Team owner Roger Burgess has announced that driver Melanie Troxel will race the team's Funny Car at the upcoming NHRA races in Gainesville and Charlotte. Original plans that reflected available sponsorship dollars had called for Troxel to park the car until April 9-11 for the Houston event.
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After a decade as an exhibition class, the Get Screened America Pro Mod Series will make its official debut as a full-fledged NHRA series at this weekend's Tire Kingdom NHRA Gatornationals, and team owner and driver Roger Burgess couldn't be happier.
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TBC Retail Group has announced that it is expanding its footprint at NHRA national events with display space on the midway and a partnership with the Youth & Education Services Program presented by the U.S. Army.
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Mohegan Sun Racing and Royal Purple Oil will promote the release of the new movie Iron Man 2 on a special edition of the David Hope-ridden Stark Motor Racing Buell for the first five races of the NHRA Full Throttle Pro Stock Motorcycle season.
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The inaugural NHRA Get Screened America Pro Mod Drag Racing Series, which begins at the Tire Kingdom NHRA Gatornationals, will be featured on ESPN2 and ESPN2HD, which will televise 10 30-minute highlight shows of the racing action from select NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series events.
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NHRA has added two more incentives for fans who purchase tickets by March 10 to the 41st annual Tire Kingdom NHRA Gatornationals, already one of the most tradition-rich events on the 23-race NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series.
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At each of the 23 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series national events during the 2010 season, the diligence and extra effort of crewmembers on NHRA teams will be saluted with the NHRA Full Throttle Hardworking Crew Award. Event and season prizes will be awarded.
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NHRA has unveiled its rules supplement for NHRA Unleashed, an experience unlike any other, both on and off the track. The Pure American Horsepower event debuts June 11-13 at Atlanta Dragway.
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Recognizing the need to further protect the environment at racing venues, NHRA has announced a new environmental management policy for all NHRA events and/or facilities, effective at all NHRA Full Throttle events beginning with the Tire Kingdom NHRA Gatornationals, March 11-14.
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Racing has resumed at the NHRA Arizona Nationals after a long weather delay caused by rain that began falling following the completion of the first round of Top Fuel. Morgan Lucas (pictured) is among the eight first-round winners.
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John Force scored his first Funny Car pole in more than three years and was joined by Tony Schumacher (Top Fuel), and Mike Edwards (Pro Stock) atop their respective qualifying fields at the NHRA Arizona Nationals, the second of 23 events on the 2010 NHRA Full Throttle schedule.
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NHRA’s Technical Department made two announcements Friday effective at this weekend’s NHRA Arizona Nationals in Phoenix regarding the Electrimotion Safety Shutoff Controllers and Alan Johnson Performance Engineering Superchargers.
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UPCOMING EVENTS

Sunday 02.28.2010 2010 OPENING DAY - Unmuffled and Muffled Winter Warm-Up. $40 Test & Tune. No Time Street Races. Open 8AM. 1/8 Mile Closed.

Wednesday 03.03.2010 MX Practice on MX Racetrack

Wednesday 03.03.2010 Unmuffled and Muffled Test & Tune + No Time Grudge Runs. Open 5PM.

Saturday 03.06.2010 MX Practice on MX Practice Tracks

Saturday 03.06.2010 Street Wars 1. EVO vs WRX-STI. All street muffled High Tech Import VS. U.S. Muscle. Open 10AM Eliminations 2PM. Beginners Welcome!

Sunday 03.07.2010 Unmuffled and Muffled $40 Test & Tune. No Time Street Races. 1/8 Open.

Sunday 03.07.2010 MX Practice on MX Practice Tracks

Wednesday 03.10.2010 MX Practice on MX Racetrack

Motivation has never been a problem for three-time Pro Stock world champion Greg Anderson. However, as the Full Throttle Series heads to Phoenix this weekend, he is even more inspired to elevate the spirits of team owner Ken Black, who continues his recuperation from a December stroke, and those of his family after a winter house fire.
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NHRA Funny Car legend John Force’s Castrol GTX High Mileage Ford Mustang can cover a dragstrip’s race distance in a little over four seconds at more than 300 mph. However, the performance that the 14-time world champion is most proud of is his newfound ability to master the treadmill.
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Recognizing the need to further protect the environment at racing venues, NHRA has announced a new environmental management policy for all NHRA events and/or facilities, effective at all NHRA Full Throttle events beginning with the NHRA Gatornationals, March 11-14.
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News and notes from Saturday at the 50th annual Kragen O'Reilly NHRA Winternationals at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona. Compiled by the National DRAGSTER staff. Last update: 2;25 p.m. Pacific.
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Don Garlits' 1963 Top Fuel win is Winternationals Memorable Moment No. 5. NHRA fans have voted for their favorite Winternationals moment of the last 49 years, and Moments 6 through 25 were revealed in reverse order in the weeks before the 50th annual event. Nos. 1-4 are still to be announced.
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Beginning Thursday, Feb. 11, with the start of the 2010 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series and the 50th running of the Kragen O’Reilly NHRA Winternationals at historic Auto Club Raceway at Pomona, live timing will be available to all NHRA.com visitors.
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Masterful Mike

