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• Hight Reappears As A Champion

  
  Racin' Today — Authority: 440
  By Jim Pedley | Managing EditorRacinToday.comPeople suddenly and unexplainably disappear in sports all the time. Not back-of-milk-carton disappear, but they fade from sight and disappear. Sometimes, forever. It’s a great fear among athletes and in late summer of the 2009 NHRA drag racing season, Robert Hight was ...
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• Schumacher vs. Johnson: NHRA has the upper hand

  
  LA Times Sports Blog — Authority: 649
  Tony Schumacher has won six straight National Hot Rod Assn. top fuel championships and there is little criticism about his dominance. Jimmie Johnson is on the verge of winning his fourth straight NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship and is catching...
  1 week ago

• Record Breaking three-way

  
  0-60mag.com — Authority: 589
  Who said drag racers can’t drive? After dropping a 6.96 @146 mph run with his FWD Scion Drag car, he succeeded in turning a 1:49.7  at Buttonwillow raceway–one and a half seconds faster than GM’s five year long record. As if that wasn’t enough, he then took the Redline Time attack championship with a 1:393 ...
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• NHRA Honors Its Champs

  
  Racin' Today — Authority: 440
  RacinToday.comWelcome to Wally World.Tony Schumacher, the first Top Fuel driver in NHRA history to win six consecutive Full Throttle Drag Racing Series world championships and seven overall, headlined the four world championship-winning drivers crowned Monday evening during the 2009 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing ...
  1 week ago

• A Real Puerto Rican Champion

  
  DONDEQUIERA — Authority: 110
  Last weekend was huge for Puerto Rican sports history, but its probably not because of what youre thinking about. Yes, there was a big professional boxing match where, champion Miguel Cotto was demolished by Manny Pacquiao. No, last weekend belonged to Hector Arana . I know, most of you are like, Hector who? Before ...
  1 week ago

• Ingram: Talent On Display in Phoenix, Pomona

  
  Racin' Today — Authority: 440
  By Jonathan Ingram | Senior WriterRacinToday.comFrom the Monday Morning Crew Chief:On a weekend when Tony Schumacher clinched his sixth straight Top Fuel championship at Pomona, Jimmie Johnson put himself in line to win his fourth straight Sprint Cup title after leaving behind nothing but scorched earth at ...
  1 week ago

• Colts Rally Past Patriots; Wie Wins First Tournament

  
  Sports 2000 — Authority: 128
  Indianapolis recovered from a 17-point fourth-quarter deficit to remain undefeated as the Colts (9-0) survived against New England (6-3). Elsewhere around the NFL, Tennessee (3-6) throttled Buffalo (3-6), 41-17. Miami (4-5) edged Tampa Bay (1-8), 25-23. Carolina (4-5) upended Atlanta (5-4), 28-19. Kansas City ...
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• Tony Schumachers NHRA dominance comparable to Michael Jordans reign in the NBA

  
  Detroit Business News — Authority: 827
  How many times do we remember Jordan sinking a shot at the buzzer to win a game? Schumacher has a flair for the dramatics, too. Schumacher is so darn good in the clutch.
  1 week ago

• Sarge Marches To Championship

  
  Racin' Today — Authority: 440
  RacinToday.comTony Schumacher won his sixth-straight NHRA Top Fuel championship Sunday as a result of a mistake by the driver who started the day just a single point behind him in the standings.The championship became all Schumacher’s after Larry Dixon smoked his tires during the semifinal round of eliminations ...
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• Hight, Edwards Clinch in Pomona

  
  Racin' Today — Authority: 440
  RacinToday.comRobert Hight clinched the 2009 NHRA Funny Car championship on Saturday thanks to bonus points earned in qualifying for this weekend’s season-ending event in Pomona Calif.Also clinching was Mike Edwards in Pro Stock.The championship in Top Fuel and Pro Stock Motorccyle will be determined on Sunday in ...
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• Bergenholtz Racing CRX Induction to the NHRA Museum

