Agent 1320 RSS feed http://www.DragRacingOnline.com/agent1320/2013 en DragRacingOnline.com Mon, 20 May 2013 11:44:59 -0500 Mon, 20 May 2013 11:44:59 -0500 DragRacingOnline.com 1000 http://www.DragRacingOnline.com/_Assets/design2009/logo.png http://www.DragRacingOnline.com/agent1320/2013 Agent 1320 RSS feed After two days of testing qualifying underway at Cordova ADRL race. http://www.dragracingonline.com/agent1320/2013/1320-xv_5-27.html http://www.dragracingonline.com/agent1320/2013/1320-xv_5-27.html Sat, 18 May 2013 14:48:19 -0500 DragRacingOnline.com After rain ruined the first two events on the Division 3 drag racing schedule, the racers are hoping to finally get their seasons underway in Norwalk, Ohio, this weekend at the 7th annual Mickey Mart Rewards Cavalcade of Stars presented by Budweiser. http://www.dragracingonline.com/agent1320/2013/1320-xv_5-26.html http://www.dragracingonline.com/agent1320/2013/1320-xv_5-26.html Fri, 17 May 2013 11:50:45 -0500 DragRacingOnline.com FireIce, the industry's most efficient fire gel for firefighters, has partnered with Top Alcohol Funny Car driver Sean Bellemeur beginning with this weekend's NHRA Kansas Nationals at Heartland Park Topeka. http://www.dragracingonline.com/agent1320/2013/1320-xv_5-25.html http://www.dragracingonline.com/agent1320/2013/1320-xv_5-25.html Fri, 17 May 2013 11:50:06 -0500 DragRacingOnline.com Jim Oddy, legendary supercharged Pro Mod engine guru, sent the Agent some photos of the new Gasser he has built for competition with the Nostalgia AA Gassers. The 34 Willys is driven by Junior Ward with Oddy tuning. http://www.dragracingonline.com/agent1320/2013/1320-xv_5-24.html http://www.dragracingonline.com/agent1320/2013/1320-xv_5-24.html Fri, 17 May 2013 11:49:32 -0500 DragRacingOnline.com George Barris, Eric Grant, Wade Kawasaki and Joe Schubeck will be inducted into the SEMA Hall of Fame an honor that recognizes an elite group of individuals for raising the stature or growth of the automotive specialty-equipment industry. http://www.dragracingonline.com/agent1320/2013/1320-xv_5-24.html http://www.dragracingonline.com/agent1320/2013/1320-xv_5-24.html Fri, 17 May 2013 11:49:32 -0500 DragRacingOnline.com This year's opening day race of the K and N Spring Fling 20s, the FTI-sponsored Warm-Up Thursday, was host to over 500 racers competing for the $12,500 winner's share of the purse at Bristol Dragway. http://www.dragracingonline.com/agent1320/2013/1320-xv_5-23.html http://www.dragracingonline.com/agent1320/2013/1320-xv_5-23.html Fri, 17 May 2013 11:48:46 -0500 DragRacingOnline.com Doug Kalitta will get another chance to pick up this season's first victory this weekend at Heartland Park Topeka. Kalitta has been No. 1 qualifier three times in the first seven events of the season and has raced to the semifinals twice. http://www.dragracingonline.com/agent1320/2013/1320-xv_5-23.html http://www.dragracingonline.com/agent1320/2013/1320-xv_5-23.html Fri, 17 May 2013 11:48:46 -0500 DragRacingOnline.com The Pro Top Outlaws first race of the year is on May 26 at Dorchester Dragway in Dorchester, SC. The series, which races heads up on the eighth mile, consists mostly of dragsters, roadsters and a few door cars. http://www.dragracingonline.com/agent1320/2013/1320-xv_5-21.html http://www.dragracingonline.com/agent1320/2013/1320-xv_5-21.html Thu, 16 May 2013 16:15:01 -0500 DragRacingOnline.com We got this video of the Problem Child Red Line Oil Top Fuel Hydro team from last weekend's Lucas Oil Drag Boat event at Irvine Lake. This boat is powered by the same 8,000 horsepower nitro top fuel motors that the Kalitta Motorsports NHRA team uses and is the fastest and quickest Top Fuel Hydro to ever touch water (holds the top 15 world records). The team's winning run last weekend was a 3.42 at 253 miles per hour on a choppy lake. http://www.dragracingonline.com/agent1320/2013/1320-xv_5-21.html http://www.dragracingonline.com/agent1320/2013/1320-xv_5-21.html Thu, 16 May 2013 16:15:01 -0500 DragRacingOnline.com After his crash at the X-DRL event last month in Bristol, X-treme Pro Stock driver Dean Goforth is ready for his return at the X-DRL's Bash On The Bayou, which takes place this weekend