NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series Funny Car world champ Tony Pedregon and fellow NHRA racers Whit Bazemore and Marty Nothstein will join an eclectic roster of stars of film, television, and sports when they strap into brand-new, race-ready Scion tCs to vie for the checkered flag in the world’s longest-running, most successful celebrity racing event: [...]

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Paul Noakes may have to pinch himself right up until his first pass down the quarter-mile in San Antonio, Tex., on April 4.
“You always have a dream and just when you think you’ve got to let that dream go, someone stands up in front of you and says. ‘Here, grab ahold,’ ” the 39-year-old [...]

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Springfield drag racer Tim Wilkerson is off to a pretty good start after the first three races of the National Hot Road Association season.
Wilkerson has climbed into seventh place in the NHRA Funny Car point standings — five points in front of John Force — following his third-place finish in Sunday’s ACDelco Gatornationals…
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True Champion - True Hero - True Friend.
The black and green logo in honor of the fallen No. 4, Eric Medlen, was everywhere during the NHRA’s POWERade 39th annual Gatornationals last weekend at Gainesville Speedway in Florida.
Pins, hats and press-on patches bearing the logo were somber remembrances of the up-and-coming Funny Car driver who died [...]

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The greatest spectacle in motorsports is undoubtedly the sight and sound of Top Fuel Dragsters, Nitro and Alcohol Funny Cars, and Pro Stock and Pro Modified “doorslammers” roaring side-by-side down the drag strip.
At the top tier of professional competition can be found the Nitro-fueled frenzy that is Top Fuel and Nitro Funny Car racing…
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For the first time ever fans and racers will now be able to get IHRA’s Knoll-Gas Nitro Jam professional results via text message right to their cell phone. The message will feature the national event’s champions for the five professional classes and will include speed and elapsed time. Results will be…
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. — In his first competitive outing since 1991, former world champion Frank Hawley drove the Gotham City Racing ProCare Rx Dodge Charger R/T to a first round exit in the ACDelco NHRA Gatornationals at Gainesville Raceway. Despite losing to “Fast” Jack Beckman in an exciting side-by-side race, Hawley said: “We’re the most excited [...]

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GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Defending NHRA POWERade Series Funny Car world champion Tony Pedregon raced to his first victory of the season and 37th of his career Sunday at the ACDelco NHRA Gatornationals.
Tony Schumacher, Jeg Coughlin and Matt Guidera also were winners at the NHRA POWERade Series race, the third of 24 in 2008…
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Pedregon completed a great comeback from his terrifying explosion at the season opener in Pomona by reaching his 63rd career final round with his Q Horsepower Impala then defeating Densham in a close battle, 4.921 to 4.924. Pedregon, who paced the field with a 4.78 – the only 4.7-second pass of the event – blew [...]

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GAINESVILLE, Fla. - More than a month after suffering one of the most spectacular Funny Car explosions in NHRA history, Tony Pedregon raced to the No. 1 qualifying position Saturday at the ACDelco NHRA Gatornationals. Alan Bradshaw, Warren Johnson and Matt Guidera also were No. 1 qualifiers and will lead their respective categories into Sunday’s [...]

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