- November 2012
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11/27/12
Drivers and riders in the TRE Bracket Series will share in $10,900 in points money.
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11/25/12
The Thanksgiving Weekend drag racing tradition is back!
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11/18/12
Coughlin put on a show for the fans and ran 254.18 mph in the final.
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11/11/12
Complete schedule for the 2012 season.
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11/04/12
Top Fuel Harley – Andy Beauchemin defeated Jay Turner.
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- October 2012
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10/28/12
Results from today's NHRA Big O Tires Nationals.
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10/25/12
The center and sides of the starting line on the quarter-mile drag strip have been painted pink. And plenty of pink-themed racers will rocket from the starting line throughout the weekend.
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10/24/12
It's a three-man race with Beckman first, Capps 23 points back in second and JFR's Mike Neff in third, 54 points behind Beckman.
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10/23/12
“Finally racing the car in Las Vegas just seemed like the perfect place to debut the Destination Force Funny Car on the race track,” Ashley explained.
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10/22/12
“We’ve had a good season . . . we are still learning, and we are already looking forward to 2013.”
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10/22/12
“I always look forward to racing in Vegas because it’s a good facility, and Patrón’s main headquarters are there, so it’s almost like a hometown race for us."
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10/18/12
The Oct. 25-28 NHRA Big O Tires Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway is the next event on the 2012 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series schedule and also is the next-to-last race of the year.
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10/16/12
"If we mess up, or something goes wrong, they can gain 60 points on us in a heartbeat. And if you gain 60 points, then you go into Pomona with a 40-point lead and things can happen."
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10/09/12
Gary Reust of Pahrump defeated Al Alguire of Las Vegas for the Super Street title (11.065 sec./131.72 mph to 11.087 sec./149.41 mph).
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10/06/12
The PSCA’s most popular class, Pro Street, also is its fastest. The replica doorslammers routinely punch their way through the 230-mph barrier in side-by-side, heads-up action.
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10/05/12
Jackie became just the fourth woman to win an NHRA championship and the second female to do so in the ultra-competitive sportsman categories.
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10/01/12
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10/01/12
Pro Stock Motorcycle Qualifying
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10/01/12
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10/01/12
Pro Stock Motorcycle Eliminations
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10/01/12
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10/01/12
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10/01/12
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10/01/12
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10/01/12
Team Vegas 1 – the group of bracket racers representing The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway – won Team Championships on Saturday and Sunday at the NHRA Summit Racing Series Pacific Division Finals in Bakersfield, Calif.
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- September 2012
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09/16/12
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway held its annual National Dragster Challenge for racers in the T.R.E. Bracket Series on Sunday, Sept. 16, during the Super Chevy Show.
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09/09/12
The Las Vegas husband-wife racing team of John and Becky Phlegar scored twice this weekend. John defeated Jason Dawson in the Top Comp final and Becky eliminated Keith Winters for Bracket 1 honors.
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09/03/12
Keoki Desa of Las Vegas won the NHRA National Dragster Challenge final in the Thunder Division on Monday when his opponent, Taylor Lee of Las Vegas, fouled on the starting line. Lee won Saturday’s Jr. 8-9 final on Sunday.
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09/03/12
Final-round results, indicating driver, hometown, reaction time, elapsed time (E.T.) and top speed – 1/8-mile racing:
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09/01/12
The NHRA Big O Tires Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway will host some of the most exciting racing of the season. In addition to great racing, LVMS has planned activities off of the quarter-mile strip for all ages.
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- August 2012
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08/29/12
The two 2013 NHRA event dates in Las Vegas will be April 5-7 (14th annual NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals) and Oct. 24-27 (13th annual NHRA Big O Tires Nationals).
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08/26/12
Millen faced Fredric Aasbo of Norway in the final. Aasbo’s Scion hit the wall during the first run of the final. Although Aasbo was not injured, his car was damaged and could not continue.
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08/19/12
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway roared back to life from its month-long summer break with the TRE Championship Bracket Series and Short Line Express Market Jr. Dragster Series on Saturday, Aug. 18.
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- July 2012
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07/04/12
Results from the July 3 T.R.E. Bracket Series meet at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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07/03/12
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- June 2012
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06/16/12
Camaro pilot Mike Miller (Las Vegas) posted a .007 reaction time and defeated dragster driver Greg Hicks (N. Las Vegas), 10.449 sec./127.40 mph to 9.614 sec./151.61 mph.
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06/02/12
Weekend results from The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway:
T.R.E. Bracket Series, Short Line Express Market Jr. Dragsters
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- May 2012
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05/27/12
John Hale of Addison, Texas defeated Jason Rupert of Yorba Linda, Calif. to claim Nostalgia Funny Car honors at the May 26-27 Rockabilly Rod Reunion/NHRA Heritage Series at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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05/06/12
Dwight Machael of Las Vegas defeated Neil Evans in the Pro final.
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- April 2012
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04/29/12
Glen Copley (Las Vegas) defeated Michael Hadtrath (N. Las Vegas) in the Quick Street final.
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04/27/12
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway is going to test a new category as part of the T.R.E. Bracket Series on four event nights during the 2012 season. The class, which will be known as Pro Index, will be contested on a four tenths pro tree with an index of 9.60.
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04/25/12
For more information on the contingency program, please contact Danny Topol at (702) 308-5885 or headsupmotorsports@gmail.com.
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04/22/12
Final-round wins went to Ryan Giacone (Super Pro), Erik Marsik (Pro), Jon Irving (Sportsman) and Dave Phillips (Motorcycle).
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04/22/12
he final round of Super Pro eliminations was an all-Webber, all-Arizona affair, with Chad of Kingman defeating Bill, also of Kingman.
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04/03/12
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04/02/12
“This class and the parity has never been this close,” said Hight, who took the series points lead with the win.
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- March 2012
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03/29/12
Midnight Mayhem is The Strip at LVMS’ safe alternative to illegal street racing.
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03/29/12
"I can honestly say we have 14 cars – 14 teams – that I see in our sport that can win a race." -- Brown
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03/28/12
The biggest names in professional drag racing are in town this weekend to compete in the 13th annual NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals at The Strip at LVMS.
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03/27/12
The biggest names in professional drag racing are headed to The Strip at LVMS for this weekend’s NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals. Two of them are teammates Tony “Sarge” Schumacher and Antron Brown.
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03/27/12
“Get out there and they’ll make you feel better,” he said. “They (the fans) love us, they love our products and, more important, they buy ‘em."
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03/25/12
The biggest surprise of the young NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series season has been that reigning Funny Car champion Matt Hagan and the Aaron's Dream Machine team are 0-3.
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03/25/12
A total of 590 drivers entered this weekend’s NHRA Lucas Oil Series event and more than 13,000 fans tuned into the live Ustream Internet broadcast.
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03/22/12
“Vegas is always fun, but nothing is more fun than winning on Sunday.”
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03/19/12
Keoki Desa earned No. 1 Qualifier status in the Jr. Thunder class and Vince Generalao Jr. did likewise in the Jr. Lightning division.
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03/14/12
Two Jr. Dragster races on March 17.
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03/01/12
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- February 2012
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02/19/12
Keith Winters of Las Vegas defeated Michael Kelly of Las Vegas for Bracket 1 honors. Scott Bieschke of Henderson won the Street Challenge class over Ron Shaw of Upland, Calif.
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02/04/12
Class champions honored at the annual banquet included: Roger Kato (Super Pro); Todd Ishibashi (Pro), Sal Cachia (Sportsman), Leo Shaver (Motorcycle), Garrett Parsons (High School), Chad Webber (Jr. Dragsterr Lightning), Gabrielle Schmidt (Jr. Dragster Thunder) and Keoki Desa ( Jr. Dragster Novice).
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02/01/12
The 2012 Las Vegas Motor Speedway Short Line Express Market Jr. Dragster Championship Series will consist of 12 point events.
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- January 2012
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01/20/12
The 2012 Tony Rowe Enterprises’ Las Vegas Bracket Drag Racing Series Presented By TRE Operation Street Legal will consist of nine (9) races. Each participant’s seven (7) best finishes will count toward the title.
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01/16/12
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway will host its annual Wicked HP bracket racing banquet on Saturday, Feb. 4 in the Neon Garage in the infield of the superspeedway. The banquet also will honor the champions of the Short Line Express Markets Jr. Drag Racing Series.
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01/11/12
Additional test days will be held on Monday, Feb. 6 and Tuesday, Feb. 7 from 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Cost is $600 per car/per day with a 20-car maximum (first come, first served on morning of test at 8 a.m.). Feb. 6-7 test is closed to the public.
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- November 2011
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11/25/11
Al Chinn of Auburn, Wash. claimed the final $5,000 Super Pro winner’s check as the Las Vegas Bracket Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway concluded today.
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11/22/11
Two great weekends of Detroit American muscle fun!
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11/21/11
The annual East-vs.-West shootout drew more than 400 entries from across the U.S. (as far East as N.Y.) and Canada.
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11/16/11
We apologize for the inconvenience, but due to recent events, we feel it is in the best interest of our racing family.
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11/07/11
John Lombardo Jr., Brea, Calif., took the Pacific Division Top Alcohol Funny Car Championship with a win over Clint Thompson in his '10 Napa Auto Parts Monte Carlo running 5.651 seconds at 256.21 mph.
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- October 2011
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10/31/11
Del Worsham (Top Fuel), Ron Capps (Funny Car), Mike Edwards (Pro Stock) and Eddie Krawiec (Pro Stock Motorcycle) won their classes Sunday at the 11th annual Big O Tires NHRA Nationals but Pro Stock driver Jason Line was the big winner at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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10/30/11
Ron Capps, a three-time winner in Funny Car at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, capped an impressive comeback by capturing the No. 1 qualifying spot for Sunday’s 11th annual Big O Tires NHRA Nationals.
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10/29/11
Robert Hight launched his bid to become the first four-time Funny Car winner at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway by claiming the No. 1 qualifying position after two rounds of qualifying in the 11th annual Big O Tires NHRA Nationals.
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10/28/11
The biggest names in professional drag racing – past and present – are in town for the crucial NHRA Big O Tires Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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10/28/11
Weather conditions are perfect and cars are running at near-record speeds.
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10/28/11
Top Fuel Dragster points leader Antron Brown, Funny Car ace Robert Hight and Pro Stock veteran Jason Line – who could clinch the championship this weekend – have been favored by the casino’s race and sports book to win the final round of eliminations of the NHRA Big O Tires Nationals.
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10/26/11
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month and professional teams and fans will be doing their part during this weekend’s NHRA Big O Tires Nationals to raise funds for research and promote the cause.
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10/25/11
McEwen and Prudhomme will meet race fans and sign autographs in the NHRA tent in the pit area.
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10/25/11
Arana Jr. is second in the Pro Stock Motorcycle points standings entering this weekend's Big O Tires NHRA Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. He's only 10 points out of the lead with two races remaining in the Countdown to the Championship.
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10/24/11
Ron Capps hopes his new NAPA AUTO PARTS Dodge Charger R/T Funny Car carries him into the winner’s circle at the conclusion of this weekend’s 11th-annual Big O Tires NHRA Nationals here on The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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10/24/11
Countdown to the Championship leader Antron Brown and his Matco Tools Top Fuel dragster team plan to maintain “attack mode” for this weekend’s 11th-annual Big O Tires NHRA Nationals here as well as the final race of the season two weeks later in Pomona, Calif.
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10/24/11
The similarities are almost scary between Robert Hight’s 2011 and John Force’s 2010 respective positions heading into Halloween weekend and the 11th annual NHRA Big O Tires Nationals.
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10/23/11
This weekend's Big O Tires NHRA Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway is a "home game" for GEICO Suzuki rider Karen Stoffer.
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10/09/11
Maggio faced David Dedrickson of Bloomington, Ind. in the final round of eliminations and posted a better reaction time off the starting line -- .034 to Dedrickson’s .178 – and won the heads-up race 6.137 sec./239.31 mph to 6.737 mph/206.89 mph.
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10/03/11
The home team – Team Vegas – amassed 84 points to dominate the Team Championship, taking the trophy away from last year’s team champions, Infineon Raceway, Sonoma, Calif., who finished in second place with 70 points.
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10/02/11
NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series
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- September 2011
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09/20/11
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09/20/11
Fifteen NHRA Jr. Dragster teams will represent The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway at this weekend’s NHRA Division 7 Jr. Dragster E.T. Finals at Auto Club Dragway in Pomona, Calif.
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09/18/11
Winners included Daniel Henderson, Emma Deuschle (2), Chad Webber, Jeff Lingle and Cody Parsons.
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09/18/11
NHRA Summit Racing Equipment Racing Series
Pacific Division ET Finals
September 30 – October 2, 2011
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway – Las Vegas, Nevada
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09/17/11
Revised: Set. 22, 2011
Revision: Tuesday, Oct. 25 activity eliminated.
Please discard all previous schedules.
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09/13/11
This year, there’s a new reason to celebrate Nevada Day: All kids 12 and under will be admitted free to the NHRA Nevada Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Friday, Oct. 28.
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09/09/11
For the 12th consecutive year, The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway will host two NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series national events. The two 2012 NHRA event dates in Las Vegas will be March 30-April 1 (13th annual NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals) and Oct. 25-28 (12th annual NHRA Nevada Nationals).
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09/05/11
Robin Harris defeated Roget Kato in the NHRA King-of-the-Track event.
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09/04/11
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09/01/11
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- August 2011
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08/28/11
Rhys Millen of Auckland, New Zealand defeated Ireland’s Darren McNamara in the final round of eliminations to claim the Formula DRIFT Round 6: After Dark title tonight at The Strip.
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08/14/11
Results from the Wicked HP Bracket Racing Series meet of Aug. 13 at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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08/02/11
Japan’s Daijiro Yoshihara is on a roll and headed to Las Vegas. The 31-year-old native of Tokyo won the most recent Formula DRIFT event and wrestled the series’ points lead from Justin Pawlak.
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- July 2011
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07/31/11
John Mihovetz of Ontario, Calif. was tonight’s big winner as he defeated John Scialpi (Phelan, Calif.) for Pro Street honors at the Pacific Street Car Association’s Showdown After Sundown.
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07/13/11
Nevada's largest VP racing fuels dealer has announced a new fuel contingency program to support the racers of the Wicked HP bracket series at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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07/10/11
The final pair of cars went down the drag strip at 3:57 a.m. PDT. Morgan Thompson of Las Vegas defeated Jeff Jackson of Henderson for Super Pro honors.
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- June 2011
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06/19/11
Final-round winners from Saturday night’s Wicked HP Series bracket races at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway include: Keith Winters (Super Pro), Todd Ishibashi (Pro), Utah’s Scott Parsons (Sportsman), Leo Shaver (Motorcycle), Meaghan Henderson (High School) and Henderson’s Lanny Lowman (Corvette club).
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06/05/11
Roger Kato, Steve Bushey, Sal Cachia, Leo Shaver, Garrett Parsons, James Ranney, Jake Miller and Aaron Payne scored big wins Saturday at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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06/03/11
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway has been selected to host this year’s NHRA Pacific Division E.T. Finals Sept. 29-Oct. 2. The event was originally scheduled for Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, but construction at the California facility necessitated the venue change.
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- May 2011
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05/30/11
Romine’s “Man O’ War” Mustang defeated Mike Halstead’s “Nitro Angel” Duster to claim the Nostalgia Funny Car title during the NHRA Hot Rod Heritage event.
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05/22/11
The Strip will hold a non-points race for members on Saturday night. The race is open only to LVMS bracket and Jr. Dragster members and all participants must hold a valid membership. Gates for bracket racers and Jr. Dragsters will open at 4 p.m.
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05/22/11
Cody Webber, Jessica Payne and Keoki Desa scored big wins in Short Line Express Market Jr. Dragster competition this afternoon.
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05/09/11
The 2011 Wicked HP Bracket Series will consist of 10 races. Participant’s eight best finishes will count toward the title. In the event that a race meet is cancelled for any reason, the race will not be re-scheduled and an adjustment will be made to the points program at the sole discretion of the track director.
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05/07/11
The 10-race Wicked HP Series for local bracket racers opened tonight at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Final-round winners included: Chris Doughty (Super Pro), Walter Shupe (Pro), Carl Gagnon (Sportsman) and T.J. Crocker (Motorcycle).
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05/01/11
For fans of the General Motors brand, it was sensory overload as Bel Airs, Camaros, 210s, Monte Carlos, El Caminos, Corvairs, Impalas, Chevelles, “shoeboxes,” trucks, Vegas, pre-war coupes and specialty vehicles of all types converged at the quarter-mile.
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- April 2011
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04/18/11
Mike Maggio of San Dimas, Calif. was the hands-down favorite to win the PSCA Racin’ 4 Jason Nationals Pro Street finale Sunday at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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04/03/11
Antron Brown beat Brandon Bernstein off the line in the Top Fuel final and held on to win the 12th annual SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals on Sunday at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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04/02/11
John Force, the 15-time NHRA Funny Car world champion who swept both races at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway last year, picked up where he left off in 2010 by capturing the No. 1 qualifying position for Sunday’s 12th annual SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals.
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04/02/11
Complete schedule (including special events) for the 12th annual NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals.
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04/02/11
Leong will lead the Speedway Children’s Charities track walk on the morning of Sunday, April 3.
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04/01/11
Larry Dixon opened defense of his SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals title by claiming the top qualifying position in Top Fuel after two rounds of qualifying at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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04/01/11
One thing’s for sure: you can’t accuse the folks at New York New York Hotel & Casino of playing favorites.
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- March 2011
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03/31/11
The Strip at LVMS has hit the jackpot with its 60th-anniversary ambassador: legendary car owner-builder Roland Leong of “Hawaiian” Top Fuel Dragster and Funny Car fame.
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03/30/11
“It’s early in the season, but we don’t want to get ourselves into a points’ hole. This is the weekend we need to break out with a win.”
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03/30/11
“Qualifying will be the key. We need to get all our Mustangs in the top half of the field and preferably in the top four. That will be our goal heading into Las Vegas.”
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03/27/11
Top Alcohol Funny Cars and Dragsters. Prelude to the April 1-3 NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals!
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03/21/11
The Power Experience is an interactive, multi-media motorsports showcase that literally brings the sights, sounds, and movement of racing to select NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series events, beginning with the SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals at The Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada April 1-3.
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03/18/11
U-Drift, the drift school and practice track at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, now is one of the “must do” attractions in Las Vegas.
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- February 2011
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02/13/11
The weekend’s biggest winner, Henderson’s Justin Lamb, won the final rounds of eliminations in the Combo and Super Pro classes.
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02/10/11
The National Hot Rod Association will bring its 60th anniversary celebration to The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway twice this year, for the April 1-3 NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals and the Oct. 27-30 NHRA Las Vegas Nationals.
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02/01/11
2011 Short Line Express Market Jr. Drag Racing Series
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- January 2011
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01/12/11
Super Pro (1/8-mile racing) will pay $3,000 to win. Pro (1/8-mile racing) will pay $1,500 to win.
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01/10/11
Arizona’s Schmidt sisters win three of four finals
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- December 2010
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12/07/10
Weekend winners included: Chad Webber, Josh Gagnon, Gabrielle Schmidt, Brittney Schmidt, Keoki Desa and Cody Webber.
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12/07/10
Final points, all classes, for The Strip at LVMS. Includes final, official points for the Short Line Express Markets Jr. Dragster Series.
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- November 2010
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11/28/10
Dawson (Long Beach, Calif.) and Burton (Golden, Colo.) earned the most points in their respective classes and were declared the overall winners. Burton won the Pro finals on Friday and Saturday, Dawson won Friday’s Super Pro finale that was held on Saturday.
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11/22/10
Burbage faced Giuseppe Gentile of Sun Valley, Calif. in the Pro Street finale. Although Giuseppe posted a better reaction time, Burbage’s Corvette beat him to the finish line, stopping the 1/8-mile clocks at 4.039 sec./186.72 mph.
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11/07/10
Chris Demke (Top Alcohol Dragster) and Mickey Ferro (Top Alcohol Funny Car) shared the winner’s spotlight tonight at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on the final day of the NHRA Div. 7 Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series.
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11/03/10
Winners of The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway’s Supreme Sportsman Series tonight included Moe Trujillo (Top Comp), Kevin Helms (Stock/Super Stock Combo), Jason Kenny (Super Comp) and Charlie Waggoner Jr. (Super Gas).
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11/02/10
Fans may bring their ticket stub from last Sunday’s NHRA Las Vegas Nationals for free admission to Sunday’s Gambler Nationals finals.
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11/01/10
John Force raced to an emotional Funny Car victory Sunday at the NHRA Las Vegas Nationals and in the process cut series leader Matt Hagan’s lead in half with one race remaining in the 2010 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series season.
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- October 2010
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10/31/10
Live updates from Sunday's elimination rounds at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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10/30/10
Live updates from the drag strip tower at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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10/29/10
Live updates from the drag strip tower at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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10/28/10
Fans attending this weekend’s NHRA Las Vegas Nationals can win a variety of items autographed by all six Don Schumacher Racing drivers – Tony Schumacher, Antron Brown, Cory McClenathan, Ron Capps, Jack Beckman and Matt Hagan – simply by coming to the DSR merchandise trailer.
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10/27/10
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10/26/10
Las Vegas oddsmakers Jay Rood (MGM Mirage) and Fred Crespi (The Palms Hotel & Casino) agree: Larry Dixon (Top Fuel Dragster), Matt Hagan (Funny Car) and Greg Anderson (Pro Stock) are the favorites for this weekend’s NHRA Las Vegas Nationals at The Strip.
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10/25/10
The standings may indicate he is attempting to dig himself out of a pretty deep hole, but don’t tell U.S. Army Top Fuel driver Tony “The Sarge” Schumacher all is lost.
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10/25/10
A drag racer with five world championships and 66 national events tends to find inspiration at every turn. For Jeg Coughlin Jr., a trip to Las Vegas for the upcoming NHRA Nationals offers a unique chance to race in front of one of the most diverse audiences in the sport, something he finds to be quite a thrill.
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10/25/10
With only two races left in the Countdown to the Championship playoffs, second-place Cory McClenathan is aiming to win his first crown in 20 years of competition.
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10/25/10
This weekend’s NHRA national event will mark the return of Black to the quarter-mile arena after the popular patriarch suffered a stroke last December. His recuperation has kept him from the drag strip since then.
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10/25/10
For the 10th annual Las Vegas NHRA Nationals two-time Mac Tools U.S. Nationals Funny Car winner Ashley Force Hood will be campaigning a specialty car with a meaning that is close to her heart. Force Hood’s Castrol GTX Ford Mustang will be transformed from the traditional white and green speed machine to a whimsical “Queen of Hearts” tribute to her crew, known inside John Force Racing as D Team.
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10/24/10
Please join us in wishing them every happiness in their new life together.
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10/22/10
A good day at the races in Las Vegas could very well seal the deal for either driver.
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10/22/10
In a show of strength for the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 27 Top Fuel dragsters and 21 nitro Funny Cars are pre-entered for next weekend’s NHRA Las Vegas Nationals at The Strip.
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10/22/10
Funny Car driver Melanie Troxel is challenging the rest of the drivers in the NHRA's nitro categories to make a 108-story free fall from the top of the Stratosphere Tower to raise money for Speedway Children's Charities.
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10/19/10
KB Racing will be welcoming back team owner Ken Black at the NHRA Las Vegas Nationals. The entire shop will be making the trip to Las Vegas for the race (with the non-road crew personnel paying their own way).
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10/05/10
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- September 2010
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09/30/10
Halloween is celebrated each year on Oct. 31. This year, Oct. 31 also marks the day of final eliminations for the NHRA Las Vegas Nationals at The Strip.
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09/19/10
Hairston set both low E.T. (6.180) and top speed (241.54 mph) marks in qualifying, but was unable to back up his run to set a new speed record.
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09/12/10
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway played host to another busy weekend of drag racing, including two Wicked HP Bracket Series races and a Short Line Express Markets/Chevron Jr. Dragster Series meet.
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09/05/10
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway’s annual Labor Day Weekend Jr. Dragster marathon is in the record books and two local racers scored a total of three victories on the final day of racing.
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09/01/10
Coach America will sell the passes at a desk inside the lobby of Golden Nugget Hotel & Casino.
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- August 2010
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08/29/10
The annual Pacific Street Car Association (PSCA, www.pscaracing.com) Accufab West Coast Shootout has been moved to The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and is scheduled for Sept. 17-19.
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08/26/10
The two 2011 NHRA event dates in Las Vegas will be April 1-3 (12th annual NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals) and Oct. 27-30 (11th annual NHRA Las Vegas Nationals). The April 16-18 event will feature fireworks and also will mark the return of nighttime qualifying sessions.
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08/22/10
Tyler McQuarrie, piloting the Falken Tire Nissan 350Z, found the top of the podium alongside his Falken Tire teammates for their second-ever sweep.
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08/22/10
Complete final-round results from the Wicked HP Drag Racing Series’ Back-to-School Bash, Saturday, Aug. 21 at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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08/20/10
Sweden's Hubinette is Formula DRIFT Las Vegas No. 1 Qualifier
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08/14/10
The world’s top drifting talent will converge on The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Aug. 20-21 for the third annual Formula DRIFT event.
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08/11/10
Fans may save $5 on each Back-to-School Bash ticket if they are purchased before Aug. 19.
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08/04/10
Obtain free tickets Formula DRIFT event by purchasing a Coors Light 12-pack at the 99 Ranch store, S. F. Supermarket or Seafood City. Watch My TV in Las Vegas (Cable 12) Aug. 9-13 to "text in and win" free tickets.
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- July 2010
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07/20/10
Complete schedule, rules, guidelines and pricing.
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07/12/10
John Force has won 14 NHRA world championships and 128 races, but on Saturday, one of his youngest fans picked up his first major drag racing victory.
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- June 2010
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06/27/10
Complete results from drag racing at The Strip at LVMS on Saturday, June 26.
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06/20/10
Unless he lists “bank robber” or “mad scientist” as a profession on his most recent resume, it can be pretty cool for a son to follow in his father’s footsteps.
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06/19/10
Local racers Niswonger, Krieger, Cachia and Westover also score PSCA final-round wins.
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06/10/10
June 5-6 MDRA and Short Line Express Markets Jr. Dragster Series results from The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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06/03/10
LVMS is asking its racing family to Please keep Kathy Niswonger (wife of Joe Niswonger, "Part-Time Mistress" Super Pro Chevelle at The Strip at LVMS) in your thoughts and prayers. She recently was diagnosed with cancer and is hospitalized at UMC in Room 1411. Let's support her and her family during this difficult battle.
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06/01/10
Now in its ninth year, Dodge Midnight Mayhem is a safe alternative to illegal street racing. Instead of street racing illegally on the roads of Las Vegas and Clark County,
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- May 2010
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05/30/10
Held at both The Strip at LVMS and the Neon Garage (in the superspeedway infield), the sun-drenched weekend was packed with cool cars, live bands, rockabilly celebrities, nostalgia drag racing and contests.
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05/29/10
NHRA Heritage Series/Rockabilly Rod Reunion concludes Sunday with car show awards, nostalgia drag racing eliminations, car show awards, live bands.
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05/23/10
It’s pretty safe to say Las Vegas Motor Speedway was the busiest motorsports complex in the country today as the Wicked HP Series was contested at The Strip at LVMS, stock cars thrilled circle-track fans at the Bullring, the Lucas Oil Off-Road Series packed ‘em in at the dirt course and the XDC Drifting event took place on the outer road course.
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05/17/10
May 15-16 Short Line Express Markets/Chevron Jr. Dragster Series results, points for The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
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05/12/10
Las Vegas Motor Speedway strives to make its venues as safe as possible for its guests and competitors.
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05/09/10
Winters, the 2009 Wicked HP Championship Drag Racing Series Sportsman champion, met Super Pro champion Gary Thompson of Pahrump in the final round and won the title.
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05/08/10
Doug Carter, Steve Kachoian, Lyndzi Powers, Kahea Woods, Vanessa Hodges, Vince Generalao and Kylie Wakenhut earned NHRA Nevada State Champion honors today by winning their respective classes at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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05/02/10
Local winners included Dana Westover (Las Vegas) in Limited Street, Justin Lamb (Henderson) in the Bracket 1 final and Jim Yanders (Henderson) in the Trophy class.
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- April 2010
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04/27/10
Starts Friday evening! Complete information and schedule.
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04/21/10
Everybody loves the Pizza Man. Local drag racing fans know him as Carl Cannavo, driver of the long black Super Pro dragster at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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04/20/10
It was a familiar scene in an unfamiliar setting.
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04/19/10
John Force continued his comeback run by racing to the Funny Car victory Sunday at the NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals at The Strip at LVMS.
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04/17/10
Complete schedule, news, pricing, national and event records.
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04/16/10
"No doubt about it, I'm a lucky guy," said Morgan, second only to Warren Johnson in number of Pro Stock starts with 480.
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04/15/10
Fred Crespi, oddsmaker for The Palms Resort Casino in Las Vegas, tapped Dixon (5/2) over defending champion Tony Schumacher (7/2) in the Full Throttle Drag Racing Series' Top Fuel Dragster class.
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04/15/10
Schumacher, who is the defending world champion, was recently eliminated in the second round and first round, respectively, at zMAX Dragway in Charlotte and Houston Raceway Park in Baytown, Tex.
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04/11/10
Complete April 10-11 results from The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway:
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- March 2010
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03/24/10
Michael Jackson of Las Vegas and Justin Lamb of Henderson scored final-round wins in the drag racing portion of the weekend Super Chevy Show at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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03/07/10
Lamb, Irving, Emanuel, Deck, Powers win Wicked HP Series finals Saturday
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03/06/10
If you love cars and speed, you've come to the right place!
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- February 2010
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02/06/10
Justin Humphreys of Monrovia, Md., won today's rain-delayed Pro Stock Showdown over Johnny Gray at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Heavy rain caused the competition to be postponed from Saturday to Sunday.
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02/03/10
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway's 10-race Wicked HP Championship Drag racing Series features a points fund in excess of $12,000.
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02/02/10
The 2010 Las Vegas Motor Speedway Short Line Express Market Jr. Dragster Championship Series will consist of 16 points-paying events.
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02/01/10
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway hosted its annual awards banquet in the superspeedway infield on Saturday, Feb. 6.
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02/01/10
Cars, bikes, dragsters, hot rods, drifters, show cars.
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- January 2010
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01/31/10
This weekend's PSCA Ford Racing Record Breaker Nationals can be summed up in two words: Clint Hairston.
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01/22/10
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway has cancelled this weekend's drag-racing events - Jan. 23 Shakedown Saturday and Jan. 24 StreetWar Sunday - due to weather-related circumstances.
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01/09/10
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway hosted a celebration of life for Jason Dubs on Saturday, Jan. 9. Jason was involved in an accident on Nellis Blvd. in Las Vegas on the evening of Monday, Jan. 4.
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01/01/10
Below are racer forms and flyers for upcoming events at The Strip at LVMS. For more information, please call Samantha Rudder at 702-632-8213 or srudder@lvms.com.
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01/01/10
Mopars At The Strip is a all-Chrysler (Dodge, Plymouth, Chrysler, etc.) swap meet, car show and drag-racing event.
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- December 2009
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12/29/09
The Strip at LVMS's annual NHRA Pro Stock Showdown.
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12/07/09
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway is offering drag racing fans an exciting opportunity for the 2010 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series season.
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- November 2009
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11/29/09
The 2009 edition of the Las Vegas Bracket Nationals now is history. The final pair of cars - Jim Low and Val Torres - went down the track Sunday afternoon end conclude the five-day Thanksgiving weekend dragfest. Complete daily results inside.
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11/23/09
The Street Car Super Nationals sent the Pro Street winner home with $20,000 in U.S. funds after a heartbreaker of a finale.
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11/08/09
Reichert wins fourth consecutive championship.
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11/03/09
There is no need for any complicated arithmetic for Team JEGS drag racer John Coughlin. His mission as he heads to this weekend's Div. 7 Lucas Oil Series event at The Strip is simple -- win the race and he'll win the championship.
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11/02/09
Robert Hight raced to his third victory of the season Sunday at the NHRA Las Vegas Nationals and is on the verge of winning his first Funny Car world championship crown.