at No Problem Raceway in Belle Rose, La. http://www.dragracingonline.com/agent1320/2013/1320-xv_5-21.html http://www.dragracingonline.com/agent1320/2013/1320-xv_5-21.html Thu, 16 May 2013 16:15:01 -0500 DragRacingOnline.com Tog, our editor friend from www.eurodragster.com, tells us that race fans with international tastes have no fewer than three European webcasts from which to choose this weekend. Available to watch for free will be the Cramo Nationals at Sweden's eighth-mile Malm Raceway which starts Friday, the FHRA Spring Nationals at Alastaro in Finland, which takes place on Saturday and Sunday, and Eurodragster.com's own Webster Race Engineering / Nimbus Motorsport webcast of the pre-FIA Main Event Test Weekend at the UK's Santa Pod Raceway on Saturday and Sunday. http://www.dragracingonline.com/agent1320/2013/1320-xv_5-22.html http://www.dragracingonline.com/agent1320/2013/1320-xv_5-22.html Thu, 16 May 2013 16:14:23 -0500 DragRacingOnline.com Troy Coughlin http://www.dragracingonline.com/agent1320/2013/1320-xv_5-22.html http://www.dragracingonline.com/agent1320/2013/1320-xv_5-22.html Thu, 16 May 2013 16:14:23 -0500 DragRacingOnline.com Tony Pedregon Racing and Herzog Contracting Corp., specialists in heavy/highway and railroad construction, announced they will partner for the NHRA Kansas Nationals May 17-19. http://www.dragracingonline.com/agent1320/2013/1320-xv_5-20.html http://www.dragracingonline.com/agent1320/2013/1320-xv_5-20.html Thu, 16 May 2013 16:11:12 -0500 DragRacingOnline.com VP Racing Fuels has been named Official Fuel of the Pro Stock Snowmobile Drag Racing Series within NHRA's Northeastern Division 1. As part of the agreement, VP's C14+ and C16 have been designated as Spec Fuels for the series. http://www.dragracingonline.com/agent1320/2013/1320-xv_5-20.html http://www.dragracingonline.com/agent1320/2013/1320-xv_5-20.html Thu, 16 May 2013 16:11:12 -0500 DragRacingOnline.com John Paul DeJoria and his wife, Eloise. (photo courtesy Forbes.com) http://www.dragracingonline.com/agent1320/2013/1320-xv_5-20.html http://www.dragracingonline.com/agent1320/2013/1320-xv_5-20.html Thu, 16 May 2013 16:11:12 -0500 DragRacingOnline.com The Elite Motorsports Pro Stock team was fined $10,000 and their driver Rickie Jones penalized 25 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series championship points for improper modification of the Electrimotion Pro Stock Shutoff Controller Kit, required in all Pro Stock vehicles. http://www.dragracingonline.com/agent1320/2013/1320-xv_5-19.html http://www.dragracingonline.com/agent1320/2013/1320-xv_5-19.html Wed, 15 May 2013 16:57:08 -0500 DragRacingOnline.com Former two-time NHRA Division 5 Top Alcohol Dragster Champion Mark Taliaferro will be returning to a blown alcohol combination with a brand-new Chip Nielsen chassis with an engine tuned by Tom Conway. The Markco Machine Works-sponsored team during this weekend's Kansas Nationals at Heartland Park in Topeka. http://www.dragracingonline.com/agent1320/2013/1320-xv_5-18.html http://www.dragracingonline.com/agent1320/2013/1320-xv_5-18.html Wed, 15 May 2013 13:42:53 -0500 DragRacingOnline.com The postponement of the May 3-5 Atlanta race put a crimp on Lucas Oil/MAVTV driver Larry Morgan's plans to work on his Ford Mustang, but his team planned some impromptu repairs before Topeka. http://www.dragracingonline.com/agent1320/2013/1320-xv_5-18.html http://www.dragracingonline.com/agent1320/2013/1320-xv_5-18.html Wed, 15 May 2013 13:42:53 -0500 DragRacingOnline.com Not only will the Cordova Dragway Park pit area be full of the regular ADRL supercharged and nitrous-injected doorslammers among a host of other pro cars including 900 cubic inch Pro Stocks, but now CDP and ADRL have added several special attractions to the fastest doorslammer event in the World. http://www.dragracingonline.com/agent1320/2013/1320-xv_5-17.html http://www.dragracingonline.com/agent1320/2013/1320-xv_5-17.html Wed, 15 May 2013 13:42:27 -0500 DragRacingOnline.com Marion County International Raceway in LaRue, Ohio, is for sale. The facility consists of approximately 39 acres and has state-approved gas pumps, a cafe, shirt shack, tower with hospitality area