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Sunday, August 19, 2007

NHRA (MAPLE GROVE) - COUGHLIN JR. TAKES FULL ADVANTAGE....

NHRA (MAPLE GROVE) - COUGHLIN JR. TAKES FULL ADVANTAGE....

An overnight cool front made Maple Grove Raceway a much more agreeable place Saturday and three-time POWERade champion Jeg Coughlin Jr. took full advantage of the improved conditions. The 50-time national event winner knocked more than a tenth of a second off his previous best time, climbing up to fourth place with a s ... Continue reading

NHRA (READING) - ASHLEY FALLS SHORT...

NHRA (READING) - ASHLEY FALLS SHORT...

Disappointment and aggravation are just two of the words Funny Car driver Mike Ashley used to describe his feelings about not qualifying for the Toyo Tires NHRA Nationals this weekend - ³the other words are best left unprinted,² Ashley said. Today's qualifying runs were tire-smoking lessons futility for the driver of ... Continue reading

NHRA (INDIANAPOLIS) - SHUMACHER CLARIFIES PRUETT TEST GOAL....

NHRA (INDIANAPOLIS) - SHUMACHER CLARIFIES PRUETT TEST GOAL....

Team owner Don Schumacher today clarified some of the recent media buzz that 19-year-old Alcohol Altered and Nostalgia drag racer Leah Pruett, of Redlands, Calif., will test and/or drive a Don Schumacher Racing Funny Car in the future, including at next week's two-day NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series test session at O' ... Continue reading

NHRA (READING) SCELZI READY TO GO......

NHRA (READING) SCELZI READY TO GO......

Gary Scelzi steered the Mopar/Oakley Dodge Charger R/T Funny Car into the No. 6 spot in qualifying for the Toyo Tires NHRA Nationals, and he's pleased with the team's efforts. Scelzi's quick pass came in the cooler Friday-night session, a 4.850-second run at 315.93 mph, good for No. 4 at the time. Today's final two rou ... Continue reading

NHRA (READING) TROXEL FEELING POSITIVE

NHRA (READING) TROXEL FEELING POSITIVE

The NHRA POWERade Countdown to the Championship is literally winding down to only seconds and the time has finally arrived in the Toyo Tires Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway for the final positions to be decided of those who will make the move up and becoming a member of the elite eight. Melanie Troxel, driver of the V ... Continue reading

SCCA (TROIS-RIVIERES) - SAINI WINS MX-5 CUP EVENT...

SCCA (TROIS-RIVIERES) - SAINI WINS MX-5 CUP EVENT...

Starting on pole and leading all 29 laps, Jason Saini, of Fort Worth, Texas, not only won Round Seven of the SCCA Pro Racing SIRIUS Satellite Radio Mazda MX-5 Cup at the Grand Prix de Trois-Rivièrs, but also clinched the 2007 MX-5 Cup Championship. Todd Buras, of Fort Worth, Texas, and Andrew Caddell, of Graham, Wash. ... Continue reading

GRAND AM (TROIS-RIVIERES) - Wittmer Brothers Power Past Competition

GRAND AM (TROIS-RIVIERES) - Wittmer Brothers Power Past Competition

Nick Wittmer showed his strength on the circuit at Trois-Rivieres in qualifying in the morning and was joined in the afternoon by his brother Kuno Wittmer to complete a dominating day at the Grand Prix of Trois-Rivieres with a near flag-to-flag win in Saturday’s Grand-Am KONI Challenge race in the No. 31 i-MOTO Ra ... Continue reading

NHRA (CLERMONT) - NHRA XPLOD SPORT COMPACT SERIES SETS RECORDS AT ORP

NHRA (CLERMONT) - NHRA XPLOD SPORT COMPACT SERIES SETS RECORDS AT ORP

The inaugural Indy NHRA Sport Compact Nationals presented by BP, thrilled the fans in attendance at O’Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis with jaw dropping qualifying in all Pro Classes. The top qualifiers for the event are, Marty Ladwig (Pro FWD), Kenny Tran (Hot Rod), Lesile Armendariz (Honda Tuning Magazine All ... Continue reading

New IIHS Side Crash Tests of Large luxury Cars - Video Enhanced Story

New IIHS Side Crash Tests of Large luxury Cars - Video Enhanced Story

ARLINGTON, VA — Three of six large car models earn the top rating of good, but one is marginal in side impact crash tests conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. Results show a range of performance in how well large cars are designed to protect people in serious side crashes. Ratings of good, acce ... Continue reading

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