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11/01/09
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11/01/09
7:25 p.m. - Comments from Pro Stock Motorcycle rider Andrew Hines, who earned his third victory of the season and the 18th of his career Sunday at the NHRA Las Vegas Nationals:
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11/01/09
12:10 p.m. -- First-round winners and second-round matchups in Funny Car: First round: Tim Wilkerson def. Jim Head; Del Worsham def. Bob Tasca III; Matt Hagan def. Grant Downing; Ron Capps def. Gary Densham; Robert Hight def. Ashley Force Hood; Tony Pedregon def Jeff Arend; John Force def. Cruz Pedregon; Jack Beckman def. Mike Neff. Second round: Hagan vs. Beckman; T. Pedregon vs. Worsham; Capps vs. Wilkerson; Hight vs. Force.
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11/01/09
The starting field is set and some of the first-round match-ups are intense.
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- October 2009
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10/31/09
6:20 p.m. - Here are the 16 qualifiers in Top Fuel for the ninth annual NHRA Las Vegas Nationals:
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10/31/09
Fans attending this weekend's NHRA Las Vegas Nationals will be able to give back to the community while enjoying the best in professional drag racing. The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway will collect non-perishable food items to benefit City Mission of Las Vegas on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
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10/30/09
8:05 p.m. -- Just a reminder that racing will begin at 8 a.m. Saturday and another beautiful day is on tap with a projected high of 78 degrees. Pro Stock Motorcycle and Pro Stock qualifying sessions are scheduled for 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. and Nitro qualifying will be at 12:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.
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10/29/09
The Las Vegas Chapter of Speedway Children's Charities held its sixth annual Cards for Kids Texas Hold ‘em poker tournament at the Cannery Hotel & Casino Wednesday night and raised a record $16,425.
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10/28/09
In Las Vegas, the entry list in Top Fuel Dragster and Funny Car is 25 and 20, respectively.
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10/27/09
"We're really pumped," said the 26-year-old daughter of drag racing icon John Force.
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10/27/09
"We don't want to finish fifth or fourth or third; we want to finish first."
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10/27/09
Every point earned at this weekend's NHRA Las Vegas Nationals will be vital if he's to have a chance at claiming his first Funny Car crown.
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10/26/09
Fred Crespi, oddsmaker for the sports books at The Palms Resort & Casino and the South Point Hotel & Casino predicts Schumacher, Hight and Edwards will win final-round eliminations on Sunday.
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10/26/09
Brian Thiel will fly the colors of Speedway Children's Charities on his Top Alcohol Funny Car at this weekend's NHRA Las Vegas Nationals at The Strip.
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10/23/09
Coughlin has driven his JEGS.com Chevrolet Cobalt Pro Stock to back-to-back victories in Las Vegas.
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10/21/09
"With only Vegas and Pomona left on our calendar this year, it's a dogfight. "
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10/21/09
"We got back into the battle and we're out here early to get ready for this race."
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10/19/09
Tim Henry of Valencia, Calif., pulled an upset in the Pro Street finale by reaching the finish line ahead of perennial favorite Randy Walker of Palm Desert, Calif.
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10/16/09
22 Top Fuel Dragster entries registered, including two from Europe and one from Australia.
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10/14/09
Top Fuel Dragsters, Funny Cars, Pro Stocks, Pro Stock Motorcycles, Pro Mods, Top Alcohol Dragsters, Top Alcohol Funny Cars, Sportsman classes.
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10/10/09
Revised: Sept. 10, 2009 -- Please discard all previous 2009 schedules.
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10/05/09
Team Las Vegas made an excellent showing over the weekend at the NHRA Pacific Division (Div. 7) Summit Racing Series Finals at Firebird Raceway in Chandler, Ariz..
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- September 2009
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09/20/09
Short Line Express Markets/Chevron Jr. Dragsters, MDRA, Bracket 1.
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09/16/09
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway will conduct a canned food drive during the Oct. 29-Nov. 1 NHRA Las Vegas Nationals.
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09/13/09
The last two races of the 2009 Wicked HP E.T. Drag Racing Series were held at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway over the Sept. 12-13 weekend.
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09/06/09
A tough weekend for local racers as invaders scored every final-round win.
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09/06/09
PRO STREET: Clint Hairston (Bakersfield, Calif.) defeated Randy Walker (Palm Desert, Calif.) 6.322 sec./229 mph to 6.392 sec./217.53 mph.
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09/01/09
Again in 2010, The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway will host two NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series events.
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- August 2009
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08/30/09
Winners: Jim Heaton, Michael Laskowitz, Heather Martin, Jay Matthews, Tristan Craig, Mike Villeneuve and Keith Winters.
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08/25/09
The fifth annual Las Vegas Pro Stock Showdown will take place Feb. 5-6, 2010, at The Strip at LVMS.
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08/12/09
The Pacific Street Car Association and its thrilling brand of 220+mph heads-up, quarter-mile drag racing returns Sept. 5-6.
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- July 2009
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07/29/09
Bugorama is an all-Volkswagen car show, drag race and swap meet.
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07/17/09
Revised: July 8. Two SPEED TV shows coming to The Strip in Nov.!
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07/14/09
July 11 results from The Strip.
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07/12/09
Foust wins the event, Forsberg moves into points lead.
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- June 2009
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06/21/09
Randy Walker of Palm Desert, Calif., blazed the quarter mile at 220 mph to win Pro Street.
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06/18/09
Ralph loved The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and the superspeedway and photographed races here for nearly a decade. His photos were seen in the World of Racing newspaper.
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06/15/09
June 13-14 Short Line Express Markets/Chevron Jr. Dragster Series results and updated points from The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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06/07/09
The Strip at put a tripleheader weekend in the record books as it played host to the Wicked HP Championship E.T. Bracket Series on Saturday evening and Sunday morning, as well as the Short Line Express Markets/Chevron Jr. Dragster Series Saturday morning.
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- May 2009
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05/17/09
The second edition of the annual NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Series meet - dubbed the Las Vegas Speed Spectacular - now is history.
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05/16/09
John Randell, 12, lives in Henderson and races in the Short Line Express Market/Chevron Jr. Dragster Series at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Less than one year ago, the Mannion Middle School student was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes.
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05/09/09
Rick Newport of West Valley, Utah, won tonight's Motorcycle finale during the Wicked HP Championship E.T. Drag Racing Series at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The event for the Motorcycle class also was the second annual Jason Whitenack Memorial Shootout, held in memory of 2003 LVMS Motorcycle champion Jason Whitenack, who lost his life in a highway accident in October of 2007.
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05/03/09
Results from the Saturday, May 2, and Sunday, May 3, Wicked HP Drag Racing Series and Short Line Express Market/Chevron Jr. Dragster Series meets at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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- April 2009
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04/26/09
Weekend Jr. Dragster results from The Strip (April 26)
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04/20/09
Final-round results from the Pacific Street Car Association (PSCA) Hughes Performance Las Vegas Nationals and the Motorcycle Drag Racing Association (MDRA) meet Sunday at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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04/12/09
Shawn Cowie of British Columbia, Canada, and Sean O'Bannon of Ontario, Calif., scored Top Alcohol final-round wins during this weekend's NHRA Lucas Oil Series event at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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04/05/09
Tony Schumacher raced to his second consecutive victory of the season Sunday at the NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals. Schumacher's teammate Ron Capps and Jeg Coughlin also were winners in their categories at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series event at The Strip.
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- March 2009
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03/31/09
Fred Crespi, oddsmaker for the sports book at The Palms Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, likes Larry Dixon, Del Worsham and Jason Line to win Sunday's NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals finals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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03/30/09
NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series driver Jeg Coughlin won the Pro Stock title at the inaugural Las Vegas NHRA event in at The Strip 2000. Coughlin also recorded Las Vegas victories in 2001, 2002 and 2008.
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03/28/09
Thursday, April 2, will be a busy day for the stars of the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series in Las Vegas. The drivers will be in town for the 10th annual NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals at The Strip and will participate in a number of festivities to promote the event.
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03/24/09
Matt Hagan will race as a professional NHRA Funny Car driver for the first time in Las Vegas at the April 2-5 NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals.
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03/21/09
Schedule for the April 2-5 NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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03/15/09
Quick results from March 14-15 Wicked HP Championship ET Bracket Racing Series and Short Line Express/Chevron Jr. Dragster Series openers at The Strip.
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03/11/09
The local E.T. bracket series at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway has a new title sponsor: Wicked HP. The 11-race series will be known as the Wicked HP E.T. Bracket Championship Series and will carry a year-end points fund of $11,000, in addition to a variety of bonus programs throughout the season. The series kicks off March 14-15 at The Strip at LVMS.
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03/05/09
The 2009 Short Line Express/Chevron Jr. Dragster Racing Series will consist of 12 races. The participant's nine (9) best finishes in the 12 races will count toward the title. In the event that a race meet is cancelled due to any reason, the race will not be rescheduled and an adjustment will be made to the points program at the sole discretion of the track director.
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- February 2009
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02/20/09
Officials for The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Auto Club Dragway in Fontana, Calif., and the National Hot Rod Association's Pacific Division announced a major schedule change today for the NHRA's 2009 Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series. The Auto Club Dragway event, originally scheduled for April 24-26, now will be hosted by The Strip at LVMS and has been rescheduled for April 10-12.
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- January 2009
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01/31/09
Allen Johnson of Greeneville, Tenn., won today's fourth annual Las Vegas Pro Stock Showdown at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Johnson met defending event champion and reigning NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series titleholder Jeg Coughlin Jr. in the finale.
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01/31/09
Jan. 31 and Feb. 1 final-round results.
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01/30/09
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway kicks into high gear this weekend as it hosts the Las Vegas Pro Stock Showdown and the National Open Friday through Sunday. Veteran NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series Pro Stock racer Jeg Coughlin Jr. is ready to defend his title at the 2009 edition of the Las Vegas Pro Stock Showdown at The Strip.
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01/25/09
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway kicked off its 2009 racing season Jan. 24-25 with Bracket 1, Open Comp, Super Pro and Pro racing on Saturday and Sunday.
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01/21/09
The 2009 LVMS Championship Drag Racing Series at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway runs from March 14 to Sept. 13 and is comprised of 11 events to determine the overall track championships in the Super Pro, Pro, Sportsman and E.T. Motorcycle classes. To help racers who travel to The Strip at LVMS from other states, this year's schedule features of quartet of back-to-back meets.
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- December 2008
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12/31/08
The local drag racing season kicks off Jan. 24-25.
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- November 2008
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11/30/08
The 2008 edition of the Las Vegas Bracket Nationals now is history. Peter Biondo of Maspeth, N.Y., won the $42,000 winner-take-all Ultimate Gambler race during the final day of the Las Vegas Bracket Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Forty-two drivers each paid $1,000 entry fees for the opportunity to earn the winner-take-all purse. In the end, it boiled down to two men: Biondo and Super Comp world champion Shawn Langdon.
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11/30/08
New Yorker Pete Biondo won the $42,000 winner-take-all Ultimate Gambler race during the final day of the Las Vegas Bracket Nationals at The Strip. Forty-two drivers each paid $1,000 entry fees for the opportunity to earn the winner-take-all purse. In the end, it boiled down to two men: Maspeth, New York's Pete Biondo and Super Comp world champion Shawn Langdon. Biondo, in the left lane, posted a reaction time of .006 and won the $42,000 prize. For the record books, it was Biondo over Langdon, 4.806 sec./142.61 mph to 4.893 sec./135.37 mph.
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11/24/08
Kirk Wilmes of Oklahoma defeated Vinny DeMieri of Dix Hills, N.Y., to claim the $20,000-to-win Pro Street finale at the Street Car Super Nationals at The Strip. Wilmes' 1968 Firebird 4.092 sec. at 183.67 mph in the 1/8-mile to DeMieri's 4.253 sec. at 171.34 mph.
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11/10/08
It took a day longer than planned but the Short Line Express Market Gambler Shootout, a round of the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, is in the books. It was the last of 44 races on the 2008 Lucas Oil Series schedule and boasted more than 800 cars with racers vying for last-minute points toward divisional and national titles. Ultimately, Shawn Cowie, Richmond, B.C., wheeled his Top Alcohol Dragster to the winner's circle and was joined there by Top Alcohol Funny Car pilot Steve Harker of Gainesville, Ga.
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11/02/08
7:08 p.m. -- Comments from 2008 NHRA Top Fuel champion Tony Schumacher, who earned his 15th victory of the season and the 56th of his career Sunday at the ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals:
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11/01/08
Professional classes identified as: Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock, Pro Stock Bike, Pro Mod, Pro Street, Nostalgia Nitro Funny Car, Nostalgia Top Fuel, Top Alcohol Dragster, Top Alcohol Funny car, Top Fuel Harley.
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11/01/08
Professional classes identified as: Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock, Pro Stock Bike, Pro Mod, Pro Street, Nostalgia Nitro Funny Car, Nostalgia Top Fuel, Top Alcohol Dragster, Top Alcohol Funny car, Top Fuel Harley.
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11/01/08
6:40 p.m. - Comments from Robert Hight, the top qualifier in Funny Car:
"That was probably the most confusing run I've ever made, having to do the burnout, it's raining, I see the water on the side windows, I get back past the tree and then have to shut it off. That kind of scenario throws you all off and we can't have that - it can be dangerous.
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11/01/08
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway held a children's Halloween costume contest Oct. 31 during the NHRA ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals. The contest was conducted at the POWERade display on the midway behind the grandstands.
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- October 2008
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10/31/08
7:29 p.m. -- Comments from provisional Pro Stock Motorcycle pole-sitter Angelle Sampey following the second round of qualifying:
"This is actually my favorite race of the whole year because I love Las Vegas and I love Halloween - it's my favorite holiday, next to Christmas. We had a great run. We've had, I think, all of our bad luck in the beginning and the middle of the year and I'm really hoping these last couple of races has mercy on us and we get to do well for our sponsors who have been so wonderful. I've won a race -- at least one -- every season and it's really, really killing me that we haven't (won this year) because I know that I can and I know that my team can. We haven't shown what we're capable of."
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10/30/08
All reserved seats for Sunday's elimination rounds of the ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals have been sold, it was announced Thursday by Las Vegas Motor Speedway officials.
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10/28/08
Pro Stock ace Jeg Coughlin, Funny Car dynamo Tim Wilkerson and soon-to-be-champ-again Tony Schumacher should win Sunday's NHRA ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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10/28/08
U.S. Army Top Fuel driver Tony "The Sarge" Schumacher has heard all of the title talk for the better part of two weeks, but he's just not going to buy into any of it right now. The Chicago-area resident needs to qualify for this weekend's ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals here at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway to clinch his fifth consecutive POWERade world championship and the sixth of his career.
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10/28/08
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10/28/08
"The approach to Las Vegas this year is definitely different than it has been the last few years," said Capps, who is looking for his first victory of the year.
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10/26/08
If you want to see four-time NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series champion Gary Scelzi race one last time in Las Vegas, don't miss the upcoming NHRA national event at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Halloween weekend.
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10/26/08
With Halloween coming up this Friday, there's nothing more that J.R. Todd would like to instill than a little fright into the Top Fuel field for this weekend's running of the eighth annual ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals on The Strip at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Of course, he wants the treats for the race and not any of the tricks.
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10/26/08
Competitors in the JEGS ProMod Challenge will be making a record 12 stops in 2009 as they battle for the most prestigious trophy in Pro Modified drag racing. JEGS officials, working with NHRA, released the schedule earlier than ever before to allow top-tier racers enough time to make plans for the upcoming season.
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10/26/08
With two races remaining in the 2008 POWERade Drag Racing season, ACDelco Cobalt racer Kurt Johnson remains firmly in contention for this year's Pro Stock Championship. Entering this weekend's ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals, he is 74 points out of the lead with three wins in five final round appearances, a solid showing on all accounts. As he prepared to head to the Nevada desert, Johnson took time to offer his perspective on his season, his team and his outlook for the crucial final two events:
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10/26/08
Switzerland's only Top Fuel pilot, Urs Erbacher, has earned four FIA European championships in his drag racing career. Now he'll travel 6,000 miles from Geneva to Las Vegas to add another piece of hardware to his trophy case -- a Wally from an NHRA national event.
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10/26/08
Rookie-of-the-Year favorite Mike Neff has learned a lot during his first season behind the wheel of the John Force Racing Old Spice Ford Mustang. He has become more comfortable with his growing legion of fans as well as the news media attention directed his way. One of the biggest things he has learned is dealing with the pressure from the driver's perspective as a race unfolds.
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10/19/08
Tim Henry of Valencia, Calif., defeated Mike Maggio for PSCA Mickey Thompson Tires Nationals Pro Street honors at The Strip Sunday night. Henry's Firebird beat Maggio's Corvette, 6.779 sec./209.07 mph to 6.998 sec./197.48.
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10/10/08
The final event of the Lucas Oil Drag Racing NHRA divisional series - the Gambler Showdown Presented by Short Line Express Markets at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway -- traditionally is one of the most spectacular Sportsman drag racing events of the season. With more than 970 entrants, a stellar field of Top Alcohol Dragsters and Funny Cars and NHRA national points titles decided at The Strip at LVMS, the Nov. 7-9 event is a true showcase of grassroots drag racing. This year, the event will be even more spectacular with the addition of the WHRA Top Fuel Motorcycle Finals.
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10/07/08
Two-time NHRA U.S. Nationals Pro Stock Motorcycle winner Steve Johnson will participate in the NHRA Fan Fest at Third Street at The Fremont Street Experience on Thursday, Oct. 30, from 6-8 p.m. The fan fest is free to the public and will include an NHRA driver/rider autograph session, live entertainment and show cars. Johnson is expected to be joined by 30 of the NHRA's stars.
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10/07/08
Final 2008 Jr. Dragster points -- Short Line Express Markets series
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10/04/08
The 2008 Short Line Express Markets Jr. Dragster Series at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and three drivers closed out the season with victories on National Dragster Challenge Day. Two of the three final rounds of eliminations were won on the starting line due to foul starts.
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10/02/08
Final 2008 points for The Strip
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- September 2008
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09/14/08
The final night of points racing for the Jerry's Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series now is history. Saturday's winners include: John Phlegar (Super Pro), John Irving (Pro), Jeff Shaw (Sportsman) and Kahea Woods (Motorcycle). Points will be finalized and released Tuesday.
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09/07/08
Doug Schneider of Las Vegas claimed Super Pro honors in the Jerry's Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Saturday night. Schneider's opponent, Joe Niswonger, fouled (red-lit) in the Super Pro finale, handing the win to the 1971 Dodge driver.
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09/01/08
It's 2:30 a.m. - do you know where your children are? If you're in Las Vegas, they probably were at The Strip, watching the PSCA Pro Street finale. The Pacific Street Car Association's Labor Day Nationals at The Strip at LVMS wound up in the wee hours on Monday morning and they saved the best for last. Giuseppe Gentile of Sun Valley, Calif., defeated John Mihovetz of Ontario, Calif., to win the Pro Street class and also turned in the fastest speed of the night: 228.50 mph (at 6.349 sec.).
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- August 2008
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08/31/08
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway presented its annual Labor Day Weekend Junior Dragster doubleheader on Saturday, Aug. 30, and Sunday, Aug. 31. Festivities included a water balloon fight and Meadow Gold ice cream party.
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08/25/08
BUGORAMA Las Vegas: Sunday, Oct. 5, 2008, at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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08/24/08
On Saturday, Aug. 23, Las Vegas Motor Speedway and INEX officials conducted a Bandolero test session at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway to explore future drag racing applications. The Bandolero car, which is mass-produced by LVMS's parent company, Speedway Motorsports, Inc., under the 600 Racing banner, is designed for competition by children 8 years and older and is primarily raced on ovals and road courses.
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08/22/08
Officials from The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and the Arm Drop Live! Racing Association today announced that the Rich Christensen Arm Drop Live! TV show event originally scheduled for November 4-5, 2008, has been postponed due to the host's television filming schedule. The SPEED TV show series will kick off its 2009 season in Las Vegas on a date to be announced next month.
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08/15/08
The Las Vegas Chapter of Speedway Children's Charities will hold its fifth annual "Cards for Kids" Texas Hold'em Poker Tournament on Wednesday, Oct. 29, at the Cannery Hotel & Casino at 2121 E. Craig Rd. in North Las Vegas. The charity tournament will kick off the Oct. 30-Nov. 2 NHRA ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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08/12/08
Rick Newport of West Valley, Utah, is the new King of the Track at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Newport won tonight's King-of-the-Track finale over another motorcycle rider, something that never has occurred before at The Strip.
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08/11/08
8th Annual ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals Schedule of Events
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08/05/08
A popular promotion has been revived at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway: individual suite tickets now are available for the Oct. 31-Nov. 2 NHRA ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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08/02/08
Michael Hadtrath of Las Vegas won tonight's inaugural Top Dog competition for street-legal cars during Midnight Mayhem Presented By MetroPCS at The Strip. Hadtrath, who recently moved here from Southern California, defeated Frank Yee with a 140-mph pass for the $1,000 prize and the bragging rights of owning the fastest street-legal car in Las Vegas.
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- July 2008
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07/31/08
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway is the latest drag-racing facility to join www.1320go.com. The service will provide live Compulink timing from The Strip's events, enabling fans to access instant results from home and racers to download a record of past runs. A subscription to www.1320go.com costs $40 per year.
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07/29/08
Eighth bracket points race of the 2008 season includes Las Vegas Corvette Association Club and King-of- the-Track eliminations. Please note later starting times for this event.
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07/25/08
The NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series will be known as the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series in 2009. Although the series has a new name, it still will deliver the same brand of thrilling drag-racing entertainment to The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway twice next year. For the ninth consecutive year, The Strip at LVMS will host a pair of NHRA national events.
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07/16/08
A television production company is coming to do a "reality series" on Midnight Mayhem Presented By MetroPCS and its (legal) street racers.
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07/12/08
The 2008 edition of the Super Tuner Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway now is history. Although weather - lightning and rain - threatened both days, it affected neither fan participation nor on-track competition.
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07/04/08
Veteran Las Vegas drag racer Ron Landram (EZ Money Camaro) is in the hospital and could use some cheering up. He is in Sunrise Hospital (3186 S. Maryland Pkwy., Las Vegas) in Room 346. Ron was taken to the hospital Friday (July 4) and now is allowed to receive visitors.
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- June 2008
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06/23/08
Two-time NHRA Top Fuel Dragster champion Scott Kalitta died today as the result of injuries suffered in a Funny Car qualifying accident at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park in Englishtown, N.J., during the running of the Lucas Oil NHRA SuperNationals. Scott, 46, was the son of legendary Top Fuel and Funny Car racer Connie Kalitta.
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06/17/08
Perpetually under construction -- new addresses will be added as they are received.
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06/15/08
Veteran Super Pro racer Joe Niswonger of Las Vegas suffered a heart attack on May 1, was cleared to return to competition May 17 and won tonight at The Strip. Niswonger's Part-Time Mistress 1970 Chevelle defeated Glen Copley's 1968 Camaro for Super Pro honors in the Jerry's Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series.
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06/08/08
Dowd, Doughty, Phlegar, Conner Jerry's Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series victors -- Final-round results for the June 7 Jerry's Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series meet at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway:
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06/01/08
Final-round esults from the May 31 meet at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the Jerry's Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series and Short Line Express Markets Jr. Dragster Series.
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- May 2008
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05/30/08
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway will present the seventh annual Las Vegas Bracket Nationals Nov. 27-30. The event is only six months away. New features for the 2008 event include: Super Pro increases to $7,500-to-win on Saturday and Sunday; Pro increases to $2,000-to-win on Saturday and Sunday; and the addition of a split-tree E.T. Motorcycle category.
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05/28/08
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway will award special bonuses to drag racers who compete in the May 31, June 7 and June 14 Jerry's Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series events.
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05/18/08
Carl Cannavo of N. Las Vegas defeated Glen Copley of Las Vegas to win the Super Pro finale in the Jerry's Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series at The Strip. On Saturday afternoon, the April 19 make-up race for the Super Pro class (the race was postponed due to high winds) was won by Rob Dawson of N. Las Vegas over Glen Copley.
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05/04/08
The inaugural Las Vegas Speed Spectacular at The Strip ended with a bang as Nathan "Li'l Nate" Bugg won the nostalgia Funny Car finale as opponent and No. 1 Qualifier Mendy Fry crashed in the right lane. The impact shed the body from the chassis and a fire erupted, but Fry was not injured.
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- April 2008
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04/29/08
The three-day PSCA K&N Filters Nationals at The Strip now resides in the record books. Kelly Bluebaugh of Phoenix topped the Pro Street class with a final-round win over John Mihovetz, but Giuseppe Gentile also caused quite a stir. With the quarter-mile strip back in its usual excellent form, Gentile's Mustang shattered the PSCA's Pro Street ET record. Gentile, of Sun Valley, Calif., bettered the old marks with a pass of 6.297 seconds at 226.05 mph.
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04/21/08
Parsons, Franz, Webber earn Jr. Dragster wins April 19 at The Strip at LVMS.
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04/20/08
Kahea Woods of Las Vegas won the inaugural Jason Whitenack Memorial Shootout for motorcycles at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway tonight. The event was held in memory of 2003 LVMS Motorcycle champion Jason Whitenack, who lost his life in a highway accident last October.
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04/14/08
Cory McClenathan claimed his first Top Fuel win in more than a year, and Tim Wilkerson ended a winless drought that extends back to the 2004.
McClenathan and Wilkerson were joined in the winner's circle by former POWERade champion and Summit-backed racer Jason Line, who claimed his first win of the season over Greg Stanfield, who was seeking to win his first Pro Stock event. All three were first-time winners at Las Vegas.
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04/12/08
Final qualifying results for Sunday's NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals at The Strip at LVMS.
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04/08/08
Ron Capps has two positive things going for him as he heads to The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway for this weekend's NHRA Nationals: the NAPA AUTO PARTS Dodge Charger R/T Funny Car he drives for Don Schumacher Racing is showing promise after four straight first-round losses, and the quarter-mile at The Strip has arguably one of the best racing surfaces in the country.
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04/08/08
After earning the No. 6 spot in 2007, Mike Ashley had high hopes for his Gotham City Racing ventures this year. He added Melanie Troxel and was looking to make another big splash on the drag racing scene. Now, after several bumps in the road and a less than stellar start, Ashley has drawn a line in the sand and is guaranteeing a turnaround.
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04/08/08
After making a little bit of drag racing history March 30 in Houston when he became the first European racer in 30 years to win a Top Fuel elimination round, reigning FIA Champion Urs Erbacher will try to make another entry in NHRA's annals with an event victory this weekend at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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04/08/08
Don Schumacher Racing drivers Tony Schumacher, Cory McClenathan and Jack Beckman will sign autographs for fans at the Orleans Hotel & Casino, 4500 W. Tropicana Ave., from 7-8 p.m. on Saturday, April 12. The autograph-signing area will be set up at the South end of the Race and Sports Book at the hotel.
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04/06/08
Station Casinos' oddsmaker Micah Roberts likes Tony Schumacher, Robert Hight and Greg Anderson in the final rounds of next weekend's NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals for the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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04/06/08
Complete results from the April 5 Jerry's Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series and Short Line Express Markets Jr. Dragster Series events at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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- March 2008
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03/27/08
Mopars At The Strip is a track rental and not an LVMS event. Mopars At The Strip is an all-Chrysler (Chrysler, Dodge, Plymouth) drag racing, car show and swap meet event. For schedules, pricing and information, please contact the promoters at http://www.moparsatthestrip.com/.
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03/19/08
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway will host a special motorcycle bracket-racing event on Saturday, April 19, in memory of 2003 champion Jason Whitenack, who lost his life last October in a highway accident.
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03/18/08
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway has scheduled an additional Test 'n' Tune session for Saturday, March 22. The session is open to all cars, classes and car clubs. For more information, please call The Strip's office at (702) 632-8213.
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03/16/08
Russem, Farrar, Cachia, Phillips and King win opening round of 2008 Jerry's Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
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03/12/08
Complete weekend schedule, including Jerry's Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series, Jr. Dragsters, Quarter Midgets.
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03/03/08
The 10-race 2008 Jerry's Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway once again will include a $10,000 points fund posted by Jerry's Nugget Casino in North Las Vegas. This marks the sixth season Jerry's Nugget Casino has supported the local bracket-racing program at The Strip at LVMS.
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03/02/08
Schedule, changes in parameters, points.
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- February 2008
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02/13/08
Frank Hawley -- 1982 and 1983 NHRA Funny Car champion and proprietor of Frank Hawley's Drag Racing School -- was testing at The Strip today in order to earn his NHRA Funny Car license.
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02/03/08
"Super Bowl Sunday" was not so super after all -- if you're a drag racer -- as rain forced cancellation of Sunday's Bracket Championship.
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02/02/08
Complete schedule, points and guidelines for the 2008 Jerry's Bugget Championship Drag Racing Series at The Strip at LVMS.
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02/02/08
The 2008 Midnight Mayhem Presented By MetroPCS series is under way at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Now in its seventh year, the Midnight Mayhem Presented By MetroPCS program was instituted to offer a safe alternative to illegal street racing in Las Vegas and Clark County.
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02/02/08
All-Out Wednesdays, a monthly Test ‘n' Tune session for street-legal and bracket cars, begins Wednesday, April 23 at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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02/01/08
Jeg Coughlin won the third annual Pontiac Pro Stock Showdown at The Strip. Coughlin, in the left lane, defeated Allen Johnson of Greenville, Tenn., 6.711 sec./204.94 mph to 6.735 sec./203.92 mph.
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- January 2008
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01/25/08
The 2008 Midnight Mayhem Presented By MetroPCS season began Friday night at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Now in its seventh year, the Midnight Mayhem program was instituted to offer a safe alternative to illegal street racing in Las Vegas and Clark County.
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01/24/08
The PSCA Mickey Thompson Tires Winternationals event scheduled for this weekend (Jan. 25-27) at The Strip has been cancelled due to difficult travel conditions throughout the region. Severe storms in California also are affecting weather conditions in Las Vegas. The race has been rescheduled to Oct. 18-19.
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01/22/08
Complete schedule and pricing.
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01/20/08
The seventh annual Nitro Blast-off Test Session at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway now is history. The weekend session, conducted under sunny skies, was without incident and concluded at today at 4:50 p.m.
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01/20/08
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway honored its 2007 champions in the Jerry's Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series and Short Line Express Jr. Drag Racing Series on Saturday, Jan. 19, at its annual awards banquet in LVMS' Blackjack Club in the infield of the superspeedway.
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01/16/08
Worsham's team will be joined by a number of other participants, including NHRA Funny Car pilot Gary Densham and NHRA Top Fuel Dragster drivers Larry Dixon, David Grubnic and Scott Kalitta.
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01/15/08
Two-time NHRA Top Fuel Dragster champion Larry Dixon will participate in the seventh annual Nitro Blast-Off Preseason Test Session Jan. 18-20 at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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01/13/08
Revised first-quarter 2008 schedule for The Strip -- America's Greatest Drag Strip.
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01/12/08
Through the years, the Las Vegas test has been the proving ground for technical and safety developments, the debut of new teams and the opportunity for drivers to obtain professional competition licenses.
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01/10/08
With the recent date change of the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series finals at Pomona, Calif., officials at the NHRA Division 7 field office and The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway have decided to move the Las Vegas Lucas Oil Series event from October 24-26, to Nov. 6-9. The Las Vegas Lucas Oil Series event now will take place between the Las Vegas and Pomona POWERade Drag Racing Series national events.
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01/09/08
Team Las Vegas co-captains Grace Creason (left) and Jean Phlegar (right) accept the NHRA Div. 7 Team Spirit Award at the 2007 NHRA Div. 7 banquet at the South Point Hotel & Casino on Saturday, Jan. 12. Photo courtesy of Bob Johnson.
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- November 2007
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11/30/07
Tonight's BFGoodrich Midnight Mayhem at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway has been cancelled due to weather. The event was to have been the final racing event of the 2007 season at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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11/25/07
The 2007 edition of the Las Vegas Bracket Nationals now is history and the winners on the final day were Dean Hall (Super Pro), Mark Simonian (Pro) and John Irving (Sportsman). Story contains complete results for all four days.
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11/22/07
Three-time NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series Pro Stock champion Jeg Coughlin Jr. has filed an entry for The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway's Nov. 22-25 Bracket Nationals. Jeg's, a leading high performance parts distributor, also will contribute gift certificates for the event. Coughlin will be joined by NHRA Pro Stock driver Dave Connolly and NHRA Funny Car star Jack Beckman as they take on hundreds on local heroes.
