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NHRA: Round 1 qualifying at Vegas
By Lee Elder LAS VEGAS, Nev (Oct. 25, 2018) – NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle racer Eddie Krawiec came to the Toyota NHRA Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway third in the Countdown to the Championship standings, 56 points out of the lead. Krawiec made up...
Schatz wins 20th WoO race of season
By WoO Media DODGE CITY, KS – October 20, 2018 – Donny Schatz passed Ian Madsen on Lap 9 in lapped traffic and held off Madsen’s late race surge to win his 20th World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series of 2018, Saturday at Dodge City Raceway Park. Madsen, in...
WoO: Pittman wins at Lakeside
By Lee Elder KANSAS CITY, Kan. (Oct. 19, 2018) – Daryn Pittman scored his ninth victory of the 2018 World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint car Series when he won the FVP Platinum Battery Shootout at Lakeside Speedway. It was Pittman’s second win at the track but his...
Max Throttles At zMax–It’s The Recliner Report!
THE RECLINER REPORT! Stop #22-NHRA Carolina Nationals, zMax Dragway, Charlotte, NC The Carolinas. NASCAR country. The birthplace of left turn-only, oval-shaped cathedrals of speed. Here, nothing else matters...right? Ummm...nope. Not when the NHRA circus brings the...
Steve Torrence wins again, nears Top Fuel title
By Lee Elder CONCORD, NC (Oct. 14, 2018) – Steve Torrence all but locked up the NHRA Top Fuel championship by winning the NHRA Carolina Nationals at ZMAX Dragway Sunday. Torrence has won every race in the NHRA’s Countdown, the first time a driver has won four...
B. Force, Johnson, Skillman, Krawiec top qualifiers
By Lee Elder CONCORD, NC (Oct. 13, 2018) – Brittany Force accomplished everything she could have when she stormed down the ZMAX Dragway and snagged the Top Fuel top qualifier position for Sunday’s eliminations in the NHRA Carolina Nationals. Force’s run was a...
Krawiec tops PSM charts at ZMAX
By Lee Elder CONCORD, NC (Oct. 12, 2018) – Eddie Krawiec led Pro Stock Motorcycle qualifying after Friday’s first two rounds and pulled closer to leader LE Tonglet in the PSM Countdown as the chances to get points begin to dwindle. Krawiec, Erica Enders (Pro...
NOTES TORN FROM A REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK
By Lee Elder The NHRA Carolina Nationals at Z-Max Dragway mark the 22nd race on the 24-race NHRA schedule for 2018. … At mid-week, the entry list on the NHRA website shows 18 entries in both Top Fuel and Funny Car, 14 in Pro Stock and 23 in Pro Stock Motorcycle. …...
Dialin’ It In At Dallas–It’s The Recliner Report!
THE RECLINER REPORT! Stop #21--AAA Texas NHRA Fall Nationals, Texas Motorplex, Dallas, Tejas! Yeah, yeah, you've all heard this a kazillion times before. "Everything is bigger in Texas. There are oil wells in everyone's front yards. All the women have big hair....
Pritchett wins NHRA Factory Stock Showdown title
From MOPAR media October 7, 2018, Auburn Hills, Michigan – Leah Pritchett clinched the 2018 NHRA Factory Stock Showdown championship in her Mopar Dodge Challenger Drag Pak at the AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals near Dallas, racing to her third consecutive win of the...
