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UPDATED: Drag Racing Legend Shirley Muldowney to Undergo Lung Cancer Surgery

UPDATE (May 26, 2016): Drag racing legend Shirley Muldowney is resting comfortably and talking with family members and friends a day after surgery in North Carolina to address potential lung cancer concerns, according to NHRA.com. In a four-hour surgery performed Wednesday at Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center in downtown Charlotte, renowned thoracic and cardiac surgeon Dr.

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NHRA Wrap-Up: It’s Not Déjà Vu — Line, Kalitta & Hagan Win Again

Team Summit’s perfect streak continued Sunday when Jason Line outgunned KB Racing teammate Greg Anderson in the final round for his fifth win of the 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series at the Kansas Nationals at Heartland Park Topeka’s dragstrip. Top Fuel’s Doug Kalitta won his third-consecutive race, and Matt Hagan won his second-consecutive

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NHRA Names Mike Gittings New Chief Starter

Mike Gittings is the NHRA’s new Chief Starter, the drag racing series announced Thursday. Gittings is the fourth Chief Starter in NHRA’s 65-plus-year history and assumes the post after former Chief Starter Mark Lyle died in a drowning accident in March. Gittings officially takes over the post starting with the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern

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NHRA Wrap-Up: The Ladies and Team Summit Keep Winning Streak Alive

A female driver won an NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series event for the fifth-consecutive time Sunday when Courtney Force raced to her first Funny Car victory of the season at the NHRA SpringNationals at Royal Purple Raceway in Baytown, TX, near Houston. Pro Stock’s Greg Anderson made it six in a row for Team

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Line, B. Force, Wilkerson & Hines Win Four-Wide Nationals

Team Summit remained undefeated with its fifth-straight win in Pro Stock, and Top Fuel’s Brittany Force raced to her second victory of the season Sunday at the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals to become the first female driver to win the event. Tim Wilkerson in Funny Car and Andrew Hines in Pro Stock Motorcycle also were winners at

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Bob Vandergriff Retires, Shelving NHRA Top Fuelers Pritchett, Connolly

NHRA team owner Bob Vandergriff announced his retirement unexpectedly Monday, leaving Top Fuel drivers Dave Connolly and Leah Pritchett without rides in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing series. Bob Vandergriff Racing (BVR) is out of business, and all employees have been let go, according to an NHRA report. “I’ve been considering retirement for a

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