Science of Racing ‘Steers’ Walter Reed Army Medical Center Appreciation Day at Budd’s Creek
During the weekend of June 14-15 2008, The Science of Racing – in conjunction with BAE Systems – will be hosting a Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC) Appreciation Day at the IHRA’s Torco Racing Fuels President’s Cup Nationals. Science of Racing will honor wounded warriors, their caregivers, and WRAMC medical staff at the event.
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“Bringing kids – our future – together with the courageous spirit of our wounded soldiers makes for a special weekend” says Paul Lee, IHRA Funny Car driver and COO of The Science of Racing....
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Tags: IHRA, MilitaryPepsi Offers Big Savings for President’s Cup Nationals June 13-15
Pepsi has teamed up with IHRA and Maryland International Raceway to offer race fans the chance to save big at the President’s Cup Nationals June 13-15 at MIR. Fans who bring a Pepsi can to the gate will receive a $15.00 discount on a Friday or Sunday general admission ticket....
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Daniel Wilkerson takes the world by storm in his Funny Car debut
Milan, Mich., May 26, 2008: All across America young men are borrowing their father’s car for the weekend, some to impress a special young lady, others to haul their possessions home from school. 20 year-old college student, Daniel Wilkerson borrowed his dad’s car this weekend. Only he didn’t get a big SUV or a luxury car, instead he got a 7,000 horsepower nitro burning Funny Car. By the way, his father happens to be the current NHRA POWERade points leader, Tim Wilkerson. And Daniel took the Lev, Ray & Shoup Chevrolet Impala SS to the IHRA Motor City Nationals in Milan, Mich. to make his nitro Funny Car debut...
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Dan Wilkerson #1 Nitro Funny Car Qualifier at IHRA Motor City Nationals
MILAN, Mich. (March 24, 2008) – Dan Wilkerson (Springfield, Ill.) has made quite a splash in his Nitro Funny Car debut. The son of current NHRA Nitro Funny Car points leader Tim Wilkerson set a provisional IHRA world record during Friday’s qualifying session with a 4.831 pass at 316.01 mph. Despite failing to back up the record, Wilkerson held on to the #1 qualifying spot heading into Sunday’s elimination rounds...
Tags: Dan Wilkerson, IHRA, Tim WilkersonGet Big Discounts for President’s Cup Nationals June 13-15 – Maryland
With one month to go before the President’s Cup Nationals at Maryland International Raceway you still have plenty of time to score big savings on tickets. Fans will experience the thrill of...
You can save $15 on Friday or Sunday general admission tickets if you buy before June 11. Log on to Read the full article
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Current NHRA Nitro Funny Car points leader Tim Wilkerson will tune for his son, Daniel, at the IHRA Motor City Nationals
Daniel Wilkerson knows the path he wants to take. The 20-year-old college student from Springfield, Ill. will embark on that path May 23-25 when he makes his Nitro Funny Car debut at the IHRA Motor City Nationals at Milan Dragway.
“If you would have asked me, even when I was four years old, what I wanted to do when I got older I would have told you I wanted to be like my dad...
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Racing deal keeps Gastonia Funny Car driver on NHRA track
It takes more than courage to drive a nitromethane-burning Funny Car dragster down a quarter-mile track at a speed of more than 320 mph.
Few people know that better than Bob Gilbertson of Gastonia, who came close to parking his 7,000-horsepower hot rod this year over money...
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Jay Pennington, the managing director of Extraordinario Brands, said his 109 proof tequila seems like a good fit with the super-powered world of drag racing.
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Bookends of drag racing on display at US 131
MARTIN -- For 51-year-old alcohol funny car driver Bobby Martin, drag racing as a kid was Hot Rod magazine and Saturday nights in the stands at the track.
For the man pitted four trailers over at the National City ThunderNationals Saturday at Knoll Gas Motorsports Park at US 131, drag racing as a kid was -- well, is -- drag racing.
``I guess my dad just got me started young,'' shrugged Jason Hamstra, who, at age 20, is hitting the top ranks of drag racing's premiere Pro Mod class. ``I started in this class three years ago but I've been racing with my dad since I was 8.''
Hamstra and Martin symbolized the bookends of ...
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