| Historic Englishtown Raceway Park Shuts Down Drag Racing Hot Rod Network The drag racing world was dealt a devastating blow with the announcement that Old Bridge Township Raceway Park in New Jersey will no longer host drag racing on its iconic quarter- or eighth-mile drag strips. The news sent a shockwave through the racing community, leaving a gaping hole in a …
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Thief targets 13-year-old’s racecars in Stanislaus County KCRA Sacramento
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| Kurt Busch expresses interest in television broadcasting Nascar But in the long term, the No. 41 driver also has an eye on other projects, from sports cars to broadcasting. “I feel like I have a lot more to do in racing, whether it’s the NASCAR level or anything else, sports cars,” Busch said at Charlotte Motor Speedway Media Tour on Tuesday. “Done some drag racing, …
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| Celebrate 50 Years Of Cobra Jet Drag Racers This August Ford Muscle (blog) The NMCA plans to host a group of the most exciting machines to ever hurtle down the 1,320. At Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio, on the weekend of August 23-26, 2018, the sanctioning body will host the 50th Anniversary Ford Performance Cobra Jet Reunion. This “golden” anniversary is a …
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| Packets pulled for City Council election Kdminer Pettit was a telephone lineman for Pacific Dell and AT&T for 30 years, while at the same time drag racing via his enterprise, Harley Pettit Racing. He served in the U.S. Army from 1966-69 and is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks as well as the Loyal Order of Moose and has held …
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| smart fortwo Powered by 1.9 TDI VW Engine Is a Black Smoke Drag Racer autoevolution When one thinks of a smart fortwo being present at the drag strip, the idea of a maintenance vehicle is the first that comes to mind. And that’s because the tiny vehicle was never a truly quick machine, even talking about its Brabus-massaged incarnations. Nevertheless, we’re here to bring you one of the …
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| This is the Aussie engineer who turned down a secret project with Holden CarsGuide Dave’s early 20s were spent ‘hot rodding’ his Riley special, and he took an interest in drag racing shortly thereafter. "We used to do a lot of street racing but at pretty slow speeds, mainly because our cars didn’t go very fast," recalls Dave. Working in a Holden dealership in various roles in the late 1950s, …
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| Power Up: Getting The Right Pulley For Your High Output Alternator Dragzine.com For street cars Powermaster recommends a 3:1 ratio and for drag racing applications an overdrive ratio of 1.75:1 should be used to assist with charging between runs. To learn more about how to pick the best alternator and pulley for your car make sure to check out the Powermaster website right here.
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