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Yet again, all of Drag Racing has been hit with a horrific tragedy. Not long after the terrible John Force accident just last year, and the death of Eric Medlen, during the fourth qualifying session at Old Bridge Raceway in New Jersey today, June 21 Scott Kalitta exploded an engine, which snapped the chassis and sent the car out of control and into the sand trap at a quick speed. He was taken to

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It's about time I start to yap about this or that again. I'm kind of surprised at the current points standings in some of the NHRA pro classes. What surprised me most is the Funny Car standings with Tim Wilkerson leading all with 552 points, and Ashley Force in a close second with 529 points. And it's nice to see Cruz Pedregon up in third place for a change of pace. Of course, it's not much of a

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John Force now sits in Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas Texas after his NHRA Nitro Funny Car came apart in the second round at the O'Reilly NHRA Fall Nationals at Texas Motorplex. John's car appearently broke in half at the finish line during the second round of eliminations against Kenny Bernstein. The rear half of the car, which Force was in, went left into the guardrail, while the

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Well, it's been a while, but long time NHRA Funny Car racer John Force finally won a national event. After starting the season very slow, and strugling to qualify, he finally found a way to get a big WIN in Bristol.It just goes to show, that just because you have lots of money, and experience you can't always win. Sometimes you have to battle through problems and not get down on yourself and be

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Since I last wrote something worthwhile. So here's a few thoughts...1. What's up with gas prices? Besides the price? It wasn't that long ago when the price was under $1 a gallon. No wonder the gas companies are making record profits!!2. For those of you who may live on the eastern side of Ohio, what's with Quaker City Raceway? I hear they're now going to open back up very soon. Why on earth would

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Yesterday was an interesting weekend of NHRA Drag Racing. For the first time in the history of NHRA Drag Racing, there was a father daughter matchup in the first round of Funny Car. John Force matched up with his daughter Ashley during the first round of eliminations, and ended up in tire smoke, losing the round to his 24 year old daughter. It was truly amazing as Ashley's car made a terrific run

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Is it really such a bad thing to buy the off brand/un heard of brand? Whether it be soda, cereal, or engine components for your hotrod or racecar. The way I see it, the product has gotta have good quality, the manufacturer has to have a good reputation, and the price has to be low. Davesraceshop.com sells both name brand parts, and off brand parts, but most people seem to be a little timid

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John Force released the following to announce his teams return to the NHRA POWERaid Drag Racing Series."The cockpits of the three John Force Racing Funny Cars and both of the team�??s Super Comp dragsters were reconfigured to address safety issues raised by the death of Eric Medlen in a testing accident last month at Gainesville (Fla.) Raceway. "�??The first run, I had a little blurred vision so we

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A letter from the Medlen family,Dear Family, Friends and Fans:We would like to express our deep appreciation for the love and support you have extended to us during this difficult time. We appreciate all of you but we would like to mention a few folks who held our hand along the way:John Force, who never left our side; Evan Knoll who sent his jet twice; Joan Rice for correlating the travel

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After an emotional weekend of drag racing at the O'Reilly NHRA Spring Nationals in Houston, Texas both Top Fuel winner J.R. Todd, and Funny Car winner Ron Capps dedicated their trophy's to the Medlen family. It was a great showing of sportsmanship on part of both drivers who were very emotional throughout the weekend. Capps said after his win "We're not mourning Eric's loss, we're celebrating his

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After the passing of Eric Medlen, driver of the Castrol Syntec Ford Mustang, John Force and the rest of the Force team will not compete this coming weekend at O�??Reilly Spring Nationals at Houston, Texas. John Force Racing, Inc., is still working to find out exactly what happened that caused a tire to blow-out, and "an extreme vibration beyond anything previously recorded in the sport" according

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It is with much regret that I write this to tell you that NHRA Funny car driver Eric Medlen passed away today, March 23 at the young age of 33. "Eric suffered from severe traumatic brain injury with diffuse axonal injury, or DAI," said Dr. Joseph Layon, Professor of Anesthesiology, Surgery and Medicine and the Chief of Critical Care Medicine at UF. Survival rates associated with DAI are low." "On

