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Night at the Museum: Joe Amato's final championship dragster

04 Oct 2016
News
This week’s Night at the Museum from the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum presented by the Automobile Club of Southern California features the 1992 Top Fuel championship car of Pennsylvania’s favorite son, Joe Amato. Amato won five…
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National Dragster's Top 10 St. Louis photos

04 Oct 2016
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NHRA National Dragster photographer Jerry Foss stopped by the Wally Parks NHRA Studio to share with NHRA reporter Lewis Bloom the staff’s favorite images from the AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals.
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NHRA Today: Ferré’s impressive Top Fuel debut

04 Oct 2016
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In his NHRA Professional debut at the NHRA Carolina Nationals, Top Fuel rookie Cameron Ferre qualified for Sunday eliminations and brought home his first round-win against the winningest Top Fuel driver of all time, Tony Schumacher. The Huntington…
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Traxxas Home Movies: Antron Brown visits Philadelphia

04 Oct 2016
News
Before he won Top Fuel at the Dodge NHRA Nationals, Antron Brown took fans for a little trip through Philadelphia, showing some of his favorite spots and foods, in this week’s Traxxas Home Movies…
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‘Free Mammograms for the Fans’ program returns at Dallas, Las Vegas events

04 Oct 2016
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During the month of October, Alexis DeJoria’s fight for the NHRA Mello Yello Funny Car Championship will be outshined by an even greater battle, the fight against breast cancer. Alexis DeJoria Racing will once again partner with Baylor Health…
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Top 20 Funny Cars: Introducing No. 4

04 Oct 2016
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As part of NHRA’s 50 years of Funny Car celebration, fans voted on a Top 20 list developed by respected drag racing historians and Funny Car experts.   The results are being revealed in reverse order at NHRA national events this season…
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Annual DRAW auction set for Oct. 15 in Dallas

04 Oct 2016
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The Drag Racing Association of Women will hold its annual live auction Saturday, Oct. 15, during the upcoming AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals at Texas Motorplex. Auctioneer Bob Frey and Alan Reinhart will oversee the bidding on items to benefit the…
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Survival of the fastest

04 Oct 2016
National Dragster staff
Tuesday Morning Crew Chief
Any race that marks the midway point in the Countdown to the Championship figures to be stressful for the drivers competing for NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series world titles, but the rainy weather that plagued the Dodge NHRA Nationals in…
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Dodge NHRA Nationals Sunday Notebook

02 Oct 2016
News
The 2016 Countdown to the Championship reached the halfway point at the Dodge NHRA Nationals in Maple Grove Raceway, and though the race was slowed a bit by weather again today, all four NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series classes completed…
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Brown, Johnson, Nobile, Krawiec collect wins at Dodge NHRA Nationals

02 Oct 2016
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Pritchett, Hagan lead Dodge to nitro pole positions; Nobile, Hines hold Pro Stock leads

01 Oct 2016
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Dodge NHRA Nationals Saturday Notebook

01 Oct 2016
News
After sitting around Friday while Mother Nature caused troubles and prevented anybody from getting on the track, the weather cooperated a little more today at Maple Grove Raceway, allowing for some limited on-track activities, including one full…
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Mother Nature wins Friday battle at Maple Grove

30 Sep 2016
News
NHRA officials cancelled the first two rounds of qualifying on Friday at the 32nd annual Dodge NHRA Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway in Reading after rain and persistent mist. The Dodge NHRA Nationals is the third race of the NHRA Mello Yello…
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Ellis enjoying being a championship contender

30 Sep 2016
News
Chip Ellis has found a championship-caliber motorcycle at the perfect time and the end result has been one of the most enjoyable times he’s ever had racing in Pro Stock Motorcycle. It also means Ellis has a bike capable of winning his first…
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NHRA Today: The return of Larry Dixon

30 Sep 2016
News
In his first appearance of the 2016 season, Larry Dixon will slide into the Rapisarda Racing team’s Top Fuel dragster at the Dodge NHRA Nationals in Reading. The three-time Top Fuel world champion…
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Key players from the Keystone State

30 Sep 2016
Phil Burgess, National Dragster Editor
DRAGSTER Insider
Another week on the road, and another “retro” column from the Phil Burgess Archives to tide you over. When this column is published, I’ll be in Reading for the Dodge NHRA Nationals (Keystone Nationals for all you old-timers), and…
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Event preview: Dodge NHRA Nationals

