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Recent uptick has In-N-Out Burger driver Troxel fired-up for Phoenix

Amanda — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 18:57:25 +0000

PHOENIX (Oct. 10) — Funny Car star Melanie Troxel returns to Firebird International Raceway for the 27th annual Arizona NHRA Nationals intent on disrupting the Countdown dreams of as many drivers as possible as she searches for her first victory of the season in the In-N-Out Burger Toyota Solara.

It’s not just wishful thinking for the only female racer in history with victories in both Top Fuel and Funny Car. In fact, Troxel’s last four races have proven beyond a doubt that she has the horsepower to crush lots of championship dreams.

“We’ve run with the best of them here lately,” Troxel said, referring to recent triumphs over Countdown to the Championship drivers Jack Beckman, Robert Hight and Matt Hagan. “I think we’ve reached a point where no one is particularly happy when they see us in the staging lanes and that’s a good thing.

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Racing Legend Shirley Muldowney hasn’t slowed down at 70

Amanda — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:00:00 +0000

Courtesy of FreeP.com

At 70, Shirley Muldowney has lost none of the fighting qualities that helped her cross the gender line in top-level drag racing.

Muldowney, who began competing seriously in the mid- to late-60s, talked about her experiences as a female racer at the Detroit Sports Broadcasters Association luncheon Tuesday at the Detroit Science Center (DSC).

Muldowney, who lives near Milan Dragway, was among a group of racing greats who will be guests at tonight’s 22nd annual Motorsports Hall of Fame of America induction ceremony at the Fillmore Theater in Detroit.

“I was a victim of being ahead of my time,” said Muldowney, who was inducted in 1990 along with motorsports legends such as Mario Andretti, Jim Clark, Mark Donohue, Gar Wood and William France Sr. “Someone had to open the doors (for women).”(...)
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Becky Jaques scores one for the girls

Amanda — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:00:02 +0000

Courtesy of BuffaloNews.com

By Larry Ott

Just because Becky Jaques was the only female in the Quick 16 drag racing class Friday night at Dunn Tire Raceway Park, it didn’t stop her from defeating all the boys in the night’s eliminations.

Jaques, of North Tonawanda, powered her 1994 Chevy Lumina entry past Pete Maduri Jr. in the Quick 16 final to earn a hard-fought victory. Both Becky and her father/crew chief Mike Jaques were wearing large smiles on their faces after the triumph.

“The girl won tonight,” said an elated Becky. “It’s very exciting to come out here and do this. We just have so much fun. To do it in a door [full body] car against a dragster is cool.(...)
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MCBRIDE BLOCKS OUT STARTING LINE GAMES

Amanda — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 06:33:35 +0000

The boys weren’t paying nice with Angie McBride on Sunday.

McBride has been a strong player of late, most recently scoring a semi-final finish at the NHRA Fallnationals in Dallas, Texas.

Those kinds of performances will make the competition take notice.

In her first round match against Steve Johnson, the two-time 2008 winner rolled in and lit both bulbs. He sat and even stared over McBride. She never wavered in her routine. Neither did she stage.

Once he backed out of the second bulb, shortly thereafter McBride rolled in and lit her top bulb. Johnson fouled.

McBride let it be known from the start that she knew what Johnson was doing and wasn’t going to fall for it.

“Today, we are going to run my race,” McBride added.

She met up with Andrew Hines in the quarters and the two engaged in a lengthy staging battle. Hines eventually broke the :58 second battle of determination and staged first. He also red-lighted.

This marked the second time in as many races that she’s beaten Hines in the early rounds.

Her tactics of beating the competition at their game led Hines to utter the telltale phrase at the end of the track as he quipped, “You don’t give a damn about anybody.”

She responded, “I just do what I am told.”

McBride made her way into the semi-finals for the second consecutive week, but her raceday however would soon come to an end as Craig Treble, eventual race winner beat her in round three.

