NHRA POWERade Drag Racing stars Gary Scelzi, Rod Fuller, Matt Guidera and Cory McClenathan will battle for supremacy on Infineon Raceway’s lightning-quick kart track on Saturday, March 8, and 50 lucky race fans are invited to join them.
Infineon Raceway will host the 6th annual NHRA Tour de Charity on its 16-turn, three-quarter mile kart track [...]

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With the first race of the 2008 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series in the books, NHRA.com has relaunched its Countdown to the Championship Web site. Throughout the season, the site will feature updated points and standings, post-event wrap-ups, a dedicated newsletter, and Countdown-related news and feature stories…
Click here to visit the NHRA 2008 Countdon to [...]

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Herb McCandless and Sonny Shipmon reached speeds and heights so rarified in drag racing that their distinguished accomplishments are set to become stamped into immortalization today.
The Burlington legends are among the five members who comprise the second class of inductees for the North Carolina Drag Racing Hall of Fame.
“For people to recognize the stuff that [...]

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Fourteen-time Funny Car champion John Force didn’t lose his flair for the dramatic or his passion for NHRA POWERade drag racing in last September’s dramatic accident that sidelined him for four months. He thrilled the faithful at the season-opening CARQUEST Auto Parts NHRA Winternationals by waiting until the last qualifying session to make the field [...]

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Perennial drag racing king John Force, open-wheel racing champion Michael Andretti, and NASCAR legend Buddy Baker will lead a class of seven racing greats into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America when the organization stages its annual induction ceremony Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008, at the Fillmore Detroit.
These three, along with sports-car ace Richie Ginther, [...]

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Perhaps the most competitive battleground in the NHRA Powerade Drag Racing Series is in its Funny Car class, and miles per hour aren’t the defining standard.
The real competition involves sponsorships and the cubic dollars racers spend in an effort to not only go fast, but win a championship. The cars, capable of covering the Pomona [...]

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Defending NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series Funny Car champ Tony Pedregon was transported to Pomona Valley Medical Center Hospital for evaluation after his Q Horsepower Chevy Impala suffered an engine explosion …
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Tags: Chevy, drag racing, Funny Car, NHRA, Pedregon, Pomona, Powerade, racing, Tony Pedregon

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POMONA - Few would argue John Force is the most popular ever in drag racing and the most dominant driver in the 56-year history of NHRA.
Fourteen time NHRA funny car champion John Force is coming back from the worst year of his racing career…
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Topic: CARQUEST AUTO PARTS NHRA WINTERNATIONALS-Fact sheet and preview WHAT: 48thannual CARQUEST Auto Parts NHRA Winternationals, the first of 24 races in the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series.
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Tags: drag racing, motorsports, NHRA, Powerade, race, racing

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POMONA - Drag racing’s history is full of rivalries among family members.
From the father-son battle between Warren Johnson and son Kurt in Pro Stock, the daughter vs. father face-off of Ashley and John Force in Funny Car, to the husband and wife meetings between John Smith and Rhonda Hartman-Smith in Top Fuel, relation and rivalry [...]

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