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	Absolute Drag Racing - hot rods, links, pictures and information
		Determining the origin of the term "drag racing" is not the clearest quest in the world - there are as many theories as the machines that have populated its ranks for five decades.
		There is the original folklore of natural language: Drag your car out of the garage and race me. Natural association of physical drag racing locale: the "main drag" of a town is the main street, and is often the only one wide enough to accommodate two vehicles.
		Today's drag racing mobiles are computer-designed wonders with sleek profiles and wind-tunnel-tested rear airfoils that exert 5,000 pounds of downforce on the rear tires with minimal aerodynamic drag.
	www.absolute-drag-racing.com (337 words)

	Drag racing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Drag racing is a form of auto racing in which cars or motorcycles attempt to complete a fairly short, straight and level course in the shortest amount of time, starting from a dead stop.
		Drag racing originated in the United States and is still the most popular there.
		Drag racing vehicles are special in that they are modified to be lighter and more powerful than in their standard form.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Drag_racing (5239 words)

	Drag Racing Page
		Now that drag boats were on the schedule, it became important to organize the potential participants so they would know about the races and what was expected of them.
		Drag racing in Region One seems to be a winner for all concerned.
		At the end of the race, they drive straight out the end of the course and veer off both to one side or one each side depending on the configuration of the site, and wait to be called back to the starting line.
	www.hydrostream.org /ArticleArchives/DragRacing.htm (2461 words)

	Drag racing Summary
		Drag racing is a form of auto racing in which cars or motorcycles attempt to complete a fairly short, straight and level course in the shortest amount of time, starting from a dead stop.
		Drag racing cars are special in that they are modified to be lighter and more powerful than in their standard form.
		In 1997, the FIA began sanctioning drag racing in Europe with a fully established European Drag Racing Championship, in cooperation with the NHRA with rules established from the NHRA.
	www.bookrags.com /Drag_racing (5674 words)

	Drag Racing - Feature Review - Sport Rider (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Gadson, my coach for my first weekend of drag racing, said one of the most common novice mistakes is to sit too upright at the start of a race.
		While most drag racers start with both feet on the ground, a few (myself included) prefer to keep the left foot on the peg to be ready for shifting.
		ET racing remains true "run what you brung" racing, allowing riders to experience the fun of drag racing-and possibly winning-without emptying their wallets into their bike.
	www.sportrider.com /features/146_0004_drag_racing (3018 words)

	C.E. Racing : Jr. Drag Racing
		Drag Racing League has room for every type of racing family— from the grass-roots team with the stock motor and the simple paint job to the highly competitive crew with the latest component’s and the fastest alky burner on the grounds.
		Drag Racing League members who qualify for the annual National Championships will compete for more than $300,000 in individual and team scholarships.
		Drag Racer will kids learn Cory Mac's most hated household chore, Mike Dunn's favorite cartoon character, and who gave Don "the Snake" Prudhomme his famous nickname.) They'll even learn how to hop up their Hot Wheels cars and get racing tips from the top.
	www.ce-racing.com /pages/page1.asp (499 words)

	Driver and NHRA Drag Racing Highlights
		After drag racing success with Junior Stock, C Dragster in Comp Eliminator, Top Gas Dragster, and Top Fuel Funny Car, I left drag racing in 1974 to spend more time with the family and pursue other interests.
		Now that the kids have grown with families of their own, my interests in drag racing have rekindled and I've decided to come back.
		In 1966 and 1967, I co-owned and piloted a '57 chevy.
	www.hadfordracing.com /driver_and_nhra_drag_racing_highlights.htm (532 words)

	Drag Racing St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture - Find Articles
		Drag racing, an acceleration contest from a standing start between two vehicles covering a measured distance, is probably as old as the automobile itself.
		Race events usually begin with each class conducting trials; the 16 drivers with the lowest times are allowed starting positions in the official competition.
		Most races, which last from five to ten seconds, are won and lost at the starting line for either "red lighting" or for not "attacking the green," respectively.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_g1epc/is_tov/ai_2419100367 (865 words)

	Drag Racing Information
		Drag racing is a form of specialized automobile racing that is most popular in the United States, although it is also practiced on a limited basis in England, Canada, and Australia.
		Drag racing owes its origin to hot rods, cars specially modified for improved acceleration and speed, which were first built in southern California in the late 1930s.
		Drag racing was formalized in 1937 with the creation of the Southern California Timing Association (SCTA), an organization of automobile enthusiasts who raced their cars in the California desert.
	members.tripod.com /mopardaddy/dragracin.htm (314 words)

	Basics of Drag Racing: A Day at the Drags
		Watch the Sportsman competition, where the racing is often close and wins and losses are not always decided by horsepower but by driver reflexes and downtrack strategy.
		Seeing a race unfold from a finish-line vantage point is a world apart from watching it from the starting line.
		Drag racing is unique among motorsports because fans have direct access to the teams, watching from as close as five or 10 feet as the highly skilled mechanics "twirl the iron."
	www.nhra.com /basics/dayatdrags.html (904 words)