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11/12/07
Schedule for the AHDRA Screamin' Eagle Performance Parts Las Vegas High Stakes Shootout Nov. 16-18 at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Please note: The AHDRA event is a track rental. Please consult www.AHDRA.com for more information.
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11/10/07
Schedule, racer guidelines for the annual Thanksgiving Las Vegas Bracket Nationals featuring the Ultimate Gambler.
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11/04/07
Mike Moran of Taylor, Mich., won the final round of Pro Street competition during the annual Dyno-Flow Street Car Super Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Moran's 1999 Monte Carlo defeated Jimmy Mock's (Yorba Linda, Calif.) 1951 Chevrolet 6.472 sec./233.76 mph to 6.834 sec./215.89 mph. The East-West shootout saw the fastest 32-car Pro Street field in history: an E.T. of 6.98 sec. or better was required to qualify.
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11/03/07
Midnight Mayhem is The Strip's safe alternative to illegal street racing. Now in its sixth year, Midnight Mayhem is open to any licensed driver with proof of insurance (minors must present a signed parental consent form, available by calling 632-8213). Open to any street-legal car or motorcycle. $10 to race, $5 for spectators. Racing: 8 p.m.-1 a.m.
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- October 2007
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10/28/07
Las Vegas' own "Hot Rod" Fuller completed the best weekend of his three-year professional career by winning the seventh annual NHRA ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals to surge back into the POWERade points lead with one race left in the season. Fuller's third win of the season follows a thrilling victory Saturday in the Technicoat Top Fuel Shootout.
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10/28/07
"Hot Rod" Fuller bagged drag racing's biggest one-day purse with a thrilling holeshot victory over Melanie Troxel Saturday at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Fuller's 4.527 at 329.99 mph was just enough to beat Troxel's 4.526 at 326.40 mph and help the Caterpillar team clinch the top prize.
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10/27/07
The hottest drag racer on the planet is the No. 1 qualifier at the seventh annual ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals as Pro Stock points leader Dave Connolly vaulted to the top spot with a 6.725 at 205.57 mph Saturday at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Connolly joined Friday leaders Tony Schumacher, Robert Hight, and Chip Ellis, who all maintained their No. 1 qualifying spots, Hight and Ellis doing so with improved times.
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10/27/07
The NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series is back in town for the next-to-last race of the 2007 season! Listen to the announcers on 103.9 FM. Gates open at 7:30 a.m.
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10/27/07
With father-in-law John Force watching from starting line, Robert Hight streaked to the No. 1 qualifying spot in Funny Car Friday night with a second-round blast of 4.763 seconds at 322.58 mph to lead the provisional field of the seventh annual ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals. Tony Schumacher (Top Fuel), Justin Humphreys (Pro Stock), and Chip Ellis (Pro Stock Motorcycle) joined Hight in topping the charts after the first day of professional qualifying.
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10/23/07
Four-time NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series Top Fuel Dragster champion Tony Schumacher, 2003 Funny Car titleholder Tony Pedregon and red-hot Dave Connolly have been selected today by Station Casinos oddsmaker Micah Roberts as favorites to win Sunday's NHRA ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals at The Strip.
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10/23/07
Jason Whiteneack, 33, of Boulder City, passed away Saturday as a result of injuries sustained in a highway accident. Jason was a regular competitor at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and finished third in the 2007 Jerry's Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series in the Motorcycle class. An informal get-together/memorial for Jason was held on Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the grandstands at The Strip.
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10/20/07
2007 schedule for America's Greatest Drag Strip, including the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Jerry's Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series, Short Line Express Markets Jr. Dragster Series, Midnight Mayhem, PSCA, AHDRA, Rockabilly Rod Reunion, Bug-O-Rama, Major League of Monster Trucks, SpeedTV's PINKS All Out TV show and more.
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10/18/07
If Greg Anderson doesn't find exactly what he was looking for during three days of testing at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, it's not through lack of effort. Anderson and his Summit Racing team completed more than 20 passes at the last-minute session, 10th of which were on Day 3. For comparison, winning NHRA POWERade Series teams make a maximum of four laps on race day with maintenance between each round. His quickest attempt was a 6.726 second pass at 204.17 mph.
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10/14/07
After enjoying a comfortable lead early in the day, Team Las Vegas was on edge as the sun set on The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway during the NHRA Pacific Division Summit Racing Series Finals. As the semi-final rounds of competition drew near, several Team Las Vegas racers were eliminated and the championship rested solely on the shoulders of John "Darth" Phlegar of Las Vegas.
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10/13/07
ACDelco officials announced they would be adding some extra muscle to an already high-powered event, naming professional wrestling icon and reality TV star Hulk Hogan as the Grand Marshal of this year's NHRA ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals.
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10/12/07
Some of the biggest names in professional drag racing will test at The Strip at LVMS Oct. 16-18 in preparation for the Oct. 25-28 NHRA ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals. The largest contingent will come from one team: Don Schumacher Racing. The former Funny Car driver-turned-team owner is sending a formidable line-up to practice for the big meet: Funny Car drivers Gary Scelzi, Ron Capps, Jack Beckman and Top Fuel Dragster champion Tony Schumacher.
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10/11/07
NHRA Division 7 E.T. Finals Thursday through Sunday at The Strip.
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10/05/07
The fourth annual Rockabilly Rod Reunion will be held at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Saturday, Oct. 6, from 9 a.m.-3 p.m.. The event will feature rockabilly music, a pin-up girl contest, burnout contest, car show for pre-1965 traditional hot rods and customs, swap meet and vendor area, nostalgia exhibition racing on the drag strip and hot rod personalities.
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- September 2007
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09/30/07
Jim Naffziger (Super Pro), Scott Horlsey (Pro), Scott Parsons (Sportsman), Kahea Woods (Motorcycle) and Jon Irving (High School) claimed coveted "Wally" trophies on the final points night of the Jerry's Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series and National Dragster Challenge Night at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Saturday night by winning the final rounds of competition in their respective classes.
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09/25/07
Friday: BFGoodrich Midnight Mayhem. Saturday: Short Line Express Markets Jr. Drag Racing Series season finale and Jr. Dragster Challenge; Jerry's Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series season finale; National Dragster Challenge, High School division season finale
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09/24/07
The Las Vegas Chapter of Speedway Children's Charities will hold its fourth annual "Cards for Kids" Texas Hold'em Poker Tournament on Wednesday, Oct. 24, at the Cannery Hotel & Casino. The charity event will kick off the NHRA ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals Oct. 25-28 at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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09/19/07
Tonight's Wednesday Night Street Wars drag-racing program at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway has been cancelled due to high winds and resultant dust conditions.
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09/15/07
Short Line Express Markets Jr. Drag Racing Series season finale and Jr. Dragster Challenge; Jerry's Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series season finale; National Dragster Challenge, High School division season finale.
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09/15/07
Final-round results for the Sept. 15 Jerry's Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series event at The Strip.
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09/03/07
PSCA: Ed Thornton (Chino Hills, Calif.) defeated John Scialpi (West Covina, Calif.) -- 6.512 sec./220.73 mph to 6.689 sec./204.94 mph -- for Pro Street honors.
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- August 2007
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08/30/07
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway will be a busy place this weekend as it presents the Pacific Street Car Association's Calvert Racing Products Labor Day Nationals, Jet Cars and the Jr. Dragster Superstar Weekend.
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08/28/07
The Major League of Monster Trucks will debut its unique style of Monster Truck racing at the half-mile dirt track at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Friday, Sept. 21, at 8 p.m. -- the night before the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Smith's Las Vegas 350 at the superspeedway on Sept. 22.
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08/17/07
Las Vegas' Kayla Sewell raised more than $3,000 for Feed the Children in her first individual fundraising event, which was held Aug. 11 at The Strip.
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08/11/07
Results from the Aug. 11 Jerry's Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series event at The Strip.
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08/02/07
Las Vegas native Kayla Sewell has turned her love of drag racing at The Strip of Las Vegas Motor Speedway into an all out effort to help combat hunger in the Las Vegas Valley.
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- July 2007
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07/30/07
Now in its sixth year, Midnight Mayhem is open to any licensed driver with proof of insurance. Open to any street-legal car or motorcycle. $10 to race, $5 for spectators.
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07/18/07
Yoichi Imamura of Yamanashi, Japan, drove his ORC/Top Secret Nissan Fairlady Z to victory in the 2007 edition of the Las Vegas D1 Grand Prix at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Local motorcycle racer Jason Whitenack won the Sport Bike class at the NHRA Las Vegas Sport Compact Nationals. Complete results.
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07/13/07
Complete schedule and pricing for Las Vegas D1 Drift Grand Prix & NHRA Sport Compact Nationals July 13 and 14.
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- June 2007
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06/19/07
Schedule for tonight's Wednesday Night Street Wars and Bracket Test 'n' Tune at The Strip.
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06/15/07
June 16 Jerry's Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series results.
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06/10/07
Becky Phlegar of Las Vegas won the final round of Super Pro competition during Saturday night's Jerry's Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Phlegar doubled up Saturday by also winning the Gamblers Race.
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06/10/07
Short Line Express Markets Jr. Dragster Series results for June 9 at The Strip
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06/08/07
Test 'n' Tune, Short Line Express Markets Jr. Dragsters, Jerry's Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series.
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06/07/07
Officials for The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and Nevada Beverage, distributor for Anheuser-Busch products in Las Vegas, have announced a new program for racers participating in the Jerry's Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series. The Bud Light Best Light of the Night Award will pay $100 cash and product awards to the drivers and riders in the Super Pro, Pro, Sportsman and Motorcycle categories who post the best reaction time during eliminations.
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06/02/07
It is rare when a father and son both win at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on the same day. Kenny and Brandon Bernstein did it a few years ago - Luke and Ron Winter did it Saturday and they went one better: their opponents also were a father-and-son team.
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- May 2007
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05/21/07
Results from Saturday's Jerry's Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series and Short Line Express Markets Jr. Dragster Series at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
The Strip is dark this weekend. Drag racing will resume May 30 with Wednesday Night Street Wars and bracket Test ‘n' Tune from 7 p.m.-Midnight.
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05/16/07
Dave Danish passed away at 10:10 p.m. on Wednesday, May 15, after suffering a severe heart attack on May 11.
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05/16/07
Hays Yergensen of Elsinore, Utah, won the Pro class finale at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Saturday night. Yergensen's first win of the 2007 Jerry's Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series season is even more noteworthy since he is confined to a wheelchair and uses hand controls to drive his black Mustang. Roger Kato of N. Las Vegas defeated John Dowd for Super Pro honors.
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05/14/07
Competitors from Utah won two of the three final rounds of NHRA Jr. Dragster competition in the Short Line Express Markets Series Saturday afternoon at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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05/13/07
Wednesday Night Street Wars; BFGoodrich Midnight Mayhem Friday; Jr. Dragsters and Jerry's Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series Saturday
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05/11/07
"Time-only" runs and license passes are not permitted during Jerry's Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series events.
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05/05/07
DHRA-sanctioned Diesel Drags Saturday and Sunday at The Strip.
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05/04/07
Tonight's (May 4) BFGoodrich Midnight Mayhem at The Strip has been cancelled due to weather.
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05/01/07
John Mihovetz of Ontario, Calif., defeated Gil Nevarez of Las Vegas for top honors at Sunday's Pacific Street Car Association (PSCA) Nationals at The Strip.
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- April 2007
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04/22/07
This week at The Strip: Wednesday Night Street Wars and Test 'n' Tune, BFGoodrich Midnight Mayhem, PSCA Las Vegas Nationals.
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04/22/07
Event sponsor and local favorite Duane Shields reaches final round of eliminations and finishes runner-up in Top Alcohol Dragster class.
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04/15/07
It was an emotional day at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway as Robert Hight, Brandon Bernstein and Greg Anderson won the pro categories in the NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals. Bill Koski, 65, of Las Vegas fared the best of the local entries, finishing runner-up in the Super Comp category.
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04/15/07
Shocking. Disappointing. Unbelieveable. Fourteen-time NHRA Funny Car champion John Force will cheer his teammates on from the sidelines after failing to qualify for eliminations for the first time since 1987. While Force's qualifying streak ends at 395 consecutive events, he is not alone: Top Fuel Dragster driver Doug Kalitta also will sit this one out after his skein halted at 164. Tony Schumacher (Top Fuel Dragster), Mike Ashley (Funny Car) and Jeg Coughlin Jr. all retained their No. 1 Qualifier status from Saturday.
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04/14/07
First day of qualifying for the NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals is complete! Mike Ashley of Melville, N.Y., ran the fastest Funny Car speed in NHRA history during the second session and currently is the No. 1 Qualifier. Tony Schumacher (Top Fuel Dragster) and Jeg Coughlin Jr. (Pro Stock) also currently are No. 1 Qualifiers in their respective divisions.
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04/13/07
After finally generating tire shake on the last of three test runs Wednesday in his Castrol GTX High Mileage Ford Mustang, 14-time NHRA Funny Car Champion John Force declared his race team ready to compete in this week's eighth annual NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals at The Strip at LVMS.
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04/13/07
Station Casinos' oddsmaker Micah Roberts likes Tony Schumacher, Ron Capps and Greg Anderson in Sunday's final rounds of this weekend's NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals for the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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04/12/07
A free NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series driver autograph session will kick off the April 12-15 NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The autograph session will be held at the ESPN Zone inside the New York New York Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas Thursday, April 12, from 7-8 p.m. IF WEATHER BECOMES A PROBLEM, THE EVENT WILL BE MOVED INSIDE.
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04/10/07
John Force and his race team are back. Drag racing's most prolific Funny Car team will return to racing this weekend at the Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the NHRA Summitracing.com Nationals. It will be the team's first race since the tragic death of driver Eric Medlen three weeks ago following a crash during a test session. "I need to get to a race track and do what I do," Force said. "That's the only way I'm going to get well."
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04/09/07
Results from the second round of the Jerry's Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series at The Strip at LVMS, held Saturday, April 7.
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04/09/07
Super Pro, Non-Electronics, So-Cal Pro Gas.
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04/07/07
The Silverton Casino and Lodge in Las Vegas will serve as team headquarters for NHRA Top Fuel powerhouse David Powers Motorsports during the NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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04/03/07
World-renowned custom hot rod builder and TV personality Chip Foose, Mac Tools and Kalitta Motorsports will once again bring their high-horsepower partnership to the NHRA POWERade Drag racing Series. The partnership will come together April 12-15, during the SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals, at one of the NHRA's premier quarter-mile facilities, The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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04/01/07
Make your choice: color Easter eggs or head to The Strip! (Hint: one will stain your fingers and kitchen table, the other will make your heart pound.)
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- March 2007
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03/25/07
William "Bill" Dudley, 64, of Las Vegas passed away March 24. A six-time champion at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Bill had been hospitalized after suffering a heart attack.
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03/25/07
The first round of the 2007 Jerry's Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series was contested Saturday at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. John Dowd of Las Vegas won the Super Pro finale, defeating Justin Lamb of Henderson. Russ Styker of Truxton, Ariz. defeated Steve Bushy for the Pro title, Bob Shirley won the Sportsman final and Kahea Woods won the Motorcycle trophy.
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03/25/07
The first round of the 2007 Jerry's Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series was contested Saturday at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. John Dowd of Las Vegas won the Super Pro finale, defeating Justin Lamb of Henderson. Russ Styker of Truxton, Ariz. defeated Steve Bushy for the Pro title, Bob Shirley won the Sportsman final and Kahea Woods won the Motorcycle trophy.
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03/23/07
Eric Medlen's death has left a huge void in the racing community. Many of us at Las Vegas Motor Speedway have gotten to know Eric on both a professional and personal level.
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03/19/07
Reigning Mrs. Nevada titleholder Victoria Broz will be drag-racing her black 2004 Corvette at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Wednesday evening during Wednesday Night Street Wars. In the Mrs. Nevada pageant program, Victoria listed drag-racing her Corvette at The Strip as one of her hobbies. She also volunteered in the media center at Las Vegas Motor Speedway during NASCAR Weekend earlier this month.
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03/06/07
BFGoodrich Midnight Mayhem, The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway's safe alternative to illegal street racing, launched its sixth season on Friday, Feb. 9. The program was designed to attract illegal street racers to the safe confines of The Strip and also allow amateur drag racers an opportunity to compete in their street-legal cars.
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- February 2007
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02/22/07
The Strip at LVMS will host its final weekend of drag racing activity (Feb. 23-25) until after the March 9-11 NASCAR Weekend. The weekend opens with BFGoodrich Midnight Mayhem on Friday at 8 p.m.
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02/19/07
Results from the first two races of the 2007 Short Line Express Markets Jr. Dragster Series.
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02/14/07
2007 Short Line Express Markets NHRA Jr. Drag Racing Series begins this weekend at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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02/13/07
Two days of open testing at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Article includes schedule and fees.
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02/12/07
Perennial favorite Ed Thornton of Chino Hills, Calif., won the Pro Street finale during the Pacific Street Car Association (PSCA) Winter Nationals Sunday at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Thornton's 1957 Chevrolet faced Mary Baltzell of Rancho Mirage, Calif., in the final round, but Baltzell fouled (red-lit) on the starting line to surrender the victory.
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02/05/07
The Pacific Street Car Association (PSCA) once again will invade The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway with its unique brand of exciting, heads-up (first-man-to-the-finish-line-wins) drag racing for street-appearing cars this weekend. The most popular class is Pro Street, which hosts turbocharged and supercharged "doorslammers" which run in excess of 220 mph.
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02/03/07
Dave Connolly won the second annual Pontiac Pro Stock Showdown at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway by outrunning Jim Yates in the final round. For Connolly, it was his second Pontiac Pro Stock Showdown victory, his first coming at Houston, Texas, in 2005.
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02/02/07
David Grubnic, Hilary Will, Scott Kalitta, Doug Kalitta, Bob Gilbertson, Tim Wilkerson, Cory Mac and Tony Bartone are already here! The Strip at LVMS is hosting the Last-Chance Test Session for professional NHRA teams, including POWERade Drag Racing Series Top Fuel Dragster, Funny Car and Pro Stocks Friday through Sunday. The NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series teams will use this as a last-chance thrash to tune up their cars before the 2007 season begins in Pomona, Calif.
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- January 2007
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01/29/07
John Dowd of Las Vegas and Kristin Ariotti of Boulder City were among Sunday's big winners on the final day of the NHRA Sportsman National Open at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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01/25/07
Click on headline for complete schedule and pricing.
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01/25/07
Six-time Strip at LVMS champion Bill Dudley is in the hospital. The following message from his family was posted today.
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01/21/07
The sixth annual Nitro Blast-off for NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series teams at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway now is history. David Grubnic posted the quickest E.T. for Top Fuel Dragsters (4.483 sec.) and 14-time NHRA Funny Car champion John Force topped his division at 4.783.
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01/19/07
In just a few short weeks some of the best drivers in the NHRA Pro Stock class will converge on The Strip for the Pontiac Pro Stock Showdown on Saturday, Feb. 3. The Pontiac Pro Stock Showdown, presented during the Feb. 2-4 Last Chance Test Session, will provide teams with the opportunity for some intense side-by-side competition and some all-important last-chance testing before they make their way west to Pomona and the beginning of the 2007 campaign.
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01/19/07
Saturday and Sunday: Ashley Force and Kenny Bernstein will be joined by the biggest names in professional drag racing, including John Force, Robert Hight, Eric Medlen, David Grubnic, Bob Vandergriff, Tommy Johnson Jr., Del Worsham, the Kalittas, Jeff Arend and Jack Beckman as Top Fuel Dragster, Funny Car, Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle teams fine-tune their entries in preparation for the 2007 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series season.
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01/16/07
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway will honor its 2006 Jerry's Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series, Short Line Express Markets Jr. Dragster Series, Super Quick, Open Comp and High School champions on Saturday, Jan. 20, at 6 p.m., in Clubhouse No. 3 at the superspeedway.
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01/14/07
Capps will be joined by the biggest names in professional drag racing, including his Don Schumacher Racing teammates, John Force Racing and Kenny Bernstein as Top Fuel Dragster, Funny Car, Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle teams fine-tune their entries in preparation for the 2007 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series season.
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01/12/07
Bernstein has earned two Top Fuel Dragster championships as well as four Funny Car titles and 69 national-event victories and will return to the driver's seat Jan. 19-21 during the sixth annual Nitro Blast-off test session for professional NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series teams. Since Bernstein has retired as a driver, he also will have to renew his NHRA Funny Car license in Las Vegas.
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01/10/07
The Strip's Jan. 13-14 "racer appreciation test sessions" for participants in the 2006 Jerry's Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series and 2006 Short Line Express Markets Jr. Drag Racing Series have been postponed due to weekend weather forecasts for cold temperatures, wind and rain.
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01/08/07
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway won three awards - including Track of the Year - at the 2006 NHRA Division 7 awards banquet held Saturday evening at the South Point Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.
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01/03/07
The biggest names in professional drag racing will converge on The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the sixth annual Nitro Blast-off preseason test session for NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series teams. The list of participants will read like a who's-who of drag racing as Top Fuel Dragster, Funny Car, Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle teams fine-tune their entries in preparation for the grueling 2007 NHRA POWERade schedule.
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01/02/07
Professional Funny Car driver Tony Bartone will give drag racing fans a sneak peek at the 2008 season when he brings his Chevrolet to the starting line at the Jan. 18-20 Nitro Blast-Off Preseason Test Session at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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01/01/07
BFGoodrich Midnight Mayhem, The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway's safe alternative to illegal street racing, will commence its sixth season on Friday, Feb. 9. The program was designed to attract illegal street racers to the safe confines of The Strip and is open to any licensed driver with proof of insurance and any street-legal car or motorcycle.
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- December 2006
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12/04/06
The 2007 drag racing season at The Strip begins January 19 with the three-day, sixth annual Nitro Blast-Off invitational test session for NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series teams. The three-day Last Chance Professional Test Session featuriung the Pontiac Pro Stock Showdown begins Feb. 2.
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- November 2006
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11/27/06
Jerry's Nugget Casino, sponsor of The Strip's Jerry Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series for local bracket racers, is hosting its annual racers appreciation car show on Sunday, Dec. 3, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the casino on 1821 Las Vegas Blvd. North.
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11/26/06
Results from all four days of the annual Thanksgiving weekend Las Vegas Bracket Nationals at The Strip.
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11/26/06
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway will close its 2006 drag racing season on Friday evening from 7 p.m.-Midnight with the final round of BFGoodrich Midnight Mayhem.
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11/19/06
Vince Budano of Hicksville, N.Y., earned $20,000 by beating Steve Paulauskis to the finish line in the heads-up, East-vs.-West Pro Street Shootout during the Pacific Street Car Aassociation's (PSCA) Street Car Super Nationals.
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11/16/06
Official results from the AHDRA JIMS Las Vegas Nationals Presented by Barnett Clutches. For additional information, please visit www.AHDRA.com.
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11/10/06
The Pacific Street Car Association (PSCA) makes its final 2006 Las Vegas appearance this weekend at The Strip. The PSCA Street Car Supernationals features an East-vs.-West Shootout and the heads-up, 200-mph Pro Street category pays $20,000 to the winner.
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11/08/06
Two consecutive NHRA-sanctioned drag racing events at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway set records both on and off the track as NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series and Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series racing continues to grow in popularity -- and population -- in Las Vegas.
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11/08/06
Click here for the schedule for the 2006 Las Vegas Bracket Nationals >>
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11/08/06
A pair of Batemans won the Top Alcohol finales at the Short Line Express Markets NHRA Pacific Division Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series race Sunday evening at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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11/03/06
The schedule features a total of seven special races, highlighted by two NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series national events and several sportsman racing programs.
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11/01/06
Citing the unprecedented success of this past weekend's NHRA ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals, Las Vegas Motor Speedway and NHRA officials have agreed to keep the event on the last weekend of October. Next year's event will be held Oct. 25-28. It had been previously announced that the event would be Oct. 18-21.
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- October 2006
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10/29/06
Tony Schumacher charged back into the championship chase with his fourth win of the year, this one over J.R. Todd, Sunday at the $1.8 million ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals in Las Vegas. He now finds himself 45 points behind Doug Kalitta. Third-year Pro Stock driver Jason Line captured the first POWERade championship of the season After collecting the $200,000 champion's check, Line shared the limelight with race winners Schumacher, "Fast Jack" Beckman (Funny Car), Richie Stevens (Pro Stock), and Andrew Hines (Pro Stock Motorcycle).
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10/28/06
POWERade points leader Doug Kalitta is $100,000 richer after winning the 22nd annual Budweiser Shootout Saturday at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Kalitta caught and passed "Hot Rod" Fuller in the last 300 feet to claim Top Fuel's biggest single-race payout with a 4.567 at 329.18 mph.
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10/28/06
Three-time Top Fuel champion Tony Schumacher posted a stunning 4.445-second pass at 333.08 mph to close the opening day of qualifying for the sixth annual ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals in style Friday at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Although he's 89 points out of the Top Fuel points lead with just two race days left, Schumacher's track-record run proved he won't go down without a fight.
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10/27/06
Drag racing champion John Force has seen this movie before. The difference is that this week he can write an alternative ending, a luxury he didn't enjoy during a sometimes painful first season of Driving Force, a real-life TV series in which he stars with his wife and daughters on A&E Network.
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10/27/06
What do a Funny Car driver and a PBR rider have in common? More than you might think. This week the NHRA POWERade Series and the Ford PBR World Finals are taking over Las Vegas, giving sports fans all they would need in the way of power and performance.
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10/27/06
The eight-car field for the lucrative Budweiser Shootout was set on Thursday evening during a draw party at The Joint in the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino. David Baca, who drives the Mach 1 dragster, was the lucky No. 8 wild card spot winner among the eight Top Fuel drivers eligible for the position.
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10/26/06
In a city known for its high-stakes gambling, Kurt Johnson and the ACDelco Cobalt Racing team have gone from being a long-shot to a favorite. During the NHRA's first five visits to The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, the second-generation racer was not much of a factor, missing one start and advancing to the second round twice.
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10/25/06
GM Performance Parts GTO pilot Warren Johnson will add another entry in the NHRA record books this weekend, as he will participate in his 500th NHRA Pro Stock national event, becoming the first professional competitor to accomplish this feat.
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10/24/06
With the end of the 2006 NHRA drag racing season in clear sight, U.S. Army drivers Tony "The Sarge" Schumacher, Angelle Sampey and Antron Brown all have specific performance agendas on their respective plates beginning with this weekend's NHRA ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals here at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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10/24/06
Ron Capps is having a bad case of deja vu as the 2006 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series comes down to the final two events of the season. He finds himself in second place to John Force in the Funny Car point standings and once again in a three-way battle for the crown.
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10/23/06
"Hot Rod" Fuller has plenty of reasons to be excited. Not only does the 35-year-old Las Vegas resident pilot one of the quickest Top Fuel dragsters in the land, but also enters NHRA's penultimate event as one of the odds-on favorites to win a boatload of cash.
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10/23/06
Doug Herbert will be testing for next season when he enters this weekend's NHRA ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals, but the driver of the Snap-on Tools dragster is still a safe bet to have a successful weekend at the high desert facility.
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10/23/06
Micah Roberts, veteran oddsmaker for Station Casinos in Las Vegas, has set the odds for Sunday's NHRA ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals finals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and the obvious favorites sit atop the list once again.
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10/20/06
Tony Pedregon is headed to The Strip at LVMS with redemption in mind. The 2003 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series Funny Car champion is set to compete in the Oct. 26-29 NHRA ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals and hopefully fare much better than his springtime NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals ordeal.
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10/19/06
The NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series is a welcome assault on the senses. It's incredibly loud. Nitromethane fumes invade your nostrils and tire smoke fills the air. Wild-looking race cars scream down the quarter-mile drag strip at more than 300 mph. It's not exactly the place you'd expect to find those white-jacketed beauty consultants you see behind the cosmetics counter at your local department store. But they're coming to the NHRA ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Oct. 26-29 and you can thank NHRA Top Fuel Dragster driver David Grubnic for that.
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10/19/06
Throughout their six-year involvement with the NHRA's fall race at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, automotive replacement parts leader ACDelco has strived to appoint a grand marshal who embodies both the spirit of the Las Vegas Strip and a real car guy's passion for anything automotive. It can be argued that for the 2006 edition, they may have found the one person who best fits this description -- legendary ZZ Top singer/guitarist Billy F. Gibbons, the grand marshal of the sixth annual ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals, which will be held on Oct. 26-29.
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10/18/06
Cruz Pedregon -- the 1992 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series Funny Car world champion -- and his Advance Auto Parts team are headed back to Las Vegas for next week's NHRA ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals at The Strip. Cruz won The Strip's NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals in April and is looking to head back to familiar territory - victory lane - on Oct. 29.
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10/18/06
Due to unprecedented demand, The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway is increasing the number of motorhome spaces available for next week's NHRA ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals. A limited number of non-reserved spaces are now available on a first come, first served basis for $75.00.
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10/17/06
Drag racing fans are invited to meet their favorite NHRA stars at various locations around Las Vegas as the NHRA ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals hits The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Oct. 26-29.
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10/17/06
Before hitting the quarter mile at 300 miles per hour, several of the NHRA's top drivers will be facing a different kind of pressure at the poker table for a good cause.
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10/15/06
Dave Matson (Rocky Mountain Custom Glass West Coast Top Sportsman), Del Cox Jr. (Mike's Transmission Top Comp Series), Greg Hicks (Electronics) and Fred Marcus (Non-Electronics) scored final-round victories Sunday during the Octoberfast event at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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10/14/06
Team Las Vegas, representing The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, did an outstanding job representing "America's Greatest Drag Strip" with two major titles and an overall second-place finish at the 2006 NHRA Pacific Division E.T. Finals, held Oct. 12-15 at Auto Club Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield, Calif.
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10/14/06
A two-day photography workshop by chief track photographer David Allio will be held at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Nov. 3-4. The two-day session will include a drag racing photography workshop on Friday, Nov. 3, at The Strip at LVMS (in conjunction with the NHRA Lucas Oil Series Finals) and paved short track oval racing photography on Saturday, Nov. 4, at the Bullring at LVMS (in conjunction with the annual Fall Classic Super Late Model event).
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10/14/06
Saturday, Oct. 14, 10 a.m.: The Rockabilly Rod Reunion is still on, rain or shine. The first band is set to go on stage at 10:45 a.m. The car show will be held as planned. Vintage drag racing has been cancelled. Fans holding a Rockabilly Rod Reunion ticket will also be admitted free tomorrow (Sunday) for the Octoberfast drags at The Strip.
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10/13/06
Friday, Oct. 13 -- 6:30 p.m. -- Rain and a severe weather advisory issued by the National Weather Service has caused the cancellation of tonight's BFGoodrich Midnight Mayhem at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Race fans are invited to Sam's Town Live! (inside Sam's Town Hotel & Gambling Hall) for the free Rockabilly Rod Reunion Kick-off Party tonight from 7 p.m.-Midnight. Tomorrow's Rockabilly Rod Reunion has not been cancelled and will go on as scheduled. For more information, please call The Strip's office at (702) 632-8213 or visit www.LVMS.com.
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10/11/06
Schedule and information for the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Div. 7 Finals.
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10/03/06
It's the type of predicament most track operators can only dream of. With a record 50 Top Alcohol entries (28 Top Alcohol Funny Car and 22 Top Alcohol Dragster) for the Nov. 2-5 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Short Line Express Markets event at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, track officials have announced that no more entries will be accepted. The event already had been expanded by one day to accommodate the necessary time needed to make the Top Alcohol-class runs.
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10/01/06
Corey Le Clair of Pahrump, Nev., won the Super Pro finale at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Saturday on the final night of the 2006 Jerry's Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series for local bracket racers. The following drivers/riders clinched 2006 Jerry's Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series titles in their respective divisions: Chris Naffziger (Super Pro), Leo Shaver (Motorcycle), John Irving (Pro) and Dan Reaume (Sportsman). Official final point standings will be released Tuesday.
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- September 2006
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09/26/06
Champions will be determined in four classes -- Super Pro, Pro, Sportsman and Motorcycle -- at the 2006 Jerry's Nugget Series finale Saturday. Also: Kumho Tires Street Warriorz Series Presented By Hooters (Friday) and VW Bug-O-Rama (Sunday).
