3/23/18 Drag Racing News

VOLUME XX, NUMBER 3 – MARCH, 2018 Drag Racing Online Magazine
Cory McClenathan got the win at the inaugural Nitro Outlaw Drag Racing Association race at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park near Phoenix on March 17. In a Top Fuel vs. Funny Car final, Cory Mac’s dragster left first and ran 4.08 at 301 mph to Jack Wyatt’s 6.72 at 114 mph. “This was a great win for the …

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Despite Decline In Racing World, Gainesville Raceway’s Audiences Grow WUFT
While the racing world has seen declines in popularity, Gainesville Raceway has still seen an increase in ticket sales and participation. One of the fastest tracks on the National Hot Rod Association circuit, the raceway opened in 1969 and has been a large part of the drag racing community ever since.

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Tickets on sale now for NHRA Northwest Nationals in Seattle NHRA.com
The NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series returns to scenic Pacific Raceways Aug. 3-5 and tickets are now on sale for the event. For 31 years this event has thrilled the fans in the Seattle area with intense racing action. The event will feature three categories in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series …

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More power to you, Kelly The Australian
That’s what it all boils down to in Top Fuel, drag racing’s premier league. When you’re on the start line with 1000ft (304.8m) of dead-straight asphalt ahead — which you’ll cover in under four seconds, if all goes well — can you handle the weight of expectation from your team, who’ve toiled for weeks and …

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John Force Racing to be featured on HBO’s Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel NHRA.com
Esteemed journalist Jon Frankel conducted the interviews of the first family of drag racing both in their hometown of Yorba Linda, Calif., and at one the biggest events on the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing series schedule, the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals held at Gainesville Raceway. Frankel …

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Freiburger: Rediscover the NHRA or Miss Out! Hot Rod Network
For 25 years I’ve had a strange near-far relationship with the National Hot Rod Association. Near, because the NHRA was founded in 1951 as a spinoff of this magazine created by then-editor Wally Parks, who later hammered me to include more NHRA in HOT ROD. I’ve met many drag racing stars of the …

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Land Lines: Motorsports Hall of Fame Class of 2018 Hometown News (press release) (blog)
John Buttera was inducted in the drag racing category. Pat Patrick a three-time Indy winner as team owner represented Indianapolis racing as did Carl Fisher who was responsible for building that great track. The newest member of the hall in aviation was the late Howard Hughes. We all know the tabloid …

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Race Warz continuing Vauxhall Advance (blog)
“Along with the large three day weekend in Lethbridge, the club also hosts Drag Racing Days in Medicine Hat and Fort McLeod. The past three years we have hosted drag racing events at different airstrips in southern Alberta. The premise of the event is a grass roots, heads-up style of drag racing.

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Fitzgerald USA puts the hammer down to become title sponsor of NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals WJHL
The 18th annual Fitzgerald USA NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals, round 11 of the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, is set for Father’s Day weekend, June 15-17, 2018. The race will be televised on Fox Sports 1. "Fitzgerald USA is a great American company, a leader in the trucking industry and …

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Jeep Trackhawk Mom Hits Drag Strip, Sets 11.4s 1/4-Mile Record with Child Seat autoevolution
This drag racing season has seen plenty of fresh material hitting the strip and one of the spiciest presences is that of the Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk. The Hellcat-ized Jeep just can’t stop turning heads with its sprinting abilities and the freshest example of this now sits in front of you. 6 photos.

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