4/09/18 Drag Racing News

Dawna Kraus sits atop diesel drag racing world Great Falls Tribune
Dawna (Hall) Kraus would love to start defending her national crown in diesel drag racing right now, except for one minor detail: her dragster is in about 1,001 pieces as we speak. And that’s give or take a couple dozen. It’s a rear engine dragster that ran a 2,000-horsepower ’05 Cummins diesel with a B …

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Todd, Nobile get first wins of year; Torrence triumphs at first four-wide in Vegas NHRA.com
J.R. Todd (Funny Car) and Vincent Nobile (Pro Stock) were also winners in their respective categories at the fourth event on the 2018 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series schedule. Todd ran a 4.041 at 317.05 for the first DENSO Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals win of his career, and 11th of …

Torrence, Todd, Nobile win at NHRA Four-Wide Nationals in VegasRacer
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Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals has Saturday sellout NHRA.com
“With our first spring sellout in nearly a decade on Saturday, our biggest Friday crowd for a spring race since our inaugural event in 2000 and a capacity crowd expected today, it’s clear that drag racing fans wanted to be a part of history as we brought four-wide drag racing to the West Coast. This success …

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Complete Results NHRA Four-Wide Nationals in Las Vegas Autoweek
Neither NHRA Top Fuel racer Steve Torrence nor Funny Car counterpart JR Todd are particularly fond of four-wide drag-racing. They’re traditionalists for the … Torrence became the first in the Mello Yello Drag Racing Series to win with the novelty layout at two different racetracks. They joined Pro Stock’s …

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Downtown ‘Lights it up Blue’ for autism Daily Journal Online
Proceeds from the car, motorcycle and truck show, plus the drag racing event, will support Visions of Hope, a vocational and social skills training program for … for each car show division, plus guaranteed $500 payouts for ET Class and Comp and $1,000 payout for Super Comp in the drag racing events.

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NHRA: Torrence (TF), Todd (FC), Nobile (PS) are Four-Wide Las Vegas winners NBC Sports – Motorsports (blog)
Top Fuel driver Steve Torrence won for the second time in the first four races of the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series on Sunday at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Torrence (Top Fuel), J.R. Todd (Funny Car) and Vincent Nobile (Pro Stock) all won in the final round of the sold-out DENSO …

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NHRA reports Saturday and Sunday sellouts at Vegas Racer
"With our first spring sellout in nearly a decade on Saturday, our biggest Friday crowd for a spring race since our inaugural event in 2000 and a capacity crowd expected today, it’s clear that drag racing fans wanted to be a part of history as we brought four-wide drag racing to the West Coast. This success …

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An island sports tradition: Smokin’ Wheels KUAM.com
Get your tickets now for Smokin Wheels at all Foody’s locations. One day tickets are $10.00. Weekend passes are $20.00. Events are scheduled for Friday, Saturday and Sunday. As always Drag racing will kick off Smokin Wheels on Friday night at the Drag Strip in Yigo. Drifting goes down on Saturday …

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Torrence and Todd emerge victorious in Las Vegas The Hendricks County Flyer
… in the winner’s circle again soon,” Nobile said. “The car has been running well but we have had some bad luck so far this season, but we are hoping this is our turning point.” The 2018 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season continues at Royal Purple Raceway in Houston, Texas April 20-22.

Torrence Gets Vegas Four-Wide WinRacinToday.com
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2000 HP Nissan Patrol Drag Races Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren in Dubai autoevolution
Remember the Nissan Patrol that left a Porsche 918 Spyder trailing in its wake for the Grand Tour’s first season finale? Many wondered what happened to the Dubai machine after the said battle and the answer is simple – the high-riding monster lives on and it keeps one-upping supercars and hypercars.

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