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Summer Nationals notebook: NHRA facing nitro crunch

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Rumors of a nitro shortage appear to be true – NHRA cancelling post event testing, including August testing session at Indianapolis, recommends teams use methanol for pit warmups. From the article: National Hot Rod Association officials met with POWERade Series teams Friday afternoon to announce measures to conserve the use of nitromethane — used in … Read more

From Indy to Charlotte, NHRA racers work to spread the message

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It may be the busiest non-NHRA-racing weekend of the year, but many teams of the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series are from sitting out around the backyard barbecuing steaks. From Indianapolis to Charlotte, many of NHRA’s top drivers and teams are taking advantage of the intense focus on the weekend’s Indianapolis 500 and Coca-Cola 600 … Read more

Melanie Troxel wins in Funny Car at Bristol

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Melanie Troxel defeated top qualifier Mike Neff in the final round of the rain delayed O’Reilly NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals in Bristol, Tennessee. Until tonight, Troxel had yet to win an elimination round during her first season in Funny Car. Mike Neff’s car (6.471s E.T. / 146.21 MPH) had trouble at the line and suffered … Read more

Tasca looking to put it all together in Bristol

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BRISTOL, Tenn. (May 13, 2008) – With the theme of the season being to take it one step at a time for Bob Tasca III and the Motorcraft/Quick Lane/Custom Accessories Shelby Mustang team, the rookie heads into this weekend’s NHRA race at Bristol Dragway eager to capture his team's first win.

“This weekend is a real important race for us,” said Tasca. “If you look back at the last few races; in Vegas we qualified our season best in the No. 3 position, Atlanta was our best showing with making it to the semi-finals, and St. Louis was hands down our most consistent performance of the season with getting the quickest ET of my career. So you can just see that at each race, we establish a new high point for the program.”

The one step at a time approach has allowed the team to put together a solid collection of data through the first seven races of the season, and to successfully make more and more consistent runs down the track.

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