  
  Wrecked Magazine - A Drifting Magazine featuring Formula D, D1GP, MSC, D1 Grand Prix, Pro Drift, and more! — Authority: 138
  A sport compact car has been inducted into the NHRA Hall of Fame and it happens to be one of my favorite drag cars of all time. The Bergenholtz have now moved on to drifting where they are managing a Mazda Rx-8 that is driven by Justin Pawlak. Many drifting related members came by to watch the unveiling of the CRX ...
  2 weeks ago

• Army to Continue Partnership with Stewart-Haas

  
  Stewart-Haas Racing News and Video — Authority: 133
  FORT KNOX, Ky – The U.S. Army Accessions Command announced today that the U.S. Army will continue its sponsorship of Tony Schumacher’s Top Fuel Dragster in the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) and will return as a primary sponsor of Ryan Newman and the No. 39 Chevrolet Impala SS for 15 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series ...
  2 weeks ago

• Dixon Moves To Top Of Top Fuel

  
  Racin' Today — Authority: 440
  RacinToday.comThere is a new points leader in the NHRA’s Top Fuel category.Larry Dixon is now in front by one point after he earned the three points for being top qualifier in the division on Friday afternoon at the Auto Club of Southern California NHRA Finals.Dixon earned the provisional pole for the season-ending, ...
  2 weeks ago

• U.S. Army to Continue NHRA, NASCAR Team Partnerships in 2010

  
  FanZone Sports - Racing — Authority: 440
  The U.S. Army Accessions Command announced today that the U.S. Army will continue its sponsorship of Tony Schumacher’s Top Fuel Dragster in the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) and will return as a primary sponsor of Ryan Newman and the No. 39 Chevrolet Impala SS for 15 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races in 2010.
  2 weeks ago

• No Pressure For Dixon, Just Opportunity

  
  Racin' Today — Authority: 440
  By John Sturbin | Senior WriterRacinToday.comHis genuine appreciation of NHRA history has kept Larry Dixon grounded during a career highlighted by two Top Fuel world championships… and by dusk on Sunday, perhaps a third.In a script worthy of soapnet.com, Dixon trails six-time and reigning Top Fuel champion Tony ...
  2 weeks ago

• Classic Shaping Up In Pomona

  
  Racin' Today — Authority: 440
  RacinToday.comTony Schumacher and Larry Dixon entered the final race of the season separated by a single point and in the first round of qualifying the gap was just a thousandth of a second.Lined up side-by-side for the final pass of the first day of qualifying at the season-ending Auto Club NHRA Finals Thursday, ...
  2 weeks ago

• Schumacher Wants This Championship Bad

  
  Racin' Today — Authority: 440
  By Jim Pedley | Managing EditorRacinToday.comThis time around there is more than just money and trophies and championships at stake for Tony Schumacher. This time around he needs it as much as wants it. This time around, it is truly and literally personal for Schumacher.The winner of the last five NHRA Top Fuel ...
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• NHRA Museum Happenings: Wrap up 2009

  
  MyRideIsMe.com — Authority: 126
  If you’ve never been to the NHRA Motorsports Museum, GO! If you haven’t been in a while, GO BACK!! It’s always changing with new cars and interesting people wondering through.NHRA Motorsports Museum Calendar of Events(Nov. through Dec. 2009)Thursday, Nov. 12Ø       Auto Club NHRA Finals Begin ...
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• NHRA Notes: Force Turns To Video

  
  Racin' Today — Authority: 440
  The motorsports world never has seen a motivational speaker on a par with John Force, the 14-time NHRA Funny Car world champion. But rather than rally the troops around points-leader Robert Hight with one of his stream-of-consciousness monologues, Boss Force broke out a video for the ages at the headquarters of John ...
  2 weeks ago

• This weeks national racing schedule

  
  Bloggin' is Racin' — Authority: 130
  Courtesy of The Associated Press All times Central (U.S.) NASCAR Sprint Cup Checker O’Reilly Auto Parts 500 Site: Avondale, Ariz., Phoenix International Raceway (oval, 1.0 miles) TV schedule: Friday, practice (1 p.m., ESPN2), qualifying (4:30 p.m., ESPN2); Saturday, practice (12:30 p.m., Speed; 2 p.m., ESPN2); ...
  2 weeks ago

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