race on the schedule, the Mac Tools U.S. Nationals.  (Indianapolis, )

8/21/2008 The Gatorz Eyewear Ohio Drags will mark Todd Robertson's first foray into the world of ADRL Pro Extreme.  (Milan, )

8/21/2008 Bruce Boland hoping to retain his PMRA Pro Modified title for 2008.  (Grand Bend, )

8/21/2008 Kelly Bluebaugh and Team AutoTrader took the Prostreet victory from the 4th position at the West Coast Hot Rod Associations (WCHRA) Team Performance Products, Shootout at Sundown at the Famoso Dragway in Bakersfield, California August 15th-16th, 2008.  (McFarland, )

8/21/2008 Defending NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series Pro Stock champion Jeg Coughlin and his Cagnazzi Racing teammate, Dave Connolly, used their race cars Wednesday morning to officially open zMAX Dragway at Concord.  (Charlotte, )

8/21/2008 Last year, the inaugural visit of the Flowmaster American Drag Racing League (ADRL) presented by the National Guard to Summit Motorsports Park had “the makings of a magical event,” according to track president Bill Bader Jr., but seven inches of rain the week before and three rain delays on raceday put a slight damper on things.  (Norwalk, )

8/21/2008 The Pro Stock Motorcycle riders in the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series fought it out until the end in Reading, Pa., to break into one of the eight positions up for grabs for the 18th annual Ringers Gloves Pro Bike Battle held at the Mac Tools U.S. Nationals at O’Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis on Saturday, August 30.  (Indianapolis, )

8/20/2008 Tim Tindle drove his Tindle Enterprises' GT 500E Promod Mustang to his second semifinal finish of the 2008 season Sunday at Montgomery Motorsports Park.  (Montgomery, )

8/20/2008 Located near Tornado Alley, the city of Tulsa frequently experiences severe weather and this weekend the Tulsa weather could be the determining factor for IHRA racers.  (Tulsa, )

8/20/2008 Drag racing's newest multi-car team, R2B2 Racing, makes its official debut at the sport's most prestigious race, the U.S. Nationals, with five vehicles in three classes: two Funny Cars, two Pro Mods, and, new for this race, a Pro Stock Motorcycle, ridden by fan favorite Peggy Llewellyn. 

8/20/2008 Tommy Johnson, Jr., driver of the Monster Energy Funny Car believes that the history of NHRA all boils down to the Mac Tools U.S. Nationals Aug. 29-Sept. 1.  (Indianapolis, )

8/20/2008 The JEGS ProMod Challenge will end the 2008 season in spectacular fashion at Treasure Island Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.  (Las Vegas, )

8/20/2008 The 2nd annual ADRL Gatorz Ohio Drags, the sixth of eight national events this year for the Flowmaster American Drag Racing League (ADRL) presented by the National Guard.  (Norwalk, )

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