2/24/18 Drag Racing News

Lights Out 9 at South Georgia Motorsports Park Drag Racing Online Magazine
In order to stay relevant as a sport and an entertainment medium, drag racing must evolve in a way to attract the younger generation of fans to its shows. It must find a way to attract a greater percentage of today’s bill-paying, cash-spending, Millennials and involve them into the sport. Let’s face it, the …

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Top 5 Myths Behind Carbon Fiber Drag Racing Brakes Chevy Hardcore (blog)
While horsepower might be king, it’s the brakes that save your life. It’s relatively easy to make 2,000-plus horsepower — or more — but bringing it all to a stop in time before the kitty litter is part of the equation that can sometimes go unchecked. We’ve all seen a car go off the top end of the track when a …

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NHRA: Brittany Force cleared to race this weekend in Phoenix after bad wreck 2 weeks ago NBC Sports – Motorsports (blog)
Drag racing is a Force family tradition. So, too, is not keeping a Force family member down. Just 12 days after the most serious wreck of her six-year drag racing career, Brittany Force and John Force Racing announced late Thursday afternoon that the defending 2017 NHRA Top Fuel champion has …

NHRA Top Fuel champ Brittany Force set for return to racingAutoweek
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NHRA Arizona Nationals Friday Qualifying Results Autoweek
The 2018 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season continued Friday as Tony Schumacher powered to the Top Fuel qualifying lead at the 34th annual NHRA Arizona Nationals at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park. Jack Beckman (Funny Car) and Alex Laughlin (Pro Stock) are also provisional …

Schumacher breaks Top Fuel speed recordESPN
Schumacher sets national speed record; Beckman, Laughlin grab Friday polesNHRA.com
Schumacher breaks NHRA Top Fuel speed record, Force returnsWashington Post
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UPDATED: Final Daytona 500 TV ratings Racer
UPDATE 2/23: The final rating for the Daytona 500 was 5.33, averaging 9.3m viewers. That’s down from a 6.6/12m viewers last year. The Xfinity Series race at Daytona Saturday on FOX Sports 1 scored 1.15 rating, averaging 1.8m viewers. Last year’s race scored a 1.4 and 2.3m viewers. The NHRA …

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For reigning March Meet champ Fry, racing is a part of her being The Bakersfield Californian
With no junior drag racing program at that time, Ron Fry put his daughter in a Quarter Midget when she was five. Drag racing would have to wait until she was 16. Well, almost 16. “I made my first lap in a dragster, a B/Econo dragster, at 15,” she said. “I was supposed to be 16. I got my NHRA (competition) …

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10 fun things to do in Wichita this weekend (Feb. 23-25) Wichita Eagle (blog)
You’ve made it through a rather yucky weather week, and things are starting to look up in the forecast. In just a few short weeks, we’ll be back in Daylight Savings Time. Hard to believe, but true. There are a lot of fun things going on in Wichita this weekend, as it seems the social scene is finally starting to …

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Teslonda Conversion Makes 1981 Honda Scoot Like A Tesla In Ludicrous Mode Forbes
The tires are the limiting factor even though I’m using Mickey Thompson drag racing slicks (the barely street-legal version). If I can get the tires nice and warm and find a nice piece of asphalt or even better, a proper drag strip, I’m thinking I should be close to or better than a Model S P100D. The car only …

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NHRA Arizona Nationals Friday Notebook: Qualifying preview NHRA.com
Jeg Coughlin Jr. is the only driver in NHRA Drag Racing history to win national event Wallys in seven different categories. This weekend, at the NHRA Arizona Nationals, Coughlin will look to increase that number to eight as he looks for victory in both Pro Stock (a category he has 58 wins in — that’s the …

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Bike of the Week: Alta Motor’s “The Crapshoot” Drag Racer RideApart
John sketched some designs inspired by some of Boris Murray’s 1960s and ’70s-era drag racers from when—for a time—Murray held both the National Hotrod Association and American Motorcycle Drag Racing Association records for elapsed time and top-speed, as well as the records in five other …

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