Mike Edwards tried to break into Pro Stock way back in 1981. The 52-year-old broke through in 2009 with his title, but repeating in one of the NHRA's toughest class will be no easy feat. John Oreovicz »

News and notes from Friday at the 50th annual Kragen O'Reilly NHRA Winternationals at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona. Compiled by the National DRAGSTER staff. Last update:9:50 a.m. Pacific.
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Two-time NHRA Funny Car champion Tony Pedregon will begin the 2010 season Thursday driving the Nitro Fish Funny Car at the 50th anniversary of the Kragen O’Reilly NHRA Winternationals at Pomona, Calif., Feb. 11-14.
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Advertising Edge has signed a multiyear agreement to become the official uniform of NHRA. The terms of the agreement call for Advertising Edge to provide NHRA with hats, staff uniforms, shirts, event winner jackets, and other special apparel items.
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Advertising Edge has signed a multiyear agreement to become the official uniform of NHRA. The terms of the agreement call for Advertising Edge to provide NHRA with hats, staff uniforms, shirts, event winner jackets, and other special apparel items.
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Every season Jeg Coughlin says he anxiously counts the days until the start of the Winternationals. So you can imagine the popular Ohio Pro Stock driver’s eagerness to be a part of the 50th annual edition of one of NHRA’s most tradition-rich and historic races.
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Former Pro Stock Motorcycle champion Matt Smith has signed a major sponsorship deal with Al-Anabi Racing for the 2010 season. Smith confirmed that he will return to his Buell this season and resume his engine research and development program.
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Ever since Shirley Shahan became became the first female winner of a national event at the 1966 Winternationals, it has become a race that’s known for the girls beating the boys. There's never been a female in a Funny Car final at the Winternationals, but that could change as Ashley Force Hood is a heavy favorite.
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Sears, Roebuck and Co.'s iconic brand DieHard will be the primary sponsor of the Don Schumacher Racing Dodge Funny Car driven by Matt Hagan in the 2010 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series. Crew chief Tommy DeLago will continue to tune the DieHard Dodge in 2010.
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NHRA Full Throttle champ Mike Edwards drove to the top spot during qualifying for the annual Pro Stock Showdown at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway with a 6.681 to pace the field. UPDATE: Saturday's final eliminations for have been rained out; the track will attempt to run the event Sunday.
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The NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series will again be televised in 16 one-hour shows on ESPN2 and ESPN2HD, with coverage from select NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series national events. In addition, the popular NHRA Sportsman Spotlights will air on ESPN2 and ESPN2HD as part of the race coverage.
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Respected crew chief Tony Shortall and NHRA Funny Car driver/owner Jeff Diehl have partnered to form Ideal Racing and will make their NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series debut at the 50th annual Kragen O'Reilly NHRA Winternationals presented by Valvoline.
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All participants in the Top Fuel dragster and Funny Car classes will be required to use an Electrimotion Safety Shut-off Receiver at the season-opening Winternationals. The complete system will initiate a vehicle shutdown sequence in the event that the driver is not able to do so.
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{ This shut off system is a good idea. I hope it works well .}

Summit Racing Pro Stock teammates Greg Anderson and Jason Line logged more than 50 test runs on three cars at Bradenton Motorsports Park in Florida in preparation for the 2010 season. Anderson posted a best effort of 6.522 at 211.96 mph with his new Rick Jones-built GXP.
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Interstate Batteries will serve as the major sponsor for 2009 NHRA Pro Stock world champion Mike Edwards' Pontiac during the 2010 NHRA Full Throttle Pro Stock season. The partnership with Mike Edwards Motorsports marks Interstate Batteries' return to NHRA competition.
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NHRA unveiled the logo for its newest exciting and interactive experience, NHRA Unleashed, and further details on the event concept. NHRA Unleashed embraces a new breed of drag racing enthusiast who is looking for pure, doorslammer heads-up competition on the track and a festival environment off the track.
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NHRA fans have voted for their favorite Winternationals moment of the last 49 years, and moments 6 through 25 now have been revealed in reverse order in the weeks before the 50th annual event, Feb. 11-14. The top five will be announced during race week.
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After a slow start in 2009 finally evolved into a successful campaign that featured two race victories, one runner-up result, and a fourth-place finish in the points, Tim Wilkerson and his Levi, Ray & Shoup team are approaching the 2010 season with a different and more calculated approach.
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W.J. and K.J. will begin 2010 season in Pomona, Phoenix

