BUSINESS: Winston sticks with NASCAR; Forced to drop NHRA title sponsorship
Jul 18, 2001
July 18, 2001 WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company (RJRT) today announced that the company's Winston brand would continue its 30-year partnership with the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) for the 2002 season. The announcement was made in compliance with the Master Settlement Agree ... Continue reading
NHRA: Jegs: Kings of the Mountain
Jul 17, 2001
July 17, 2001 To say that Team Jeg's has done well racing at Bandimere Speedway might be considered an understatement to many. The team has won two of the last three years on the mountain. If you add the experience of Team Jeg's engine builder Richard Maskin into the equation, the numbers turn into winning the last fou ... Continue reading
NHRA: Test session rejuvenates Thomas
Jul 17, 2001
July 17, 2001 DENVER – A lengthy test session at Bristol Dragway in Tennessee’s Smoky Mountains has prepared Pro Stock driver Mike Thomas for another high-altitude track – Denver’s historic Bandimere Speedway, site of this weekend’s 22nd annual Mopar Parts Mile-High Nationals. Thomas, 10-y ... Continue reading
NHRA FMDRS: Notes from Woodburn, Northwest Division
Jul 16, 2001
July 16, 2001 Following Friday's qualifying for the Federal-Mogul Drag Racing Series, the Woodburn Dragstrip Booster Club held its 4th Annual Golf Cart Nationals raising over $1,000. With nearly 40 entries including Rod Fuller, Brandon Bernstein, new Northwest Division Director Mike Rice and Drew Austin (son of Pat Aus ... Continue reading
NHRA FMDRS: Sunday Results from Woodburn
Jul 16, 2001
July 16, 2001 WOODBURN, Ore. - In the final results from Woodburn Dragstrip, Federal-Mogul Dragster driver Duane Shields and Federal-Mogul Funny Car driver Dan McGlone took home the honors at this weekend's Les Schwab Challenge. Shields of Las Vegas, Nev., took on four-time national champion Rick Santos of Brentwood, C ... Continue reading
NHRA'S 50 GREATEST DRIVERS: Numbe 20, Raymond Beadle
Jul 11, 2001
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel July 11, 2001 Raymond Beadle assured his status as a racing immortal when he did the impossible in the 1970s: brought down the Army cars of Don Prudhomme. Almost immediately after jump-starting Harry Schmidt's Blue Max team, Beadle rivaled "Jungle Jim" Liber ... Continue reading
NHRA'S 50 GREATEST DRIVERS: Number 21, Connie Kalitta
Jul 8, 2001
July 8, 2001 In a career that spans all eras of drag racing, Connie Kalitta has done almost everything and done absolutely all of it his way. Dogged determination took Kalitta from a beginner in the 1950s to a factory-sponsored Top Fuel driver in the 1960s to a self-made multimillionaire in airfreight and championship- ... Continue reading
NHRA: Force, Herbert among winners at Pep Boys Nationals at Pomona
Jul 8, 2001
July 8, 2001 POMONA, Calif. -- John Force, NHRA's most prolific winner, led the victory parade Saturday at the Pep Boys NHRA 50th Anniversary Nationals presented by American Racing Wheels as the drag racing organization celebrated its golden anniversary under the lights at legendary Pomona Raceway. Doug Herbert, Jeg Co ... Continue reading
NHRA: Race Results, Pep Boys 50th Anniversary Nationals
Jul 8, 2001
July 8, 2001 POMONA, Calif. -- Final finish order (1-16) for professional categories at the Inaugural Pep Boys NHRA 50th Anniversary Nationals presented by American Racing Wheels at Pomona Raceway. The $2 million race is the 13th of 24 events in the $50 million NHRA Winston Drag Racing Series. TOP FUEL: 1. Doug Herbert ... Continue reading
Etchells Puts 1st Half Behind Him, Looks forward to Pomona
Jul 4, 2001
(Note: The followingis also attached in text format for your convenience.) Contact: Jon G. Knapp Phone: (704) 662-3121 Fax: (704) 662-3021 www.etchellsracing.com ETCHELLS PUTS 1ST HALF BEHIND HIM, LOOKS FORWARD TO POMONA Putnam, Conn., June 26, 2001 - One of the most prominent stories throughout the first half of the 2 ... Continue reading
Kurt Chronicles: Pomona Edition
Jul 3, 2001
Jul 3, 2001
For Release: July 2, 2001 Contact: Rick Voegelin rickvoegelin@compuserve.com 831-761-2201 THE WARREN REPORT: Warren Johnson GM Goodwrench Service Plus News & Notes for the Pep Boys NHRA 50th Anniversary Nationals, Pomona, Calif., July 5-7, 2001 THE PROFESSOR AIMS TO PAD POINTS LEAD IN POMONA Back-to-back victories in C ... Continue reading
NHRA FEDERAL-MOGUL DRAG RACING SERIES--Sears Point Raceway--Final Results
Jul 2, 2001
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NHRA FEDERAL-MOGUL DRAG RACING SERIES--PACIFIC DIVISION SEARS POINT RACEWAY SUNDAY, JULY 1, 2001 BERNSTEIN, GASPERRELLI CLAIM SEARS POINT RACEWAY WINS SONOMA, Calif. -NHRA's Pacific Division concluded its fifth Federal-Mogul Drag Racing Series event of the 2001 season at Sears Point Raceway under ... Continue reading
NHRA: Pep Boys 50th Anniversay Nationals offers another exciting chapter at Pomona
Jun 30, 2001
June 30, 2001 POMONA Calif. - It is the drag strip where hot rodding was born. Technically-speaking, the first National Hot Rod Association national event was held at a secluded section of an airport in Great Bend, Kan. in 1955, however the first sanctioned NHRA event was contested at Pomona Raceway, the most historic ... Continue reading
NHRA stars come out at night for Pep Boys 50th anniversary nationals
Jun 30, 2001
June 30, 2001 POMONA Calif. - For the first time in more than 20 years, drag racing fans in Southern California will be treated to one of motorsports' most awesome spectacles. Nitro at night. Bright orange flames will be raging from header pipes that are attached to sophisticated 6,000 horsepower race cars during the P ... Continue reading
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