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
NHRA: New rivalries ignite special memories of 50 years of NHRA drag racing
Jun 30, 2001
June 30, 2001 POMONA Calif. - Not since the golden age of drag racing has there been so many intensely personal rivalries in the NHRA Winston Drag Racing Series. Over the years, several memorable rivalries have contributed to the overall growth of the sport of drag racing, creating drama, excitement and intrigue. In th ... Continue reading
NHRA: Force takes aim at 11th Winston Championship
Jun 30, 2001
June 30, 2001 POMONA, Calif. - The target has been on his back since 1992, and not one team has been able to hit the bulls-eye. Funny Car teams continue to re-load their arsenal each season, with championship hopes on their minds, only to have those hopes extinguished by the incomparable John Force. The 10-time Winston ... Continue reading
NHRA: Front engine dragsters to provide nostalgic feel to Pep Boys 50th Anniversary Nationals
Jun 30, 2001
June 30, 2001 POMONA Calif. - NHRA drag racing's past and present will collide in one spectacular weekend of speed as front engine top fuel dragsters and other special nostalgia categories will be featured in exhibition eliminators, joining modern Top Fuel dragsters, Funny Car and Pro Stock divisions during the Pep Boy ... Continue reading
NHRA: 'The Professor' Warren Johnson can make history with Pomona Victory
Jun 29, 2001
June 29, 2001 POMONA, Calif. -- While the inaugural Pep Boys NHRA 50th Anniversary Nationals on July 5-7 is a celebration of NHRA's past, Pro Stock racer Warren Johnson is focused on the future. Johnson can achieve what no Pro Stock driver has yet accomplished -- a record 86 career victories. Summer in Southern Califor ... Continue reading
NHRA: Jeg and Troy Coughlin are poised for a charge
Jun 29, 2001
June 29, 2001 Team Jeg's will be the first to tell you that they are not exactly thrilled with the level of success accomplished so far this season. At this point last year, the season that Jeg Coughlin was having resembled a runaway freight train. The team won 10 national events in the factory hot rod class. Jeg and T ... Continue reading
NHRA'S 50 GREATEST DRIVERS: Number 22, 'Sneaky' Pete Robinson
Jun 28, 2001
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel June 28, 2001 When Pete Robinson suffered fatal injuries during qualifying at the 1971 Winternationals, drag racing lost one of its most prolific innovators and one of the sport's best-liked gentlemen. Robinson's easygoing nature, which made him popular amon ... Continue reading
NHRA statement concerning illegal street racing
Jun 28, 2001
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel June 28, 2001 GLENDORA, Calif. - NHRA President Tom Compton addresses the NHRA's position on illegal street racing following the release of The Fast and the Furious by Universal Pictures: "The National Hot Rod Association does not endorse the illegal street ... Continue reading
NHRA FMDRS: Atco Raceway Hosts National Open; Other News and Notes
Jun 25, 2001
June 25, 2001 ATCO, NY- The south New Jersey racing fans that came to see the NHRA Federal-Mogul Drag Racing Series on Friday were treated to an added bonus following qualifying. A National Open was run for six competing categories, including Competition Eliminator, Super Stock, Stock, Super Comp, Super Gas and Super S ... Continue reading
NHRA FMDRS: Santos and Pat Austin score first Northwest Division wins of 2001
Jun 25, 2001
June 25, 2001 MISSION, B.C., Canada - As the final pair of cars went down Mission Raceway Park on Sunday at the Mopac Auto Supply Summer Classic the perfect racing weather turned wet as rain began to fall. Federal-Mogul Dragster pilot, Rick Santos of Brentwood, Calif. and Federal-Mogul Funny Car driver, Pat Austin of T ... Continue reading
NHRA FMDRS: Bozzelli doubles up at Atco Raceway
Jun 25, 2001
June 25, 2001 Atco, NJ-The torrential rains that hampered yesterday's qualifying having let up, racing was finally allowed to continue at Atco Raceway. The fans and 505 total racers, who waited patiently, were treated to fantastic side-by-side racing under ideal New Jersey conditions. After a long, wet weekend, winners ... Continue reading
NHRA: Rare first round loss for both Jeg's trucks
Jun 25, 2001
June 25, 2001 In the opening round Mike Coughlin faced off against Bob Panella. The match up put two Chevy S-10's into the ring together. Panella took the starting line advantage by .016 seconds (.455 to .471). The win light came on for Panella by .0528 seconds. Mike ran a 7.533 at 179.33 mph. "We knew what we had to d ... Continue reading
NHRA: Troy Coughlin out in the first round; Jeg Coughlin exits in second
Jun 25, 2001
June 25, 2001 In the opening round Troy Coughlin took on Jim Yates. The match up put a Chevrolet Cavalier and a Pontiac Grand Am head-to-head. The starting line advantage went to Yates by .015 seconds (.475 to .490). The two cars looked like they were welded at the door as they fought for the win light. Yates took the ... Continue reading
NHRA: Tonglet and Lastor Win First of Career, Warren Johnson Ties Bob Glidden's Record
Jun 25, 2001
June 25, 2001 MADISON, Ill. - Tony Pedregon scored his 13th career NHRA Funny Car victory at Sunday's Sears Craftsman NHRA Nationals at Gateway International Raceway, the 12th race of the NHRA's 50th anniversary season. Doug Kalitta, Warren Johnson, GT Tonglet and Taylor Lastor also won their respective categories at t ... Continue reading
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