| A CANADIAN IN PANAMA: Crowds line up for line dancing The News Herald He was a U.S. national drag racing champion at Indianapolis running a 427 Chevette in 1990. Four years ago, he won the Midwest national drag racing championships in St. Louis when he was 72. Paula helped him build the engines on many of his cars. “We do everything together. People say I married …
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| RAGBRAI to start in Onawa and go onward to Denison Sioux City Journal The town’s new drag racing strip is opening soon and so is a new Cubby’s truck stop off of Interstate 29. There also is a celebratory atmosphere in Denison, the Crawford County seat community of 8,300 about 45 miles east of Onawa. First-term mayor Jared Beymer, who took office Jan. 2, made it a …
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| 2018 Chevrolet Camaro SS 1LE vs. 2018 Ford Mustang GT Performance Pack Motor Trend Roughly speaking, cowboy science means noise, burnouts, and nonoptimized drag racing. As far as which car’s V-8 barks better, the win goes to the Mustang. Both ponies have two-mode exhausts and eight pistons churning away on a crankshaft, but the higher-revving Ford makes much sweeter music.
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| Column: What do Chip Ganassi and Richard Petty now have in common? You might be surprised Yahoo Sports Or in Roush’s case, throw in drag racing and Trans Am success early in his career, as well. And that takes not only good strategy, and gut feelings on how to build winning teams, it also requires good support people – because Penske, Roush, Ganassi would be the first to tell you they haven’t reached …
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| Undy 500 scrapped to make way for Wunta Fiesta Milk Run Warrnambool Standard There will also be a market and a Warrnambool Drag Racing Association show and shine from 11am. Patrons can also go in the draw to win a Ford Fiesta, an Aquazone 12 month family swim pass or an iPad. Tickets can be purchased at Wunta events and the raffle will be drawn on Sunday at Lake …
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| 2018 Ford Ranger Raptor teased CarAdvice Ford has teased the hotly-anticipated Ranger Raptor again, ahead of its full debut on February 7. As with previous teasers, there’s no new information about what will power the high-riding Ranger. Instead, we’ve been treated to footage of the Ford tackling dusty trails, river crossings, rocky climbs and, …
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| Top Gear USA back next week… with an all-new cast Practical Motoring “Hollywood actor William Fichtner (The Dark Knight, Entourage), Top Fuel drag racing triple champion Antron Brown, and British motoring journalist Tom ‘Wookie’ Ford join forces to launch Top Gear America. Embarking on fun and action-packed adventures across the US, they review exclusive, …
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| Early Drag Racing in UK ed.ac.uk This post brings together some early scrapbook material about my involvement and that of my brother Jon with the early development of drag racing in the UK. I was prompted to bring this material together and scan some early press articles on our activities after an enquiry from Jeremy Cookson who …
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