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NHRA NEWS -- Post-Race Notes: Sonoma

NHRA NEWS -- Post-Race Notes: Sonoma

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: NHRA Communications (626) 914-4761 POST RACE NOTES: 18th ANNUAL FRAM AUTOLITE NHRA NATIONALS JULY 29-31, INFINEON RACEWAY, SONOMA, CALIF. TOP FUEL * Doug Kalitta, from Ann Arbor, Mich., earned his 23rd career victory and fourth of the season behind the wheel of his Mac Tools dragster. Kal ... Continue reading

Barry & Calhoun County Good Neighbor Night; August 13

Barry & Calhoun County Good Neighbor Night; August 13

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – August 1, 2005 Contact: Gary Howe – Kalamazoo Speedway Dianna Stampfler – Promote Michigan Gary@KalamazooSpeedway.com Dianna@PromoteMichigan.com 269-692-2423 (office) 269-685-9785 (home/office) 269-720-2386 (mobile) 269-330-4228 (mobile) Kalamazoo Speedway Hosts “Barry & ... Continue reading

Bloomington Speedway -- August 5 and August 12 Racing Programs

Bloomington Speedway -- August 5 and August 12 Racing Programs

BLOOMINGTON SPEEDWAY P.O. Box 239 Clear Creek, IN 47426-0239 Contact: Tim McKinney, 812-372-3936 email: redclay@bluemarble.net www.bloomingtonspeedway.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SOUTH CENTRAL BUILDING & CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCIL NIGHT TIRE & WHEEL CENTER SUPER STOCK RACERS APPRECIATION NIGHT AUGUST 5, 2005 AT BLOOMING ... Continue reading

Troxel and Skull Gear/Torco Race Fuels team making strides

Troxel and Skull Gear/Torco Race Fuels team making strides

DON SCHUMACHER RACING 2005 NHRA POWERade DRAG RACING SERIES Round 15 of 23 FRAM-AUTOLITE NHRA NATIONALS INFINEON RACEWAY SONOMA, Calif. Race Dates: July 29-31, 2005 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Judy Stropus, 203-438-0501; cell, 203-243-2438; jstropus@earthlink.net TROXEL AND SKULL GEAR/TORCO RACE FUELS TEAM MAKING ST ... Continue reading

MIDWEST FOCUS MIDGETS MAKE WAY TO KOKOMO SUNDAY NIGHT

MIDWEST FOCUS MIDGETS MAKE WAY TO KOKOMO SUNDAY NIGHT

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AUGUST 1, 2005 Contact: MICHAEL HARKER/DICK JORDAN 05-214 MIDWEST FOCUS MIDGETS MAKE WAY TO KOKOMO SUNDAY NIGHT INDIANAPOLIS – The Midwest Ford Focus Midget Car Series, fresh off its first weekend break from action since mid-June, continues competition Sunday with a 30-lap race on the quarte ... Continue reading

NHRA Kurt Johnson Race Wrap Up: Runner-Up Finish in Sonoma Propels KJ Forward in Championship Standings

NHRA Kurt Johnson Race Wrap Up: Runner-Up Finish in Sonoma Propels KJ Forward in Championship Standings

Contact: Jon Knapp TMG Sports Marketing, Inc. Ph: (704) 662-3121 jgknapp@tmgsports.net <mailto:jgknapp@tmgsports.net> Runner-Up Finish in Sonoma Propels KJ Forward in Championship Standings Event: 18th Annual NHRA California Nationals Day/Date: Sunday, July 31, 2005 Location: Infineon Raceway, Sonoma, California ACDelc ... Continue reading

LEFFLER FINISHES 18th IN #32 BRAUN RACING/WINFUEL CHEVY AT GATEWAY

LEFFLER FINISHES 18th IN #32 BRAUN RACING/WINFUEL CHEVY AT GATEWAY

LEFFLER FINISHES 18th IN #32 BRAUN RACING/WINFUEL CHEVY AT GATEWAY ST. LOUIS, MO (July 31, 2005) â&#8364;&#8220; On a rare weekend when most NASCAR Nextel Cup drivers enjoyed time off, away from the racetrack, Jason Leffler spent his weekend in St. Louis competing in the NASCAR Busch Series race at Gateway Internation ... Continue reading