Although Warren and Kurt Johnson have yet to sign major sponsorship programs for 2010, both racers will begin the 2010 season on a limited basis. W.J. (pictured) will run at least the first four races of the year, and K.J. is slated to run at least the first two events.
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Last year, European Top Fuel racer Lex Joon of the Netherlands lived his American Dream, competing in Top Fuel at the final two events of the 2009 NHRA Full Throttle season. Joon chronicled his adventures for NHRA.com readers through this blog and had so much fun with both that he's back for more of both.
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NHRA has signed a contract extension with K&N Engineering Inc., locking in the company’s sponsorship of the popular K&N Horsepower Challenge, a lucrative bonus event for Pro Stock competitors, through the 2012 event.
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Responding to an unpredictable economy, drag racing icon John Force on Thursday outlined a plan to insure both the competitive and financial viability of John Force Racing, Inc., for years to come. The plan has been a work in progress for over a year.
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Popular Pro Stock team owner Kenny Koretsky will partner with driver/engine builder Greg Stanfield and Indicom Electric owner Greg Hill, focusing on a 2010 season that they believe could be as bright as the familiar multicolored race cars that run under Koretsky’s Nitro Fish Apparel banner.
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To help curtail escalating costs associated with the operation of Professional nitro-category vehicles, Top Fuel and Funny Car testing limitations will be in effect for the 2010 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series season. This policy becomes effective Feb. 11, 2010, and therefore does not affect preseason testing.
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NHRA fans have voted for their favorite Winternationals moment of the last 49 years, and moments 6 through 25 will be revealed in reverse order in the weeks before the 50th annual event, Feb. 11-14, the top five will be announced during race week.
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Copart Inc., a leading provider of vehicle auction services, has been named the official online vehicle auction of NHRA. The agreement follows Copart’s designation last September as the primary sponsor of Kenny Bernstein Racing’s Top Fuel dragster driven by Brandon Bernstein.
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NHRA board member Dick Wells, who died Jan. 18, was National DRAGSTER's first editor and a lifelong wordsmith. In March 2007, he authored this entertaining and interesting biography that tells of his amazing career in the world of motorsports. Although written in the third-person, it's genuine Dick Wells prose.
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NHRA fans have voted for their favorite Winternationals moment of the last 49 years, and moments 6 through 25 will be revealed in reverse order in the weeks before the event; the top five will be announced during race week. Now revealed: Moments 16-20.
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Yas Marina Circuit, the spectacular motor racing circuit in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, has partnered with Don Schumacher Racing to provide two complete Top Fuel dragster teams to be based in Abu Dhabi.
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Building on a successful 18-year relationship, Snap-on Tools will expand its partnership with NHRA racer Cruz Pedregon and in 2010 will serve as the primary sponsor for his NHRA Funny Car team.

This was going to be the year that Bob Tasca III was capable of winning the NHRA Full Throttle Funny Car title, but after a productive off-season, he is instead working through a pair of personal crises that have his new year off to a less than happy start rather than sitting behind the wheel of his Funny Car.
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Top Fuel drivers Tony Schumacher and Larry Dixon resumed their rivalry during the season’s first nitro test session in South Florida. Dixon took advantage of the premium conditions to post several strong runs, including a best of 3.767 at 322.22 mph, the quickest and fastest run in the 1,000-foot era.
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NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle rider David Hope has signed a major sponsorship agreement with Brian Bozsum and Mohegan Sun Racing for the full 2010 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series season.
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Team NHRA had its best showing ever in the annual Lucas Oil Geoff Bodine Bobsled Challenge presented by Whelen Engineering Sunday when rookie competitor Melanie Troxel earned the gold medal at the charity event. Fellow drag racer Jeg Coughlin was just .07-second behind Troxel.
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NHRA fans have voted for their favorite Winternationals moment of the last 49 years, and moments 6 through 25 will be revealed in reverse order in the weeks before the event; the top five will be announced during race week. Here are the first five moments to be revealed.
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The History of the NHRA Winternationals, a new book from NHRA Publications, is now now available. The book is an encyclopedia of one of NHRA's most prestigious events, chock-full of stories, stats, and photos to warm your winter days and nights.
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NHRA, in cooperation with longtime announcer, television commentator, and author Bill Stephens, will relive the great history of NHRA’s most memorable events in a 13-week series entitled “NHRA’s Greatest Races” presented by ProCare Rx.
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NHRA kicks off the countdown to the 50th Kragen O’Reilly NHRA Winternationals presented by Valvoline by unveiling a Web site dedicated specifically to the event, chock-full of features that will help fans heading to Pomona for the once-in-a-lifetime event.
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With ample snow, a typical chill in the air, and the 30th anniversary of the 1980 Winter Olympics just a month away, 12 drivers from NHRA and NASCAR will converge on Lake Placid Jan. 8-10 for the fifth annual Lucas Oil Geoff Bodine Bobsled Challenge presented by Whelen Engineering.
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UPCOMING EVENTS

Friday 04.16.2010 28th Annual Spring Englishtown Swap Meet & Auto Show read more.