30 Sep 2016
News
After two thrilling events to open it, the 2016 Countdown to the Championship continues this weekend at Maple Grove Raceway in Reading. With points tight in all four categories and a fall forecast that has the potential to once again produce the…
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NHRA Today: St. Louis was gateway to Countdown redemption

29 Sep 2016
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The teams of Shawn Langdon, Tony Schumacher and Jack Beckman got off to a slow start with first-round losses in the opening race of the Countdown to the Championship in Charlotte, but bounced back in St Louis where all made big moves in the points…
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NHRA Today: When good blowers go bad

29 Sep 2016
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When a Top Fuel car bangs the blower it happens in an instant; all you see in real time is a flash, but in an instant numerous engine parts are damaged and because the car has lost power it throws the driver forward in his or her seat. That’…
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Tricky Tipster's Reading picks

29 Sep 2016
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For more than five decades, NHRA National Dragster's famed Tricky Tipster has tested his prognosticating skills prior to each national event, putting odds on the top eight racers he thinks have the best shot at victory in Tricky Tipster.…
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NHRA Carolina Nationals Top Sportsman champ Gerard Milette

29 Sep 2016
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Driving the ’63 Corvette he and girlfriend Suzanne Poirier built themselves, first-time winner Gerard Milette outlasted the field in Top Sportsman presented by RacingRVs.com. Milette ran right on his 7.07 dial to turn on the win light in the final…
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NHRA Carolina Nationals Top Dragster champ Bob Mandell III

29 Sep 2016
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After a trying summer, during which his Top Sportsman Corvette was destroyed in a racing accident, Bob Mandell III’s fortunes made a turn for the better when he drove his ’11 ProFab entry to victory in Top Dragster presented by…
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NHRA Carolina Nationals Super Gas champ Jason Lynch

29 Sep 2016
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Super Gas winner Jason Lynch continued his strong run of late that included a semifinal showing in Indy and a runner-up finish in Brainerd. The victory, Lynch’s fifth, came courtesy of an on-the-index 9.90 in the final that allowed Lynch to…
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NHRA Carolina Nationals Super Comp champ Ray Miller Jr.

29 Sep 2016
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Super Comp featured a first-time winner, Ray Miller Jr., who came one round shy of making the Indy final. Miller, the father of multitime winner Ray III, survived a series of tough races, including a double-breakout match against Steve Hoyt in the…
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NHRA Carolina Nationals Stock champ C.J. McDonald

29 Sep 2016
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In Stock, CJ McDonald picked up the Wally in the first national event he entered. Though a first-timer at the national event level, McDonald is a veteran competitor who has been racing for more than three decades, and he put the skills developed…
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NHRA Carolina Nationals Super Stock champ Peter Biondo

29 Sep 2016
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The Sportsman winner’s circle also featured the return of a familiar face after a two-plus-year absence. Peter Biondo, who last won in 2014 at the spring Las Vegas event, where he doubled, picked up win No. 49 when he bested Jeffrey Jewell…
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NHRA Carolina Nationals Comp champ Doug Doll Jr.

29 Sep 2016
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Comp racer Doug Doll Jr. completed the perfect season with a strong performance in Charlotte, where he was the No. 1 qualifier and used a combination of solid driving and the strong horsepower from Charlie Greco’s dragster to get past Jim…
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NHRA Carolina Nationals Alcohol Funny Car champ DJ Cox Jr.

29 Sep 2016
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For the second straight year, the Bartone Bros. Top Alcohol Funny Car was in the winner’s circle at zMAX Dragway but with a different driver. Like Mickey Ferro did last year, DJ Cox Jr. took full advantage of the opportunity when he was…
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NHRA Carolina Nationals Alcohol Dragster champ Shawn Cowie

29 Sep 2016
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Shawn Cowie, who hails from Surrey, B.C., made the long haul from the West Coast to the East Coast pay off big when he outlasted Rich McPhillips to claim the Top Alcohol Dragster title, his sixth national event win. Cowie, who came up just short of…
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NHRA Carolina Nationals Sportsman champion highlights

29 Sep 2016
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Doug Doll Jr. all but wrapped up the 2016 Comp national championship when he drove to victory at the NHRA Carolina Nationals, his third national event win of the season. Doll's win highlighted competition in the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series at…
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