Autosport Development - Portland Wrap-Up

Autosport Development - Portland Wrap-Up

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: John Thawley 248.227.0110 johnt@c2group.com Autosport Development Portland Final Race Report #5 GMAC Commercial Finance / Trenton Forging GTO Finishes 6th Portland, Oregon -- July 31 Stu Hayner and the Autosport Development team were very pleased with a 6th place finish in today&#8217;s r ... Continue reading

Klein Tools/Jim Beam driver Dan Wheldon narrowly missed his fifth win of the season

Klein Tools/Jim Beam driver Dan Wheldon narrowly missed his fifth win of the season

If the following text-only file is not easily readable, particularly any tables of numbers, try enlarging this window since every line has a forced end and there is no word-wrap. Otherwise, this report will look and print better from the following PDF file: http://www.sportssystems.com/applib/PDFload.cfm?file=/email/fi ... Continue reading

IndyCar Series Driver Bryan Herta Wins the Firestone Indy 400

IndyCar Series Driver Bryan Herta Wins the Firestone Indy 400

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Bryan Herta, the driver of XM Satellite Radio's IndyCar Series race car, today won the Firestone Indy 400 in Brooklyn, Michigan. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20000724/XMSATLOGO ) Herta, who drives the No. 7 XM Satellite Radio Dallara/Honda/Firestone, held off his Andretti Green Raci ... Continue reading

Second podium of the weekend for Pritiko

Second podium of the weekend for Pritiko

For immediate release; July 31, 2005 Second podium of the weekend for Pritiko Matt Pritiko podiums at Honda Crystal Cup on Sunday SHANNONVILLE, ONTARIO London, Ontario racer Matt Pritiko completed his busy weekend racing at two different tracks, in two different events with a podium in the Formula Senior race at the Ho ... Continue reading

Rob Bunker - Birmingham races

Rob Bunker - Birmingham races

Rob Bunker proved the value of his targetted testing and coaching program with two strong results in Formula BMW USA races on July 30 and 31. The Bridgewater, N.J., driver is patiently climbing the ranks as he completes his rookie season with the series. Bunker, his Speed Secrets coaches and the AIM Autosport team have ... Continue reading

Tony Pedregon Infineon Raceway Wrap Up

Tony Pedregon Infineon Raceway Wrap Up

18th Annual FRAM-Autolite NHRA Nationals Infineon Raceway - Sonoma, Calif. Q Racing Nitro Funny Car - Pedregon Racing NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series Tony Pedregon Faces Off Against Brother Cruz Q Racing Driver Advances to Second Round SONOMA, Calif. (July 31, 2005) - Q Racing Nitro Funny Car driver Tony Pedregon move ... Continue reading

Cruz Pedregon Wrap Up From Infineon

Cruz Pedregon Wrap Up From Infineon

18th Annual FRAM-Autolite NHRA Nationals Infineon Raceway&#8211; Sonoma, Calif. Advance Auto Parts Nitro Funny Car - Pedregon Racing NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series Cruz Pedregon Infineon Wrap Up SONOMA, Calif. (July 31, 2005) -- Advance Auto Parts driver Cruz Pedregon fell in the first round of eliminations during to ... Continue reading

Scelzi wins Sonoma, moves into second in points

Scelzi wins Sonoma, moves into second in points

DON SCHUMACHER RACING 2005 NHRA POWERade DRAG RACING SERIES Round 15 of 23 FRAM-AUTOLITE NHRA NATIONALS INFINEON RACEWAY SONOMA, Calif. Race Dates: July 29-31, 2005 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Judy Stropus, 203-438-0501; cell, 203-243-2438; jstropus@earthlink.net SCELZI WINS SONOMA, MOVES TO SECOND IN POINTS AND CLO ... Continue reading

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