John Sturbin | Senior Writer
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Not all the noise emanating from the NHRA’s Pro Stock Motorcycle pits in 2011 was engine-related. En route to his second world championship, Eddie Krawiec bowed-up and figured out how to turn the smack talk regularly served by Hector Arana Jr. and Jerry Savoie, among others, to his advantage.
“That motivates me,” [...]

By Jim Pedley | Managing Editor
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The fun parts have always been there for Top Fuel driver Morgan Lucas. The speed, the competition, the atmosphere. However, there have also been the not-so-much-fun parts. The parts which came with unpredictable performance.
The 2012 NHRA season is only two events into its 23-race schedule, but it appears that Lucas [...]

By Jim Pedley | Managing Editor
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Looking back the weekend’s NHRA Arizona Nationals at Firebird International Raceway , the view from here indicates that:
– Matt Hagan maybe suffering a bit of post-championship hangover.
Hagan, who won the 2011 Funny Car championship for Don Schumacher Racing, lost in the first round of eliminations and finished 12th in the season-opening [...]

Robert Hight gave John Force Racing its second-straight Funny Car victory of the 2012 NHRA season while Jason Line did the same thing for KB Summit Racing in Pro Stock Sunday at the Arizona Nationals on Sunday.
Antron Brown also kept Don Schumacher Racing perfect as he won the Top Fuel portion of the event at [...]

A couple of weeks ago, NHRA team-owner John Force, a man synonymous with racing Funny Cars, talked about his thought process pertaining to the decision to begin working on dragster.
A big reason for his interest, he said, was that he already had four Funny Cars on the track every weekend and that meant big odds [...]

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Johnny Gray held on to the No. 1 spot in Funny Car Saturday as qualifying came to an end at the NHRA Arizona Nationals at Firebird International Raceway.
Shawn Langdon and Mike Edwards also were qualifying leaders in the Top Fuel and Pro Stock categories respectively at the second of 23 races in the 2012 NHRA [...]

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Shawn Langdon raced to the provisional No. 1 qualifying position in Top Fuel Friday at the NHRA Arizona Nationals at Firebird International Raceway.
Johnny Gray and Jason Line also took the provisional top spots in the Funny Car and Pro Stock classes in the second of 23 races in the 2012 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing [...]

By Mark Armijo | Senior Correspondent
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CHANDLER, Ariz. – Father Time has a new name. It’s John Force.
Force, 62, loudly silenced a miserable stretch of eight first-round losses by pouring his infamous Castrol GTX High Mileage Ford Funny Car into Victory Lane last week in the season-opening NHRA Full Throttle Winternationals at Pomona, Calif.
Don’t put it [...]

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Lucas Oil’s NHRA organization has added Pro Stock driver Rodger Brogdon and his MAVTV/Lucas Oil/Charter Communications Pontiac GXP.
“It’s very exciting for us to be joining with Forrest, Charlotte and Morgan Lucas,” Brogdon said. “They are such a great family and the support and love they’ve shown for drag racing is tremendous. It’s an honor.”
Partnering with [...]

By Jim Pedley | Managing Editor
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Looking back at last weekend’s season-opening NHRA O’Reilly Auto Parts Winternationals in Pomona, the view from here indicates that:
– Spencer Massey has the makings of being an all-timer.
Pass after pass, qualifying and eliminations, Massey impressed in Top Fuel. His most impressive moment was the run when the front wheels lifted, [...]