Brainerd preview
August 13, 2003
Courtesy of DragRaceCentral.com…
Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals Fact Sheet
Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals Pre-Race Quotes
Gary Scelzi interview
August 13, 2003
NHRA.com interviews last weeks first time Funny Car winner Gary Scelzi….
NHRA.com: Scelzi’s Sonoma win could be a harbinger of Funny Car’s future
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RacingOne.com: Historic Win for Scelzi
Records may fall at BIR
August 12, 2003
Various improvements, and a thorough track scrubbing before the first runs of the weekend should make for a very interesting weekend in Brainerd…
BrainerdDispatch.com: Will records fall?
Always tough going for Savoie
August 12, 2003
Bill Stephens reports that the adversity Angelle Savoie faces this season is definitely nothing new to her…
RPM.ESPN: Savoie still battling on, off track
Rough week for Snake Racing
August 12, 2003
Team owner Don “The Snake” Prudhomme fired his driver Ron Capps’ crew chief Ed McCulloch last week. Todd Okuhara will serve as the interim crew chief on Capps’ ride while he is “evaluated.” No pressure Todd! The Snake scares me and I’m not even involved…
LasVegasSun.com: Prudhomme fires crew chief on Capps’ Funny Car
SnakeRacing.com: SNAKE RACING ANNOUNCES THE RELEASE OF…
To add to this, ESPN’s Bill Stephens details Snake Racing’s awful week following the Western Swing which saw two of the teams racing haulers destroyed in traffic accidents. Talk about your highs and your lows…
RPM.ESPN: Tumultuous week following Swing
SnakeRacing.com: STATEMENT REGARDING RECENT ACCIDENTS…
Interview with “Fireball” Frank Pedregon
August 5, 2003
The Racing Report talks to Frank Pedregon about his explosive weekend at Infineon…
TheRacingReport.com: 1on1: Frank Pedregon
Dixon completes sweep of The Swing
August 5, 2003
Larry Dixon is now only the 4th driver in NHRA history to win all three races of the “Western Swing” on the NHRA tour…
SpringfieldNewsSun.com: Dixon Completes W. Swing NHRA Sweep
SFGate.com: Dixon avoids Top Fuel upsets
modbee.com: Dixon’s 8th victory caps Western sweep
Scelzi gets first win, Dixon, Coughlin, and Scali take classes
August 4, 2003
Larry Dixon successfully completed the Western Swing with his third Top Fuel win in a row, Northern California legend Gary Scelzi scored his first career Funny Car victory over Dean Skuza, reigning Pro Stock champion Jeg Coughlin Jr. took a huge holeshot win over class frontrunner Greg Anderson, and points leader Geno Scali simply ran away from first-time finalist Andrew Hines in Pro Stock Bike…
NHRA.com: Scelzi bags his first Funny Car victory, Dixon, Coughlin, and Scali also score
DragRaceCentral.com: Dixon, Scelzi, Coughlin and Scali Win at Fram-Autolite Nationals
Who is Angelle Savoie?
August 2, 2003
Who is this beautiful drag bike racer? Where did she come from? Click here to learn more.
TimesStar.com: Savoie is big deal on 2 wheels
Records fall at Sonoma
August 2, 2003
In stark contrast to the complaints last week about the track conditions at Pacific Raceways, the drivers of the NHRA were shattering track records in Friday night qualifying. Doug Kalitta took the track record in Top Fuel. John Force took the ET track record while Gary Scelzi took top speed…
SantaMariaTimes.com: A record day at Sonoma qualifying