	DRAG RACING
		Phoenix, pre-race: A racing family with a name as synonymous with drag racing as the word burn-out has taken the RACEGIRL-sponsored Weis family under its rear wing.
		Kalitta racing has teamed up with another family-managed team with the intent on gaining a holeshot on the competition and leaving them at the starting line.
		With the big guns in drag racing setting the example by running two cars, it makes it increasingly difficult for low-budget teams such as Weis Racing to compete at the national level.
	www.goracegirl.com /dragracing.html.html (928 words)

	Drag Racing School
		In basic terms, a drag race is an acceleration contest from a standing start between two vehicles over a measured distance at a specifically designed drag race facility.
		When racing DYO they use the 'Handicap' method on the Christmas Tree, with the handicap calculated from the difference in the selected times of each driver.Dial-ins.
		A bracket drag race is a straight-Line acceleration contest between two cars, usually starting at different times, from a standing start over a specified distance, usually a quarter mile or an eighth mile.
	www.racingscenemag.com /dragschool/index.htm (2518 words)

	IHRA Drag Racing 2004 for Xbox Review - Xbox IHRA Drag Racing 2004 Review
		With racing games putting so much emphasis on letting you modify a car and trick it out with exhaust systems, intakes, turbo kits, suspension upgrades, and race-class braking systems, it seemed that eventually a game might go just a bit too far with it.
		Just the act of competing in a race is a convoluted process, and most players will have to spend some time reading the manual before they win any races.
		IHRA Drag Racing 2 could have benefited from some sort of progression system to give you a sense that you are accomplishing something with each race, but as the game is, it is recommendable only to those with a very deep interest in drag racing or engine modification.
	www.gamespot.com /xbox/driving/ihradragracing2004/review.html (1144 words)

	Goodguys 2001 Vintage Drag Racing Dates Alamo, CA - Hot Rod Magazine
		It is the sixth of 24 events in the $50 million NHRA Winston Drag Racing Series for 2001.
		Headquartered in Glendora, Calif., the NHRA is the primary sanctioning body for the sport of drag racing in the United States.
		Drag Racing League for youths ages 8 to 17.
	www.hotrod.com /eventcoverage/goodguys_2001_vintage_drag_racing_dates (1326 words)

	National Speed Sport News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Drag racing is arguably the most popular form of auto racing in the United States.
		Drag racing, which got its start on the streets, is sanctioned primarily by two organizations — the National Hot Rod Association and the International Hot Rod Association.
		The POWERade Drag Racing Series holds 23 races from coast to coast during the season which begins in February and ends in November.
	www.nationalspeedsportnews.com /newsroom.html?cid=tcsyKn7zzfw= (362 words)

	Drag Racing
		This is a racing series designed to afford youths as young as 8 years old the chance to compete in
		During the off season you sit in the race car making engine sounds and pretend to shift gears.
		You go to the Drag Strip on your first date, true love would be if she suggested it.
	www.botelerracing.com /Boteler_Racing/Drag_Racingx.html (872 words)

	M/T @ Drag Racing
		I think one of the best races he had was between him and a woman
		she beat him in the race so Mickey pulled her over to talk to her and before they knew it they were married.
		When Mickey started he had very little money, his dad was a police officer in LA so there wasn't much money, so almost every thing Mickey had he built himself.
	www.thompson-motorsports.com /drag.html (98 words)

	GameStats: IHRA Drag Racing 2 Cheats, Reviews, News
		IHRA Drag Racing 2 recreates the excitement and speed of international hotrod racing.
		Drag Racing 2 also offers a one-player season mode and two-player single races.
		If this is your first time to the site, let us welcome you to what we hope will become your new daily source of IHRA Drag Racing 2 information.
	www.gamestats.com /objects/496/496015 (347 words)

	Racing Secrets: Auto Racing Tech
		This is the most talked about racing book on the web.
		If you race one of these, you know how tough it is to find good tech info.
		- Recorded during the 2003 Drag Expo, this CD is perfect for the drag racer trying to take his driving to the next level.
	racingsecrets.com (432 words)

	Drag Racing
		on the 300 feet drags they wont let the banshees run in there class the have 2 have a class of there own and the yfz450 and 450r beat eachother and smoke the ltr450 dont know y realy.
		back to the main topic drag racing there are not to many 1/4 races just 300ft and the bikes that dominated that were th yfzs and banshee so go wit the yfz
		your gonna be limited with either one for drag racing in a 1/4 mile mainily because of gearing..
	www.highlifter.com /forum/Drag_Racing/m_1429628/tm.htm (1517 words)