and bleacher seating for 4,000. The quarter-mile dragstrip is sanctioned by IHRA. http://www.dragracingonline.com/agent1320/2013/1320-xv_5-17.html http://www.dragracingonline.com/agent1320/2013/1320-xv_5-17.html Wed, 15 May 2013 13:42:27 -0500 DragRacingOnline.com On May 18 Bandimere Speedway hosts NAPA Auto Parts Night of Fire and Thunder, celebrating the 55th anniversary season at the base of the Rockies near Denver. http://www.dragracingonline.com/agent1320/2013/1320-xv_5-16.html http://www.dragracingonline.com/agent1320/2013/1320-xv_5-16.html Wed, 15 May 2013 13:41:53 -0500 DragRacingOnline.com Steve Magnante, who contributes to sister publication MoparMax.com, has just written Steve Magnante's 1001 Muscle Car Facts published by Car Tech Books. http://www.dragracingonline.com/agent1320/2013/1320-xv_5-16.html http://www.dragracingonline.com/agent1320/2013/1320-xv_5-16.html Wed, 15 May 2013 13:41:53 -0500 DragRacingOnline.com The NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, which has been twice rained out at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis, will be completed with selected eliminator classes run individually at upcoming North Central Division events. http://www.dragracingonline.com/agent1320/2013/1320-xv_5-16.html http://www.dragracingonline.com/agent1320/2013/1320-xv_5-16.html Wed, 15 May 2013 13:41:53 -0500 DragRacingOnline.com The new X-treme Drag Racing League will be at No Problem Raceway for the Bash On The Bayou on May 17-18 in Belle Rose, La. http://www.dragracingonline.com/agent1320/2013/1320-xv_5-15.html http://www.dragracingonline.com/agent1320/2013/1320-xv_5-15.html Tue, 14 May 2013 15:55:35 -0500 DragRacingOnline.com The starting time for Saturday's Sunoco Race Fuels Money Trail race and Super Circuit Shootout at Maple Grove Raceway has been changed. Gates will open an hour earlier at 8 a.m. with the first of two time trials to begin at 9. Eliminations will immediately follow the second time trial. http://www.dragracingonline.com/agent1320/2013/1320-xv_5-15.html http://www.dragracingonline.com/agent1320/2013/1320-xv_5-15.html Tue, 14 May 2013 15:55:35 -0500 DragRacingOnline.com John Troxel will bring his Roland Leong-tuned, ex-Della Woods Funny Car to St. Louis for some testing on Sunday, May 19, during the Mega Mopar Weekend at Gateway Motorsports Park. Troxel will make the stop on his way back home to the Columbia, Mo., area after making an appearance at the Funny Car Spectacular on Saturday at Beacon Dragway in Paducah, Ky. (Don Eckert photo) http://www.dragracingonline.com/agent1320/2013/1320-xv_5-15.html http://www.dragracingonline.com/agent1320/2013/1320-xv_5-15.html Tue, 14 May 2013 15:55:35 -0500 DragRacingOnline.com We were struck by the resemblance between Pro Stock Motorcycle racer Hector Arana Jr. (left) and golf champion Tiger Woods. (Arana photo by Chris Haverly / Woods photo courtesy TigerWoods.com) http://www.dragracingonline.com/agent1320/2013/1320-xv_5-14.html http://www.dragracingonline.com/agent1320/2013/1320-xv_5-14.html Tue, 14 May 2013 15:55:14 -0500 DragRacingOnline.com The ADRL will make its first appearance at Cordova Dragway Park on May 18-19. As a special treat the Rock cover band Meredosia Road will perform at the Pavillion at the track on Saturday from 7 to 11 p.m. The party is free and Zoomies Pub will be open for drink specials and the food vendors will stay open late. Rock on! http://www.dragracingonline.com/agent1320/2013/1320-xv_5-14.html http://www.dragracingonline.com/agent1320/2013/1320-xv_5-14.html Tue, 14 May 2013 15:55:14 -0500 DragRacingOnline.com Joey Steckler http://www.dragracingonline.com/agent1320/2013/1320-xv_5-14.html http://www.dragracingonline.com/agent1320/2013/1320-xv_5-14.html Tue, 14 May 2013 15:55:14 -0500 DragRacingOnline.com Ryan Toaster Jones won the Outlaw 8.5 class at the Summernationals held April 27-28 at Auto Club Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield, Calif. See our Race Coverage for all the results. (Paul Schmitz photo) http://www.dragracingonline.com/agent1320/2013/1320-xv_5-14.html http://www.dragracingonline.com/agent1320/2013/1320-xv_5-14.html Tue, 14 May 2013 15:55:14 -0500 DragRacingOnline.com