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09/22/06
The ninth round of the 10-race 2006 Jerry's Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series now is history and wins were scored by Doug Schneider (Super Pro), Brandee Price (Pro), Paul Wong (Sportsman) and Jason Whitenack (Motorcycle). On Saturday morning, Vanessa Hodges of Las Vegas won the Thunder category final and Tristan Craig claimed the win in the Lightning class during the Meadow Gold Jr. Dragster Series Presented By Short Line Express Markets.
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09/22/06
For the seventh consecutive year the Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway will host two NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series events. The 2007 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series schedule, released today, contained some minor changes from the 2006 NHRA dates at LVMS. >>
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09/19/06
Former drag racer Tiffanie Hicks, 21, passed away on Friday, Sept. 15. She is the sister of Super Pro driver Greg Hicks and the daughter of retired drag racer Phil Hicks. Please join the staff and management of The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in keeping the Hicks family in our thoughts and prayers.
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09/16/06
Carl Cannavo, a popular drag racing veteran from North Las Vegas, has been hospitalized.
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09/15/06
Tonight's Test 'n' Tune session, originally scheduled from 6-10 p.m. at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, has been cancelled due to high winds and dust storms. The BFGoodrich Midnight Mayhem event scheduled for 10 p.m. will take place. Racer and Spectator gates will open at 9 p.m. with street-legal racing from 10 p.m.-2 a.m. PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR COMPLETE STORY>>
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09/11/06
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway will host two days of drag racing this weekend. The points battles have heated up in a number of categories in the Jerry's Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series and Meadow Gold Jr. Drag Racing Series Presented By Short Line Express Markets, both of which will be contested for the next-to-last time on Saturday. PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR FULL STORY >>
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09/04/06
Click here for the complete PSCA and Jr. Dragster results from the Labor Day Weekend Motorsports Spectacular at The Strip. >>
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- August 2006
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08/24/06
CLICK HERE for the complete schedule
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08/24/06
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway currently is accepting applications for part-time employees to join its operations staff. Selected individuals will be part of the race operations team for a variety of local, regional and national events held at America's Greatest Drag Strip. >>
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08/22/06
CLICK HERE for final-round winners from the Show 'n' Go Friday event, held Aug. 18 at The Strip at LVMS >>
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08/20/06
Becky Phlegar (Super Pro), Kahea Woods (Motorcycle), Rick Emanuel (Sportsman) and John Irving (Pro) all scored final-round victories Saturday night at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway during the eighth round of the Jerry's Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series. CLICK HERE FOR COMPLETE RESULTS>>
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08/18/06
The National Hot Rod Association's (NHRA) biggest sportsman drag racing event - the 2006 Short Line Express Markets Gambler Shootout / NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Division 7 Finals - has been expanded to a four-day format to accommodate the number of entries anticipated for the November classic.
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08/17/06
The Las Vegas Chapter of Speedway Children's Charities will hold its third annual "Cards for Kids" Texas Hold'em Poker Tournament on Wednesday, Oct. 25, at the Cannery Hotel & Casino. The charity event will kick off the NHRA ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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08/12/06
Complete schedule for the NHRA ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals, featuring Top Fuel Dragsters, Funny Cars, Pro Stocks, Pro Stock Motorcycles and Pro Modifieds. >>
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08/11/06
A two-day photography workshop by chief track photographer David Allio will be held at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Nov. 3-4. The two-day session will include a drag racing photography workshop on Friday, Nov. 3, at The Strip at LVMS (in conjunction with the NHRA Lucas Oil Series Finals) and paved short track oval racing photography on Saturday, Nov. 4, at the Bullring at LVMS (in conjunction with the annual Fall Classic Super Late Model event).
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08/08/06
Jerry's Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series resumes at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Saturday, Aug. 19; Third race of the Pacific Division E.T. Challenge. CLICK HERE FOR SCHEDULE AND INFORMATION >>
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- July 2006
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07/18/06
Toshiki Yoshioka of Hiroshima, Japan, won the Las Vegas D1 Drift Grand Prix finale over Fukushima, Japan's Nobushige Kumakubo at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Saturday night. NHRA Las Vegas Sport Compact Nationals winners included two local drivers: Dana Westover (Quick 16) and John Tran (BFGoodrich Street Stock), both of Las Vegas. NHRA final-round winners in other classes: Matt Scranton (Pro RWD), Jason Hunt (Pro FWD), Paul Efantis (Modified), Ron Lummus (Hot Rod), Jeremy Lookofsky (All Motor), Tony Palo (Urban Racer Sport FWD), Ryan Woon (Sport RWD), Brad Harvey (ET Bracket 1), Joshua Hernandez (ET Bracket 2) and Ryan Kruger (Street Motorcycle).
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07/01/06
It may be unusual to think of winter months when the thermometer in Las Vegas seems to have been stuck in triple digits for weeks, but officials at Las Vegas Motor Speedway already are planning the The Strip's first-quarter schedule for 2007. CLICK HERE OR ON HEADLINE FOR COMPLETE STORY>>
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- June 2006
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06/29/06
Probable entry list for D1 Drift Grand Prix at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway; July 14-15 event features D1, NHRA Sport Compacts, Extreme Autofest. >>
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06/25/06
Although the National Weather Service recorded two consecutive 110-degree days in Las Vegas, it did little to affect the outcome of the much-anticipated Pro Street finale at the Calvert Racing PSCA Summer Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Perennial favorite Ed Thornton of Chino Hills, Calif., scored the final-round victory over Steve Paulauskis of Peoria, Ariz., with a 207-mph pass in the right lane.
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06/21/06
The much-anticipated NHRA Pacific Division Open rolled into town Saturday, with over 300 drivers competing. Saturday's action was capped by a win for the local MATCO Tools-sponsored driver, Justin Lamb, in the Top Comp division. Also taking home coveted Wally trophies were Tom Albritton, Jack Beckman, Mike Blodgett, Bob DeFrancesco, Kathea Woods, Mary Baltzell, Valarie Howard and Scott Joines.
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06/14/06
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and Brenden Theatres at The Palms Casino Resort, are teaming up for a spectacular opening of Universal Picture's summer hit "The Fast and The Furious 3 - Tokyo Drift." At tonight's 12:01 a.m. opening and Friday from 6 -10 p.m., moviegoers will get the opportunity to see a special display featuring a car from the D1 Drift Grand Prix Series, a car from the NHRA Sport Compact Series and professional spokesmodels from LVMS and International All-Stars.
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06/13/06
Energy drink manufacturer Red Bull will transform the pit area of The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway into a drive-in movie theater on Wednesday, June 21, during Wednesday Night Street Wars. A special screening of "The Doctor, The Tornado & The Kentucky Kid" will be shown on a 17-foot video screen behind the main grandstand and will run in conjunction with the on-track drag racing action.
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06/11/06
Click here for complete weekend results, including the Jerry's Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series, Short Line Express Markets NHRA Jr. Dragster Series and Show 'N' Go Friday >>
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06/06/06
CLICK HERE for complete schedule and prices. MATCO Tools will award tools and prizes to final-round winners. >>
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06/04/06
CLICK HERE for complete results from Saturday, June 3. >>
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- May 2006
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05/21/06
Defending Super Pro champion Chris Naffziger won the 2006 NHRA King of the Track title Saturday night at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway during Night Of Destruction II Presented By Ford Country. Naffziger, driving a 1970 Nova, defeated Doug Schneider of Las Vegas for the title. Jett Dwyer of Palmdale, Calif., won the NHRA Jr. Dragster King of the Track title by defeating Amanda Philips of Cedar City, Utah. These titles were contested during The Strip's annual drag racing thrill show (featuring Monster Trucks and Jet Cars), which was followed by the Jerry's Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series for local bracket racers. Final-round victories in the Jerry's Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series were won by Ron Landram (Super Pro), Ricky Gray (Pro), Robbie Irving (Sportsman) and Rick Newport (Motorcycle).
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05/18/06
The NHRA Pacific Division ET Challenge consists of a four-race series to be held at each NHRA Pacific Division member track. The races at The Strip at LVMS will be held June 3, June 10, Aug. 19 and Sept. 16. CLICK HERE FOR MORE DETAILS>>
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05/14/06
Doug Schneider (Super Pro), Leo Shaver (Motorcycle), David Troffer (Pro) and Billy Farnum (Sportsman) earned final-round victories Saturday night in the fifth meet of the 10-race Jerry's Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series for local bracket racers at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Click here for complete results.>>
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05/10/06
Monster Trucks: Bigfoot, Predator, Snakebite, Shocker. Also: Jet Car burn, jet dragsters, wheelstander, Fuel Altered exhibition runs, PSCA Pro Street match races, freestyle quad motocross, sport bike stunt team.
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05/08/06
Colt Dwyer of Palmdale, Calif., won the Jerry's Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series Super Pro finale over Jimmy Lintz of Las Vegas Saturday night at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Dwyer's 2005 Undercover dragster went 7.747 sec./174.17 mph. The race began and ended at the starting line when Lintz fouled ("red-lit"). Robin Harris of Las Vegas scored the Pro category win by defeating Boulder City's John Irving. Larry Vosburg won the Sportsman category finale over Kyle Hirschi. Rick Newport won the Motorcycle final over Dave Phillips.
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- April 2006
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04/30/06
Results for The Strip at LVMS, including Show 'n' Go Friday, Jerry's Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series and Short Line Express Markets NHRA Jr. Dragster Series. PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS>>
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04/24/06
Ed Thornton ran a record 6.513 sec. at 228.73 mph, but lost on a holeshot to Steve Paulauskis at 6.515 at 217.11. Paulauskis had a .020 reaction to Ed's .023. Margin of victory was .0012.
FINAL-ROUND RESULTS
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04/12/06
Please be advised that anti-freeze and/or any other coolant additive (i.e. "Water Wetter") will not be permitted in race cars that compete at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Anti-freeze only will be permitted in street-legal, licensed and insured vehicles that are driven to the track to participate in street-legal classes. Any participant (other than street-legal racers) found to be using anything other than water in their cooling system will be disqualified from the event and face loss of competition privileges. This is a zero-tolerance policy. LVMS tech inspectors will be making random checks of all participating classes for the remainder of the 2006 season.
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04/11/06
While most of us were working Sunday's NHRA national event, The Strip at LVMS lost one of its most dedicated employees in a car accident. There is a small article in today's newspaper, but it says nothing about how valuable he was to us, and how much we liked him.
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04/11/06
John and Ashley Force are becoming synonymous with the phrase, "Like father, like daughter."
Ashley, the 23-year old daughter of the 13-time world champion Funny Car driver John Force, took another giant step in following her famous father at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Monday.
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04/09/06
Melanie Troxel, Cruz Pedregon and Kurt Johnson all won big during Sunday's NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals at The Strip. Dale Howard of Las Vegas fared the best of all local racers.
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04/08/06
Tony Schumacher (Top Fuel Dragster), Robert Hight (Funny Car) and Greg Anderson (Pro Stock) all earned No. 1 Qualifier status Saturday as time trials for the seventh annual NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals are now complete.
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04/05/06
At the previous NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series event in Houston last weekend, native Australian Dave Grubnic, driver of the pink and black StriVectin-SD Top Fuel dragster, was unexpectedly ousted in the first round of final eliminations after gaining positive momentum by winning the Top Fuel title at the event previous to Houston in Gainesville, Fla., the second win of his career.
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04/04/06
It's certainly no surprise that Ron Capps, driver of Schumacher Racing's Brut-sponsored Dodge Funny Car, is favored to win this weekend's NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Capps, always a top contender in the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, won in Las Vegas last October. And just four races into the 2006 season, Capps has won twice (Houston and Gainesville) and was runner-up in the season opener at Pomona, Calif. That's why Micah Roberts, oddsmaker for Station Casinos in Las Vegas, has tabbed Capps as the favorite, at 3-to-1.
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04/04/06
Every day of the year, tens of thousands of eager gamblers arrive at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas with magic numbers spinning in their heads. Whether it's a specific spot on the roulette wheel, a row of 7s on a slot machine, or a hand of cards that adds up to 21, numbers are a fact of life in Sin City and Checker, Schuck's, Kragen Funny Car driver Del Worsham can't help but be a part of the number crunching crowd.
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04/03/06
Larry Dixon may be 39-years-old, a youngster by NHRA drag racing standards, but the veteran driver has been piloting Don "the Snake" Prudhomme's Miller Lite dragster for more than 11 seasons.
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04/02/06
The 2006 Jerry's Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series' season-opener was held Saturday night, April 1, at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Defending Super Pro champion Chris Naffziger picked up where he left off by defeating Joe Niswonger in the final round.
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- March 2006
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03/30/06
NHRA Top Fuel Dragster racer and Las Vegas resident Rod Fuller is more excited than most to be heading home for the NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway April 6-9. Fuller, who won at Phoenix last month and now sits in second place in the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series' Top Fuel Dragster points standings, says that he can't wait to get back to Las Vegas.
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03/30/06
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway will kick off the seventh annual NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals weekend (April 7-9) on Thursday, April 6 with a free NHRA driver autograph session from 7-8 p.m. at the ESPN Zone at the New York, New York Hotel & Casino.
Fans will have the opportunity to meet their favorite NHRA drivers from the Top Fuel Dragster, Funny Car and Pro Stock divisions.
As of today, 15 drivers have agreed to appear and more are expected to sign up as the event draws near. Drivers who have agreed to participate include: David Grubnic, three-time NHRA Top Fuel Dragster champion Tony Schumacher, Top Fuel Dragster rookie Hillary Will, three-time Pro Stock world champion Greg Anderson, Jason Line, David Baca, Del Worsham, Phil Burkart, Mike Ashley, Doug Herbert, Las Vegas resident Rod Fuller, Mark Pawuk, Cory McClenathan, Jim Yates and Mike Thomas.
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03/29/06
Second-generation Top Fuel Dragster driver Brandon Bernstein is no stranger to success at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Bernstein and his legendary father Kenny made NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series history in 2001 at The Strip when they became the first father-son duo to win at the same national event (Top Fuel Dragster and Top Alcohol Dragster).
Now with father Kenny as team owner and Brandon behind the wheel, both are hoping for more success at the seventh annual NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals April 6-9 at LVMS.
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03/28/06
The 2006 Jerry's Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series for local bracket racers opens Saturday night at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The 10-race series features a record $10,000 point fund, distributed over five classes: Super Pro, Pro, Sportsman (Street), Motorcycle and Sport Compact. The casino, located on Las Vegas Blvd. in North Las Vegas, has been a longtime supporter of drag racing and local drag racers.
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03/27/06
Jeg Coughlin earned his first win of the 2006 season when he captured the Mopar Hemi Shootout title at the third annual Mopars at The Strip event held at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. In the final round, Coughlin drove Michael Ogburn's '68 Barracuda to the quickest run of the weekend with an 8.80-sec. run at more than 151 mph to take a victory over West Coast Hemis teammate Jerry Jenkins, who red-lighted at the start.
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03/15/06
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway is undergoing yet another major improvement as it gets set to resume the 2006 drag racing season. The timing system's old copper cables have been replaced with a new fiber optics system. PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR FULL STORY.
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03/01/06
Sunday winners: Rick "Hollywood" Emanuel (Street), Scott Huntsman (Pro) and Larry Spitali (Super Pro).
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- February 2006
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02/20/06
Officials for the The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and Jerry's Nugget Casino announced a three-year extension for the North Las Vegas gaming property to sponsor the 10-race Jerry's Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series for local E.T. bracket racers. With the continued support of Jerry's Nugget Casino, the participants in the E.T. bracket series will receive a record $10,000 per year total points fund, distributed over five classes: Super Pro, Pro, Street (Sportsman), Motorcycle and Sport Compact.
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02/05/06
Larry Morgan of Newark, Ohio, drove his zMAX Dodge around a star-studded 16-car NHRA Pro Stock field to win Saturday's Pontiac Pro Stock Showdown at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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02/01/06
A free NHRA driver autograph session will take place near the Del Mar Lounge at the new South Coast Hotel & Casino on Friday, February 3, from 7-8 p.m. The South Coast Hotel & Casino is located on the famous Las Vegas Strip at 9777 Las Vegas Blvd. South. Minors accompanied by adults will be allowed to attend.
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02/01/06
The 2006 Jerry's Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series will consist of 10 races. A participant's eight (8) best finishes in the first nine (9) races and the points earned in the season-finale National Dragster Challenge will count toward the title. In the event that an event is cancelled for any reason, the race will not be rescheduled and an adjustment will be made to the points program at the sole discretion of the track director. The top four in points in the Super Pro, Pro, Sportsman and Motorcycle categories will represent The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in the 2006 NHRA Division 7 Summit E.T. Racing Series Race of Champions.
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- January 2006
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01/29/06
Justin Lamb of Henderson and Dan Reaume of Kingman, Ariz., were among the winners on Saturday at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The unique non-point, 1/8-mile meet drew a number of entries - one from as far away as Nags Head, N.C.
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01/25/06
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway will launch the fifth season of BFGoodrich Midnight Mayhem on Friday night at 7 p.m. The popular program was created five years ago to attract illegal street racers to the safer confines of The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The program has earned media coverage across the U.S. and Canada and was lauded by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department and the Nevada Highway Patrol.
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01/23/06
Thirteen-time NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series Funny Car champion John Force and Hillary Will established themselves as the fastest Funny Car and Top Fuel Dragster drivers, respectively, during the four-day NHRA Nitro Blast-Off at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, which concluded today. Will also posted the fastest Top Fuel Dragster time today and Robert Hight was the quickest Funny Car driver on the property under breezy conditions.
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01/22/06
John Force is on a roll again in Las Vegas. The 13-time NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series Funny Car champion from yorba Linda, Calif., was the fastest during the NHRA Nitro Blast-off Preseason Test Session Saturday at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, then wowed the young NHRA Jr. Dragster drivers at The Strip's annual awards banquet that evening. Force and his blazing red "test vehicle" Ford flopper repeated the feat on Sunday - the third of four days of pro testing - to record the second-fastest-ever Funny Car pass: 4.673 sec. at 327.51 mph.
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01/21/06
As of 6:22 p.m. PST, John Force -- driving his bright red "Test Vehicle" Ford -- took advantage of the sunshine and blazed the quarter mile to lead all Funny Car competitors during the second day of The Strip's annual NHRA Nitro Blast-Off Test Session.
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01/20/06
Defending NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series Funny Car Champion Gary Scelzi posted the fastest time during the first day of the NHRA Nitro Blast-off Preseason Test session Friday at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Scelzi posted a time of 4.86 sec. at 246.57 mph under chilly conditions. But as Gary would tell you, it's better health -- not bigger improvements on the car -- which will give him that advantage this year.
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01/19/06
Officials from Las Vegas Motor Speedway and the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) have announced the addition of a new sportsman drag racing event to be held at The Strip at LVMS. The new event, known as the Las Vegas NHRA Sportsman Open, will be contested on Saturday, June 17.
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01/12/06
Seven 2005 season champions from The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway will be honored twice this month. Chris Naffziger (Super Pro), Bob Coulter (Pro), Bill Dudley (Sport Compact), Dave Phillips (Motorcycle), Walter Shupe (Street), Luke Winters (Jr. Dragster Thunder) and Jett Dwyer (Jr. Dragster Lightning) will be among the local racers included in the inaugural "Night of Champions" dinner to honor Mel Larson on Tuesday, Jan. 31, at Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino.
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01/10/06
The kickoff for the 2006 NHRA POWERade season is rapidly approaching, and in just four short weeks the finest drivers in the Pro Stock category will converge on The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the Pontiac Pro Stock Showdown on Feb. 4. The Pontiac Pro Stock Showdown at LVMS will provide teams with the opportunity for some intense, last-chance testing before they make their way west to Pomona Raceway and the official start of the 23-race campaign.
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01/03/06
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway will present its first race of the 2006 season - The Las Vegas Bracket Championship Kickoff - on Jan. 27-29. The three-day weekend begins on Friday, Jan. 27, with tech inspection and a Test 'n' Tune session for all entries. Racing begins Saturday, Jan. 28, at 9 a.m. and continues with a second complete program on Sunday, Jan. 29, at 9 a.m. The Super Pro category will pay $2,500 to the winner on both Saturday and Sunday. The Super Pro winner's share will double to $5,000 each day if more than 100 cars are entered in the first round of eliminations.
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- December 2005
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12/31/05
2006 schedule and points for The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, including NHRA national events, National Open, Jerry's Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series, BFGoodrich Midnight Mayhem, Meadow Gold Short Line Express Markets Jr. Dragster Series, Wednesday Night Street Wars, Show 'n' Go Fridays, special events and track rentals.
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12/05/05
The 2005 Strip banquet has been postponed to Jan. 21, 2006.
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- November 2005
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11/27/05
The four-day, 2005 Las Vegas Bracket Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway now is history. Tracy Holt, Steve Lambert and Rick Emanuel were the big winners on Sunday. The entire event, which began on Thanksgiving morning, paid a total of $124,000 in prize money. Shawn Langdon of Mira Loma, Calif., won the overall Super Pro points title. Doug Chamberlain of Utah won Saturday's $65,000 Ultimate Gambler race.
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11/22/05
Here's one more reason to drop the drumstick and head over to The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Thanksgiving Day: NHRA Top Fuel Dragster drivers "Hot Rod" Fuller and "Fast Jack" Beckman have submitted entries for the fourth annual Las Vegas Bracket Nationals. Fuller drives a Valvoline-sponsored Top Fuel Dragster in the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series but will compete in the Super Pro category over the weekend. Beckman recently completed his rookie season behind the wheel of the Menards/Mail Terminal Services dragster.
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11/18/05
9 a.m.-6 p.m. -- Hot rods, kool kustom kulture, Cadillac Angels, Road Devils Car Club, Gene Winfield, Tom Daniel, Heidi Van Horne, Kenny Youngblood and more! The party continues at the Cannery Hotel & Casino at 7 p.m.! See full story for more details.
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11/06/05
Shannon Jenkins of Tuscaloosa, Ala., won the $25,000 first prize at this weekend's PSCA Street Car Supernationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway - and he'll spend some of it to repair the engine. Jenkins' 1968 Camaro was paired against Bill Glidden of Kingston, Il., in the Pacific Street Car Association's Pro Street finale. All hopes of a traditional 200-mph, side-by-side final soon were dashed as Glidden experienced problems early in his run and coasted across the finish line at 77 mph. Jenkins' engine expired before he crossed the finish line but he outran Glidden for the $25,000 payday.
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- October 2005
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10/30/05
Jay Payne and Aaron Olivarez were among the big winners at the conclusion of the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Division 7 Finals Sunday at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Payne defeated Steve Gasparelli for Top Alcohol Funny Car honors. Olivarez got to the finish line first in his Top Alcohol Dragster as opponent Joe Windham smoked his tires and fought to control the car.
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10/26/05
Tickets for the seventh annual NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals, April 6-9, 2006, at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, are now on sale.
The announcement comes on the heels of one of the most intense and exciting NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series events held at The Strip at LVMS, just three days ago. Tony Schumacher clinched his third consecutive Top Fuel Dragster championship on Friday, won the Bud Shootout on Saturday, then overpowered David Grubnic to grab the final-round victory on Sunday. The event also featured the tightest Funny Car points race in the history of the sport, pitting perennial favorite John Force against teammates Ron Capps (who won the final round Sunday) and three-time Top Fuel Dragster champion Gary Scelzi, who is looking for his first Funny Car title.
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10/25/05
Complete schedule and prices for the Short Line Express Markets NHRA Div. 7 Finals for the Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series at The Strip
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10/23/05
Tony Schumacher completed a dominating weekend at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway by racing to the Top Fuel victory Sunday at the ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals. He also won Saturday's Bud Shootout and clinched the 2005 Top Fuel championship on Friday. Ron Capps, Kurt Johnson and Chip Ellis also were winners at the $1.8 million race, the 22nd of 23 events in the $50 million NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series.
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10/23/05
Greg Anderson clinched his third consecutive POWERade Series world championship in Pro Stock Saturday by qualifying No. 1 at the ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Anderson, 44, needed to earn at least 33 points at this event to mathematically eliminate all opponents and clinch the world championship. Anderson earned $200,000 from NHRA and POWERade for winning the series crown.
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10/21/05
Tony Schumacher claimed his second straight and third overall POWERade Series world championship in Top Fuel Friday by making a qualifying run at the fifth annual ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Schumacher needed to add only 10 points to his 268-point lead entering the weekend to clinch the world championship and he accomplished that with his first qualifying pass, giving Schumacher the $400,000 series crown.
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10/21/05
"What happen in Vegas stays in Vegas." ACDelco has taken this popular tourism slogan to heart, renewing its sponsorship of the NHRA ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals for three more years. The agreement will make ACDelco, a global leader in automotive replacement parts and services, the title sponsor for eight consecutive years.
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10/20/05
For John Force, drag racing's most prolific winner, it's Deja Vu all over again this week at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, site of Sunday's fifth annual ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals. Three years ago, Force needed a standout performance in the same event just to hold off Funny Car teammate Tony Pedregon, who had closed to within 13 points in the race for the championship.
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10/19/05
U.S. Army Top Fuel driver, Tony "The Sarge" Schumacher, will look to wrap up his second straight NHRA POWERade Top Fuel world championship here this weekend in the ACDelco Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Holding a 268-point lead over second-place Larry Dixon, Schumacher only needs to make one qualifying attempt to secure his third career world title, before turning his attention to the prestigious Budweiser Shootout for Top Fuel cars on Saturday, which is a $100,000 race within a race.
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10/19/05
Six months after making his professional debut behind the wheel of the Menards/Mail Terminal Services Top Fuel dragster, "Fast Jack" Beckman will be returning to the place where it all began; The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway for this weekend's AC Delco Las Vegas Nationals. Technically he's still a rookie, but Beckman comes into this weekend's NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series event wiser, more experienced, and more determined than ever before.
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10/18/05
With just two races left in the tightest 2005 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series Funny Car championship chase in NHRA history, Ron Capps is glad to have a busy week of Las Vegas appearances to take his mind off the battle for his first Funny Car crown.
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10/18/05
If you happened to stroll through the multi-team Don Schumacher Racing operation before the last race in Dallas, you would have seen a happy-go-lucky group of three Funny Car guys, patting each other on the back, smiling, kibitzing, poking fun at each other, and having a good ol' time.
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10/18/05
NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series drivers Tony Schumacher (Top Fuel Dragster), John Force (Funny Car) and Greg Anderson (Pro Stock) have been tapped as favorites to win this weekend's NHRA ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway by Station Casinos oddsmaker Michah Roberts.
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10/16/05
On October 20, Anheuser-Busch again will host the NHRA Fan Fest at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. Don Schumacher Racing also will host a free autograph session at the T.I. (formerly known as Treasure Island) on the Las Vegas Strip from 6-8 p.m. These two events will kick off the fifth annual NHRA ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Oct. 20-23. The free NHRA Fan Fest area will include a driver autograph session from 5-6:30 p.m.
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10/13/05
The city of Las Vegas is celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2005, and to help commemorate the occasion, ACDelco has selected Oscar B. Goodman, the mayor of Las Vegas, as their Grand Marshal for the Fifth Annual ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals.
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10/12/05
During the past two years, StriVectin-SD® - the stretch-mark cream turned anti-wrinkle phenomenon - has raced to the top of the international cosmetics industry… shattering American sales records while becoming a worldwide sensation and the #1 anti-wrinkle cream in France (of all places). Now StriVectin hopes to be shattering speed records and stereotypes as the cosmetics giant Klein-Becker usa, maker of StriVectin, has agreed to a three-year deal with Kalitta Motorsports to sponsor "Aussie Dave" Grubnic and the former Zantrex-3™ car. The newly designed pink-and-black StriVectin racer will debut with Grubnic behind the wheel at the upcoming AC Delco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals, Oct. 20-23.
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10/03/05
Complete information for the second annual Rockabilly Rod Reunion at The Strip Saturday, Oct. 15. Hot rods, kool kustoms, kustom kulture midway, nostalgia drag racing, rock 'n' roll music, pin-up girls, swap meet!
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10/01/05
Steve Cox of Hesperia, Calif., took all the marbles at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway's Fire & Thunder Festival Saturday night. Cox, driving a 1968 Camaro, outran Rod Fuller of Rogers, Ark., to win the $3,000 Super Pro (electronic) category. Michael Edmonds of Henderson defeated Neil Evans of Las Vegas for the $1,500 Pro (non-electronic) victory. Bill Dudley won the Street finale and Kahea Woods claimed the final round of Motorcycle competition.
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- September 2005
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09/30/05
Drag racers competing in the Jerry's Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series and the Short Line Express Markets NHRA Jr. Dragster Series at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway will participate in a special Run-for-the-Kids on Friday, Oct. 2, to benefit The Las Vegas Chapter of Speedweay Children's Charities. Racers will pay an entry fee to participate and all entry fees will be donated to Speedway Children's Charities. Racers will competer for prizes donated by sponsors. The second annual event is presented by Sharp Plumbing, Silverado Plastering and TAZ Racing and is sponsored by Jeg's Mail Order, Mario Andretti Driving School, Injury Care of Nevada, Earl's Transmission Service, S&C Claims Service, Gugino Law Firm and JDBC Investments.
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09/30/05
Another round of NHRA Jr. Dragster competition is now history at The Strip and Las Vegas Motor Speedway and four winners went home with coveted "Wally" trophies. Wally trophies ¿ statuettes modeled after NHRA founder Wally Parks ¿ are a drag racer's most prized possession. To straight-line racers, they carry the same amount of significance as the Motion Picture Industry of America's "Oscar."
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09/18/05
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway presented National Dragster Challenge Night on its final evening of the 2005 Jerry's Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series for bracket racers on Saturday, Oct. 1. Final-round winners received the coveted NHRA "Wally" trophy, named after National Hot Rod Association founder Wally Parks.
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09/13/05
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway is dark until the weekend of October 1-3. Friday, Oct. 1, begins with a Test 'n' Tune and Gambler Race at 6 p.m., followed by Midnight Mayhem -- The Strip's safe alternative to illegal street racing -- at 10 p.m. Midnight Mayhem is open to any licensed driver with proof of insurance and any street-legal car or bike. Entry fee is $10 and spectator admission is $5. Midnight Mayhem attractions include live local radio broadcasts, hip-hop DJs and Euro Entertainment car shows. The Short Line Express Markets NHRA Jr. Dragster Series will compete in the National Dragster Challenge on Saturday morning, Oct. 2. The Super E Association will join the Jerry's Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series on Saturday evening, beginning at 4:30 p.m. (No "time-only" runs or license passes will be permitted.) Motorcycle Madness will complete the evening at 10 p.m. Motorcycle Madness is open to any licensed rider and street-legal motorcycle (entry fee is $20). The Las Vegas Bug-In will take place at The Strip on Sunday, Oct. 3. The event is a track rental and features all-Volkswagen drag racing, car show and vendor/swap meet areas.
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09/12/05
Brad Personett raced to the Pro RWD victory Saturday night at the NHRA Sport Compact Las Vegas Nationals, continuing his late season surge toward the NHRA Xplod Sport Compact Racing Series world championship title.
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09/07/05
The NHRA Sport Compact Series returns to The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway this weekend for the third annual NHRA Las Vegas Sport Compact Nationals Sept. 9 and 10. The nighttime lifestyle event begins both evenings at 6 p.m.
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09/07/05
Drag racing fans will have the opportunity to attend a race car display from 5-10 p.m.at the Hard Rock Café in Las Vegas tomorrow to kick off the third annual NHRA Las Vegas Sport Compact Nationals for the NHRA Sport Compact Series at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Sept. 9-10. Race fans who attend also will be able to receive discount coupons for the weekend event.
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09/06/05
Drag racers competing at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway over the Labor Day Weekend took it upon themselves to aid fellow enthusiasts in Louisiana devastated by Hurricane Katrina. While The Strip and its sister track, the Bullring (LVMS' asphalt short track), collected money to be donated to the American Red Cross' Hurricane Katrina relief effort, local drag racers decided to raise money for a bracket racer and Jr. Dragster team hit hard during last week's hurricane and subsequent flooding.
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09/06/05
Results from the Sept. 3 Meadow Gold NHRA Jr. Dragster Series Presented By Short Line Express Markets at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
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09/06/05
Perennial favorite Ed Thornton of Chino Hills, Calif., claimed yet another Pacific Street Car Association (PSCA) Pro Street final-round victory at The Strip at Las Vegas Speedway Sunday night. Thornton's black 1957 Chevrolet outran John Scialpi of West Covina, Calif., to claim top honors in the PSCA Product Engineering Las Vegas Nationals. The PSCA Pro Street Cars proudly proclaim they are "200-mph doorslammers" and they did not disappoint the Labor Day Weekend crowd. Both Thornton and Scialpi exceeded 200 mph in the thrilling finale.
