Scelzi brimming with confidence heading to Phoenix
FRESNO, Calif. (Feb. 19, 2008) - Four-time NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series world champion Gary Scelzi is brimming with confidence heading into the second round of 24 events in the 2008 NHRA season, the NHRA Nationals at Firebird Raceway, just outside of Phoenix, this weekend.
The driver of the Mopar/Oakley Dodge Charger R/T Funny Car for Don Schumacher Racing is ready to settle into a long season battling for a second Funny Car crown, now that the opening event of the year in Pomona, Calif., is over...
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Tags: Dodge, drag racing, DSR, Funny Car, Gary Scelzi, Mopar, NHRA, Pomona, Powerade, race, racing, ScelziForce returns to action at Phoenix test and immediately runs low
John Force is back! He will continue testing at Firebird Raceway through Wednesday.
From NHRA's Rob Geiger:
Climbing into a Funny Car for the first time since his devastating accident Sept. 23 in Dallas, 14-time champion John Force needed just one warm-up pass before blasting his way to the forefront of the National Time Trials with the quickest and fastest pass of the four-day test session. Force's 4.782 at 327.51 mph was so good he ended up out in the Arizona desert past the final turn-off, but the most prolific Funny Car driver of all time was still smiling when he emerged unscathed from his dusty Castrol GTX Ford Mustang.
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New Funny Car champion Tony Pedregon was the closest to Force but he was almost a tenth of a second back with a best of 4.869 at 278.98 mph in his Q Racing Monte Carlo R/T. Gary Scelzi was next with a 4.879 at 318.02 mph in his Mopar/Oakley Charger R/T, while Cruz Pedregon (4.959) and Jerry Toliver (4.992) also dipped below five seconds on the day.
Eight Team Mopar Drivers Will Participate in an Autograph Session at the 22nd Annual Dodge Chili Bowl Nationals
January 8, 2008 by Robert
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Eight Team Mopar Drivers Will Participate in an Autograph Session at the 22nd Annual Dodge Chili Bowl on Friday, Jan. 11, 2008. The signing will take place from 2 to 2:45 p.m. in the Oklahoma Dodge Dealers Booth at the QuikTrip Center at the Tulsa Expo Raceway in Oklahoma...
Tags: Dodge, Mopar, race, ScelziGary Scelzi to race midget car at the Chili Bowl
Four-time NHRA POWERade champion Gary Scelzi will be racing midget car at the Chili Bowl Nationals. Scelzi will be racing against fellow Top Fuel Funny Car driver Cruz Pedregon in the event (Cruz Pedregon Set to Race in Chili Bowl)...
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Tags: Cruz Pedregon, Dodge, Funny Car, Gary Scelzi, Mopar, motorsports, NHRA, Pedregon, Powerade, race, racing, Scelzi, Top Fuel, Top Fuel Funny CarScelzi staying busy in the off-season as he preps for 2008
In this question-and-answer session, the 2005 Funny Car champion, driver of the Mopar/Oakley Dodge Charger R/T for Don Schumacher Racing, and native of Fresno , Calif.
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NHRA: Scelzi Sticking Around for 2008 (Speed TV)
Gary Scelzi announced today that he will return to Don Schumacher Racing in 2008 to race the Todd Okuhara-tuned Mopar/Oakley Dodge Charger R/T Funny Car in the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series.
Tags: Dodge, drag racing, Funny Car, Gary Scelzi, King, Mopar, NHRA, Powerade, race, racing, ScelziGary Scelzi to run 2008 season
September 7, 2007 by Robert
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FRESNO, Calif. (Sept. 6, 2007) - Gary Scelzi announced today that he will return to Don Schumacher Racing in 2008 to race the Todd Okuhara-tuned Mopar/Oakley Dodge Charger R/T Funny Car in the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series in all 24 national events.
When the four-time NHRA world champion made...
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