 | Lucas Oil Top Alcohol Dragster Driver Johnny Ahten Falls In The Second Round
Ahten racing again qualified in the top half of a very tough field. With 25 dragsters from all over the country in attendance just getting into the field of 16 would be an accomplishment. With a 5.38, Johnny and team were able to secure the #8 position heading into eliminations on Sunday.
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 | Lucas Oil Driver Larry Morgan Ends Seven Year Winless Streak
Larry Morgan has been winless for 169 races dating back to 2002. He won his 10th race of his career at the Lucas Oil NHRA Las Vegas Nationals. He beat points leader Mike Edwards in the second round on a whole-shot and stopped him from claiming the 2009 NHRA Full Throttle Pro Stock Championship. Edwards will have to wait until Pomona to be crowned the champion in Pro Stock.
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 | Leaving Las Vegas, Team Lucas looking to Pomona
Parts failure in the hot rods of teammates Morgan Lucas and Shawn Langdon resulted in a pair of first-round for the two Team Lucas racers. Team owner/driver Lucas bowed to championship contender and top qualifier Larry Dixon when his...
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 | BERNSTEIN DRIVES TO SEMIFINALS AT LAS VEGAS NATIONALS DESPITE FIGHTING FLU
Brandon Bernstein battled through a weekend of wrestling with the flu to score his fifth final four showing of the season at the Las Vegas Nationals. “We were fortunate to have Dr. Carision, a Las Vegas physician, on duty at the NHRA event over the weekend,” explained an ailing Bernstein. “She was awesome, checking in with me and giving me some intravenous fluids. When I woke up Sunday morning, I told myself, ‘We’ve got to go out and win this race.' The only good part about Sunday was the time I was in the race car...
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 | Hector Arana scored seventh number 1 qualifying position of the 2009 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Season
The top qualifying position at the Lucas Oil NHRA Las Vegas Nationals was occupied with the same rider that has filled it six times this season. Hector Arana rode his Lucas Oil Buell to his seventh No. 1 qualifying position of the 2009 season on Friday’s second qualifying session. He knew he would have to qualify better and go more rounds than number two in points, Ed Krawiec. Hector started Friday qualifying his Buell in the number 4 position. In the second session on Friday, Hector blasted his Buell to a stellar...
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 | ELITE MOTORSPORTS TO SPONSOR RICKIE JONES FOR FINAL TWO EVENTS
Rickie Jones and the Quarter-Max® Pro Stock team announce a two race partnership with Elite Motorsports, beginning at...
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 | Team CANIDAE/LUCAS OIL Top Fuel Dragster Driver Scott Whipple Set World Record and Take 2009 NSDA Season Championship
Records were broken this past weekend at the 2009 NSDA Dan Chittenden Fall Nationals in Primm, Nevada. After a few flat tires heading up Baker Grade on Thursday...
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 | This past weekend was the finals in the first ever Outlaw Turbo points series
This past weekend was the finals in the first ever Outlaw Turbo points series. This class puts carbureted turbo charged and carbureted nitrous vw cars against each other in an all out heads up 1/8 mile race.
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 | NHRA drivers ready to try their luck in Speedway Children's Charities' poker tournament
Some of the top names in the NHRA will be kicking off the NHRA Las Vegas Nationals weekend at Las Vegas Motor Speedway by hitting the poker table for Speedway Children’s Charities’ Sixth Annual Cards for Kids Texas Hold’em Poker Tournament on Wednesday, Oct. 28, at the Cannery Hotel & Casino. NHRA drivers Brandon Bernstein, Shawn Langdon, Morgan Lucas...
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 | Rookie of the Year finalist Shawn Langdon desires strong finish in Las Vegas
The only true rookie in this year's freshman class, Top Fuel driver Shawn Langdon, is hoping strong outings at this weekend's ninth annual Las Vegas NHRA Nationals and the season-ending 45th annual Auto Club NHRA Finals will push his bid for the Auto Club Rookie of the Year award over the top.
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