| Fairbanks’ Hot Wheelz Drag Races to fuel motor sports park Fairbanks Daily News-Miner FAIRBANKS — For now, the only drag racing in Fairbanks is with tiny toy cars on a plastic track. But with their annual Hot Wheelz Drag Races at Pioneer Park, the Fairbanks Racing Lions hope to inspire interest in racing among children, while raising money to build a motor sports park on the 220 acres …
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| 5 Questions with … Roger Chaney, Decatur Park District construction and trades superintendent Herald & Review I have been a drag racing fan my entire life. It is one of the few things that still thrills me. To see and hear a professional fuel car with 10,000 horsepower go 1,320 feet in less than 4 seconds, 330 miles per hour, is unbelievable. It’s hard to imagine unless you have witnessed it in person. It’s a modern …
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| Engines might start in March at drag strip Hawaii Tribune Herald … drag strip users participated in a large-scale cleanup of the facility grounds, hoping it would help expedite work. Messina said Friday those volunteer efforts — the strip is used by the Big Island Auto Club and Hawaii Drag Racing League — were appreciated, and “we couldn’t have done it without them.
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