3/18/18 Drag Racing News

Leah Pritchett packs NHRA schedule by racing in 3 events FOXSports.com
”I feel like drag racing, as far as I’m concerned in my life span, has never been so strong in growth,” she said. ”From professional drag racing to grass roots to streets, whatever you want to call it, it’s growing for a reason. The foundation is fast cars and competition and there’s a billion ways to go about it, …

Leah Pritchett packs NHRA schedule by racing in 3 eventsWashington Post
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This is Methanol-Injected Snowmobile Drag Racing TVOvermind
Apparently methanol is a substitute for ethanol so it could be used quite effectively for snowmobile drag-racing. Whether it helps to go faster or not is kind of a moot point since it does put out less emissions but is really more of a clean-burning fuel that can give the advantage of enhancing performance, …

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Spinning tires and revving engines Ames Tribune
If drag racing sounds like the type of Americana nostalgia that would appear in LIFE magazine, that’s because it did. … Drag racing had become popular with teenagers on rural roads after World War II, and promoters like Overland were starting to build legal strips to make it safer, according to the …

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Sights and Sounds of Gatornationals WCJB
Its been the talk of the town all week, Gatornationals continues through the weekend and Tv20 caught up with a drag racing legend, whose love for the … Garlits, who has won Gatornationals multiple times tells the story as "I was in drag racing here in florida when it started and I’ll never forget in 1950 we …

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Fans packed Albuquerque’s early racetracks in 1950s Albuquerque Journal
While track racing, or circle racing, was a popular pastime, in the 1950s drag racing also became a popular sport in Albuquerque, according to Larry Stepp, 75. He said Albuquerque did not have a designated track for drag racing so drivers took over city streets, most often Eubank. A page from the Cormit …

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NHRA team John Force Racing uses Saturday as test day in Gainesville Autoweek
The three Funny Car teams of John Force Racing used Saturday qualifying at the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals at Gainesville Raceway as a test session in hopes of solving a problem that has plagued team namesake John Force for the first three races of the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing

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Castellana secures first Pro Mod pole of the season at the Gatornationals NHRA.com
1 qualifier Saturday during the E3 Spark Plugs NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by J&A Service portion of the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals at Gainesville Dragway. This weekend’s Pro Mod racing, presented Jerry Bickel Race Cars, is the first of 12 events this season. Castellana …

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‘CatSpot’ fever Gainesville Sun
CatSpot is owned by Tommy Thompson of Thompson Motorsports, a longtime player in drag racing. “He and his wife have cats and he didn’t like the smell (of litter boxes). He wanted something that smelled better so he went to Oklahoma State University and they came up with this,” said Will Rodgers, …

NHRA launches year-long celebration leading up to 50th annual GatorNationalsSpeedway Digest (press release) (blog)
Force’s luck not too great in early goingArkansas Online
Biker Arana Jr. Crashes The 200 MPH BarrierRacinToday.com
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