Friday, November 16, 2007
Scotty Cannon Returns To Torco Race Fuels Pro Modified
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by Bobby Bennett
Scotty Cannon, Sr. will join his son Scott, Jr. in the pursuit of the 2008 IHRA Torco Race Fuels Pro Modified world championship. The elder Cannon, a six-time IHRA Pro Modified world champion, will cease driving in the Top Fuel ranks in order to drive an identical Vanishing Point Race Cars 1968 Firebird to the one Scott, Jr. won the 2007 championship with.
Scotty said d...
Monday, November 5, 2007
Pollack - Still Speeding Along
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By MaryLou Brewton
Wayne Pollack, former AHDRA drag racer, is still out there running big numbers. His main speed/power release these days involve the MAXON Mile, an ECTA (East Coast Timing Association) Land speed meet held at Maxon, NC, just a short distance from his old record holding stomping grounds, Rockingham Dragway, Rockingham, NC.
Near as I can tell, the main difference in what Wayne...
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Comunal FAMOUSLY FAST At THE ROCK
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From: Mary Lou Brewton
Press Release
Bartonsville, PA: Dean Comunal took his Screamin’ Eagle Top Fueler to a new orbit this weekend at the AHDRA Screamin’ Eagle Performance Parts Nationals at Rockingham Dragway in the Piedmont of NC.
Comunal qualified 5th out of 18 international Screamin’ Eagle Top Fuel competitors. Comunal continued the good part of the weekend by running his...
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
In the age-old battle between the tortoise and the hare, slow and steady once again will win the IHRA’s Knoll Gas Nitro Jam Funny Car World Championship.
In a season-long duel that concludes this week at Rockingham Dragway with the 12th annual IHRA World Finals presented by the U.S. Air Force, Dale Creasy’s consistency trumped Bob Gilbertson’s speed and power for bragging rights and the $150,000 ch...
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Cruz Pedregon’s consistent performance continued at the Torco Racing Fuels NHRA Nationals this past weekend in Richmond, Va., the home state of Advance Auto Parts, his primary sponsor. With his top-eight finish, he moves into a tie for the 12th position in the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Countdown to the Championship points.
“It was a solid weekend for the Advance Auto Parts team, ” said Pedregon, the ...
Friday, October 5, 2007
Laurie Cannister is Back. Really Back!
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By Jack Smith
Laurie Cannister, after a five year absence, found the Winner's Circle for the first time since 2002, taking home the Alcohol Funny Car championship with a win over Mark Thomas at Maryland International Raceway this past weekend. Cannister ran a 5.780 at 245.49 mph to capture the win.
Cannister returned to the scene of her last win, that coming in 2002, now back driving...
Thursday, October 4, 2007
Clay Millican Shows up At MIR, And Finds Success
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IHRA Media
There was a familiar face back in the Winner's Circle at Maryland International Raceway. Six-time IHRA Top Fuel world champion Clay Millican, who raced a full schedule on the NHRA tour this season, came to Maryland International Raceway to defend last season's event championship.
He succeeded, knocking off current points leader T.J. Zizzo in the final round to claim his 51st career...
Monday, October 1, 2007
NHRA founder Wally Parks Passes
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Buddy Shacklette
Wally Parks, one of the men that helped make drag racing what it is today, has died at age 94.Parks, who had an unabashed vision to make side-by-side racing safer in a more controlled environment, was one of the founders of the sport in its infancy.
"Today is a sad day in the world of NHRA and the sport of drag racing," said Tom Compton, president of NHRA. "Words simply can't des...
