racing

Black History Month Spotlight: Sonny Shipmon

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Herb McCandless and Sonny Shipmon reached speeds and heights so rarified in drag racing that their distinguished accomplishments are set to become stamped into immortalization today. The Burlington legends are among the five members who comprise the second class of inductees for the North Carolina Drag Racing Hall of Fame. … Read the full story … Read more

Schumacher, Hight, Anderson score wins in NHRA Winternationals

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POMONA, Calif. – Defending Top Fuel world champion Tony Schumacher raced to his 42nd career victory Sunday at the CARQUEST Auto Parts NHRA Winternationals. Robert Hight and Greg Anderson also were winners in their respective categories at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series event, the first of 24 races in 2008. Schumacher, who with the … Read more

“The Sarge” readies for NHRA season

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With the 2008 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series campaign less than a month away, Army Top Fuel driver Tony ‘The Sarge’ Schumacher is already figuring on another edge-of-your-seat type of season. After securing two straight world championships at the last race and in the final round each time, Schumacher assumes the script will remain the … Read more

Mike Neff profile

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Mike Neff, who won his first NHRA Funny Car championship from outside the cockpit, hopes to win his next one from the inside as a member of John Force Racing’s Next Generation of professional drivers. A native of Hemet, Calif., where he grew up racing dirt bikes and off-road trucks, Neff will contest the 2008 … Read more

Robert Hight profile

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Officially, Robert “Top Gun” Hight lost the NHRA POWERade Funny Car Championship last year by 19 points, roughly the equivalent of one racing round. Unofficially, he lost it by .001 of a second, the margin by which he fell short of the one per cent backup run that would have certified a season-opening… Read full … Read more