2000 Gators Champ Toliver to Debut New Car in Gainesville
Jerry Toliver will be behind the wheel of a new race car at this weekend's NHRA Gatornationals in Gainesville, Fla., the third of 24 races on the 2008 POWERade Drag Racing Series schedule. The driver of the Rockstar Energy Drink Dodge Charger R/T Funny Car tested two days this week with a new chassis at South Georgia Motorsports Park in Valdosta, Ga., in advance of this prestigious event.
The 2000 Gatornationals Funny Car winner made several shakedown runs down Valdosta's quarter-mile in the new Murf McKinney chassis on Sunday and Monday. The Rockstar Energy Drink team then packed up and headed to Gainesville.
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Tags: Dodge, drag racing, Funny Car, Gainesville, Gatornationals, Jerry Toliver, motorsports, NHRA, Powerade, race, racingNHRA Gatornationals on ESPN2 Sunday
ESPN2 airs coverage of one of the biggest and most prestigious events on the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series this weekend with action from the ACDelco NHRA Gatornationals in Gainesville, Fla.
Tags: drag racing, Gainesville, Gatornationals, NHRA, Powerade, racingNHRA signs marketing partnership with Ford Customer Service Division
NHRA has signed a an onsite display deal with Ford Customer Service Division (FCSD) that will enhance the automotive division's return to professional drag racing. As part of the agreement, FCSD, through its Motorcraft parts brand and growing national network of Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center retailers, will have major presence at 10 NHRA POWERade Drag...
Tags: drag racing, Ford, NHRA, Powerade, racingHeat ratchets up as NHRA rolls into Arizona
Heat shows up in a variety of ways. For some, heat means pressure – a mental game. For Tony Pedregon, heat was something he could feel.
Pedregon’s Q Horsepower Chevy Impala SS exploded in the first round at the season-opener in Pomona, Calif., instantly propelling the reigning POWERade Series Funny Car champ back to the center of attention in a category already ripe with story lines. Since the accident there’s been no rest for Pedregon...
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Tags: Chevy, Funny Car, NHRA, Pedregon, Phoenix, Pomona, Powerade, Tony PedregonScelzi 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, ScelziBeckman poised for accelerated performance in Phoenix
With the first of 24 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series national events of 2008 in the books, "Fast" Jack Beckman is poised for an improved performance of the Valvoline/Mail Terminal Services Dodge Charger R/T Funny Car he drives for Don Schumacher Racing in this weekend's second national event of the year.
Beckman advanced to the quarterfinals at the season-opener in Pomona, Calif., and left tied in fifth place in the point standings with...(snipped)
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Mail Terminal Services will continue its "Mail from Home" program in 2008. Fans at each NHRA national event will have the opportunity to sign special cards at the DSR hospitality area and at the U.S. Army Racing Zone in the midway area, which MTS will then ship, free of charge, to the troops in war zones overseas.
Tags: Beckman, Dodge, drag racing, DSR, Funny Car, Jack Beckman, NHRA, Pomona, Powerade, racingThis Week in Ford Racing – NHRA: Interview with John Medlen
The Ford BOSS 500 engine made its competition debut two weeks ago at the NHRA POWERade season-opener at Pomona in Mike Neff’s Old Spice Funny Car Mustang. Crew chief John Medlen says he was very encouraged by what the new engine showed.
JOHN MEDLEN – Crew Chief, No. 7701 Old Spice Ford Mustang Funny Car – WERE YOU ENCOURAGED BY WHAT YOU SAW OUT OF THE NEW ENGINE IN ITS DEBUT AT POMONA?
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Tags: Ford, Funny Car, John Medlen, Mike Neff, NHRA, Pomona, Powerade, racingFans Can Race Against Top NHRA Drivers on Infineon Raceway’s Kart Track for Charity
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 on Saturday, March 8, from 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. (Pacific). The first 50 fans who register will have a reserved seat in the action-packed day. ...
Tags: Charity, drag racing, Gary Scelzi, motorsports, NHRA, Powerade, race, racing, Scelzi