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The rest, as they say, is history. After some promising results with the ... He
followed up by defeating fellow AMC Pro Stock competitor Dave Kanners in the
final round at the 1976 NHRA World Finals at Ontario, California. In addition to
his 1974 ...
Author: Bob McClurg
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DOWNLOAD & READHistory did, however, record the 1968 NHRA Division 7 points meet as the hottest
premier race in the history of ... or the competition, during the World
Championship Series NHRA Points and Official Record meet at the Stardust
Raceway.
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DOWNLOAD & READC IMPIO Tony Schumacher shows off his fifth straight and sixth overall NHRA
Championship trophy with the help of ... The U.S. Mint will work on six coin
designs , front and back , with the Army Historical Foundation . ... This year's
championship win was Tony's fifth total with the Army , moving him past
legendary driver Don “ The Snake ” Prudhomme for the most world
championships won by a Army driver ...
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DOWNLOAD & READREX P than 3000 events involving more than a half - million contestant ler ' s
1961 S / S record has nearly been ... as the close of NHRA ' s season - long ind
recorded over the past decade , providing an accurate mea - World
Championship ...
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DOWNLOAD & READweekends and holidays . iristes Cup victories than any other rookie Dede in
NASCAR history . In NHRA , a Ford Thunderbird Ela took Bob Glidden to his sixth
and Te he seventh World Championships . And are so helped Bob Glidden
become ...
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DOWNLOAD & READ76 mph - taking his second consecutive Tulsa Top Fuel title , making Bennie the
only two - time World Champion in NHRA history ! A clean sweep at Tulsa proves
. . . WI World champions depend on Champions ! WORLD CHAMPION - TOP ...
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DOWNLOAD & READGoodyear had the best of the early going , carrying Connie Kalitta's Ford to the
AHRA and NHRA Winternationals ... year history ) , and Bennie Osborn upset the
NHRA World Finals by cutting a 7.03 on a moist strip to edge Prudhomme .
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DOWNLOAD & READHe is the only driver to score a " grand slam " in drag racing , having won Top
Gas Eliminator honors in NHRA ... DON GARLITS — Known as " Big Daddy , " is
the only man in drag - racing history to win the Top Fuel Eliminator title three
times — '67 , '68 and '69 . Was pulled ... Has won NHRA Winternationals , World
Finals .
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DOWNLOAD & READLining up alongside him for the top fuel final of the National Hot Rod Association '
s Grandnational was Garlits ' s self ... in NHRA Nationals competition numbered
five , which was a long way from Garlits ' s record score of an even dozen . Still ,
Beck did have a couple of aces in his hand . First , Beck is the reigning NHRA "
World Champion " ; as drag racing ' s only FIA - member club , the NHRA is
entitled ...
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Author: Anne Commire
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DOWNLOAD & READIn 1991, his first year as a Pro, Gadson won the AMA/Prostar Pro Comp
Challenge World Championship. ... Gadson won three additional number- one
plates for Kawasaki en route to becoming the winningest racer in the history of
the sport. Gadson 's contracts ... This season, Gadson is moving to the NHRA and
Pro Stock Motorcycle with the Lucas Oils effort run by former racer Harry Lartigue.
The team ...
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DOWNLOAD & READShe set a new top speed record for the IHRA for that year , 294.98 miles per hour
, and placed second in the IHRA nationals in both 1996 and 1997 . Muldowney ...
In 1977 Muldowney became the first driver to win three consecutive NHRA Top
Fuel races and the Winston World Championship . For this ... She won the
American Hot Rod Association World Championship the following year ,
becoming the ...
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DOWNLOAD & READShirley Muldowney is the most successful TF racer in history . She is the only
driver to have won the NHRA TF world championship three times , in 1977 , 1980
, and 1982 – nobody else has won the title more than twice . She has compiled ...
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DOWNLOAD & READHe started in Top Fuel . After winning many national events and five career Top
Fuel titles , he turned to Funny Car racing in 1974 . He is the top Funny Car
winner in NHRA history with 35 national event victories and four World
Championship ...
Author: Susan Creighton
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DOWNLOAD & READA really tight pennant race would drown out political campaigns in September ,
and kids were let out of school at World Series time . ... Winners of the National
League's Western Division were the well - muscled Cincinnati Redlegs , with the
best record ( 99 wins , 63 losses ) ... He only placed second last week at the
N.H.R.A. world - championship meet in Amarillo , Texas , but Jenkins is still on his
way to ...
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DOWNLOAD & READGarlits returned to racing in 1971 and won the AHRA World championship and
four other AHRA events, the NHRA ... sitting in front of a perpetually oil-slinging,
fire-emitting, nitro- burning beast — the slingshot had been relegated to history.
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DOWNLOAD & READideas , but the only transcript in the NMAH Drag Racing Oral History Archive (
Feb . 1988 ) is from ... Although Amarillo had once been the site of the NHRA
World Finals , no “ national ” events had been staged there in many years . There
were ...
Author: Robert C. Post
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ISBN: UOM:39015009125538
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DOWNLOAD & READThe Official History John Gunnell. PONTIAC Ma CRAGAR. PONTIAC Other 1986
Pontiac Motorsports highlights included Top Fuel and Top Alcohol Funny Car
World Championships in both NHRA and IHRA drag - racing events , as well as
21 ...
Author: John Gunnell
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ISBN: UOM:39076002390032
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