Dixon and Force Could Sweep the Swing
July 30, 2003
After convincing wins this past weekend in Seattle, both Larry Dixon and John Force will head into Sonoma with several things on their minds. First, both drivers would like to pick up another win, which would mean that they would both sweep the three-race western swing, a rare feat indeed…
DragRaceCentral: Dixon and Force Could Sweep the Swing
Woodburn Pro Stock Testing
July 29, 2003
StatesmanJournal.com: Established racer returns…
DragRaceCentral.com: 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. Testing
DragRaceCentral.com: Pro Stock Pre-Noon Testing
DragRaceCentral.com: Monday Pro Stock Testing
Johnson adjusting to Team Schumacher
July 29, 2003
Ask award-winning crew chief Alan Johnson if as recently as a few months back he would have ever imagined a scenario that would have him working for his current boss, drag racing magnate Don Schumacher, and he cuts a perfect light with his answer
CarQuest Nationals news round up
July 28, 2003
NewarkAdvocate.com: Morgan heating up (Pro Stock)
RPM.ESPN: Track conditions play key role
SFGate.com: John Force wins his second straight…
SeattleTimes.com: Day’s ‘ugliest run’ enough…
NHRA.com: Pedregon holding tight to slimming…
DragRaceCentral.com: Sunday Wrap-up
Force, Dixon, Anderson win in Seattle
July 27, 2003
NHRA.com: Sunday Wrap Up
RPM.ESPN: Two in a row for Force
A bumpy ride at Pacific Raceways
July 27, 2003
Funny car team mates Scotty Cannon and Gary Scelzi are quite vocal about the condition of the Pacific Raceways drag strip, scene of this weekend’s NHRA event. Cannon said
“Ray Charles could see there’s speed bumps.”
I love it….
SeattleTimes.com: NHRA Nationals
Northwest Nationals perview
July 25, 2003
There is not time to catch your breath this weekend as the NHRA is back in action with the Western Swing stopping off at Pacific Raceway in Seattle…
RPM.ESPN: No time to catch your breath
SeattleTimes.com: NHRA’s Pro Stock race features a 3-man chase
Interview with John Force
July 24, 2003
Check out this interview with John Force at DragRaceCentral.com. Force is fresh off his win at the Mile High Nationals this past weekend, his first of the season.
When asked if he was retiring any time soon the 12 time champion had this to say…
“No. I wouldn’t know what to do. I want to stay in this business because it is fun. I love it at night when the sun goes down and the cars are in the staging lanes and everybody is hoping for that victory or low E.T. and it is just really awesome. I love racing at night when you can see the header flames coming out through the pipes. Your guys are looking at you through the window. That is stuff that people don’t talk about or they say it and don’t really mean it. But to see the look in Coil’s face when we lose or the look when we win. It is something that we are really lucky to be able to do. I’m signed with Ford through 2007 and I am not quitting. I don’t want to quit. Now I am just doing things a little different.”
Dixon (still) dominates, Force is back
July 20, 2003
A weekend of great racing ended with the usual suspect in Top Fuel, Larry Dixon taking the win in the final round of Top Fuel competition. However, a former usual suspect who has struggled this year, John Force, scored his first Funny Car win at the Mile High Nationals.
It was great to hear the John Force victory sound bite again after his finals win over Cruz Pedregon. “The Professor” Warren Johnson was once again victorious over Jeg Coughlin, and Blaine Hale took his first victory in Pro Stock Bikes…
Denver Friday qualifying cut short by weather
July 19, 2003
NHRA qualifying in Dever was cut short on Friday by a lightning strike and dust storm. The lightnig knocked out power to the track during the second session of Top Fuel qualifying….
DragRaceCentral.com: McClenathan, Wilkerson, Anderson and Tonglet Lead Qualifying at Denver