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Kalitta, Troxel blow through Top Fuel field to clinch berths (Richmond Times-Dispatch)

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DINWIDDIE — Countdown? What Countdown? That, in essence, was the message sent yesterday at the Torco Racing Fuels NHRA Nationals by a pair of drivers outside striking distance from the NHRA’s version of a playoff — the Countdown to 1. Doug Kalitta, who arrived in Richmond 13th in points, and Melanie Troxel (ninth), blew through … Read more

Scelzi edges teammate Capps in Funny Car final (Lexington Herald-Leader)

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DINWIDDIE, Va. – Four-time series champion Gary Scelzi earned one of four berths in the two-race championship, beating teammate Ron Capps in the Funny Car final Sunday in the Torco Racing Fuels NHRA Nationals at Virginia Motorsports Park. Scelzi, who jumped from sixth to second place, was joined in the winner’s circle by Top Fuel’s … Read more

Scelzi earns berth in title race with Funny Car victory (USA Today)

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Four-time series champion Gary Scelzi earned one of four berths in the two-race championship, beating teammate Ron Capps in the Funny Car final Sunday in the Torco Racing Fuels NHRA Nationals at Virginia Motorsports Park. Scelzi, who jumped from sixth to second place, was joined in the winner’s circle by Top Fuel’s Doug Kalitta and … Read more

Richmond: Rod Fuller Saturday notes (Motorsport.com)

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PETERSBURG, Va. (Oct. 6, 2007) — Rod Fuller continued to qualify his David Powers-owned Caterpillar dragster in the top half of the Top Fuel field, but more importantly secured one of the four coveted positions in the Countdown to One Saturday afternoon at Virginia Motorsports Park. The five-time NHRA winner raced his Caterpillar-backed rail to … Read more

IHRA Names New Media Relations Director

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Mike Perry, who has been with IHRA and Live Nation-Motorsports for three years, has been named IHRA’s new Media Relations Director. Perry, a Kent State University graduate, will… Read full story