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Bidding to move into the Funny Car playoffs point-lead for the first time in his career, Ford Racing loyalist Bob Tasca III clinched pole position Saturday as qualifying concluded for the 12th annual NHRA Midwest …

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Enders Downs Anderson Again; Moves In On No. 5
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ENNIS, Texas – When Greg Anderson and Erica Enders stage opposite one another in an NHRA Pro Stock final, drag racing history typically morphs into “herstory.”
That’s been the case since …

Mon, 10/17/22 – 10:48 | Comments Off on Enders Downs Anderson Again; Moves In On No. 5
Logano Earns Trip To Cup Championship Race With Vegas Win
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Joey Logano became the first driver to secure a berth in the championship-deciding final race in Phoenix when he won Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
The Team Penske driver took the …

Sun, 10/16/22 – 17:11 | Comments Off on Logano Earns Trip To Cup Championship Race With Vegas Win
Force, at 73, Is Still With The NHRA
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ENNIS, Texas _ Drag racing icon John Force says his “happy place” _ at age 73 _ is strapped into the cockpit of his nitromethane-burning Funny Car.
“But I ain’t going to last forever,” Force said …

Sun, 10/16/22 – 8:42 | Comments Off on Force, at 73, Is Still With The NHRA
It’s Full Speed Ahead To Future For Meyer’s Texas Motorplex
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ENNIS, Texas – Billy Meyer’s Texas Motorplex is stampeding into the future with guidance from its “generation next.”
Meyer and Motorplex co-owner/daughter Christie Meyer Johnson will mark the end of the …

Sun, 10/16/22 – 8:35 | Comments Off on It’s Full Speed Ahead To Future For Meyer’s Texas Motorplex
Kurt Busch: I’m Shutting It Down For The Season
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By Deb Williams | Senior Writer
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NASCAR champion Kurt Busch, saying he needed to be unselfish and respect what must happen in the industry to help a team progress, announced Saturday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway …

Sat, 10/15/22 – 16:16 | Comments Off on Kurt Busch: I’m Shutting It Down For The Season
Hight Points Out Problems With NHRA’s Countdown
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ENNIS, Texas – NHRA Funny Car point-leader Robert Hight is in the midst of a self-proclaimed “career year” that doesn’t add up whenever he sits down and does the math.
On cue, High sat down and …

Sat, 10/15/22 – 8:30 | Comments Off on Hight Points Out Problems With NHRA’s Countdown
Texas Motorplex Fetes Fall Champs at Annual Stampede
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By John Sturbin | Senior Writer
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ENNIS, Texas _ Day 6 of the second annual Stampede of Speed at Texas Motorplex featured launch of an event envisioned to become a champions tradition, and one champion’s untraditional …

Thu, 10/13/22 – 7:55 | Comments Off on Texas Motorplex Fetes Fall Champs at Annual Stampede
NASCAR Slams SHR Driver Custer and Crew Chief
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By Deb Williams | Senior Writer
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CONCORD, N.C. – NASCAR assessed stiff penalties Tuesday against Stewart-Haas Racing, driver Cole Custer and crew chief Michael Shiplett for an incident that occurred during the final lap of last …

Wed, 10/12/22 – 7:03 | Comments Off on NASCAR Slams SHR Driver Custer and Crew Chief
Notes: NASCAR Investigating Last-Lap At CMS
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By Deb Williams | Senior Writer
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CONCORD, N.C. – NASCAR is reviewing data, video, and radio transmissions from the No. 41 car due to an incident that occurred on the backstretch during the final lap of …

Mon, 10/10/22 – 9:10 | Comments Off on Notes: NASCAR Investigating Last-Lap At CMS
Past Champions Biting The Dust In Cup Playoffs
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CONCORD, N.C. – When NASCAR’s Cup playoffs opened Labor Day weekend at Darlington five series champions were bidding for another title, but when the Round of 8 was determined at the Bank of America ROVAL …

Mon, 10/10/22 – 7:32 | Comments Off on Past Champions Biting The Dust In Cup Playoffs