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- August 2005
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08/31/05
NHRA Funny Car drivers Tony and Frank Pedregon will join NHRA Top Fuel Dragster drivers Rod Fuller, Brandon Bernstein and David Grubnic in the second annual Speedway Children's Charities Texas Hold'em Poker Tournament on Wednesday, Oct. 19, at the Cannery Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. The charity event will kick off the NHRA ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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08/31/05
Las Vegas Motor Speedway will be collecting money throughout the month of September to benefit the victims of Hurricane Katrina, speedway officials announced Wednesday.
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08/09/05
Advance tickets for two exciting events at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway during the month of September are now on sale at the speedway's ticket office or through www.Ticketmaster.com
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08/05/05
For the sixth consecutive year, the Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway will host two NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series events in 2006. The 2006 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series schedule, released today, contained some minor changes from the 2005 NHRA dates at LVMS. The NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals will be held April 6-9, 2006, which is a week earlier than this past April's event. The NHRA ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals, scheduled this year for Oct. 20-23, will be held Oct. 26-29 in 2006.
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- July 2005
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07/19/05
The second annual Jerry's Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series Pajama Party Classic at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway is now history. On a night when the thermometer plummeted to 100 degrees at midnight, Ken Phillips of Las Vegas won the Super Pro finale over Chris Naffziger. The night's racing started later to compensate for day's high temperatures, which reached 116 at The Strip.
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07/10/05
A full Thursday-Friday-Saturday night weekend of drag racing at The Strip! Stock car racing at the Bullring resumes Aug. 6.
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07/08/05
NHRA officials announced today that Garrett, a leading manufacturer of turbochargers, intercoolers and turbo kits has been named the title sponsor of the NHRA Sport Compact Nationals. The event takes place July 16-17 at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and is the sixth of 10 stops on the 2004 NHRA Summit Sport Compact Drag Racing Series schedule.
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07/06/05
The next two Jerry's Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series events at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway will have later starting times in order to help racers and fans beat the summer heat. On Saturday, July 16, The Strip will present its second annual Pajama Party. All class winners will receive a custom bathrobe and LVMS teddy bear. All spectators arriving at the track dressed in their pajamas will be admitted for $3. Gates will open at 5 p.m., with time trials at 8 p.m. and racing at 11 p.m.
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- June 2005
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06/27/05
Ed Thornton of Chino Hills, Calif., won the Pacific Street Car Association (PSCA) Summer Nationals Pro Street finale Saturday night at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Thornton's turbocharged 1957 Chevrolet made repeated passes in excess of 202 mph Saturday night and saved the best for last when he met Clinton Hairston of Alta Loma, Calif., in the final round. Thornton blazed the quarter mile with a pass of 212.43 mph to Hairston's respectable 202 to claim the grand prize.
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06/24/05
Nevada Secretary of State Dean Heller and Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Dept. Sheriff Bill Young raced each other tonight during the fourth round of Thursday Night Street Wars at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. To find out who won, click on the full story.
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06/22/05
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway announced today the Pacific Street Car Association (PSCA) will present five events here in 2006. Four of the five events will be included in the PSCA's 2006 points chase. The fifth PSCA event at The Strip at LVMS will be the world's largest Pro Street event: the 2006 PSCA Street Car Super Nationals.
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06/22/05
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Sheriff Bill Young and Nevada Secretary of State Dean Heller will participate in tonight's Thursday Night Street Wars at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway at 8 p.m. Young and Heller will compete in street-legal cars and will race each other, as well as local drivers and members of the media.
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06/16/05
Ryan Valandingham is the 2005 NHRA Jr. Dragster King of the Track at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The young racer from Kingman, Ariz., scored the prestigious victory on Saturday, June 11, during The Strip's Night of Destruction show. Valandingham defeated Jake Miller of Golden Valley, Ariz., for the 1/8-mile title. To face each other in the final round, Valandingham had to defeat Ryen Lamb of Boulder City and Miller trailered Vanessa Hodges of Las Vegas. On Saturday morning, Miller defeated Valandingham for Lightning division honors during the track's regular Meadow Gold NHRA Jr. Dragster Series Presented By Short Line Express Markets competition. Vanessa Hodges of Las Vegas outran John "Bubby" Klutz for the Thunder division trophy.
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06/16/05
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway will present the third round of the 2004 Hankook Tires Drifting Series on Friday, June 18 at 6 p.m. Drifting consists of racing on a specially-designed road course while trying to maintain a controlled slide. Racers are judged on their lap times and sliding ability. The 2004 Hankook Tires Drifting Series is officiated by the North American Drifting Association (NADA, www.nada.com). Participants may enter four different classes, including Amateur Solo, NADA Stock, NADA Modified and NADA Outlaw (pro).
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06/15/05
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway will host the BFGoodrich Midnight Mayhem Summer Kickoff Party Friday at 10 p.m. Friday's festivities include a $500-to-win bikini contest, Euro Entertainment car show and hip-hop DJs. The party will run from 10 p.m.-2 a.m. and include street-style racing on the drag strip.
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06/12/05
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway presented "Night of Destruction" Saturday, featuring monster trucks, jet cars, Fuel Altereds, Alcohol Funny Cars and fireworks. While legendary monster trucks Bigfoot and Snakebite took center stage, Tony Santos, Robin Harris, Ron Winters, Kahea Woods, Bill Dudley and Ryan Valandingham all shared the spotlight as final-round bracket-racing winners.
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06/08/05
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway will present Night of Destruction on Saturday night (June 11) at 8 p.m. The main attraction of this evening of this evening of mechanized mayhem will be the only 2005 Las Vegas appearance of legendary monster truck Bigfoot. Bigfoot and its opponent, Snakebite, will crush cars and compete in a freestyle shootout. Joining Bigfoot and Snakebite on this exciting evening will be Jet Funny Cars and Jet Dragsters, two Fuel Altereds, two Alcohol Funny Cars, exhibition dragsters, a "car burn" (complete destruction of a passenger car by a jet-powered dragster) the Jerry's Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series (local bracket racing) and fireworks.
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06/06/05
Carl "Pizza Man" Cannavo won the Jerry's Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series Super Pro finale at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Saturday night. Cannavo, of N. Las Vegas, defeated Brian Miller of Las Vegas for the victory.
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- May 2005
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05/23/05
Jett Dwyer of Palmdale, Calif., won the Lightning division finale at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway's Meadow Gold NHRA Jr. Dragster Series Presented By Short Line Express Markets race Sunday morning. Luke Winters of Las Vegas did likewise in the Thunder division.
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05/22/05
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway held its 2005 NHRA King of the Track event Saturday night and John Phlegar of Las Vegas is the new titleholder. Phlegar, driving his Super Pro-class 1972 Chevelle, defeated former Motorcycle champion Leo Shaver for the coveted NHRA "Wally" trophy.
Chris Naffziger of Las Vegas defeated Becky Phlegar to claim Super Pro final-round honors in Jerry's Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series competition. Other Jerry's Nugget Series winners included: Charlie Boyd (Pro), Walter Shupe (Street), Leo Shaver (Motorcycle) and Bill Dudley (Sport Compact).
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05/20/05
The second event of the 2004 Hankook Tire Drifting Series America Corp. will take place tomorrow evening at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The Hankook Tire Drifting Series began April 16 and consists of nine events.
The second Hankook Tire Drifting Series event will be held at The Strip¿s Drift Arena, located near the dirt track. Drifting competition takes place from 6 p.m.-Midnight.
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05/19/05
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway will launch its new Repeat Offender program during BFGoodrich Midnight Mayhem Friday night. The new program encourages repeat customers, adding another incentive to race at The Strip and not on the street.
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05/18/05
Enjoy the show and support a good cause!
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05/18/05
Las Vegas Metro police officer Kyle hirschi won the Street finale as a three-day run drag racing at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway came to an end at 11:10 p.m. Saturday. The Strip's busy weekend included the following series: Thursday Night Street Wars, GlobePC.com Show 'n' Go Friday, Meadow Gold NHRA Jr. Dragster Series Presented By Short Line Express Markets and Jerry's Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series.
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05/12/05
King of the Track Qualifier -- The winners of Saturday¿s Jerry¿s Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series classes will earn a berth in the NHRA King of the Track Championship on Saturday, May 21, 2005. The class winners of Saturday¿s event will face off against the 2004 Jerry¿s Nugget hampions to claim the title of King of the Track
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05/10/05
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway will hold its third round of Thursday Night Street Wars on Thursday, May 12, at 8 p.m. Thursday Night Street Wars was launched by The Strip at LVMS to combat illegal street racing - also referred to as "the illegals" - on March 17. Like The Strip's popular BFGoodrich Midnight Mayhem program, Thursday Night Street Wars is open to any licensed driver with proof of insurance. All cars and motorcycles must be street legal, driven to the track and pass a safety inspection. As an added incentive, Thursday Night Street Wars will award $100 and a trophy to the drivers turning in the fastest speed and lowest elapsed time (E.T.).
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05/09/05
The first of five GlobePC.com Show 'n' Go Fridays takes place Friday night at The Strip. Classes include: Outlaw Super Quick, Open Comp, Meadow Gold High School Drags, bracket gambler, NHRA Pure Stock Street Challenge and American Heroes Street Challenge.
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05/09/05
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and GlobePC.com have announced the creation of a new, exciting class which honors active-duty military personnel, police officers, firemen and EMTs. The American Heroes Street-Legal Challenge will be contested as part of GlobePC.com Show 'n' Go Fridays Presented By Short Line Express Markets. Racers who meet the qualifications of the category will receive a free race entry.
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05/09/05
A l-o-n-g day of drag racing came to an end at midnight as The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway first completed its rain-delayed April 23 Jerry¿s Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series event, then held its regularly-scheduled drag race of May 7. And the busy day began in the morning with the Meadow Gold NHRA Jr. Dragster Series Presented By Short Line Express Markets.
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- April 2005
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04/27/05
2005 class rules and procedures.
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04/24/05
A storm hit The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway at 9 p.m. tonight, forcing race officials to postpone the remainder of the third points race of the Jerry¿s Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series. Eliminations were under way and Randy Holly was set to race Ron Landram when the rain, lightning and wind hit the track.
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04/21/05
Starting May 13, The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway will host the LVMS High School Drag Racing Series Presented By Meadow Gold & Short Line Express Markets, as part of its GlobePC.com Show ¿n¿ Go Friday Series. The five-race series is open to all registered high school students and will be contested May 13, June 10, July 15, August 12 and September 16. Each race winner will receive $100, a trophy, a winner¿s decal and an LVMS hat. Each racer¿s four best finishes will count toward the points championship.
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04/18/05
Complete results from the sixth annual NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals at The Strip, including Sportsman and Sport Compact categories.
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04/17/05
The paths to the titles of the sixth annual NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals have been set as professional qualifying at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway raced to a close Saturday evening. The hot conditions and cloudless sky forced drivers to abandon attempts at Friday leaders Doug Kalitta, Gary Scelzi, and Warren Johnson, but there was still plenty of great racing action as lower-ranked and unqualified drivers pushed their way up the three pro ladders.
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04/16/05
Top Fuel pilot Doug Kalitta streaked to a 4.49-second pass at 329 mph to highlight opening day action at the sixth annual NHRA SummitRacing.com in Las Vegas. Kalitta (pictured) was the only Top Fueler in the 4.4-second zone. Similarly, Funny Car racer Gary Scelzi was all alone in the 4.7 range with a class-leading 4.79 at 325 mph. Warren Johnson topped Pro Stock with a 6.82 at 201 mph.
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04/15/05
This weekend will be very special for Top Fuel dragster driver "Hot Rod" Fuller of Las Vegas. The NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway will mark this veteran campaigner¿s first outing before a hometown crowd as a professional competitor. The winner of 13 NHRA national events and 28 regional races in the sportsman ranks, Fuller will be competing in only his fourth NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series national event since being selected by Houston, Texas, home builder David Powers to drive his brand-new David Powers Motorsports dragster.
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04/15/05
Hankook Tire America Corp. will sponsor The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway¿s 2004 drifting series. The Hankook Tire Drifting Series consists of nine events, beginning Friday evening.
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04/15/05
Cruz Pedregon and the Advance Auto Parts Monte Carlo Nitro Funny Car will head towards Las Vegas this weekend to compete in the sixth annual NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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04/14/05
Tony Pedregon sealed his 2003 Funny Car championship deal at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway during the fall NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals. During that race, Pedregon also qualified No.1 and claimed the track elapsed time record at 4.753 seconds.
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04/14/05
The last time the speedy stars of the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series competed on the quarter-mile drag strip at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in October of 2004, Kalitta Motorsports' NHRA-only, three-car Top Fuel dragster team had such a thrilling weekend that even the neon-glitz and twinkling bright lights of the other famous Las Vegas "strip" seemed dim by comparison - Mac Tools/Jesse James Top Fuel driver Scott Kalitta qualified No.1 for final eliminations, Zantrex-3 dragster driver "Aussie Dave" Grubnic won the $100,000 Budweiser Shootout special event as well as qualifying No. 3 and Mac Tools nitro hot rod pilot Doug Kalitta won the event trophy on Halloween night after qualifying No. 2.
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04/14/05
Adding to the patriotic feeling at the racetrack these days, Funny Car driver Gary Densham will now display the logo of the Paralyzed Veterans of America on his Racebricks Monte Carlo. Densham hopes to raise awareness of the 60-year-old organization that looks after the interests of servicemen and women who have experienced a debilitating spinal cord injury in the line of duty.
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04/14/05
Jerry¿s Nugget, a well known local casino and track series sponsor at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, will host an autograph and fan interaction promotion at their booth during the NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals at the track April 14-17. Sport Compact drivers Lisa Feeheley of L&B Racing and Joe Demaree of SSC Racing will be on hand to sign autographs and challenge all fans to a race at the Christmas tree. Jerry¿s Nugget will have a full size Christmas tree on hand and fans can compete to Beat the Pros. Fans also will have an opportunity to enter to win great prizes and giveaways over the course of the weekend. Jerry's Nugget will have a drawing at the end of the weekend and one lucky fan will walk away with a personal handheld practice tree to take home.
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04/14/05
When the National Hot Rod Association POWERade Drag Racing Series heads to Las Vegas for the sixth annual NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals, Action Performance Companies Inc. and MATCO Tools will host a get-together that is 100 years in the making.
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04/14/05
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway will kick off its sixth annual NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals weekend (April 14-17) tonight with a free NHRA driver autograph session from 7-8 p.m. at the ESPN Zone at the New York, New York Hotel & Casino. Drivers who have agreed to participate include: Tony Schumacher, defending Pro Stock champion Greg Anderson, Morgan Lucas, two-time NHRA Pro Stock champion Jim Yates, Pro Stock driver Erica Enders, Dan Fletcher, Kenny Koretsky, Mark Pawuk, Las Vegas resident and recently-licensed Top Fuel Dragster driver Rod Fuller, Ashley Force, Jeff Arend, Tony Bartone, Gary Densham, 2000 and 2002 NHRA Pro Stock champion Jeg Coughlin Jr. and David Baca.
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04/11/05
The next race for Jeff Arend and the CMKXtreme Machine Funny Car team may be their most important stop all season on the NHRA tour. The sixth annual NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway is the home event for the team¿s major sponsor, Las Vegas resident Urban Casavant, current CEO and Chairman of the Board of CMKM Diamonds.
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04/11/05
No surprises here: Micah Roberts, oddsmaker for Station Casinos in Las Vegas, has picked three big names as favorites to win Sunday afternoon¿s NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals finals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Two-time NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series Top Fuel Dragster champion Tony Schumacher tops the list at 2-to-1. In the Funny Car category, 13-time champion John Force is favored at 5-to-2 and dominant doorslammer Greg Anderson boasts 8-to-5 odds in the ultra-competitive Pro Stock ranks.
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04/11/05
Don't mind Gary Densham if he is a little happy now that the O'Reilly NHRA Spring Nationals at Houston Raceway Park is over. In fact, the entire Racebricks Chevy Monte Carlo team just might be able to skip for joy to the next race.
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04/11/05
Three members of the Sirens of TI cast ¿- including former American Idol TV show contestant Amanda Avila ¿- will sing the National Anthem at the sixth annual NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Sunday morning. Joining Avila in the kick-off of Sunday¿s eliminations will be fellow cast members Jasmine Jonas and Tyren Perry.
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04/11/05
Duane Shields of Las Vegas defeated Jeff Wilson to win the Top Alcohol Dragster finale at Sunday¿s NHRA O¿Reilly Spring Nationals at Houston Raceway Park in Baytown, Texas. Although Wilson had a better reaction time, Shields blasted a pass of 5.372 sec./265.64 mph to claim the win. Shields also has won Top Alcohol finals at Houston Raceway Park in 2002 and 2003.
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04/11/05
If you¿re a betting person, the name Bernstein would probably entice you to lay some money down at the window prior to the SummitRacing.com Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway April 15-17. Six-time champion Kenny Bernstein won this event twice in three outings. Now owner of the Budweiser/Lucas Oil dragster driven by his son Brandon, both Bernsteins would claim that this track holds one of the fondest memories of their combined careers to date. It was on this quarter-mile in 2001 that the duo became the first father/son to win at the same national event in NHRA¿s 50-year history.
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04/10/05
Cory LeClair of Pahrump, Nev., outran Dana Young of Las Vegas to claim the Super Pro finale at the Jerry¿s Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series points race Saturday night at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Bob Moudree of Las Vegas claimed top Pro honors and Suzanne Adamson won the final round of Street competition. Dave Phillips won the Motorcycle final and Bill Dudley claimed yet another Sport Compact trophy. The West Coast Corvette Challenge was won by Gary Combs of Torrance, Calif.
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04/09/05
Juddi Lin, 19, is an ex-illegal street racer. The Community College of Southern Nevada automotive tech student used to tear up the streets of Clark County until she got torn up -- twice -- herself. "I've been through six cars in the past five years," Lin admitted. "Two out of the six were (demolished) in street-racing accidents. Both of them were a total loss. I was at the illegal street races and I wasn't wearing my seatbelt and my forehead hit the (windshield) and my chin hit the steering wheel. They sent me to the trauma unit. It was an unhappy picture."
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04/07/05
For some time now, The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway has been Tommy Johnson¿s favorite of the 20 race tracks on the NHRA POWERade circuit. Ask the Iowa native what his preferred race track is and without hesitation, he¿ll respond, ¿Vegas.¿ And if he has to pick either the spring or fall Las Vegas event, it¿s the April race because of the past success that the Skoal RacingSM driver has experienced at that event.
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- March 2005
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03/31/05
With a new crew chief, Todd Smith, at the helm, Carrier Boyz Racing begins anew to make the team a factor in the 2004 NHRA POWERade Top Fuel championship chase as the NHRA Powerade Drag Racing Series moves to The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway for this weekend's NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals.
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03/31/05
Bob Gilbertson, driver of the Autolite XP/Prestone Funny Car, has made a significant donation to Speedway Children¿s Charities. Gilbertson, who will compete at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in the April 14-17 NHRA Summitracing.com Nationals, made the donation to make amends for an incident that occurred during a testing session in February.
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03/30/05
Complete schedule for the NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals at The Strip April 14-27.
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03/29/05
The National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) once again will deliver the biggest names in professional drag racing to Las Vegas April 14-17 for the sixth annual NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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03/27/05
Class winners -- SUPER PRO: Mark Piel (Boulder City). PRO: Ty Ishibashi (Las Vegas). STREET: Stephanie Wong (Las Vegas). MOTORCYCLE: Lonnie Woodruff (Bountiful, Utah). SPORT COMPACT: Bill Dudley (Las Vegas).
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03/09/05
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway will introduce another program to combat illegal street racing - also referred to as "The Illegals" - on March 17. Dubbed "Thursday Night Street Wars", the new program will go head-to-head with "The Illegals" on what has become its busiest night.
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- February 2005
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02/28/05
Results from the Feb. 27 PSCA 2005 season opener at The Strip.
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02/21/05
The fourth season of Midnight Mayhem will begin Friday, Feb. 25, at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Racing will take place from 8 p.m.-1 a.m. This year, the street-legal racing program will feature a new twist: the traditional drag racing system of starting lights, known as the Christmas tree, has been replaced by a traffic signal-style starter. The concept was created by Chris Blair, LVMS¿ sr. director of drag racing operations, and constructed by Jeff Foster of Compulink, the sport¿s leading manufacturer of timing equipment systems.
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02/16/05
Now in its fourth year at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Midnight Mayhem¿s purpose is to attract illegal street racers to the safer confines of the The Strip. Midnight Mayhem is open to any licensed driver with proof of insurance. Open to any street-legal car or motorcycle. $10 to race, $5 for spectators. Each Midnight Mayhem features hip-hop DJs, car shows hosted by Euro Entertainment and midway attractions.
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02/15/05
Mopars At The Strip is an all-Chrysler car show, drag race and swap meet.
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02/15/05
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway has been recognized by Drag Racing Action Magazine as the Best Race Track Facility of the Year. The honor was bestowed in the ¿Best of 2004¿ feature in the March 2005 issue of Drag Racing Action Magazine. Chris Blair, LVMS¿ senior director of drag racing operations, also was noted as one of the sport¿s best promoters in John DiBartolomeo¿s column in the same issue.
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02/07/05
Supercharged, nitro-burning fuelers, altereds and roadsters -- and a car show -- headline the bill as the Sam's Town Pro Nitro Nationals come to The Strip.
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02/06/05
NHRA Sport Compact star Abel Ibarra tested at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway last weekend in preparation for the inaugural GM Performance NHRA Sport Compact Nationals in Las Vegas on March 15-16.
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02/03/05
Many of the NHRA¿s top POWERade Drag Racing Series Top Fuel and Funny Car teams will participate in this weekend¿s Last Chance Test Session at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The event, which runs Friday through Sunday, beginning at 8 a.m. each day, is the final opportunity for NHRA teams to prepare for the start of the 2005 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series in Pomona, Calif.
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- January 2005
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01/31/05
Classic nitro drags at The Strip Feb. 15-16, featuring Nitro-X fuelers, A/Fuel, Nitro Fuel Altereds, Sportsman Bracket, Pro Nitro Compact-X, car and truck show. This event is a track rental.
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01/30/05
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway endured race-halting rain on Friday and a complete washout on Saturday but managed to complete the 2005 Bracket Championship Kick-off on Sunday. Friday¿s race program was completed on Sunday morning. Mark Kidd of Twin Falls, Ida., defeated Cindy Hawk of Tucson for first-prize money in the Super Pro class. Sunday¿s program was completed at 4:30 p.m. with Dennis Boley of Port Orchard, Wash., claiming the $5,000 winner¿s check for the Super Pro final.
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01/29/05
Rain once again washed out drag racing activity at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The weather has interfered with the 2005 Bracket Championship Kickoff, washing out the remainder of Friday¿s program and all of Saturday¿s as well. Drag racing will resume at 8 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 30, beginning with time trials for Street, Pro and Super Pro classes. Time trials will be followed by the completion of Friday¿s show, followed by Sunday¿s regularly-scheduled program. Sunday¿s Super Pro winner will earn $5,000.
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01/28/05
Rain stopped the first day of the Bracket Championship Kick-offs at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in the middle of the program. The remainder of today¿s $2,500-to-win Super Pro event will resume ¿ weather permitting ¿ on Saturday morning at 9 a.m.
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01/27/05
An exciting, fun new promotion at The Strip!
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01/25/05
Officials of National Bracket Racing Productions (NBRP)and The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway announced today the Super Class World Series Championships event scheduled for February 18-20, 2005 at The Strip at LVMS has been cancelled. The event, which was a partnership between NBRP and LVMS, fell short of minimum event entry guidelines.
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01/25/05
Some of the biggest names in professional drag racing will return to The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Feb. 4-6 to squeeze in one final test session before the 2005 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series begins at Pomona, Calif., Feb. 10-13. The event is open to the public and admission fees include pit access.
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01/23/05
Robert Hight has made fewer than 40 runs in a fuel Funny Car and he's yet to enter his first official event, yet he possesses something that only four other Funny Car drivers have - a 330-mph time slip. Although temperatures were slightly warmer than they had been during the previous two days of the Las Vegas test, Hight improved on his personal best with a 4.750, 330.55 effort in his Jimmy Prock-tuned Auto Club Ford. Hight joins John Force, Whit Bazemore, Tony Pedregon, and Gary Scelzi as the only Funny Car drivers to top 330, albeit unofficially.
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01/23/05
John Boyd and Joe Roubicek earned wins in the SoCal Top Comp Association¿s doubleheader, held at The Strip Saturday and Sunday during the NHRA Nitro Blast-off test session.
John Boyd¿s ¿Saturday¿ win actually happened on Sunday, as racing was suspended Saturday evening due to the lateness of the hour. Boyd scored his win on Sunday morning while Roubicek won on Sunday evening. Forty cars were entered in Saturday¿s show; 37 cars answered Sunday¿s call. Best effort for a local driver was turned in by Gary Gilbert of Henderson. Gilbert lost in the semi-final on Sunday to Robert Tievs.
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01/23/05
Rookie of the Year candidate Robert Hight (pictured) stole the show during Saturday's Nitro Blast-off test session at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Hight made one of the quickest Funny Car passes of the day with a 4.765 sec. run in the Auto Club Ford and, in the process, won his first-ever side-by-side race, defeating his boss, John Force, who ran 4.773 sec.
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01/21/05
Reigning NHRA POWERade Funny Car champ John Force has begun the 2005 season in much the same way as he finished 2004: overpowering the competition. Force turned in a stellar performance during Friday's test session at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. While other drivers limited themselves to mostly half-passes, Force's Castrol Ford lit up the clocks with three full runs, including a 4.747 run that matches Tony Pedregon's track record, which was set at the Summit Racing Equipment.com NHRA Nationals last April. Force's other efforts, a 4.80 and a 4.77, were equally impressive
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01/20/05
The youth movement continues at John Force Racing with the announcement of Robert Hight's hiring to drive NHRA Funny Cars for the 13-time champion's team. Hight is testing along with many other NHRA pro teams at The Strip this weekend.
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01/19/05
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway will honor its 2004 Jerry¿s Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series and Short Line Express Markets NHRA Jr. Dragster champions on Saturday, Feb. 5, at 6 p.m. at the speedway¿s clubhouse. Drivers and riders to be honored include John Phlegar (Super Pro), Carl Cannavo (Outlaw Super Quick), Nick Ariotti (Pro), Bill Dudley (Sport Compact), Kahea Woods (Motorcycle), Scott Parsons (Street), Ryen Lamb (Jr. Dragster, Thunder) and Ryan Valandingham (Jr. Dragster, Lightning).
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01/17/05
When Team CSK puts its Monte Carlo Funny Cars on The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway this weekend, with drivers Del Worsham and Phil Burkart at the controls, the long marathon of a march that is to be the team's 2005 season will have taken its first step.
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01/14/05
Second annual Rockabilly Rod Reunion set for Saturday, Oct. 15 -- 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Visit www.rockabillyrodreunion.com for a complete schedule and information.
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01/12/05
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway was honored as Track of the Year at the NHRA Division 7 (Pacific) awards ceremony, held Saturday night at the Gold Coast Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.
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01/04/05
Some of the biggest names in professional drag racing -- including John and Ashley Force -- will converge on The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Jan. 21-23 for the annual Nitro Blast-off. The three-day preseason test session is open only to NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series and Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series teams. Testing is set each day from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
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01/01/05
It took the FASTMotorsports/Extreme Speed Pro Street drag racing team no more than 6.60 seconds to prove why they are the 3 time champions in the Pacific Street Car Association Hughes Performance Pro Street Category. During the make-up for the rain delayed February event, team driver Ed Thornton made very consistent runs of 6.59 221.60 mph, 6.60 222.25 mph, 6.57 222.99 mph and 6.53 220.62 miles per hour to take the win and reset his one race old PSCA Pro Street "Extreme Speed" record of 219 which he set at the last event in Phoenix in March. The victory was overshadowed however when good friend and nemesis Clint Hairston and his Patriot Exhaust systems sponsored twin turbo camaro narrowly escaped injury as his car veered violently into Thornton's lane making contact with the guardwall during the final round.
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- December 2004
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12/16/04
Rules and procedures for the new Fast Friday series at The Strip.
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- November 2004
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11/28/04
The four-day B&M Las Vegas Bracket Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway is now history. The event drew a record number of entries ¿ more than 400 cars, motorcycles and even two snowmobiles ¿ from 15 states and two Canadian provinces, from as far away as N. J. and W. Virginia. J.R. Leerkamp of Olympia, Wash., enjoyed the biggest payday of the four-day weekend as he won the $27,000 winner-take-all Ultimate Gambler Race on Sunday. Leerkamp also won Friday night¿s Quick 8 competition. Ron Nickels (Super Pro), Tim Stensvad (Pro) and Scott Parsons (Street) won the weekend¿s overall points championships.
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11/27/04
Rain at 7:30 p.m. Saturday forced race officials to revise the B&M Las Vegas Bracket Nationals schedule. The four-day Thanksgiving holiday series -- including the $32,000 winner-take-all Ultimate Gambler race -- will resume and conclude on Sunday.
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11/26/04
The second round of the four-day B&M Las Vegas Bracket Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway now is in the record books and Larry Spitali of Glendale, Ariz., is $5,000 richer. Spitali defeated Ben Padilla of New Mexico in the final round of Super Pro eliminations to claim the $5,000 cash first prize.
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11/21/04
Eliminations for the season-ending Pacific Street Car Association (PSCA) World Finals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway have been postponed due to rain and cold. The field has been frozen and will the event will be concluded on Friday, February 25, 2005, on the first day of the 2005 PSCA season-opener at The Strip. Also falling victim to the weather was The Strip's 2004 Outlaw Super Quick finale, which also was to be held today. Due to the cancellation, points leader Carl Cannavo of N. Las Vegas has been declared 2004 Super Quick champion.
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11/18/04
Drag racers entered in the B&M Las Vegas Bracket Nationals, Nov. 25-28 at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, are invited to participate in the second annual Thanksgiving food drive for needy families. Race teams and fans are encouraged to bring non-perishable food items for donation. All food and cash donations will be distributed to local causes immediately after the event. Last year¿s food drive gathered enough donated items to fill a sedan, not to mention hundreds of dollars from out-of-town teams. The Strip¿s announcer¿s booth has again been designated as the drop-off point.
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11/18/04
Event website: www.moparsatthestrip.com
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11/12/04
Spend the Thanksgiving holiday with your loved ones...at The Strip! The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway will present the annual B&M Las Vegas Bracket Nationals Nov. 25-28. The four-day Thanksgiving weekend event will pay $5,000 to the Super Pro winner each day. Each day¿s Pro division winner will take home $1,000. The holiday happening features three classes: Super Pro, Pro and Street/Sport Compact.
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11/09/04
Although it took a day longer than expected because of rain, the Short Line Express Markets Las Vegas Gambler Shootout at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway concluded Monday night. The event, the last of 45 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series events on the 2004 calendar, featured a record 980 cars, including Top Alcohol Dragsters and Top Alcohol Funny Cars.
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11/08/04
Update: Racing resumed at 5:15 p.m. The NHRA Division 7 Finals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway was supposed to have concluded by Sunday evening. Incessant rain forced race officials to postpone eliminations to Monday morning (today). Racing was underway today when thundershowers hit the track shortly after noon. The event drew an NHRA-record 980 entries, including Top Alcohol Dragsters and Top Alcohol Funny Cars. Ashley Force, daughter of 13-time NHRA Funny Car champion John Force, qualified third in her Top Alcohol Dragster.
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11/07/04
Rain forced drag strip officials to postpone today¿s eliminations for the NHRA Division 7 Finals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway to Monday morning, Nov. 8. Eliminations will resume at 7 a.m., weather permitting. Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car eliminations will resume at 10:30 a.m.
The first round of eliminations for all sportsman classes were completed when the rain began in the afternoon and continued into the evening.