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As NHRA funny car racer Eric Medlen remains in critical condition at Shands at the University of Florida medical center, his primary sponsor Castrol Syntec has announced that it will set up an e-mail address so that fans can send their words of encouragement. This is what was written on Team Force's website: "Castrol SYNTEC, Medlen�??s primary sponsor in his first three seasons on the NHRA POWERade

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This is a direct quote from www.johnforceracing.com:"Injured NHRA Funny Car driver Eric Medlen survived a delicate, three-hour craniotomy procedure to relive pressure and hemorrhaging Tuesday evening but remained in critical condition Wednesday at Shands at the University of Florida medical center. Over the next two weeks, the 33-year-old will remain in a drug-induced coma designed to promote

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In case you haven't heard, Eric Medlen, driver of NHRA Nitro Funny car was hospitalized after a horrific crash Monday in Gainesville, Florida. Medlen was in Gainesville along with the rest of the John Force teams monday making a test run when it has been reported that one of the rear tires shreaded and he lost control, causing the car to take a vicious right hand turn into the right hand

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Since my last post, I felt compelled to write about Internet Marketing. I was rattling on about how a competator to my Performance Parts website was complaining about my pricing being too low. I have to ask, why are they so concerned with my pricing? Do I really intimidate them? After further review, I found out that their site really isn't too popular. They don't even have a page rank!! Now, I

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It's amazing the lengths that some business owners will go to, just to make a few bucks! As the owner/webmaster of www.davesraceshop.com, I strive to keep my prices low so the cunsumers (racer and hotrodders) can afford the high quality parts they deserve. Recently I came under fire by another high performance parts retailer (which rhimes with: whore beckons rat .com), who sells Cometic MLS Head

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For most of you reading this, I'm sure you've seen them. Google ads! They're on this blog, and probably most of the websites you visit on the net. Not only Google ads, but any form of advertising on websites is just ludacris! I've seen it hundreds of times a day, on almost every site I've visited. Haven't you? It's OK on some sites, but for most such as those that sell some sort of product

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Why is it everytime I turn around someone is bashing someone else? I really don't have an answer for that, but wish I did. It's seen all the time, one sanctioning body bashing another, a radio DJ bashing another radio show, etc...Can't we all just get along? Must everyone put down others to better themselves? Why can't people just make it known that they are good at what they do, and may be

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I was recently talking to a fellow racer, and was amazed at what he had to say. He had stopped over to pick up a Crankshaft I was selling, and we got talking about some of the manufacturers of Cranks. He was telling me how an engine builder/machinist (who he is friends with) was finding many of the Crankshafts made these days to have cracks running all up and down them! Now, I'm not going to

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What the?? I think I have seen more snow in the past two days, than I've seen in the past two years! Unbelievable. And to think, we here didn't get nearly as much as they did in New York. One thing is for sure, we never stop working at the race shop. I know it's hard to think of racing at this time of the year for many, but you have to have the car ready when spring gets here! Don't forget to

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For the first week of PowerAid Drag Racing, it was somewhat interesting. Funny car was kind of predicted, with Scelzi beating Robert Hight. Pro Stock was also predicted as far as the Summit team goes, with Greg Anderson beating Greg Stanfield. However, Top Fuel was great. J.R. Todd ran awesome all weekend to take the win in the finals against Brandon Bernstein and Schumacher last years champion,

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I recently read in the IHRA Drag Review magazine, they are without a doubt watching out for the sportsman racers. I read how they secured some great prizes for the Summit Super Series champions, and how they have added multiple Pro-Am races at some of the tracks. Some racers are saying IHRA is more worried about their Nitro Jam, than anything else. They have lost many tracks to NHRA sanctioning

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For those of you who don't know, the head gaskets you use on your motor can cause you a lot of time and money. That is, of coarse if you don't use high quality gaskets like Cometic. When racers begin to eclipse the 800 horsepower barrier, and even in some cases less, every component on the engine is crucial. The Heads, Intake, Exhaust, etc.. must be totally sealed otherwise you could become a

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Oh well, better late than never. So far this year has been good, but I hope I don't junx myself. Of coarse, tax season is coming and if anyone out there is a business owner HELPPPPP! What is with all the paper work, why must they take more money from us at the beginning of the year? Didn't we all pay enough during the Christmas season. I just received my envelope containing all the necessary

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