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.

(...)
Read the rest of HILLARY WILL’S BAHRAIN LOOK

© Administrator for Female Racing News | News about Women in Motorsports, 2008. | Permalink | One comment | Add to del.icio.us
Post tags: Bahrian, Drag Racing, hillary will, NHRA

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.
(...)
Read the rest of Hillary Will Picks-up First NHRA Victory Of Her Young Career At Topeka

© Administrator for Female Racing News | News about Women in Motorsports, 2008. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us
Post tags: Drag Racing, hillary will

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.
(...)
Read the rest of Hillary Will Feeling The Need For Speed In The Heartland

© Administrator for Female Racing News | News about Women in Motorsports, 2008. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us
Post tags: Drag Racing, hillary will

MADISON, Ill., – The fastest female in the history of the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Hillary Will, driver of the 8,000-horsepower KB Racing, LLC Top Fuel dragster, is hoping her team’s stellar performances this season will translate into her first NHRA Top Fuel event championship at this weekend’s, May 2-4, annual running of the O’Reilly NHRA Midwest Nationals at Gateway Int’l Raceway in Madison, Ill., just across the Mississippi River from the St. Louis city limits.
(...)
Read the rest of Hillary Will Looking To The Gateway City For A Win

© Administrator for Female Racing News | News about Women in Motorsports, 2008. | Permalink | 2 comments | Add to del.icio.us
Post tags: hillary will, NHRA, Top Fuel