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- October 2004
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10/31/04
Back-to-back Pro Stock champion Greg Anderson became drag racing's single-season win leader with his 14th victory Sunday in the fourth annual ACDelco NHRA Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Anderson beat rookie teammate Jason Line with a 6.79 at 202 mph to break the tie he held with John Force of 13 wins each. Anderson was joined in the winner's circle by Pro Stock Bike upstart Chip Ellis, who won in just his third professional start. Funny Car contender Gary Scelzi and Top Fuel frontrunner Doug Kalitta also scored in the penultimate race to the 23-event 2004 season. Both Kalitta and Scelzi occupy the No. 2 positions in their respective categories. Scelzi earned his victory by beating newly recrowned Funny Car champ John Force on a holeshot.
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10/30/04
John Force qualified seventh and clinched his 13th NHRA Funny Car championship and David Grubnic defeated Larry Dixon to claim his first Bud Shootout. No. 1 Qualifiers included Scott Kalitta (Top Fuel), Del Worsham (Funny Car), Jason Line (Pro Stock) and Andrew Hines (Pro Stock Bike).
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10/30/04
After a name change and moving alternates into the eight-car field, the AMS Staff Leasing Pro Mod Challenge (previously known as the AMS Staff Leasing Pro Mod Shootout) got underway Friday as part of qualifying for the NHRA AMS Staff Leasing Pro Mod Challenge, an NHRA exhibition class, being held this weekend in conjunction with NHRA ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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10/30/04
Scott Kalitta raced to the qualifying lead in Top Fuel Friday at the ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals. Eric Medlen, Jason Line and GT Tonglet also were qualifying leaders in their respective categories at the $1.8 million race, the 22nd of 23 events in the $50 million NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series. Kalitta powered his dragster to a 4.491 second run at 333.00 mph at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Kalitta Motorsports claimed the top three spots in the field, as teammates Doug Kalitta (4.499) and David Grubnic (4.506) were second and third respectively in the 16-car lineup.
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10/29/04
The eight-car field for the lucrative $147,000 Budweiser Shootout was set on Thursday evening during a draw party at The Joint in the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. The Budweiser Shootout, a special race-within-a-race bonus event during the ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, begins at noon Saturday, with subsequent rounds to follow.
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10/29/04
Of all of the records he has set in his 27 years on the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series tour, John Force's streak of having qualified a Castrol GTX® Funny Car for 344 consecutive NHRA national events may be the most impressive of all. That streak will be the focal point of this weekend's fourth annual NHRA ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway where drag racing's biggest winner is expected to clinch an unprecedented 13th championship for himself and an amazing 12th straight title for his team.
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10/28/04
Only two races remain on the 23-event NHRA POWERade schedule beginning with this weekend's ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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10/28/04
Six-time NHRA POWERade champion Kenny Bernstein has been selected to be the Grand Marshal for the 20th annual Budweiser Shootout. It is the first time the special bonus event for Top Fuel has had a Grand Marshal. Bernstein has one of the most successful sponsor relationships in motorsports history. Budweiser has sponsored Bernstein for nearly 30 years. As a driver Bernstein collected 69 national event victories in addition to his six championship. He remains the only driver in history to win a championship in both nitro categories.
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10/27/04
The POWERade Drag Racing Series arrives at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the fourth annual ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals, the penultimate race on the 23-event season. Although this year's Pro Stock championship has already been decided, Jeg Coughlin, the driver of the Jeg's Mail Order Chevrolet Cavalier, says there is plenty of unfinished business on his docket.
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10/26/04
Larry Dixon is looking to hit the quarter-mile jackpot in Las Vegas this weekend. Of the eight NHRA events held in Sin City, the 35-time NHRA winner has reached the money round four times and been the last man standing flanked by the Vegas showgirls three times. Dixon and the Miller Lite team look for a return visit to the final round at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway when the NHRA POWERade Series makes its final visit of the 2004 season in the Nevada desert, Oct. 28-31, for the fourth annual NHRA ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals.
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10/26/04
Cruz Pedregon and the Advance Auto Parts Monte Carlo Nitro Funny Car has a big weekend planned for the NHRA AC Delco Las Vegas Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Not only will legendary guitarist and musician Carlos Santana be joining the team to promote his Milagro Foundation on Sunday, but Pedregon will also be aiming to continue the team¿s hot streak. He is confident that The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway offers conditions favorable to the Advance Auto Parts Funny Car team.
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10/26/04
After capturing the 2004 NHRA POWERade Top Fuel world championship two weeks ago, Tony "The Sarge" Schumacher will have a couple of new goals in mind when he takes to The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway here this weekend for the ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals. With a victory in Las Vegas, the driver of the United States Army Top Fuel dragster can set a new standard for most wins in a single season in Top Fuel. Additionally, he will be attempting to win his first Budweiser Shootout, which is a special all-star race that showcases eight of the best-performing Top Fuel teams in the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series.
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10/25/04
Oddsmaker Micah Roberts of Station Casinos in Las Vegas today set the odds for this weekend¿s NHRA ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and the usual suspects are at the top of his list. Tony Schumacher, who recently clinched the 2004 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series Top Fuel title, heads the list at 5/2. John Force leads the Funny Car parade at 3/1 and 2004 Pro Stock champ Greg Anderson¿s odds are a decidedly unattractive 1/2. (That¿s correct: bet two, win one.) Roberts¿ pick to win Saturday¿s Bud Shootout for Top Fuel Dragsters is a toss-up: both Schumacher and Doug Kalitta are favored at 5/2.
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10/25/04
Rock 'n' roll guitar legend Carlos Santana will appear at the NHRA ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals on Sunday, Oct. 31, to cheer on Cruz and Tony Pedregon who will be racing in Santana-themed Funny Cars. Santana will sign autographs at the Pedregon Racing souvenir trailer in the pits on Sunday at approximately 12:30 p.m.
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10/24/04
Racers in almost every form of motorsports often refer to their rides as "hot rods". At the next stop on the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing circuit, competitors will be able to have their vehicles seen by an expert in the field, as ACDelco officials today announced that legendary hot rod and custom car builder Boyd Coddington will be the Grand Marshal of the upcoming ACDelco NHRA Las Vegas Nationals, which is scheduled to be held at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on October 28-31.
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10/21/04
Eight drivers have their sights set on winning the second annual AMS Staff Leasing Pro Mod Shootout, to be held in conjunction with NHRA ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals, October 28-31, at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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10/18/04
The eight starting positions for the $100,000 Budweiser Shootout will be finalized Oct. 28 during the Budweiser Shootout Draw Party at ¿The Joint,¿ a multi-purpose entertainment venue inside the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.
A limited number of tickets are available to adults 21 years and older for this inaugural event. NHRA fans wanting to attend the Budweiser Shootout Draw Party can win tickets through contests conducted on various local radio stations, including KKLZ-FM 96.3.
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10/14/04
Complete 2005 schedule for The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Latest update: January 26, 2005
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10/13/04
Young drag racing fans attending the NHRA ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Sunday, Oct. 31, are encouraged to wear their costumes and trick-or-treat in the pits. NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series teams and sportsman racers alike will have candy in their pits for kids in costume. Kids ages 12 and under also are invited to participate in a Halloween costume contest on Oct. 31. Entries will be accepted from Noon to 2 p.m. at a designated booth under the main grandstands. Judges will choose five finalists, who will then be judged by the fans between the pro semi-final and final rounds. Prizes will be awarded by Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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10/12/04
The world-famous Budweiser Clydesdales are in town and are guests of Las Vegas Motor Speedway until Saturday. The popular draft horse ¿hitch¿ will leave this weekend for an engagement in California but will return to participate in the Bud Shootout festivities which are an added attraction of the annual NHRA ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals at The Strip at LVMS, Oct. 28-31. The public is invited to visit the world¿s most famous draft horses. The Clydesdales, an Anheuser-Busch mainstay since 1933, are housed in a special hospitality tent at the drag strip.
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10/05/04
As the Oct. 28-31 NHRA ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway approaches, LVMS will provide information on race teams and driver appearances. Jerry Toliver's Schick Quattro Toyota Celica NHRA Funny Car show car will appear at 10 Smith's supermarkets in the Las Vegas area.
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10/03/04
The 2004 Jerry¿s Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series came to a close on Saturday, Oct. 2, at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The season finale, which doubled as the National Dragster Challenge, awarded the coveted NHRA ¿Wally¿ trophy to all final-round winners. Chris Naffziger, The Strip¿s 2003 Super Pro champion, won the final and its $2,000 first prize. Runner-up was Becky Phlegar of Las Vegas, who just happens to be married to The Strip¿s 2004 Super Pro champion, John Phlegar.
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- September 2004
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09/30/04
Complete schedule for the fourth annual NHRA ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals at The Strip at LVMS, Oct. 28-31.
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09/30/04
Complete schedule for The Strip at LVMS including NHRA national events, Jerry's Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series, Short Line Express Markets Jr. Drag Racing Series, B&M Racing Series, AHDRA, PSCA, Hankook Tire Drifting Series, Rockabilly Rod Reunion and Midnight Mayhem (The Strip's safe alternative to illegal street racing).
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09/16/04
The 2004 Jerry¿s Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series will end with a bang on National Dragster Challenge Night, Oct. 2, at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. In addition to increased winners¿ purses, each final-round victor will receive an NHRA "Wally" trophy and additional prizes. Named for NHRA founder Wally Parks, the coveted "Wally" is the holy grail of professional drag racing, akin to the Motion Picture Industry of America¿s Oscar statue.
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09/12/04
Bill Dudley, 62, of Las Vegas swept the Sport Compact category, winning the final round of competition and the Jerry¿s Nugget Reaction Time Bonus Award and clinched his eighth Las Vegas drag racing title during tonight¿s Jerry¿s Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Dudley has earned four Street championships and four Sport Compact titles. Jerry Mock won the Super Pro finale over Mark Piel and Bob Coulter defeated Robin Harris for Pro honors. Dave Wade scored the Street win and former Motorcycle champion Leo Shaver defeated Eric Danielson Jr. for bike honors.
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09/06/04
The quickest and fastest Pro Street final in Pacific Street Car Association (PSCA) history capped the fourth annual PSCA Labor Day Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Sunday night. Ed Thornton of Chino Hills, Calif., won the PSCA Spring Nationals at The Strip and returned to win the Pro Street finale on Sunday night. Thornton, paired against Clint Hariston of Alta Loma, Calif., blazed a pass of 6.620 sec./210 mph down The Strip¿s quarter mile to record the quickest and fastest final round in PSCA history. Hariston¿s 1972 Camaro ran 212.63 mph (6.737 sec.), but Thornton¿s 1957 Chevrolet hit the finish line first.
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09/06/04
Out-of-towners held the upper hand at the Sept. 4-5 NHRA Jr. Dragster Division 7 event at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Brad Hartman, of Gilbert, Ariz., claimed the Jr. 8-9 category while Ryan Diosdado of San Diego won the Jr, 10-12 class. The Jr. 13-14 final was won by Nicholas Wimer of Redlands, Calif., and Thomas Redding Jr. of Palmdale, Calif. aced the Jr. 15-17 showdown. Local racers were shut out of final rounds this weekend with the exception of Saturday morning¿s LVMS Short Line Express Markets NHRA Jr. Drag Racing Series Thunder finale, contested by Luke Winters and John Klutz, both of Las Vegas. Winters won the race and Ryen Lamb of Henderson earned No. 1 Qualifier status for the Thunder division.
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09/02/04
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and the B&M Hedman Series will host the richest super class event ever for super class racers Feb. 18-20, 2005. The Strip¿s three-day event will pay $10,000 to win Friday night, $20,000 to Saturday night¿s winner and $10,000 to win again on Sunday. Two separate classes will be contested with an 8.90 index class Super Comp category and a 9.90 index Super Gas class. Both classes will compete for $10,000, $20,000, and $10,000 to win each day in their respective class.
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- August 2004
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08/22/04
John Phlegar of Las Vegas drove his 1972 Chevelle to another victory Saturday at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway during the eighth edition of the 2004 Jerry¿s Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series. Phlegar¿s Marie Callender¿s-sponsored Chevrolet defeated the Kruse & Raymond Beretta driven by Don Kruse of Las Vegas for the title. Dennis Evans did his sponsor proud by winning the Pro category. Evans¿ 1972 Dodge Challenger is sponsored by Jerry¿s Nugget Casino, which also sponsors the bracket-racing series at The Strip. Ron Winters claimed the Street title and Kahea Woods won the Motorcycle finale with a perfect reaction time of .400. Billy Fraker topped Jerry Chester for Sport Compact honors.
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08/21/04
TONIGHT'S MIDNIGHT MAYHEM AT THE STRIP AT LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER (STRONG WINDS, SEVERE LIGHTNING IN THE AREA).
Drag racing at The Strip at LVMS will resume tomorrow (Saturday) with NHRA Jr. Dragster racing in the morning and the Jerry's Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series in the evening.
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08/13/04
For the fifth consecutive year, The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway will host two NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series events in 2005. The 2005 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series schedule, released today, contained some minor changes from the traditional NHRA dates at LVMS.
The NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals will move to April 14-17 in 2005. All past spring events have been held the first weekend in April. Next year¿s NHRA ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals will take place on Oct. 20-23. This season¿s event is scheduled for Oct. 28-31. The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway again will host preseason testing dates prior to the start of the 2005 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series season. The fourth annual Nitro Blast-Off will be held January 28-30 at The Strip at LVMS. The Strip also has added a second weekend of testing, February 4-6, to allow race teams a final opportunity to prepare for NHRA¿s season-opening event in Pomona.
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08/10/04
Schedule for Sept. 3-5 at The Strip at LVMS includes PSCA, Super Quick, Euro Entertainment Twilight Super Show, $500-to-win bikini contest and NHRA Jr. Dragster Div. 7 Finals.
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08/01/04
Two drag racers from Las Vegas ¿ and a third who lives in Arizona but is a regular at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway ¿ claimed victory during the Calvert Racing PSCA Summer Nationals Saturday night. Sal Cachia of Las Vegas won the Pacific Street Car Association's Borla Trophy class in his 1955 Chevrolet by defeating Bill Dudley in the final round. Las Vegan Chris Naffziger, The Strip's defending Super Pro champion, won the Bracket 1 category over Henderson's Bryan King. Dan Reaume, of Kingman, Ariz., is a regular competitor in The Strip's Jerry Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series and won Saturday night's Payton Index finale over Las Vegas' Alfred Sweeting.
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- July 2004
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07/23/04
Due to scheduling conflicts with the original host facility, Pacific Street Car Association (PSCA) and Las Vegas Motor Speedway officials have moved the Calvert Racing PSCA Nor-Cal Nationals to The Strip at LVMS. The July 30-31 nighttime event now will be known as the Calvert Racing PSCA Summer Nationals.
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07/18/04
Qualifying for the second annual Garrett Turbo NHRA Sport Compact Nationals was held on Friday night during less-than-ideal conditions. But the evening's uncharacteristic weather conditions ¿ high humidity punctuated by flashes of lightning and scattered showers everywhere except at the track ¿ did nothing to slow the NHRA Summit Sport Compact Series competitors. In fact, eight new track records were set during qualifying. Track records are nice, but national records are what grab headlines. As it turned out, Friday's qualifying session was merely a teaser for Saturday's straight-line speedfest.
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07/17/04
Results from the July 16 Hankook Tire Drifting Series event at The Strip.
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07/17/04
Despite unfavorable weather conditions, eight new track records were set during qualifying for the second annual Garrett Turbos NHRA Sport Compact Nationals. Although rain never fell at the track, qualifying was delayed due to lightning and winds in the area.
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07/16/04
The GM Racing team is poised to take Las Vegas¿ second annual Turbos By Garrett NHRA Sport Compact Nationals by storm. At the series¿ most recent event (at mile-high Bandimere Raceway near Denver), Marty Ladwig earned the Hot Rod category win while Nelson Hoyos set national records in the Pro FWD class. Although the entire event will be run after 7 p.m., it will still take another flawless effort to overcome the mid-summer conditions of Las Vegas where the pre-midnight temperature in July hovers near the 90-degree mark.
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07/15/04
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway will kick off its second annual Turbos By Garrett NHRA Sport Compact Nationals with a free driver autograph session and car show at the Hard Rock Café in Las Vegas on Thursday, July 15, from 6-10 p.m. NHRA Summit Sport Compact Series stars Abel Ibarra, Kenny Tran, Leslie Durst, Ali Afshra, Ara Arslanian and Paul Efantis will sign autographs from 8-10 p.m. More drivers are expected to participate. The Hard Rock Café is located at 4775 Paradise Road.
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07/11/04
Bill Dudley of Las Vegas is the new NHRA King of the Track at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The 61-year-old drag racing veteran defeated Ty Ishibashi of Las Vegas to claim that honor during The Strip¿s NHRA King of the Track Pajama Party, which began at 8 p.m. Saturday and concluded at 3 a.m. Sunday. In Jerry¿s Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series competition, Bryan King of Henderson defeated Carl Cannavo of N. Las Vegas to claim the final-round victory in the Super Pro division. King, driving a 1988 Mustang, ran 125.41 mph/10.423 sec. to Cannavo¿s 166.99 mph/7.983 sec. effort.
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07/08/04
Project Mayhem, the award-winning sport motorcycle stunt team, will return to The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the second annual Turbos By Garrett NHRA Sport Compact Nationals July 16-17. The Las Vegas-based stunt team will be a featured act at the event while making their first appearance of 2004 at The Strip. Project Mayhem will perform three shows during the two-day event.
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07/06/04
A special Street Challenge category has been added to the July 16-17 NHRA Sport Compact Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. This will mark the first time that street racers have had the opportunity to compete in grudge-style drag racing at an NHRA-sanctioned national event.
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07/06/04
Matt Hartford, driver of the Summit Racing 2004 Chevrolet Cavalier, has experienced the thrill of victory, winning the NHRA Modified championship in 2002, one year after capturing the IDRC Pro RWD title. He also has experienced the agony of defeat, capturing just one "Wally" trophy in the last two years since returning to the Pro RWD ranks. The Phoenix native currently sits seventh in the NHRA Summit Sport Compact Series point standings, although he has yet to reach a final round this year.
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07/05/04
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway will battle the heat of summer with one of its most popular bracket races of the 2004 season on Saturday night with the NHRA King of the Track Pajama Party Classic. The seventh race of the Jerry's Nugget Championship Series is the only LVMS bracket-racing event with a late starting time with early-morning conclusion. Fans who wear pajamas will receive free admission and the opportunity to win tickets to a future Las Vegas Motor Speedway event.
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07/01/04
The Las Vegas drag racing community will participate in a special benefit race at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Saturday, July 10. The race, called Dash for Darrell, will be held during The Strip¿s NHRA King of the Track Pajama Party Classic. All proceeds from the fundraiser will be donated to the Darrell Russell Memorial Fund. Russell was a professional NHRA Top Fuel Dragster driver who died June 27 from injuries suffered in an accident earlier that day at Gateway International Raceway in Madison, Ill. Russell won the inaugural NHRA ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals at The Strip in 2001.
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- June 2004
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06/28/04
"Everyone at Las Vegas Motor Speedway is saddened by the death of Darrell Russell. In his short career as a professional drag racer, Darrell became a champion both on and off the track. He was a true friend to Las Vegas Motor Speedway and a past winner here. He participated in every driver autograph session the track promoted, and was always eager to assist with both public relations and hospitality for our events. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family, his race team and the entire drag-racing community. He will be missed."
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06/22/04
Schedule for the second annual NHRA Desert Sport Compact Nationals;
NHRA Summit Sport Compact Series at The Strip at LVMS July 16-17 (including SONY Stylefest car show presented by Euro Entertainment).
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06/20/04
Jason Kenzevich of Las Vegas defeated T.J. Fogarty to claim the final-round victory in the Super Pro division Saturday night at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Kenzevich, driving a 1974 Dodge Dart, ran 139.29 mph/9.640 sec. to Fogarty¿s 117.17 mph/11.291 sec. effort. Jason also earned No. 1 Qualifier status. Ty Ishibashi of Las Vegas won three times Saturday night: the final round of Pro competition, the King-of-the-Track wild card berth and the Jerry¿s Nugget Casino Reaction-Time Bonus Awards.
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06/16/04
The NHRA Summit Sport Compact Series will return to The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the second annual NHRA Desert Sport Compact Nationals July 16-17. The premier drag-racing series for sport compact cars is accompanied at each meet by the SONY Stylefest lifestyle event, which includes a car show, stereo competition, bikini contest, hip-hop DJs and rappers and midway attractions. This year¿s Las Vegas event also will include the fourth round of the Hankook Tires Drifting Series at The Strip¿s Drift Arena and a special compact cars-only Midnight Mayhem. Midnight Mayhem is The Strip¿s safe alternative to illegal street racing.
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06/07/04
To reward local high school seniors for their hard work and perseverance, The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway is offering free grandstand admission to its Midnight Mayhem Grad Night Summer Kickoff Party on Friday, June 18, to this year's graduating class. Midnight Mayhem, now in its third year of successful operation, is The Strip¿s safe alternative to illegal street racing.
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06/06/04
Former Super Pro champion John Phlegar of Las Vegas drove his 1972 Chevelle to another victory Saturday at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway during the fifth edition of the 2004 Jerry¿s Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series. Phlegar, who also earned No. 1 Qualifier status, defeated Corey LeClair of Las Vegas for the title.
Scott Machael of Las Vegas drove his 1963 Dodge Polara to victory over Kevin Baker to claim the Pro finale. Bill Culver of North Las Vegas scored his second victory of the season in the Street division. Former Motorcycle champion Leo Shaver defeated Eric Danielson in the final round and Bill Dudley claimed yet another Sport Compact trophy.
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- May 2004
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05/23/04
Ron Landram of Las Vegas defeated Bob Defrancesco to claim his first final-round victory of the 2004 season in the Super Pro division at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Scott Machael defeated Jim Heaton for Pro honors. Scott Parsons of Monroe, Utah, won his first-ever final round at The Strip, in the Street category. Kahea Woods of Las Vegas won his second consecutive Motorcycle final, this time over newcomer Wilton Kimbrough of Corona, Calif. Michael Dudley defeated Billy Fraker for the Sport Compact crown.
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05/17/04
John Phlegar of Las Vegas defeated Bob Farnum to claim his first final-round victory of the 2004 season in the Super Pro division at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Phlegar, a former Jerry¿s Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series champion, ran 128.41 mph/10.077 sec. in his Marie Callender¿s 1972 Chevelle to Farnum¿s 171.948 mph/7.948 sec. breakout run. It was Phlegar¿s night to shine as he also earned No. 1 Qualifier status and won the Run-for-the-Money competition. Phlegar defeated his wife, Becky, in the semi-final for the right to face Farnum in the final round.
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05/09/04
Jerry¿s Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series points race No. 3, Short Line Express Markets NHRA Jr. Dragster points race No. 3, West Coast Corvette Challenge Series and Motorcycle Madness.
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05/09/04
Jerry Mock of Las Vegas swept the Super Pro class at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Saturday night in the Jerry¿s Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series. Mock, a native of West Seneca, N.Y., drove his red 1970 Chevrolet Nova to victory over Doug Schneider of Las Vegas. Jerry also won the Jerry¿s Nugget Reaction Time Bonus for posting the best reaction time on a winning run in the first round of eliminations and also was the Super Pro class¿ No. 1 Qualifier. Mock¿s first victory of the 2004 season was especially sweet since the record number of Super Pro entries (51) bumped the winner¿s share of the purse to $1,000.
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05/04/04
Jerry¿s Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series points race No. 4,
Short Line Express Markets NHRA Jr. Dragster points race No. 4,
Hustlers Car Club Cruise Night, California A/Fuel Association,
Motorcycle Madness No. 4.
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- April 2004
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04/21/04
Twenty-year-old drag racer Scott Parks of Burlingame, Kans., is hoping that Christmas will come a little early this year at next weekend¿s Goodguys/K & N Filters 16th Nitro Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Instead of arriving in a neatly-wrapped package though, the present he wishes to receive will be in the form of a small white piece of paper -- an official time slip from LVMS. He¿s looking to become drag racing¿s first six-second Junior Fuel racer.
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04/21/04
Bonus bracket Test ¿n¿ Tune Friday, May 14 -- 6 p.m.¿Midnight; Open only to racers who participated in April 16 event or registered LVMS points participants (Super Quick, bracket, Jr. Dragsters).
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04/21/04
Jerry¿s Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series points race No. 2,
Short Line Express Markets NHRA Jr. Dragster points race No. 2,
Las Vegas F-Body Night at the drags, Diesel Hot Rod Association,
Motorcycle Madness.
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04/21/04
Revised fee schedule for Test 'n' Tune session at The Strip at LVMS.
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04/18/04
Winners from the inaugural Hankook Tire Drifting Series event at LVMS.
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04/18/04
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway opened the 2004 Jerry¿s Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series Saturday night and 2003 Super Pro champion Chris Naffziger picked up he left off by winning the final round against Boulder City¿s Mark Piel. Naffziger drove a 1970 Chevrolet Nova and won with a reaction time of .514 sec. Coincidentally, so did Pro division winner Bob Moudree. Final-round wins also went to: Scott Parsons (Street), Greg Liskey (Motorcycle) and A.J. Del Rosario (Sport Compact).
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04/06/04
Winners: Tony Schumacher (Top Fuel Dragster), Phil Burkart Jr. (Funny Car), Greg Anderson (Pro Stock), Morgan Lucas (Top Alcohol Dragster), Cy Chesterman (Top Alcohol Funny Car), Vince Deceglie (Comp Eliminator), Mark Faul (Super Stock), Todd Barton (Super Comp) and Todd Stewart (Super Gas).
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04/06/04
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway will be closed during the Easter holiday weekend, but will reopen April 16-17 with an aggressive schedule filled with variety.
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04/03/04
Doug Kalitta of Ann Arbor, Mich., ran the fastest speed in NHRA history ¿ 335.57 mph (4.483 sec.) ¿ during second-round qualifying for the fifth annual NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Amazingly, Kalitta¿s record run did not secure the No. 1 Qualifier position. Shortly after Doug¿s pass, cousin Scott Kalitta and Brandon Bernstein ran the quickest side-by-side pairing in NHRA history ¿ 4.472 sec./333.74 mph to 4.479 sec./333.66 mph ¿ to capture the first and second qualifying berths. Scott¿s pass of 4.472 sec. also set a new track record.
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04/02/04
Today¿s qualifying sessions for the NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway have been cancelled due to rain. Racing will resume tomorrow and Sunday. Gates will open at 7 a.m. Saturday, with the first round of pro (Pro Stock, Funny Car and Top Fuel Dragster) qualifying scheduled for 11:30 a.m. (Please click on full story for details, schedule.)
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04/02/04
According to Station Casinos¿ oddsmaker Micah Roberts, defending NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series Pro Stock champion Greg Anderson is the odds-on favorite -- at 7-to-5 -- to win Sunday¿s NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals Pro Stock finale. With 7-to-5 odds, anyone who bets on Anderson isn¿t going to win much money if he wins. Then again, since Anderson has won the last two NHRA Pro Stock events at The Strip ¿ and has two wins in three races this season ¿ you¿d be silly to bet against him.
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04/01/04
Las Vegas always was a career destination for Eric Medlen, but the 30-year-old native of Oakdale, the northern California town that bills itself as "The Cowboy Capital of the World," thought that when he arrived he'd be riding one horse, not 7,000. As a high school team roping champion, Medlen's dream was to earn his way into the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo contested each December at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
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04/01/04
"Do I think I can win? Yes," said Force, who is favored by Las Vegas oddsmakers to win Sunday's NHRA Funny Car finale.
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- March 2004
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03/31/04
¿I am excited about Vegas because I think it¿s a great track, and I have always done fairly well there. Vegas is an exciting city, and we look forward to returning there since we weren¿t able to test in the pre-season session at the track.¿
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03/31/04
Pro Stock standout Jeg Coughlin, Jr. once again showed why you never count him out to be a threat on race day. The two-time NHRA Pro Stock champion posted his best finish to date by scoring a runner-up finish at the last event. Jeg moved up two spots to land in the No. 4 position in the 2004 NHRA POWERade championship standing after three events.
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03/31/04
Ron Capps has achieved just about every major accomplishment in NHRA drag racing except finishing the season at the Auto Club Finals in Pomona, Calif. on top of the Funny Car points standings and winning an NHRA championship. Capps, a 14-time NHRA winner, has won in both the Top Fuel and Funny Car categories; only 13 drivers have accomplished that feat. He drives one of the two Skoal Racing Funny Cars for arguably the biggest name in the sport, Don Prudhomme.
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03/31/04
In seven outings at The Strip, Yates' best showing is runner-up in April 2001. He was a semifinalist in October 2001 and April 2002. With good test results and a chassis responding to changes, Yates just might be in the running for the race win this time around. He'll roll the dice and take his chances.
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03/30/04
Kevin Nash, the muscle-bound wrestler and co-star of The Punisher, will unveil a new paint scheme for Jim Head's Funny Car prior to Friday's first round of qualifying for the fifth annual NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals at The Strip.
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03/30/04
In a city where people roll the dice 24 hours a day, Del Worsham might be seen as a real gambler when he makes the switch to the new Chevy Monte Carlo Funny Car body this weekend's NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals in Las Vegas. After all, Worsham is headed to The Strip fresh off back-to-back wins in Phoenix and Gainesville, and those wins were just the two latest victories in a string of 13 such triumphs he has posted since the beginning of the 2001 season. For Worsham, all of this recent success has come with the venerable Pontiac Firebird body atop his racecar, but the driver of the red Checker, Schuck's, Kragen Funny Car doesn't see the move to the Monte Carlo as a risky proposition at all.
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03/30/04
¿I¿ve always enjoyed going to Vegas. It¿s a place I will forever remember as having that special moment when I clinched the championship last year. Right now the focus is trying to continue that trend with this Quaker State team, so I¿m excited about going back.
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03/30/04
Tommy Johnson Jr. has reached the pinnacle of NHRA drag racing on many different levels. The second generation racer from Iowa is one of 13 drivers to have earned NHRA victories in both the Top Fuel and Funny Car categories, the two premier classes in the sport of drag racing. He also drove an alcohol Funny Car to an NHRA national event victory in 1988.
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03/30/04
It's early in the 2004 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series season, with 20 events to go, so Whit Bazemore is not as frustrated as a Funny Car driver might be after three outstanding qualifying efforts in three events that were followed by three early-round upsets in eliminations.
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03/30/04
A positive Tim Wilkerson is looking forward to being strapped into the beautiful Levi, Ray & Shoup (LRS) Monte Carlo this weekend at the fifth annual NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Wilkerson is coming to the fourth race of the 23-race season in one of the best situations he has found himself in during his Funny Car career.
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03/30/04
Micah Roberts, oddsmaker for Station Casinos in Las Vegas, has chosen three NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series champions as his favorites for this weekend¿s NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Tony ¿Sarge¿ Schumacher, driver of the U.S. Army dragster and 1999 champion, heads the Top Fuel Dragster contingent at 5-to2, while 12-time Funny Car titlist John Force is the ¿favored flopper.¿ Defending Pro Stock king Greg Anderson was the obvious choice in the category referred to as ¿factory hot rods.¿
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03/30/04
Terry Haddock is anxious to participate in this weekend's fifth annual NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. For Haddock it means a weekend of racing the Barrett Enterprises Funny Car, something he hasn¿t done for several weeks. Haddock, who is only running a 14-race season, sat out the Mac Tools Gatornationals and had to watch the action on TV.
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03/30/04
Gary Scelzi returns to the NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals this weekend practically a grizzled veteran compared to where he stood at this time last year, when he began his first full season of Funny Car competition for Don Schumacher Racing. The three-time Top Fuel champion now has a complete year of Nitro Funny Car racing notched on his holster and prefers to forget his spectacular explosion here last year, which made the video highlights but helped put him on the DNQ list for the only time in all 23 events in 2003.
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03/30/04
When former Funny Car champion Cruz Pedregon rolls up to the starting line at this weekend's NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals in Las Vegas, he will be sporting a new look. With the Advance Auto Parts colors still vibrantly shinning, Pedregon will be debuting a brand new Chevrolet Monte Carlo body.
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03/30/04
As he does at every stop on the circuit, Kurt Johnson enters this weekend's NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals with a list of goals that he and the ACDelco Racing team would like to accomplish. Naturally, some of these objectives are self-evident, such as winning the event or having a safe race. Others, however, have a significance that may not be readily apparent to those outside the team.
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03/30/04
"Racing is my business, my way of earning a living. As such, I try to make it as cost-effective as I can. That includes occasionally using our national event track time to test various components."
