Archives for March 2014

3/16/14 Drag Racing News

2014 NHRA: Rowe Leads NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series Qualifying On Friday PaddockTalk Defending NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series world champ Rickie Smith qualified fourth with a 5.889 at 245.09 in his '12 Camaro. Steven Whiteley is ... Flag as irrelevant 2014 NHRA: Antron … [Read more...]

2014 NHRA Gainesville Saturday Qualifying

PEDREGON, LANGDON, CONNOLLY AND RAY RACE TO NO. 1 QUALIFYING POSITIONS AT AMALIE MOTOR OIL NHRA GATORNATIONALS GAINESVILLE, Fla. – For the third season in a row and the fifth time overall Cruz Pedregon earned the No. 1 qualifying position in Funny Car at the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA … [Read more...]

2014 NHRA Gainesville Saturday Pro Mod Qualifying

ROWE SECURES NO. 1 QUALIFYING POSITION FOR NHRA PRO MOD DRAG RACING SERIES ACTION IN GAINESVILLE GAINESVILLE, Fla. – After leading qualifying following the first day of action, Danny Rowe improved his performance and showed that he will be a major threat to win the NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing … [Read more...]

NHRA ENTERS YEARLONG “FRESH FROM FLORIDA” MARKETING CAMPAIGN TO PROMOTE FLORIDA PRODUCTS

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (March 15, 2014) -- NHRA announced today that it has partnered with the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to participate in its “Fresh From Florida” marketing and advertising campaign. The “Fresh From Florida” campaign is focused on … [Read more...]

ANDRA: Geddes gets the record as Round 4 washed out

Image credit Bob Taylor The weather, not racing, would decide the points in Round 4 of the Aeroflow Sportsman Drag Racing Championship at Adelaide International Raceway. An initial rain delay in the early morning gave way to blustery conditions allowing final qualifiers to be locked down with … [Read more...]

3/15/14 Drag Racing News

NHRA.com Six inducted into Drag Racing Hall of Fame Gainesville Sun More than 400 celebrities, racers and guests -- including drag racing icon "Big Daddy" Don Garlits, who hosted the event -- gathered Thursday night to ... Flag as irrelevant PH drag racing slated … [Read more...]

2014 NHRA Gainesville Friday Qualifying

LANGDON, TASCA III, CONNOLLY AND SMITH RACE TO QUALIFYING LEADS AT AMALIE MOTOR OIL NHRA GATORNATIONALS GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Defending NHRA Mello Yello Series world champ Shawn Langdon raced to the Top Fuel qualifying lead Friday at the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals. Bob Tasca III … [Read more...]

2014 NHRA Gainesville Pro Mod Friday Qualifying

ROWE LEADS NHRA PRO MOD DRAG RACING SERIES QUALIFYING ON FRIDAY GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Danny Rowe raced to the qualifying lead Friday in the NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series portion of the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals at Auto-Plus Raceway at Gainesville. Rowe powered his Agave … [Read more...]

Racin & Rockin Radio: Robert Hight on March 17!

UPDATE: Robert won the Gatornationals! Congrats! But a sponsor commitment afterwards prevented him from appearing on Monday night. So Brittany Force will be our guest instead! We will have Robert on soon, but join us for Brittany Monday night at 8pm eastern time! … [Read more...]

ANDRA: Camilleri goes under the record, Walford goes into the fives

Image credit: Bob TaylorDaniel Camilleri only needed one run to go two tenths under the national record for DD/GA in qualifying to sit atop the Super Comp standings after two sessions in Round 4 of the Aeroflow Sportsman Drag Racing Championship.It was a beautiful night at Adelaide International … [Read more...]