“The last few weeks have been amazing,” said McBride. “I knew I had to just focus on the job at hand and whatever happens would just happen. I was going to give it all I could and hopefully things would turn out in my favor, and they did. We have taken out some big hitters the last few weeks and it is the greatest feeling ever. To sit with Andrew in a staging battle that long and come out on top is just the greatest feeling ever. I am so excited and I can’t wait for Vegas.”

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HILLARY WILL’S BAHRAIN LOOK

Amanda — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 03:23:02 +0000

New colors, new sponsorship, new partnership, new race track

Under the colors of the Kingdom of Bahrain, Hillary Will, driving KB Racing’s Top Fuel dragster, will give the car its inaugural appearance at this weekend’s NHRA event at Charlotte, NC.

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Because She Played… Erica Ortiz, Professional Drag Racer (Interview)

Amanda — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:02:44 +0000

About a week ago, Erica Ortiz e-mailed me to let me know that she picked me as one of her top 5 favorite blogs for Blog Day 2008. I was honored and thanked her for reading my blog.

Interested in her career, I checked out her site, Horsepower and Heels, and was immediately impressed at her commentary as well as her unusual hobby… drag car racing. As you’ll read below, having played sports early in life, she found herself also interested in Mustangs. So she bought one, and starting racing it. The rest is history.(...)
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Nancy Matter Racing Riding High Into the Heartland

Amanda — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 22:25:54 +0000

Topeka, KS–Following a successful outing at the recent LODRS event at Houston Motorsports Park, the Drag Strip Girl and Applied Tool Supply-backed TA/FC Team of Nancy Matter would like to keep the momentum rolling through the O’Reilly NHRA Summer Nationals in Topeka, Kan.
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Hillary Will Picks-up First NHRA Victory Of Her Young Career At Topeka

Amanda — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 21:04:06 +0000

TOPEKA, Kan.– The question of “when” for Hillary Will has been answered – It’s today. Sunday at Heartland Park Topeka in Topeka, Kans., Top Fuel rising star Hillary Will, driver of the 8,000-horsepower KB Racing, LLC Top Fuel dragster, picked up the first NHRA national event of her young career at the O’Reilly NHRA Summer Nationals, the 9th event of the 2008 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, with a final round victory over Larry Dixon, 4.744 seconds, 304.53 mph to 4.960 seconds, 281.42 mph.Will becomes the eighth female Top Fuel winner in NHRA history and now joins other auto racing female winners in what has become the year of the woman racer so far in 2008. Recently, Ashley Force became the first female event winner in the NHRA Funny Car class, and Danica Patrick became the first woman to win in the Indy Car Series earlier this year. Two weeks ago Melanie Troxel became the first woman to win event titles in both of the NHRA’s nitro-fueled classes – Top Fuel and Funny Car.
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Hillary Will Feeling The Need For Speed In The Heartland

Amanda — Wed, 28 May 2008 20:27:43 +0000

TOPEKA, Kan.,– NHRA rising star Hillary Will, the fastest female in the history of professional drag racing and driver of the KB Racing, LLC Top Fuel dragster, is eager to climb back behind the wheel of her 334 plus-mph, nitro-fueled rail runner for this weekend’s, May 30-June 1, annual running of the O’Reilly NHRA Summer Nationals at Heartland Park Topeka in Topeka, Kansas.

Will, along with several other NHRA stars, spent this past Memorial Day weekend not only remembering those who have fought and gave the ultimate sacrifice to keep the United States free, but also helping to promote the inaugural national event that will take place in Concord, N.C., just a few miles from Charlotte, in September.
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Matter Earns Semi-Final Finish At Houston Raceway Park

Amanda — Tue, 27 May 2008 16:27:16 +0000

Following three rounds of qualifying, Nancy Matter qualified in the seventh spot of the eight-car field. Matter Racing had very little data to work with, as the car never performed to its potential, encountering severe tire shake on each pass. “On our second qualifier, we shook so hard that it sheered all but one blower stud off and lifted the supercharger”, noted Matter. “We softened the car a lot for the third run just to get it down the track. We went a little too far, however, we were still in the field, so we were pretty happy to be running on Sunday”.(...)
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