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03/30/04
Two-time defending NHRA Top Fuel champion Larry Dixon and Don Prudhomme¿s Miller Lite Top Fuel team have played the right cards at NHRA¿s spring event at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway the past few seasons, collecting the weekend¿s biggest prize¿the NHRA ¿Wally¿ trophy and valuable NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series points.
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03/30/04
The Bernstein family has cashed in at ¿The Strip¿ at Las Vegas Motor Speedway quite frequently. Six-time NHRA champion Kenny Bernstein has won two of three outings at the SummitRacing.com Nationals, and he shared victory circle with son Brandon in 2001 when Brandon piloted an alcohol dragster to winner¿s circle the same day. The Bernstein duo became the first father and son in NHRA¿s 50-year history to win their categories at the same national event, an accomplishment Kenny counts among his top two most cherished memories.
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03/29/04
It was a new car, but a familiar name that graced the winner's circle at the PSCA Spring Sizzler at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway March 28. Ed Thornton of Chino Hills, Calif., defeated Barry Hobson of Seattle to claim Pro Street honors. Thornton, now driving a black 1957 Chevrolet instead of his familiar orange 1969 Camaro, also earned Top Speed of the meet (218.19 mph), Low E.T. (6.654 sec.) and No. 1 Qualifier status.
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03/28/04
"We're confident of our chances at Las Vegas and that things will head back in our direction. There also are a lot of things that excite me about the SummitRacing.com Nationals."
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03/26/04
Local entries for the 2004 NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals at The Strip at LVMS April 1-4. Cheer for the hometown heroes!
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03/25/04
A total of 549 entries (in nine classes) have been filed for the April 1-4 NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Classes include Top Fuel Dragster, Funny Car, Pro Stock, Top Alcohol Dragster, Top Alcohol Funny Car, Competition Eliminator, Super Stock, Super Comp and Super Gas. The event is the fourth stop on the 23-race 2004 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series schedule.
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03/23/04
Drag racing class winners from the March 19-21 all-Chrysler Mopars at The Strip show.
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03/23/04
Veteran NHRA Funny Car driver Del Worsham will be a busy man when his plane touches down in Las Vegas next week. Worsham will attempt to earn his third victory of the 2004 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series Funny Car season, defend his points lead and educate local students on the danger of illegal street racing.
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03/20/04
The National Hot Rod Association's POWERade Drag Racing Series brings the biggest names in professional drag racing to The Strip at LVMS April 1-4.
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03/20/04
The Pacific Street Car Association Spring Sizzler at The Strip March 26-28 includes All-Motor Sport Compact and Midnight Mayhem.
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03/16/04
Complete schedule for PSCA Spring Sizzler, Las Vegas All-Motor Sport Compact and Midnight Mayhem, March 26-28.
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03/15/04
Complete schedule for the NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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03/01/04
Second annual all-Chrysler car show, drag racing, swap meet, manufacturers' midway.
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- February 2004
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02/18/04
With the 2004 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series season opener in Pomona, Calif., just a few days away, a number of pro teams took one final opportunity to test at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway before heading to the K&N Filters NHRA Winternationals.
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02/16/04
With the 2004 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series season opener in Pomona, Calif., just a few days away, a number of pro teams took one final opportunity to test at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway before heading to the K&N Filters NHRA Winternationals.
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02/15/04
Don Kruse of Las Vegas swept both rounds of Super Quick competition this weekend as the 2004 Jerry¿s Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series opened at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Kruse defeated Bob Farnum of Las Vegas on Saturday and Ken Phillips, also of Las Vegas, on Sunday. Carl Cannavo of Las Vegas earned No. 1 Qualifier status both days.
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02/10/04
The 2004 season for Midnight Mayhem at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway begins Friday, Feb. 13 at 7 p.m. The popular late-night series was instituted by LVMS two years ago in an effort to get illegal street racers off the roads of Las Vegas and Clark County and into the safer environment of The Strip.
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02/08/04
¿Hot Rod¿ Fuller of Las Vegas saved the day for the local racers by winning the final $5,000 Super Pro check Sunday at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Friday and Saturday¿s first-place payoffs went to California-based teams. Fuller¿s Valvoline-sponsored dragster defeated Mike Blodgett, who won Friday night. The Strip¿s overall champions for the three-day B&M Vegas Bracket Championship were Mike Blodgett (Super Pro) and Scott Huntsman.
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02/07/04
Mike Blodgett of Long Beach, Calif., became the first big winner of the weekend when he defeated Larry Spitali of Glendale, Ariz., in the $5,000-to-win Super Pro finale Friday at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Friday opened The Strip¿s three-day B&M Vegas Bracket Championship and attracted entries from as far away as Idaho.
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02/05/04
Midnight Mayhem is The Strip¿s safe alternative to illegal street racing. Midnight Mayhem is open to any licensed driver with proof of insurance. Open to any street-legal car or bike. $10 to race, $5 for spectators. Each Midnight Mayhem meet includes a car show, hip-hop DJs and midway attractions.
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02/03/04
Gary Scelzi took two new HEMI Oakley Dodge Funny Cars to The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway this past weekend, but ended up testing only one in a very productive first official NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series pre-season test session Jan. 29-Feb. 1.
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02/02/04
Click on full story for complete details.
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02/02/04
Gary Scelzi put his Hemi-powered Oakley Funny Car at the forefront of Sunday's session of the Las Vegas Blast-Off, the first official weekend of testing for the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, which begins Feb. 19 in Pomona, Calif. Scelzi, a three-time Top Fuel world champion with just 30 races of Funny Car experience, cruised down The Strip with a pass of 4.794 sec./310 mph.
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- January 2004
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01/31/04
No doubt about it: John Force's race team has undergone some serious changes over the winter. Tony Pedregon won the 2003 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series Funny Car title, then departed to join brother Cruz in a two-car family effort. Unless you're in insider, Eric Medlen is not a household word in the sport. But Force recognized talent and tapped the former crewmember to fill some mighty big shoes.
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01/25/04
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway honored its 2003 champions Saturday night during its annual awards banquet tonight at the LVMS Clubhouse.
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01/22/04
Defending NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series Funny Car champion Tony Pedregon will debut his new Quaker State Pontiac at The Strip Jan. 29-Feb. 1. The Strip¿s third annual Drag Racing Blast-Off offers a unique opportunity: NHRA professional teams will be able to test before the 2004 season begins and their fans can see the new cars and their favorite drivers.
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01/19/04
Car show entry form for the second annual Rockabilly Rod Reunion at The Strip -- Oct. 15, 2005.
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01/16/04
NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series driver Gary Scelzi will debut his all-new HEMI Oakley Dodge Funny Car at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway¿s third annual Drag Racing Blast-Off, Jan. 29-Feb.1. Scelzi will embark from Don Schumacher Racing's Indianapolis race shops on a Dodge-sponsored promotional tour en route to The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway for pre-season testing Jan. 29-31.
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01/16/04
Clock Operator, Midnight Mayhem Announcer, Drifting Series Official(s), Drifting Series Announcer.
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01/13/04
See full story for complete schedule and lane assignments.
NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series pro test session Jan. 29-Feb. 1 -- Testing open only to NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series professional teams, NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Sportsmen and NHRA Summit Sport Compact Series classes.
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- December 2003
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12/19/03
Jerry¿s Nugget Casino will host its 4th Annual Racer¿s Appreciation Car Show on Sunday, January 25, 2004 in the casino parking lot. The event is free to participants and spectators. The show is open to all vehicles that regularly compete at any of Las Vegas Motor Speedway¿s venues (the Bullring, The Strip, etc.) and to any motorsport enthusiast that just loves to show off their wheels. The show will feature classic vehicles, hot rods, trucks, motorcycles, street rods, classics, drag bikes, late models and more. All entrants will receive a gift pack, event t-shirt, and discount coupons for area businesses. The event will run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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12/17/03
The National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) Tech Department will conduct chassis and body certifications for drag-racing teams during the 2004 Drag Racing Blast-Off at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The first official 2004 test session for NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series professional and Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series sportsman teams will begin on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2004 and continue through Sunday, Feb. 1, 2004.
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12/16/03
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway will honor its 2003 NHRA drag racing champions during its annual awards banquet on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2004, at 6 p.m. at the LVMS Clubhouse.
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12/12/03
Steve Stevens, 40, of Henderson, lost his life in an accident in his garage Dec. 10. Stevens had been helping Strip competitor Gary Mazzone for the past two years and was building his own car to race.
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12/11/03
Tickets for the fourth annual NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway are now on sale. The event, which features nitromethane-burning dragsters dueling at 320-plus mph, is set for April 3-6, 2003. The NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals is the first of two NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series events scheduled for The Strip in 2003.
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12/06/03
The final Titan Auto Insurance Midnight Mayhem of the 2003 season at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway ended in fine style, with 1,126 spectators and 437 cars and bikes. While most of the northeast was being pounded with snow, racers from Las Vegas, Utah and southern California were pounding The Strip's quarter mile in their hot domestics and imports.
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12/01/03
The Budweiser Shootout, an all-star event that showcases the NHRA¿s best-performing Top Fuel teams, has a new home. The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway will host the popular event beginning Oct. 30, 2004 as part of the ACDelco NHRA Las Vegas Nationals.
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- November 2003
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11/24/03
The next and final event of the 2003 season at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway is Titan Auto Insurance Midnight Mayhem on Friday, Dec. 5. The season finale will feature the Las Vegas' Fastest Female Shootout. Gates will open at 7 p.m., with racing from 8 p.m.-Midnight. Entry fee for racers is only $10. Spectator admission is $5.
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11/24/03
Dan Nickelson of LaVerne, Calif., won the Nitro Coupe finale at the AutoZone Super Chevy Show at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Sunday evening. The event featured all-Chevrolet -- or Chevrolet-powered -- drag racing and a car show.
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11/19/03
Entry forms are now available for the 2004 B&M Racer Appreciation Series-sanctioned Las Vegas Bracket Championship Kick-Off to be held at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Feb. 6-8, 2004. The three-day event will award $5,000 to the winner of Super Pro and $1,000 to the winner of Pro Bracket each day.
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11/17/03
Teams from Idaho and Las Vegas area dominated the three-day meet. Mark Kidd of Twin Falls, Ida., and Bob Coulter of Las Vegas won overall points championships in the Super Pro and Pro classes during the three-day Las Vegas Bracket Nationals at The Strip at LVMS.
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11/11/03
The fourth annual AutoZone Super Chevy Show returns to The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Nov. 21-23. Last year, nearly 20,000 participants and spectators came to The Strip to celebrate everything Chevrolet, and with added attractions for the 2003 event, this year promises to be even bigger.
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11/07/03
Super Pro (Electronics) ¿ 7.50 sec. and slower, .5 full tree, open top bulb. ($5,000 to win each day.)
Pro/Footbrake (Non-electronics) ¿ 7.50 sec. and slower, .5 full tree, transbrake permitted. ($1,000 to win each day.)
Street/Sport Compact Trophy ¿ 12.00 sec. and slower, .5 full tree, DOT tires and mufflers required.
Thanksgiving food drive -- Racers and fans are encouraged to bring non-perishable food items to The Strip during the Las Vegas Bracket Nationals. There will be two drop-off points: The Strip¿s officials¿ tower and at Ron Landram¿s hauler. The food will then be delivered to local charities for distribution to needy families.
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11/04/03
Drag racers and fans will participate in a Thanksgiving food drive at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway during the second annual Las Vegas Bracket Nationals Nov. 14-16. The three-day event will pay $5,000 to the winner of the Super Pro category and $1,000 to winner of the Pro Bracket class each day. The number of entries for the Las Vegas Bracket Nationals already has exceeded last year¿s total and The Strip is averaging 15 new entries daily with three days remaining until the pre-entry deadline. Racers are encouraged to enter before the Nov. 7 pre-entry deadline to save money. After Nov. 7, entry fees for the Super Pro category will increase from $200 to $250 and Pro admission will cost $150 instead of $100.
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11/03/03
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway will host its next-to-last Titan Auto Insurance Midnight Mayhem of the 2003 season on Friday, Nov. 7. In addition to street-style racing, the X-Treme Mayhem Jam will feature a drifting exhibition, extended hours, $300-to-win bikini contest and live performances by Melanie Hines, BZ Collins, E-Mac and Edward Soul.
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11/02/03
The four-day NHRA Div. 7 Finals ¿ Short Line Express Markets Gambler Nationals is now history. Of 908 entries, only one local racer claimed a final-round victory: Duane Shields, the event¿s sponsor. On Saturday, Shields earned No. 1 Qualifier status and also Top Speed of the meet in the Top Alcohol Dragster class with a pass 5.374 sec./270.00 mph. Duane faced Marty Thacker of Robinson, Ill., in the final round. Although Thacker posted a better reaction time (.027 to Shields¿ .050), Shields crossed the finish line first at 5.403 sec./266.32 mph.
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11/01/03
Hometown favorite Duane Shields is the No. 1 qualifier in TAD. Duane set the pace with a pass of 5.374 sec./270.00 mph. Currently, there are 19 competitors in the TAD class vying for Sunday's eight-car field.
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- October 2003
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10/31/03
Qualifying began Thursday, Oct. 30 for the Short Line Express Market Las Vegas Gambler Shootout, a round of the NHRA Div. 7 Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. More than 750 racers from across the country are expected to compete this weekend in what is the last of 45 events in the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series.
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10/30/03
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway has converted its ¿Christmas Tree¿ starting system from incandescent bulbs to LEDs (light-emitting diodes) immediately following the third annual ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals Oct. 26. The National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) has utilized LEDs in its Christmas Tree at all 2003 POWERade Drag Racing Series events, beginning with the season-opener in Pomona, Calif.
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10/27/03
Tony Pedregon made history by ending his boss John Force's string of 10 consecutive Funny Car championships with a thrilling final-round win over rival Whit Bazemore at the third annual ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals. The victory clinched the series title and the race trophy at the same time, sending the entire John Force Racing entourage into a frenzy.
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10/26/03
Fred Hahn of West Seneca, N.Y., should head over to Von Smith¿s souvenir trailer and buy a t-shirt or two. Smith¿s victory over Thomas Patterson in the Prop Mod finale allowed Hahn to win the 2003 DRO/NMM Pro Modified championship by only five points. After Hahn¿s Summit-sponsored Corvette struggled in qualifying and failed to make the eight-car field, he and his team had to endure the eliminations to see if the title would land in their camp or Patterson¿s. Mathematically, Patterson had to win the final round to earn enough points to pass Hahn.
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10/26/03
Schedule for the NHRA Div. 7 Shortline Express Markets Gambler Nationals Oct. 28-Nov. 2
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10/26/03
Two of three local racers and riders entered in Pro categories made the final cut Saturday evening to advance to first-round eliminations Sunday at the ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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10/25/03
Wally Parks was a driving force behind bringing the National Hot Rod Association to Las Vegas. From now on, racers arriving at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway will drive down the street that bears his name. The speedway has honored the NHRA¿s founder by naming the main access road to the drag strip Wally Parks Lane. This newly resurfaced road connects Speedway Boulevard to the entry gates for both The Strip and the half-mile dirt oval.
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10/25/03
Tony "Sarge" Schumacher -- 1999 NHRA Top Fuel World Champion and driver of the U.S. Army dragster -- is awaiting the birth of his second child, a son. While Mom is at home waiting to deliver, Tony earned No. 1 Qualifier status with a blazing night run of 4.529 sec./331.45 mph. Meanwhile, Funny Car points leader Tony Pedregon grabbed top honors after two rounds of qualifying and soon-to-be-retired Shirley Muldowney drew standing ovations each time her "Last Pass" Top Fueler pulled to the starting line.
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10/24/03
Legendary rockers Aerosmith have accepted an invitation to be the guests of Worsham Racing, featuring the Checker, Schuck's, Kragen Funny Cars, driven by Del Worsham and Phil Burkart, and the Artisan Home Entertainment "Terminator 2: Extreme DVD" Funny Car driven by Arnie Karp, during Saturday's qualifying action at this weekend's AC Delco Las Vegas Nationals.
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10/24/03
NHRA POWERade Top Fuel champion Larry Dixon and his Snake Racing/Miller Lite team have won the 2003 NHRA POWERade championship title and would like to add a fourth straight win in Las Vegas. The Don Prudhomme-owned team is eager to revisit The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway site of this weekend¿s ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals.
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10/22/03
Some of the biggest names in professional drag racing ¿ and rock ¿n¿ roll ¿ have committed to appear at Las Vegas Motor Speedway¿s Club Nitro hospitality tent during the third annual ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals at The Strip Oct. 24-26.
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10/22/03
For the first time in 11 years, John Force rolls into the next-to-last race of the season with no realistic chance of winning the NHRA POWERade Funny Car Championship. Nevertheless, down 177 points to Castrol SYNTEC¿ teammate Tony Pedregon as the tour moves this week to The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, the 11-time Auto Racing All-America selection is anything but dispirited about the likely end of the most incredible singular performance in sports history ¿ 10 consecutive series championships.
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10/22/03
Winner of more races this year (seven) than any other two Funny Car drivers combined, Pedregon will drive a special edition Castrol SYNTEC¿ Ford Mustang bearing images of the rock band KISS during the third annual AC/Delco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals which concludes Sunday at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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10/22/03
The battle for the DRO/NMM Pro Mod Cup, which goes to the driver who emerges from this weekend's NHRA AMS Staff Leasing Pro Mod Challenge with the most points, is down to the wire. As the final event on this year's NHRA AMS Staff Leasing Pro Mod Challenge schedule unfolds, Fred Hahn, from West Seneca, N.Y., driver of the Jim Oddy-owned Summit Racing Corvette, holds a slim lead over newly crowned IHRA Pro Mod champion Mitch Stott, from Mill Spring, N.C., in the Radiac Abrasives Corvette.
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10/22/03
Citizens Area Transit (CAT) will offer express service to the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) events at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway (LVMS), Thursday, October 23 through Sunday, October 26, 2003. The route will depart from bay #2 at the Downtown Transportation Center (DTC), and travel direct to the Speedway, dropping off and picking up passengers at the LVMS Administration Building.
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10/22/03
Race fans attending this weekend's ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals may need to take a little extra time to find Warren Johnson among the expected large turnout of Pro Stock competitors. Gone will be Johnson's trademark GM Performance Parts yellow paint scheme with the patriotic red, white and blue tail, replaced by a dramatic new look highlighting ACDelco's title sponsorship of this event.
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10/22/03
For most racers, competing at an event bearing your sponsor's name is not an experience to look forward to. In addition to the extra commitments away from the race track, there is a perceived added pressure to perform in front the people primarily responsible for your racing efforts.
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10/22/03
With just two races left in the 2003 POWERade Drag Racing Series, the Funny Car championship will be won by a first-timer, either Whit Bazemore or Tony Pedregon. And, unless there's a major catastrophe between these two, John Force, although mathematically in the running, is not likely to win his 13th crown.
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10/21/03
The catch phrase in the popular movie Jerry Maguire was, "Show me the money." Top Fuel driver Doug Herbert has one now, too. It is, "Show me the time slip." Herbert has been hoping to see impressive time slips since Wes Cerny began making changes to the Snap-on Racing dragster's combination.
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10/21/03
What a difference a year makes! One year ago at the 2002 NHRA ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals, David Baca, driver of the Henkelman & Baca American Racing/Waterloo Tool Storage/ Skill Clean Top Fuel Dragster, made his NHRA Top Fuel professional debut. The end result of that debut was the first, and thus far, only DNQ of his professional career. Since then the Brentwood, Calif., driver has been among the leading performers on the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series.
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10/21/03
When Tim Wilkerson began the 2003 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing campaign, it was the first full season for Wilkerson in the Levi, Ray & Shoup (LRS) Pontiac Funny Car. As Wilkerson planned the season it became apparent that it should be labeled as the LRS Full Assault Tour and ¿full assault¿ has become the appropriate description of Wilkerson¿s year. With two races left in the year, Wilkerson is full-speed on his Full Assault Tour.
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10/21/03
Micah Roberts sets the odds for the sports books at Station Casinos. Roberts has chosen two champions and one title contender as his favorites in this weekend¿s ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals. Larry Dixon has locked up the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series Top Fuel championship and is listed at 2/1. Greg Anderson, who dominated the Pro Stock ranks and earned the 2003 title, has been listed at 3/2. Tony Pedregon could clinch the Funny Car crown on Sunday and is Roberts¿ top pick at 3/1. Perennial fan favorite John Force, who will drive a Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Funny Car this weekend, is third at 4/1.
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10/17/03
Kenny Bernstein is on a hot streak having won two of the last three races, and the Budweiser/Lucas Oil team is enthusiastic about an opportunity for a good showing at the third annual ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals Oct. 24-26.
Bernstein, substituting for his son Brandon who was injured in a first round accident May 18 at Englishtown, N.J., has been to the final round three times in five outings at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, winning twice, the 2000 and 2001 spring events.
In 2001, he and Brandon became the first father/son duo in NHRA¿s 50-year history to win at the same national event. At that time, Brandon was competing in the alcohol dragster category.
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10/16/03
Complete schedule for the ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals, Oct. 20-27.
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10/16/03
Jeg Coughlin and his Jeg's Mail Order Chevrolet Cavalier will return to The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway as the defending event winner in the extremely competitive Pro Stock category.
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10/15/03
The Strip at LVMS utilizes a low-power FM transmitter in conjunction with its p.a. system. If you cannot hear p.a. announcements in the pit area, please tune your radio to our new frequency of 103.9 FM.
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10/13/03
John Force, a 12-time NHRA Funny Car world champion and one of the most popular drivers in the history of organized drag racing, is headed to the Third Annual ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on a hot streak. Force defeated Dean Skuza in the Funny Car final to the tune of 5.013-sec./317.68 mph at the last weekend¿s O¿Reilly Auto Parts NHRA Fall Nationals in Texas. The victory was No. 109 of Force¿s career and his third of the season.
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10/13/03
Congratulations to Las Vegas¿ Chris Naffziger, winner of Sunday¿s Race of Champions at the NHRA Division 7 E.T. Finals at Southwestern International Raceway (Tucson, Ariz.). Chris also won The Strip¿s 2003 Jerry¿s Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series Super Pro title.
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10/09/03
The biggest names in professional drag racing will converge on The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the third annual ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals Oct. 23-26. Joining them will be Las Vegas firefighter Andy Lewis, who will make his debut as an NHRA Pro Stock Bike competitor at this event. Six-time NHRA champion Kenny Bernstein made what was supposed to have been his final Las Vegas appearance here last October. At season's end, Bernstein handed the reins of the formidable Budweiser King Top Fuel Dragster to son Brandon, and his Forever Red tour concluded. Brandon was injured in a first-round crash at Englishtown, N.J., in May and Kenny retrieved his mothballed driving uniform to fill his son's vacant seat. The elder Bernstein will pilot the Bud dragster here in October as his son is not slated to return to racing until 2004.
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10/08/03
The Strip will introduce the latest automotive craze ¿ drifting ¿ to Las Vegas with a special exhibition to be held Friday, Nov. 7. The exhibition will launch a six-event points series in 2004. This will mark the first time that a continental U.S. motorsports facility has offered a drifting competition program. Drifting consists of racing on a specially-designed road course while trying to maintain a controlled slide. Racers are judged on their lap times and sliding ability. The sport of drifting has attracted huge followings in Japan and Hawaii but it just starting to catch on in the U.S. Several venues in southern California have hosted independent drifting events but none have created a regular point-based program.
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10/07/03
Final points for Jerry's Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series at The Strip, updated Oct. 7, 2003.
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10/07/03
All venues at Las Vegas Motor Speedway are quiet this weekend as we prepare for major NHRA, AHDRA and Bullring events.
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10/07/03
Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley, principal members of the legendary rock group KISS, will return to The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the third annual ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals Oct. 25-26. The pair served as grand marshals for last year¿s event and enjoyed it so much they decided to book a return engagement to rock Las Vegas.
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10/05/03
Don Kruse of Las Vegas won the NHRA National Dragster Challenge for the Outlaw Eliminator class at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Saturday night. Kruse, driving the Kruse & Raymond Beretta, defeated Kenny Yeoman to claim the coveted NHRA "Wally" trophy.
Although he was defeated in the first round of eliminations, Antonio Hite of Las Vegas earned enough points to claim the 2003 Jerry's Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series Outlaw Eliminator title. The points race ended as two-man battle for the crown. Carl Cannavo was second in points going into the final night of racing, but was defeated in the semi-final and lost to Hite by a mere three points.
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10/04/03
Husband-wife NHRA Top Fuel Dragster team John Smith and Rhonda Hartman-Smith have entered the ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals, to be held at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Oct. 24-26. Rhonda, driver of the FRAM Filters Top Fuel Dragster, posted her career-best elapsed time during the first round of Top Fuel eliminations at the 3rd Annual CARQUEST Auto Parts NHRA Nationals at the Route 66 Raceway Sept. 28.
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- September 2003
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09/23/03
Las Vegas¿ Leo Shaver, a past Jerry¿s Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series Motorcycle champion at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, won the GAME2003 Pro ET finale over Boulder City¿s Jason Whitenack. Shaver and Whitenack were the only local winners and runners-up during the final day of the Great American Motorcycle Experience.
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09/18/03
The Strip at LVMS also has announced event dates for its 2004 Vegas Bracket Championship Series. The first event will be The Strip¿s Fifth Anniversary Season Opener, Feb. 5-7, 2004. Each day of the three-day event will pay $5,000 to the winner of the Super Pro class and $1,000 to the winner of the Pro category.
The Strip at LVMS will close its 2004 drag racing season with the Las Vegas Bracket Nationals. At the request of west coast bracket racers, The Strip has moved the Las Vegas Bracket Nationals to Thanksgiving weekend ¿ Nov. 25-28 -- and will expand the program to four days of racing that will pay a minimum of $5,000 to win for Super Pro and $1,000 to win for Pro racers.
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09/18/03
Entry forms are now available for the 2003 Las Vegas Bracket Nationals to be held Nov. 14-16 at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The three-day event will pay $5,000 to the winner of the Super Pro category and $1,000 to winner of the Pro Bracket class each day. More than 250 participants competed in the 2002 edition of the event. Jim Bruns of Bremerton, Wash., won the weekend points honors in the Super Pro class and Mark Kidd of Meridian, Ida., captured the Pro title.
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09/18/03
Complete schedule for the Shortline Express Markets Gambler Nationals -- NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Divisional Finals -- Oct. 28-Nov. 2 at The Strip at LVMS.
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09/15/03
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway will present its 2004 Blast-off Feb. 13-15. This event is the final opportunity for NHRA POWERade professional and NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Sportsman teams to test prior to the start of the 2004 season. The first two drag-racing Blast-off events have featured the debut of new body designs and paint schemes, last-minute licensing passes by new drivers and the final opportunity for many teams to grasp their tune-up packages.
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09/14/03
The final points race of the 2003 Jerry's Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series laid everything on the line Saturday night. The double-point event also awarded coveted NHRA "Wally" trophies to the winners and more than one pre-race favorite and/or championship contender lit the dreaded red bulb or broke out. Chris Naffziger withstood the closing-night pressure to win the Super Pro final round and 2003 championship. Naffziger cruised to victory when opponent Mike Giordano fouled at the starting line. Alfred Sweeting's red '67 Camaro delivered him to victory and the series title in the Pro division when he defeated Utah's Pat French. Mark Acton defeated Bill Culver for Street honors and Kahea Woods claimed an upset win over past Motorcycle champion Leo Shaver. Bill Dudley, 60, showed the kids how it's done in the Sport Compact class by defeating Aaron Kimball in the final round. Dudley also scored the series championship.
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09/14/03
Henderson residents Tristan Craig and Justin Lamb won final rounds of competition in their respective categories and also clinched season championships at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Saturday morning. Craig, 10, defeated Jon Irving of Boulder City to win the Thunder class in The Strip's 2003 Shortline Express Markets NHRA Jr. Dragster Series. His victory also secured the championship in that division. Lamb, 16, defeated Steven Holmes of Henderson to claim Lightning division honors as well as the championship.
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09/11/03
Weekend schedule for The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, including Test 'n' Tune, Titan Auto Insurance Midnight Mayhem, Shortline Express Markets NHRA Jr. Dragster Double-Point Series Finale, Jerry's Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series Double-Point Finale and Motorcycle Madness.
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09/08/03
The Jerry¿s Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series took center stage at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Saturday for a late-night points show following the second annual Back-to-School Monster Truck Bash. The next-to-last points race of the 2003 season concluded in a 4 a.m. Super Pro finale that was anything but a yawn. Carl Cannavo, a Queens, N.Y., native who grew up in the shadow of Shea Stadium, faced Speedway Children¿s Charities good guy Bob Farnum of Las Vegas. Both drove rear-engine dragsters with near-identical dial-ins. Cannavo made it to the finish line first and the "22 Hours of Vegas" was over. (The Strip opened at 6 a.m. on Saturday for Jr. Dragsters and was in operation for nearly a complete day.) Other winners included Nick Ariotti (Pro), Rich Winters (Street) and straight-line veteran Bill Dudley (Sport Compact). The Motorcycle final was not won by a bike, but a snowmobile. According to NHRA rules, snowmobiles may compete against each other or race with bikes. Bonnie Benner of Las Vegas brought a Polaris snowmobile, outfitted with a special rear track for driving on asphalt, and won the Motorcycle class.
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09/08/03
Patrick Clark and Jon Irving scored final-round victories in their respective categories on Saturday morning, Sept. 6, at The Strip.
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09/07/03
2003 schedule for The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, including Jerry's Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series, NHRA, AHDRA and Titan Auto Insurance Midnight Mayhem events. Click on full story for complete(revised)schedule.
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09/04/03
Advance discount tickets are now on sale for The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway's second annual Back-to-School Monster Truck Bash on Saturday, Sept. 6. The event marks the only Las Vegas appearance of legendary monster truck Bigfoot this year. The show will feature eight monster trucks, including: Bigfoot, Raminator, Rammunition, Monster Patrol, Bearfoot, Shocker, Sampson and Airborne Ranger. Making its first Las Vegas appearance in more than 10 years is Robosaurus, a 60,000-lb., 45- ft. tall, fire-breathing and car-eating monster.
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09/03/03
Local drag racers will participate in a charity Run-for-the-Money event during the second annual Back-to-School Monster Truck Bash on Saturday, Sept. 6 at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. All proceeds from the race will benefit The Las Vegas Chapter of Speedway Children's Charities. Racers will pay a $20 entry fee to participate and the Nevada Contractor¿s Insurance Company has donated three electric-powered pit scooters ¿ each valued at $200 ¿ for first-place prizes in each of the three categories.
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09/01/03
Young Ryen Lamb of Henderson won her very first Shortline Express NHRA Jr. Dragster finale at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Saturday afternoon. Ryen defeated Chad Webber of Kingman, Ariz., for Thunder Division honors. Miss Lamb also was the only local winner of the two-day Labor Day weekend show. The event drew an NHRA Div. 7 and LVMS record 133 entries for the two-day meet. Each winner on Sunday received the coveted NHRA "Wally" trophy.
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09/01/03
Keith Livsey of Green Valley, Calif., ran 200 mph ¿ seven mph slower than his opponent ¿ to win the Top Eliminator class during the Labor Day weekend PSCA Edelbrock Nationals The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Mike Stewart, the weekend's No. 1 Qualifier, ran 207.43mph but Livsey got to the finish line first in heads-up competition. Other winners included: Matt Schmidt (Real Street), Bobby Frye (True Street), John Mihouetz (Pro Street), Rick Snavely (X-Treeme Street), Doug Sikora (Outlaw 10.5), Christopher Chow (Heavy Street), Casey Vantol (Wild Street), Al McGuinness (Open Comp), Henderson's Justin Lamb (Bracket 1), Bill Walloe (Trophy), Antonio Hite and Bill Webber (Outlaw Eliminator), Mike Saiki (Limited Street) George Mitchell (Hot Street), Jeff Klopp (F-Body Heads-up) and Aaron Crowe (F-Body Bracket).
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- August 2003
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08/26/03
For the fourth consecutive year, The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway will host two NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series national events, it was announced today by LVMS officials. The fifth annual NHRA Summitracing.com Nationals will bring thunder to the top of the Las Vegas Valley on April 1-4, 2004. The drivers of the world's fastest and most powerful race cars will return to LVMS Oct. 28-31, 2004, with the running of the fourth annual ACDelco NHRA Las Vegas Nationals.