Saturday 04.17.2010 28th Annual Spring Englishtown Swap Meet & Auto Show read more.

Sunday 04.18.2010 28th Annual Spring Englishtown Swap Meet & Auto Show read more.

 Thursday 06.10.2010 41st ANNUAL UNITED ASSOCIATED NHRA SUPERNATIONALS. read more.

Friday 06.11.2010 41st ANNUAL UNITED ASSOCIATED NHRA SUPERNATIONALS. read more.

Saturday 06.12.2010 41st ANNUAL UNITED ASSOCIATED NHRA SUPERNATIONALS. read more.

Sunday 06.13.2010 41st ANNUAL UNITED ASSOCIATED NHRA SUPERNATIONALS. read more.

Friday 09.24.2010 34th Annual Fall Englishtown Swap Meet & Auto Show

Pro Stock Motorcycle rider Angie Smith (nee McBride) will race a full schedule on the 2010 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series tour aboard Karl and Kim Klement’s Buell thanks to sponsorship from Coffman Tank Trucks. Smith's husband, Matt Smith, will build the team’s engines and as servce as crew chief.
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Continuing a multi-year effort to offer guests a first-class experience, the owners of Houston Raceway Park will soon christen a 12,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art "Tower Club" starting line facility.
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From “Big Daddy” Don Garlits’ Swamp Rat V to the Kohler brothers’ King Kong AA/GS to the Stone, Woods & Cook Willys coupe and many more classics, the Golden 50 Corral at the 50th running of the Kragen O’Reilly NHRA Winternationals will be a car show to end all car shows.
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Recently, two-time former NHRA Funny Car champ Frank Hawley, founder and instructor of Frank Hawley’s Drag Racing School, was invited to speak to a group of NASA employees of the Johnson Space Center in Houston.
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In a career that now spans 13 seasons, Pro Stock Motorcycle racer Craig Treble has proven that if nothing else, he is a survivor. Without a full-time job or a major sponsor, Treble competed at all 17 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series events in 2009 and qualified for the Countdown to 1 playoffs.
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Billet Specialties will sponsor Pro Stock racer Steve Spiess for the entire 23-race NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series in 2010. Spiess competed at 17 events in 2009 and reached the semifinals of the NHRA Carolinas Nationals en route to an impressive 14th-place finish.
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Running on just a fraction of the budget enjoyed by his peers and fielding a second car in a different class, Terry Haddock managed a career-best 12th-place finish in the 2009 NHRA Top Fuel ranks and says he'll be back with a two-pronged attack in 2010, hopefully with some changes.
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Tony Schumacher, John Force, Robert Hight, Ashley Force Hood, Tony Pedregon, and Larry Dixon are among the nominees for the 4th aAnnual Speed Performance Awards. Voting ends at midnight Dec. 20. Schumacher also is one of the finalists for the Speed Performer of the Year and the Mario Andretti Trophy.
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Though it didn’t end the way he would have liked – with a second-round holeshot loss against teammate Ron Capps at last month’s season finale in Pomona – Funny Car racer Matt Hagan’s rookie season wasn’t all bad. In fact, it was pretty good.
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NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series racer Allen Johnson launched on his first-ever run in his new 2010 NHRA Pro Stock Mopar Dodge Avenger at Florida's Palm Beach International Raceway.
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U.S. Army Top Fuel driver Tony Schumacher won the NHRA Full Throttle Series championship just days after the Nov. 5 shooting at Fort Hood that claimed 12 lives and left 31 injured presented the trophy to troops at the base during the Fort Hood Community Strong event Dec. 11.
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For the second time in as many weeks, NHRA President Tom Compton was a featured speaker at a prominent motorsports forum. On Tuesday, Dec. 8, Compton participated in a panel discussion at Motorsport Business Forum North America 2009 in Orlando, Fla.
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Jim Dunn Racing has announced that Funny Car veteran Paul Lee will drive the Canidae All Natural Pet Foods/Lucas Oil/Wiley X Chevrolet for the 2010 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series season.
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NHRA officials have announced that the world’s largest motorsports sanctioning body has partnered with KYMCO USA, a longtime leader in quality, fuel-efficient scooters, ATVs, and UTVs. As part of the agreement, KYMCO USA will become the official scooter and ATV of NHRA.
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Robert Patrick's '10 Ford Mustang GT Pro Stocker will offer a little of the new with a little of the old as his new Jerry Bickel-built pony car will sport a nostalgic blue and white scheme. Patrick is scheduled to launch the new campaign at the NHRA Gatornationals after testing in early January.
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