http://www.racintoday.com Go With The Pros Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:31:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/21096 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/21096#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:13:48 +0000 Jim Pedley http://www.racintoday.com/?p=21096
Ashley Force Hood had faded to the background during the 2010 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series season. Hers was the No. 3 story on her own team and hers were the worst stats on the three-car John Force Racing driver roster. Seven times she was ousted in the first round of eliminations this season and [...]]]> http://www.racintoday.com/archives/21096/feed 0 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/21055 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/21055#comments Mon, 06 Sep 2010 21:44:06 +0000 Jim Pedley http://www.racintoday.com/?p=21055
By Jim Pedley | Managing Editor RacinToday.com Larry Dixon, Ashley Force Hood, Greg Stanfield and LE Tonglet were crowned champions at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series’ Mac Tools U.S. Nationals on Monday afternoon. Dixon is a repeat winner in Top Fuel while Force Hood won last year’s Nationals in Funny Car at O’Reilly Raceway Park. Stanfield in [...]]]> http://www.racintoday.com/archives/21055/feed 0 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/21047 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/21047#comments Mon, 06 Sep 2010 13:40:40 +0000 Jim Pedley http://www.racintoday.com/?p=21047
By Jim Pedley | Managing Editor RacinToday.com Clermont, Ind. – It was early evening at O’Reilly Raceway Park and fans who had sat through a full day of sportsman racing and pro qualifying at the Mac Tools U.S. Nationals were headed out the gates and into a traffic jam. Inside the media center, reporters were headed back to [...]]]> http://www.racintoday.com/archives/21047/feed 0 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/21023 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/21023#comments Sun, 05 Sep 2010 23:50:32 +0000 Info Manager http://www.racintoday.com/?p=21023
The field for the final eliminations for drag racing’s biggest event – the Mac Tools U.S. Nationals presented by Lucas Oil – were set Sunday at O’Reilly Raceway Park in the Indianapolis suburb of Clermont, Ind. Defending world champion Mike Edwards raced to the No. 1 qualifying spot in Pro Stock. Also winning poles were Larry Dixon [...]]]> http://www.racintoday.com/archives/21023/feed 0 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/20991 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/20991#comments Sun, 05 Sep 2010 02:03:26 +0000 Info Manager http://www.racintoday.com/?p=20991
RacinToday.com Larry Dixon took teh qualifying lead Saturday at the Mac Tools U.S. Nationals presented by Lucas Oil, capping a record-setting day of performances at the world’s most prestigious drag race. Matt Hagan, Jeg Coughlin and Andrew Hines also were qualifying leaders in their categories at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series event, the first of [...]]]> http://www.racintoday.com/archives/20991/feed 0 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/20954 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/20954#comments Sat, 04 Sep 2010 14:50:44 +0000 Jim Pedley http://www.racintoday.com/?p=20954
By Jim Pedley | Managing Editor RacinToday.com Clermont, Ind. – Mike Edwards has been pedaling Pro Stock cars down drag strips for a while now. He’s seen enough of the sport to know that success in that division of the NHRA Full Throttle series can be contageous. Pro Stock, he’s observed, tends to be the division which produces [...]]]> http://www.racintoday.com/archives/20954/feed 1 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/20949 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/20949#comments Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:42:03 +0000 Jim Pedley http://www.racintoday.com/?p=20949
By Jim Pedley | Managing Editor RacinToday.com Clermont, Ind. – It was a John Force Racing kind of September evening on the opening day of the 2010 NHRA Mac Tools U.S. Nationals at O’Reilly Raceway Park. Led by defending Funny Car champion Robert Hight, the JFR bunch swept the top three spots in first-round of qualifying for the [...]]]> http://www.racintoday.com/archives/20949/feed 0 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/20933 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/20933#comments Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:31:09 +0000 Jim Pedley http://www.racintoday.com/?p=20933
By Jim Pedley | Managing Editor RacinToday.com Clermont, Ind. – Robert Hight arrived at drag racing’s biggest event on Friday as a whole lot more than just the defending Funny Car champion and the owner of the No. 2 spot in this year’s point standings. He arrived as a symbol of hope for that large handful of drivers [...]]]> http://www.racintoday.com/archives/20933/feed 0 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/20794 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/20794#comments Sat, 28 Aug 2010 12:09:10 +0000 John Sturbin http://www.racintoday.com/?p=20794
Inclusion of the Arizona Nationals as Round No. 4 of the six-race Countdown to the Championship, and a repositioning of the prestigious Mac Tools U.S. Nationals, highlight the 2011 National Hot Rod Association Full Throttle Drag Racing Series schedule. NHRA will mark its “60th Anniversary Celebration” via a 22-race national tour, with the most significant change [...]]]> http://www.racintoday.com/archives/20794/feed 1 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/20733 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/20733#comments Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:07:49 +0000 Info Manager http://www.racintoday.com/?p=20733
RacinToday.com Antron Brown, Robert Hight and Andrew Hines were quickest in their respective categories Wednesday during the first of two days of National Hot Rod Association open testing at O’Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis. NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series teams are utilizing the two-day session to prepare for the 56th annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals presented [...]]]> http://www.racintoday.com/archives/20733/feed 0 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/20432 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/20432#comments Sun, 15 Aug 2010 22:50:13 +0000 Info Manager http://www.racintoday.com/?p=20432
Three drivers had a shot at their first career NHRA Full Throttle Series win on Sunday at the 29th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals at Brainerd International Raceway and Funny Car veteran Bob Bode was the lucky one who struck paydirt. The other winners at the 17th of 23 events in the NHRA Full Throttle Series [...]]]> http://www.racintoday.com/archives/20432/feed 0 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/20385 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/20385#comments Sat, 14 Aug 2010 22:44:08 +0000 Info Manager http://www.racintoday.com/?p=20385
RacinToday.com Top Fuel driver Doug Kalitta earned his second No. 1 qualifying berth in the last four races Saturday at the 29th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals at Brainerd International Raceway. The other No. 1 qualifiers at the 17th of 23 events in the NHRA Full Throttle Series season – and final race in the Countdown to [...]]]> http://www.racintoday.com/archives/20385/feed 0 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/20352 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/20352#comments Sat, 14 Aug 2010 01:36:07 +0000 Info Manager http://www.racintoday.com/?p=20352
RacinToday.com Brandon Bernstein put himself into position to collect his first pole position of 2010 after Friday’s first qualifying session at the 29th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals in Brainerd, Minn. The other provisional No. 1 qualifiers at the 17th of 23 events in the NHRA Full Throttle Series season – and final race in the Countdown [...]]]> http://www.racintoday.com/archives/20352/feed 0 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/20323 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/20323#comments Fri, 13 Aug 2010 14:35:47 +0000 Jim Pedley http://www.racintoday.com/?p=20323
By Jim Pedley | Managing Editor RacinToday.com Tony Pedregon wasn’t exactly doing a Norman Vincent Peale thing this week as he talked about his chances of making the 2010 NHRA playoffs. No, positive thinking on the part of the former two-time champion was clearly being tested by fear of a slow Funny Car. Asked about doing well in [...]]]> http://www.racintoday.com/archives/20323/feed 2 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/19821 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/19821#comments Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:28:59 +0000 Info Manager http://www.racintoday.com/?p=19821
RacinToday.com Allen Johnson raced to his first Pro Stock victory of the season and his third win in the last four years at Bandimere Speedway to finish off a successful weekend for his team Sunday at the Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals in Morrison, Colo. Doug Kalitta (Top Fuel), Robert Hight (Funny Car) and Andrew Hines (Pro Stock [...]]]> http://www.racintoday.com/archives/19821/feed 1