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08/25/03
As the traditional summer season comes to a close, The Strip's busy season kicks into high gear with a Labor Day Weekend spectacular. The Titan Auto Insurance Midnight Mayhem End-of-Summer Bash lights the fuse on Friday night, followed by the Pacific Street Car Association, Outlaw Eliminator Series and Short Line Express Markets NHRA Jr. Dragster Series on Saturday and Sunday!
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08/19/03
Jerry's Nugget Reaction Time Bonus Awards: Jeremy Rapp (Super Pro), Dale Howard (Pro), Ron Winters (Street), Dave Phillips (Motorcycle) and Arwin Del Rosario (Sport Compact). Jerry's Nugget Reaction Time Bonus Awards are earned by posting the best reaction time on a winning run in the first round of eliminations.
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08/11/03
BRACKET TEST N¿ TUNE / Titan Auto Insurance MIDNIGHT MAYHEM
FRIDAY, August 15, 2003
SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES
4 p.m. - Test N¿ Tune Gates Open / Tech Inspection Begins
5:30 p.m. - Test N¿ Tune Staging Lanes Open
5:55 p.m.- Jr. Dragster Run #1
6:00 p.m. - Test N¿ Tune Begins
6:30 p.m. - Jr. Dragster Run #2
8 p.m. - Test N¿ Tune Credential Sales Conclude / Tech Closes
7 p.m. - Alcohol Funny Car / Dragster Test Run (1st of 2 sessions)
7:30 p.m. - Jr. Dragster Run #3
8:30 p.m. - Jr. Dragster Final Test Run
8:45 p.m. - Bracket Gambler Round 1 ($10 to enter ¿ lane 9)
9 p.m. - Alcohol Funny Car / Dragster Final Test Run
9:30 p.m. - Test N¿ Tune staging lanes close
9:55 p.m. - Test N¿ Tune / Bracket Gambler concludes
9 p.m. - Titan Auto Insurance Midnight Mayhem Credentials / Tech Opens
10 p.m. - Titan Auto Insurance Midnight Mayhem Street Racing
12 a.m. - Credentials / Tech Closes
2 a.m. - Midnight Mayhem Staging Lanes close
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08/09/03
Local punk rock band Happy Campers will perform during the Titan Auto Insurance Midnight Mayhem at The Strip Aug. 29.at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The evening also will feature the Miss Midnight Mayhem bikini contest, a burnout contest and Fastest Street Car competition.
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08/04/03
It'll be a case of "hello, hello again and goodbye" when the biggest names in professional drag racing converge on The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the third annual ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals Oct. 23-26.
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- July 2003
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07/28/03
Nelson Hoyos was the oddsmaker's favorite at 5/7 going into this weekend's inaugural GM Performance NHRA Sport Compact Series event at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Hoyos, a native of Havana, Cuba, who now resides in Wellington, Fla., had won two of the four NHRA Summit Sport Compact Series events held this year. But during qualifying, his Chevrolet-sponsored team struggled with clutch problems and failed to earn the expected No. 1 Qualifier status. Hoyos and his team made up for it by winning the Pro FWD (Front Wheel Drive) finale and claiming Low E.T. and Top Speed of the meet.
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07/26/03
Qualifying for the inaugural GM Performance NHRA Sport Compact Nationals at The Strip is complete. This national event for the NHRA Summit Sport Compact Series was to have opened the 2003 season here in March but was rained out. The summertime return of the series promises hot action both on and off the track! Click on the story for a complete schedule, prices and highlights.
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07/21/03
Jeremy Rapp (Super Pro), Dennis Evans (Pro), Jaime Martin (Street), Jason Whitenack (Motorcycle) and Aaron Kimball (Sport Compact) earned final-round victories during Saturday's Jerry's Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series event at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Richard Winters of North Las Vegas defeated Russell George of Yuma, Ariz., in the final round of Las Vegas F-Body Club eliminations.
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07/21/03
Friday night's Titan Auto Insurance Midnight Mayhem was postponed due to severe thunderstorms in the area. The storm reached The Strip at LVMS just as Midnight Mayhem had begun. In the interest of public safety, the evening's racing was cancelled and spectators and racers were given the option of using their rain checks (wristbands for racers, tickets for race fans) for the Titan Auto Insurance Midnight Mayhem on Friday, July 25 (at 9 p.m., after the NHRA Sport Compact Nationals) or Friday, Aug. 8.
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07/21/03
Local NHRA bracket racer Michael Edmonds' complete rig -- race car, truck and trailer -- was stolen from in front of his house in Henderson Sunday night. The truck was a blue 2000 Dodge 4x4 pickup. The license plate reads "NASCAR8" and his NHRA number (E747) is displayed on the back window. The trailer is a white Haulmark. The race car is a red 1978 Monza. If you any information, please call him at (702) 568-9578.
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07/13/03
The summer heat wave has hit Las Vegas but it didn't stop the area's top bracket racers ¿ and some new faces -- from converging on The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway for Saturday night's Jerry's Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series event.
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07/09/03
Jett Field, driver of the Jett Force jet dragster and former Top Alcohol Funny Car racer, passed away Tuesday, July 8, from injuries sustained in an accident at Spokane (Wash.) Raceway July 5.
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07/08/03
Los Angeles native Abel Ibarra is coming back to Las Vegas to compete in the inaugural NHRA GM Performance Sport Compact Nationals. The event, originally scheduled as the 2003 season's opening event on March 15-16, was rained out. Ibarra, currently in the top 10 in Pro Rear Wheel Drive points, needs a good showing at The Strip to boost his championship run.
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07/03/03
SCHEDULE FOR THE JULY 25-26 GM PERFORMANCE SPORT COMPACT NATIONALS AT THE STRIP, INCLUDING ADMISSION FEES AND RAINOUT POLICY.
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- June 2003
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06/30/03
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway will be dark for the July 4 holiday weekend and will resume July 11-12 with a Test 'n' Tune session and Titan Auto Insurance Midnight Mayhem on Friday, followed by the Jerry's Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series, Hustlers Car Club cruise-in/show and Motorcycle Madness on Saturday.
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06/30/03
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway presented the second annual Big Rig & Hot Truckin' Spectacular Saturday night. When the diesel fumes and tire smoke subsided, the all-truck drag and show honored final-round winners Jim Sasser of Las Vegas (Tough Truck), Scott Williams (Big Rig) and Wayne Talkington (Unlimited). The Travel Channel was on hand to film the action for a future broadcast.
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06/27/03
Las Vegas Motor Speedway security guard Evert Sherwood passed away today at his home after a long, courageous battle with cancer.
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06/24/03
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway will present an all-truck drag race and show Saturday night at 4 p.m. The second annual Hot Truckin' & Big Rig Spectacular will feature truck-only drag racing, 12 diesel-burning Unlimited Race Rig ("big rig") drag trucks, an expansive custom truck show, the Texas Bandit wheelstanding exhibition truck and a burnout contest.
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06/17/03
The summer of 2003 will begin with a bang as The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway presents a special edition of Titan Auto Insurance Midnight Mayhem on Friday, June 20, at 7 p.m. The 2003 Summer Kickoff Party will include late-night street racing from 7 p.m.-2 a.m., a rave party with DJ Prism, a $500-to-win bikini contest, Insanevideos.com model search and a burnout contest. In addition, Euro Phi Psi will sponsor a cruise night at The Strip, featuring 21 car and motorcycle award categories. There is no increase in admission: $5 for spectators, $10 to race.
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06/16/03
The California Independent Funny Car Association (CIFCA) made its first visit to The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and made quite an impression. The touring west coast group set a club record for number of Funny Car entries (27) and when the smoke cleared on a busy night of racing, Dennis La Charite of Torrance, Calif., clutched the winner's trophy in victory lane.
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06/12/03
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway is famous for its expansive pits, and that area will expand as work crews are paving an additional 46,000 sq. ft. this month. The paving will include both sides of the drag strip pits (which currently are gravel). The Strip also is paving the trackside RV parking spaces to provide a dust-free environment for campers.
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06/10/03
Test 'n' Tune and Titan Auto Insurance Midnight Mayhem on Friday, June 13. The Strip presents Funny Car Thunder on Saturday, June 14, featuring CIFCA Funny Cars, the Jelly Belly Wheelstander, Jett Force jet dragster and the Jerry's Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series.
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06/09/03
Last year, Scott Machael of Las Vegas won The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway's NHRA King of the Track title. This year, it was dad's turn. Dwight Machael, Scott's father and The Strip's 2000 Sportsman champion, won Saturday's hotly contested NHRA King of the Track competition. The final-round winner in each class was placed in the King of the Track category and raced each other for the crown.
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06/03/03
It only happens once each year. The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway will present NHRA King of the Track Night on Saturday, June 7. Drivers and riders who compete in the Jerry's Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series also will run against each other for a coveted NHRA "Wally" trophy and King of the Track jacket and hat. The NHRA "Wally" trophy is named after the sanctioning body's founder, Wally Parks, and is to drag racing what "Oscar" is to the motion picture industry's Academy Awards.
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06/02/03
Only licensed drivers are permitted to operate any type of vehicle in the pits at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. This includes, but is not limited to golf carts, ATVs, scooters, bicycles, full-size cars and motorcycles. Participants may be required to produce proof of liability insurance for pit vehicles used at the track. The following are prohibited: roller-blades, skateboards, razor skooters and roller skates. Children who are caught riding any vehicle or skating device will be escorted back to their pit area by security and the vehicle will be held by security until the end of the evening. Anyone with repeat violations of the rule will be disqualified from competition.
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- May 2003
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05/30/03
Las Vegas firefighter Andy Lewis competes in the Motorcycle class at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in the Jerry's Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series and is that division's current points leader. Lewis spends most of his free time educating children on fire safety, life-saving measures and drug prevention. Lewis and crew members Neal Carter and Bill Ramthun take the red, flamed Suzuki GSXR 750 to about 70 non-racing events a year.
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05/30/03
Monster Garage TV show star Jesse James is famous for his outrageous mechanized creations, but this one may be his wildest ¿ and we saw it here first. James and his Monster Garage TV crew wanted to see how fast they could make a New York City hot dog vendor cart go, so they mounted one on a front-engine dragster and tested it at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway April 8. The hot dog cart dragster episode will air on The Discovery Channel on Monday, June 2, at 8 p.m.
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05/28/03
The fourth annual Bob & Mike's Birthday Bash was held Sunday, May 25, at Eldorado Park and was a benefit the Las Vegas Chapter of Speedway Children's Charities. The event drew over 300 cars -¿ including hot rods, dragsters, street rods, classic cars, muscle cars and Monster Trucks -- and 3,000 spectators. The bash raised $10,600 for local children's causes.
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05/26/03
The Pacific Street Car Association (PSCA) Innovative Turbo/Borg Warner Airwerks Memorial Weekend Shootout is now history and a surprise winner claimed the biggest prize. Jim Knight of Phoenix defeated favorite Ed Thornton of Chino Hills, Calif., in the final round of Tom's Differential Pro Street competition. On Saturday, Antonio Hite of Las Vegas defeated Mike Giordano for Outlaw Eliminator (Super Quick) honors. On Sunday, Carl Cannavo of North Las Vegas breezed to victory when opponent Joe Niswonger fouled at the starting line. Cannavo won the No. 1 Qualifier Award from Jerry's Nugget Casino on Saturday and Sunday. Las Vegas' Corey LeClair was declared Bracket 1 victor.
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05/13/03
To reward local high school seniors for their hard work and perseverance, The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway is offering free grandstand admission to Titan Auto Insurance Midnight Mayhem on June 27 to this year's graduating class.
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05/13/03
Ron Landram, whose '67 Camaro is aptly named "Eazy Money," scored $850 for winning the final round of Super Pro competition. It was the Las Vegas resident's first Super Pro victory of the 2003 Jerry's Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series. Landram now leads the Super Pro points -- by just one -- over Jeremy Rapp. Defending Motorcycle champion Leo Shaver performed his rendition of "deja vu all over again" with yet another two-wheeled victory. Alfred Sweeting claimed the Pro trophy, Bill Dudley won yet another Sport Compact title and Roger Keller aced the final round of Street competition.
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05/12/03
Drag racer Charles R. Compton, 55, died Thursday at Nathan Adelson Hospice-East.
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05/12/03
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway will be dark this weekend in preparation for the three-day Memorial Weekend Classic May 23-25. The holiday weekend begins Friday evening with a Test 'n' Tune session, followed by Titan Auto Insurance Midnight Mayhem ¿ The Strip's safe alternative to illegal street racing ¿ at 10 p.m. On Saturday, the Pacific Street Car Association (PSCA) and The Strip's Outlaw Eliminator class will hold qualifying runs from 5:30-11 p.m. The Strip will open at noon on Sunday with eliminations at 7 p.m.
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05/08/03
May 10, June 14, July 12, Aug. 16, Sept. 13. Join the Hustlers Car Club as they host the coolest street rod cruise-in and car show in Las Vegas!
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05/01/03
Several drag racers who participate at the The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway will display their cars at the Cinco de Mayo Festival at Lorenzi Park in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 4, from 11 a.m.-6 p.m.
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- April 2003
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04/28/03
Las Vegas firefighter Andy Lewis won the Motorcycle finale of the second round of the 2003 Jerry's Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on VP Fuels Racer Appreciation Night. Lewis' F.I.R.E. Kawasaki defeated Dave Phillips of Las Vegas, 8.117 sec./139.46 mph to 9.585 sec./142.81 mph.
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04/28/03
The All Harley Drag Racing Association (AHDRA) makes its first of two visits to The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway May 2-4. The all-Harley-Davidson drag-racing series features the nitromethane-burning Top Fuel class, capable of speeds in excess of 200 mph.
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04/27/03
Tristan Craig of Henderson scored his second consecutive win of the 2003 season in the Thunder category in NHRA Jr. Dragster competition. Neisha Mackay of Sandy, Utah, claimed Lightning division honors.
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04/23/03
There has been a lot of discussion involving the official rule of driver eligibility ever since a 15-year-old with a Nevada driver's license won our opening Pro Bracket event. We¿ve received numerous calls from racers who have questioned the participant¿s eligibility. As a result of these questions, we felt it was necessary to provide a written clarification for anyone interested in this issue.
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04/22/03
Second annual all-truck show includes drag racing, custom truck show, a burn-out contest and the Texas Bandit wheelstander.
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04/21/03
This weekend's drag-racing action at The Strip includes the Jerry's Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series, Titan Auto Insurance Midnight Mayhem, Short Line Express Markets NHRA Jr. Dragsters and a Test 'n' Tune.
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04/17/03
Schedule, pricing for May 23-25 schedule for PSCA, Outlaw Eliminator MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND CLASSIC at The Strip.
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04/15/03
The Jerry's Nugget Reaction Time Bonus Award -- a $25 casino gift certificate -- is earned by posting the best reaction time on a winning run during the first round of competition during a Jerry's Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series event at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Winners from the April 12 race meet at The Strip: Nick Ariotti (Street), Bob Moudree (Pro), Denise Sasser (Super Pro), Andy Lewis (Motorcycle) and Michael Dudley (Sport Compact).
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04/14/03
Hollywood scriptwriters could not have pounded out a better storyline. Juddi Lin and Justin Lamb both won final rounds in their respective classes in their very first attempts at NHRA-sanctioned bracket racing at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Saturday night. And while neither is old enough to legally drink or smoke, they defeated drag-racing veterans more than twice their age. If their feats didn't make NHRA history, at least it counts as the most memorable night of the 2003 Jerry's Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series.
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04/10/03
Purses and awards for drag racing programs at The Strip.
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04/09/03
Motorcycle Madness, a five-event series, will debut Saturday night at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The series targets illegal street racers who compete on motorcycles on the roads of Las Vegas and Clark County.
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04/09/03
The Southern California Super Eliminator Association will make its first appearance of the 2003 season at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Saturday night. The touring dragster group plans to donate all race profits to the Larry Winter Recover Fund. Winter, 52, suffered head injuries in a finish-line crash on March 30 during an NHRA Division 7 event at Tucson, Ariz. He remains hospitalized in the Intensive Care Unit in a Tucson hospital.
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04/09/03
General handbook, rules and guidelines for The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, including bracket racing, Midnight Mayhem and Jr. Dragsters.
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04/07/03
Larry Dixon (Top Fuel Dragster), Tony Pedregon (Funny Car) and Greg Anderson (Pro Stock) won final rounds of competition at today's NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals at The Strip. Story includes results for local racers.
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04/05/03
The 16-car starting fields for the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series' three pro categories are set for Sunday's fourth annual NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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04/05/03
Larry Dixon, driver of the Miller Lite Top Fuel Dragster, set a new NHRA national speed record of 332.75 mph during the evening qualifying session at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Generally, national records are reserved for tracks at or near sea level. Las Vegas' 2,100-ft. altitude is not conducive to record-setting runs, since "thin air" usually fails to create the necessary horsepower. The Indianapolis native and his crew defied science and lit up the cool, windy night with a record pass that, in his own estimation, may not last long since a total of five professional category records were set during two rounds of qualifying.
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04/04/03
Click here for list of local drivers entered in the fourth annual
NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals at The Strip at LVMS.
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04/03/03
Racing events in Las Vegas have become a gathering place for celebrities for the past several years. After next weekend¿s NHRA Summitracing.com Nationals, music superstar Kid Rock can add his name to that list.
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04/02/03
Scotty Cannon feels good about his Oakley Time Bomb Funny Car right now. It took a trip back to his Indianapolis race shop to inspect, measure and even fabricate parts to get his team back to fighting form, which was evident at the last POWERade Drag Racing Series event in Gainesville, Fla. Cannon posted his best run of the season there (a 4.923-sec. lap) in the first round against No. 1 qualifier Tony Pedregon. Although he lost that round, his spirits are high as he aims for the fourth event of the year, the NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway this weekend.
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04/02/03
Last year, the Las Vegas' George Marnell won the season-opener at Pomona, Calif. This year, he failed to qualify. In fact, the two-time winner has been shut out of the 16-car ladder at all three 2003 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series events. Watching eliminations from a suite, instead of the seat of his Pontiac, is not his style.
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04/02/03
Some of the biggest names in professional drag racing will once again kick off the NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway by participating in an autograph session at the ESPN Zone at the New York New York Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas on Thursday, April 3, from 7-8 p.m. The autograph session is free to the public.
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04/01/03
Micah Roberts, oddsmaker for Station Casinos in Las Vegas, has spoken. Larry Dixon (Top Fuel Dragster), John Force (Funny Car) and Jeg Coughlin (Pro Stock) are Roberts' picks to claim final-round victories at this weekend's NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Hometown hero George Marnell is listed at 20-1 in the Pro Stock ranks.
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- March 2003
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03/30/03
Randy Holly of Las Vegas and Romeo Furio of Boulder City won final rounds Sunday at the inaugural Mopars at The Strip at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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03/28/03
Rhonda Hartman-Smith and teammate-husband, John "Bodie" Smith, will participate in Top Fuel Dragster competition at the NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway April 4-6.
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03/27/03
Brandon Bernstein is perfect for Las Vegas. Las Vegas loves a winner and Bernstein is on a roll, having won the two most recent NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series events. His is a tough act to follow and when local sports books post odds for next week's NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals at The Strip as Las Vegas Motor Speedway, it would be wise to bet on red -- Bud red.
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03/26/03
Some of the NHRA¿s biggest stars have committed to appear at Las Vegas Motor Speedway¿s Club Nitro hospitality area during the NHRA Summitracing.com Nationals April 4-6. Club Nitro is a public hospitality area with meals served during set hours and driver appearances.
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03/25/03
The staff and management of The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway would like to extend its heartfelt condolences to the family of local drag racer Mark Tomlinson, who passed away Sunday morning at age 56.
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03/24/03
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway has signed up as a participant in the Contingency Connection program for the 2003 Jerry's Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series.
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03/24/03
Ed Thornton of Chino Hills, Calif., drove the Hillbilly Racing '69 Camaro to a top speed of 210.73 mph to win Sunday's PSCA Pro Street finale at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Thornton also set PSCA Top Speed and Low E.T. marks of 211.36 mph and 6.809 sec. during qualifying.
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03/16/03
Sunday's GM Performance NHRA Sport Compact Nationals at The Strip was cancelled due to rain. The race, including all NHRA Stylefest events, has been rescheduled for July 25-26.
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03/15/03
It was called the GM Performance Kick-off Party. The kick-off booted one right through the uprights and scored as a record 2,999 spectators and over 500 participants attended the first Titan Auto Insurance Midnight Mayhem of the 2003 season.
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03/13/03
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway will present the Mean Machine Super Show March 22-23, featuring the Pacific Street Car Association (PSCA) and Outlaw Eliminator classes. Gates open at 8 a.m. each day.
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03/13/03
The GM Performance NHRA Sport Compact Series Kick-off Party Presented by Car Audio & Electronics Magazine will take place on Friday, March 14 at 8 p.m. The kick-off party begins three days of sport compact drag racing at The Strip, including the first Titan Auto Insurance Midnight Mayhem of the 2003 season and the inaugural GM Performance NHRA Sport Compact Nationals.
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03/12/03
Complete schedule for the fourth annual NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals at The Strip, April 3-6. Event features the biggest names in professional drag racing in Top Fuel Dragster, Funny Car, Pro Stock, Top Alcohol Dragster, Top Alcohol Funny Car, Comp Eliminator and Sportsman categories.
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03/12/03
The newly-created Pro FWD class will provide an interesting mix of competitors, including some Hot Rod-class veterans and racers from the old Modified class, battling for front-wheel drive supremacy in the seven-second zone.
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03/01/03
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway will host the opening race of the 2003 NHRA Summit Sport Compact Drag Racing Series. The three-day event, the inaugural GM Performance NHRA Sport Compact Nationals, will take place on March 14-16.
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- February 2003
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02/19/03
The NHRA will increase its lifestyle participation at NHRA Summit Sport Compact Drag Racing Series events in 2003. The popular NHRA Stylefest, which will be featured at all 10 NHRA Summit Sport Compact Drag Racing Series events during the upcoming season, will feature many of the lifestyle elements that have made sport compact drag racing one of the fastest growing segments in motorsports.
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02/19/03
Entry form for the bikini contest to be held at the NHRA Summit Sport Compact Series event at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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02/17/03
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway's E.T. Bracket Racing Series has a new name: the Jerry's Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series. Officials for LVMS and Jerry's Nugget Casino today announced a two-year agreement for the North Las Vegas gaming property to sponsor The Strip's 10-race E.T. bracket racing series.
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02/17/03
Five Las Vegas area racers won final rounds in their classes at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway during Sunday's Pro Nitro Nationals.
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02/06/03
Schedule of events for the inaugural GM Performance NHRA Sport Compact Nationals at The Strip, including Titan Auto Insurance Midnight Mayhem.
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02/05/03
Officials at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway have announced a new program: Motorcycle Madness, a five-event series, will debut April 12. The series targets illegal street racers who compete on motorcycles on the roads of Las Vegas and Clark county.
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02/02/03
Day 3 of NHRA Pro testing at The Strip is complete. A number of teams also will test Monday and Tuesday.
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- January 2003
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01/26/03
While many other parts of the country shoveled snow, The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway opened its 2003 season under sunny skies. Ron Landram of Las Vegas won the top prize in Sunday's Bracket Free-For-All and The Strip honored its 2002 champions on Saturday night.
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01/07/03
Complete schedule, prices, lane assignments for Jan. 25 Test 'n' Tune and Jan. 26 Free-For-All.
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01/03/03
The Strip will honor its 2002 E.T. Bracket Racing Series champions at its annual awards banquet on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2003, at Surf City Bar & Grill.
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01/02/03
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway is currently accepting applications for event workers for the 2003 drag racing season. Applicants are encouraged to mail, fax or e-mail resumes to Chris Blair, LVMS' director of drag racing operations.
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- December 2002
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12/19/02
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway will honor its 2002 E.T. Bracket Racing Series champions at its annual awards banquet on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2003. The awards banquet will take place at Surf City Bar & Grill at 7 p.m.
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12/05/02
The Strip at LVMS will present the second annual late-season, high-dollar event -- renamed the 2003 Las Vegas E.T. Championships -- on Nov. 13-16, 2003. The four-day event will open on Thursday, Nov. 13, with a Test 'n' Tune and the Road to Vegas Showdown.
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12/02/02
Jim Bruns of Silverdale, Wash., won the $5,000 Super Pro finale on the final night of The Strip's inaugural Wild, Wild West Thanksgiving Classic on Sunday, Dec. 1. Scott Horsley of Las Vegas won the Pro finale in his "Class of '55" 1955 Chevrolet.
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12/01/02
Mark Cook of LaGrange, Ohio, today won the final round of Super Pro competition to complete Saturday's round of the rain-delayed Wild, Wild West Thanksgiving Classic at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The second round of Super and Pro drag racing had been completed on Saturday evening when rain again fell on The Strip. The rain, coupled with falling temperatures, caused Saturday's race to be continued on Sunday morning.
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12/01/02
Rain delayed, interrupted and finally caused postponement of Saturday's bracket racing action at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Saturday's program was the second of the three-day inaugural Wild, Wild West Thanksgiving Classic.
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- November 2002
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11/30/02
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway opened its inaugural three-day Wild, Wild West Thanksgiving Classic on Friday, Nov. 29. Rick Northup of Boise, Ida., claimed the $2,500 Super Pro first prize while Matt Vanderlip of Chatsworth, Calif., earned the Pro division victory.
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11/29/02
The Strip will present a three-day, high-dollar bracket racing event Nov. 29-Dec. 1. Racing for $5,000-to-win will burn off those Thanksgiving calories in a hurry...
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11/27/02
Lynn Farnum, who finished third in the Street division's 2002 final point standings, gave birth to a baby girl on Nov. 25 at 11 p.m.
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11/26/02
Brandon Potts of Henderson won Saturday night's Bonus Race at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The Bonus Race was held in conjunction with the Super Chevy Show.
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11/25/02
Mark Meier of Las Vegas won the Pro division finale at the annual Super Chevy Show at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Sunday evening. The win was Meier's second Super Chevy Show victory of the 2002 season.
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11/20/02
Final 2002 Jr. Dragster points for The Strip.
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11/17/02
Local racers Tristan Craig of Henderson and Stephanie Crifasi of Las Vegas won two of the four final rounds at The Strip's NHRA Castrol Jr. Drag Racing Series 10th Anniversary finale.
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11/17/02
Four final round trophies left the state Saturday evening as local racers were shut out of the final-round victories column during the ninth Jr. Dragster points race at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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11/17/02
John Phlegar, Bill Dudley and Robert Powers won their respective classes Saturday, Nov. 16, at The Strip.
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11/14/02
In preparation for the 2003 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series season, Gary Scelzi tested with his new team at The Strip Wednesday. As a result, Scelzi delivered a personal record-breaking run.
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11/12/02
The latest edition of Midnight Mayhem at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway will take place on Friday, Nov. 15. Previous Midnight Mayhem events have averaged 400 cars and bikes -- and over 2,000 spectators. The late-night program is designed to attract illegal street racers to the safer environment of The Strip at LVMS.
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11/12/02
Schedule and prices for the Super Chevy Show at The Strip Nov. 22-24.
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11/11/02
The final weekend of NHRA Jr. Dragster competition at The Strip at LVMS will take place Saturday and Sunday. Gates will open each morning at 7 a.m., with time trials from 8-10:30 a.m., followed by eliminations at 11 a.m.
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11/08/02
The schedule for the remaining events of the 2002 season at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway was revised Oct. 10 to reflect the three-day Wild, Wild West Thanksgiving Classic. Please consult this revised edition and discard all previous schedules.
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11/04/02
The event drew an all-time record 970 entries, drew the quickest Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car fields ever assembled and set 15 new records in Comp. And for Las Vegas-area drag-racing fans, Boulder City's Sean Conner upheld the local honor by winning the NHRA Kerker Motorcycle Series finale.
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11/03/02
Qualifying for 970 entries at the NHRA Division 7 Lucas Oil Series Finals Presented by Shortline Express Markets is complete and two Las Vegas racers have earned No. 1 Qualifier status.
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11/02/02
Drag racers who compete at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway are invited to submit their e-mail address to the Public Relations Department to receive news, results, points and updates.
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11/02/02
Jeff Taylor remained at the top of his class in Comp after the
second round of qualifying at the NHRA Div. 7 Lucas Oil Series Finals Presented By Short Line Express Markets.
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11/02/02
After two rounds of qualifying at the NHRA Div. 7 Lucas Oil Series Finals Presented By Short Line Express Markets, husband and wife John and Marka Gallina will head into eliminations as the top qualifiers in Super Stock and Stock. A total of 951 entries have signed in!
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11/01/02
The remaining portion of Pomona Raceway's NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event concluded at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway as eight racers earned belated wins.
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- October 2002
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10/31/02
Results for Las Vegas-area racers who competed in the second annual NHRA ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals at The Strip Oct. 24-27.
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10/30/02
Jerry¿s Nugget Casino in North Las Vegas geared up to full throttle for their third annual Racers' Appreciation Car Show, held Sunday, Oct. 20. The show was open to all vehicles that regularly compete at any of the LVMS' venues and to any motorsports enthusiast that just loves to show off their wheels.
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10/30/02
Schedule and admission prices for the NHRA Division 7 Lucas Oil Series Finals at The Strip at LVMS Oct. 30-Nov.3.
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10/29/02
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway will host the opening race of the 2003 NHRA Summit Sport Compact Drag Racing Series on March 15-16.
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10/28/02
Just days after the successful running of the second annual NHRA ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals, The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway will present another drag racing spectacular as it plays host to the NHRA Division 7 Lucas Oil Series Finals Presented By Short Line Express.
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10/28/02
ACDelco, a leader in the automotive aftermarket parts category and long-time sponsor of NHRA drag racing, has reached a second multi-year agreement with the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) and The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway to continue as title-rights sponsor.
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10/27/02
It's all over. Well, almost over. Larry Dixon, John Force, Jeg Coughlin Jr. and Angelle Savoie won their respective Pro categories at Sunday's second annual NHRA ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
For Dixon, Coughlin and Savoie, it's over because they clinched points championships in Las Vegas, the next-to-last event on the 2002 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series trail.
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10/27/02
Larry Dixon, Jeg Coughlin Jr. and Angelle Savoie clinched NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series championships before the final round at Sunday's NHRA ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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10/26/02
The field is set for Sunday's second annual NHRA ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. After four rounds of qualifying, Bruce Sarver (Funny Car), Doug Herbert (Top Fuel Dragster), Matt Hines (Pro Stock Bike) and Kurt Johnson (Pro Stock) earned No. 1 Qualifier status.
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10/26/02
Larry Dixon, Tony Pedregon, Greg Stanfield and Angelle Savoie are the fastest pro drivers/riders after the first day of qualifying at The Strip for the second annual NHRA ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals.
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10/23/02
The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino will host an NHRA kickoff party on Thursday, Oct. 24 at 9 p.m.
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10/21/02
The oddsmakers have spoken: Kenny Bernstein (Top Fuel Dragster), John Force (Funny Car) and Jeg Coughlin (Pro Stock) are favored to win the second annual NHRA ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway this Sunday.
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10/21/02
Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Levy Restaurants Sports & Entertainment and Designated Drivers Inc. have again teamed up to help ensure fans attending the Oct. 24-27 NHRA ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals will have a safe, friendly alternative to getting behind the wheel after enjoying alcoholic beverages.
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10/21/02
Entries filed by local racers will account for 32 of the 914 received for this week's NHRA ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The Las Vegas event's entry list is second only to the U.S. Nationals at Indianapolis Raceway Park on the 2002 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series schedule.
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10/21/02
Brian Jernigan of Spring, Texas, won the JIMS Top Fuel class finale at the AHDRA JIMS Las Vegas Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Sunday afternoon.
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10/20/02
Tickets are still available for Club Nitro -- VIP hospitality that YOU can afford -- at the second annual NHRA ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals Oct. 24-27. Call LVMS' Jason Golden at (702) 632-8285.
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10/20/02
Current point standings for NHRA Jr. Dragsters at The Strip at LVMS.
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10/17/02
Schedule and ticket prices for the second annual NHRA ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals at The Strip at LVMS Oct. 24-27. This event is the next-to-last race of the 2002 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series and Kenny Bernstein's final appearance in Las Vegas as a driver.
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10/17/02
Some of the biggest names in professional drag racing will participate in a one-hour autograph session on Thursday, Oct. 24, from 7-8 p.m. at the ESPN Zone in the New York New York Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.