	Number One Source For Drag Racing and High Performance Parts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Edmond Richardson wins 10 Grand at Saturday's Big Buck Race in Bowling Green, Ky. Beech Bend Raceway held it's first Tenn-Tuck Bracket Bash event of the season this past weekend, and on Saturday Richardson adds yet another big money win to his portfolio.
		As you can see some of the changes are up however please bear with us as we continue to make the site a much better place to visit.
		Edmond Richardson School of Drag Racing will be conducting a class at Outer Banks Speedway in Creswell, North Carolina April 10-12.
	www.perfectrun.com (609 words)

	Drag Racing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		These yellow bulbs come on when the front wheels of the race car interrupt the beam from a light source to the photo cells.
		A second beam, located at the finish line, shuts off both the individual lane elapsed-time and top speed clocks, and triggers the win indicator.
		The length of the actual racing surface at an NHRA Drag Racing Series event is one-quarter mile, or 1,320 feet.
	www.bandimere.com /free/dragRacing.php (370 words)

	Drag Racing Online
		AHRA was active for only 28 years, but in that time, the group contributed mightily to what we accept now as modern drag racing, especially modern pro drag racing.
		It was in the backroads and outbacks of smaller tracks that made up the AHRA circuit in the midwestern and southwestern reaches of the country in the 1960’s through the early 1980’s.
		When AHRA introduced the Grand American Series of Professional Drag Racing in 1970, the sport was given its first year-long points chase that was paid off with a large season-end bonus check.
	www.dragracingonline.com /special/ahra_history_1_1.html (458 words)

	Drag Racing at Santa Pod Raceway UK
		Drag Racing at Santa Pod Raceway UK Santa Pod Raceway in the UK is the home of European Drag Racing and host to the televised FIA European Drag Racing Championships.
		Sky Sports have annouced the the times they will be showing the 2006 Drag Racing Championship season.
		Nitro FM is based in Race Control and broadcasts live during events.
	www.santapod.co.uk /index.php (471 words)

	Drag Racing List - Drag Racing Stats, Stories, and Photos
		Herman Shepperd aka The Hermanator has been racing his radically raked Pro Mod Camaro for the past couple of years and he's one of the few three second racers in the class.
		Chuck Poole was one of the true wheelstanding stars of drag racing in his famous Chuckwagon series of race cars.
		Perhaps the craziest single drag racer in the history of the sport was Henk Vink, who routinely took his ROCKET POWERED BIKE to six second, 215 mph blasts all over Europe in the 80s.
	www.draglist.com (901 words)

	Drag Racing, INC
		He qualified in the #3 position and made two clean passes during the rounds of eliminations, all in the 4 second-range, before the tire-shaking run that produced his first victory.
		In just the third eMax Drag Racing Series event of the season it appears as if Lagana Crew Chief Jay Lewis has a handle on the team’s new ’06 McKinney Dragster.
		The next event on the eMax Drag Racing Series is the CARS RV, Marine and Motorsports Rocky Mountain Nationals presented by Torco Race Fuels, June 23 – 25 at Castrol Raceway in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
	www.dragracinginc.com /article_lagana.html (1245 words)

	DRAG RACING
		This page is a brief history of the drag racing I've seen over the years. People, places and cars from the famous to not so famous.
		U.S. 30 Drag Strip is located just off Highway US30 on Clay St approximately 2 miles east of Interstate 65 in northern Indiana.
		What I would also like to do is create a "Featured Driver/Mechanic" page with a brief history of that persons racing carreer along with pictures of the various race cars they may have driven or worked on.
	www.geocities.com /grc46250 (303 words)

	Drag Racing Underground - Where Dragsters Get the Green Light
		We personally invite you to enter the domain of Drag Racing Underground video, and join the many drag racing fans who enjoy the very best in hardcore drag racing action right from the comfort and convenience of their living room easy chairs!
		Chat with drag racing folks around the world in The DRU Forum.
		FROM ENGLAND TO ENGLISHTOWN - "I'd have to say that this is the most entertaining drag racing video I have ever watched" says Super Stock and Drag Illustrated editor Jeff Burk.
	www.dragracingunderground.com (632 words)

	SPEEDtv.com \| Pinks \| LOSE THE RACE, LOSE YOUR RIDE! \| drag racing, pink slips, Christensen, negotiation, burnout, speed
		Using the setting of a classic 1950s drag race, PINKS will pit contestants in a best three-out-of-five format, with the loser handing over the title (pink slip) to his or her vehicle.
		This PINKS battle is cut short when the bug's axle breaks at over 100mph!; Drag racing; Rich Christensen; pinks; racing; speed; speedtv.com; Gainesville Raceway Park - Gainesville, Florida South Carolina's Sheila Rivers meets Florida's old school racer Rickie Smith in a Mustang battle that keeps the fans on their feet.
		; Drag racing; Rich Christensen; pinks; speed; speedtv.com; video; Gainesville Raceway Park - Gainesville, Florida ItÀs a valiant display of sportsmanship and fast trucks when Dewayne Jacobs (1968 Chevy Pick-up) and Jamie Wellman (1981 Chevy LUV) push the competition to the limit.
	www.speedtv.com /pinks (590 words)

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