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      <title><![CDATA[denver track is good to nhra mopar teams]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Drag Race Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1280166554" delta="3 days ago"><![CDATA[7/26/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Mopar-sponsored Pro Stock driver Allen Johnson always makes it clear that this weekend's Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals at Denver's Bandimere Speedway is his biggest race of the year. Through qualifying he's proved his point, leading three of four time trial sessions to claim his fourth pole of the season with a 6.966 seconds at 198.64 mph."You know, we got a lot of good luck charms here this weekend with all ...]]></text>
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    <bigarticle id="13038">
      <title><![CDATA[kalitta, hight, johnson grab trophies at nhra meet in denver]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Drag Race Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1280166394" delta="3 days ago"><![CDATA[7/26/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Doug Kalitta became just the fourth different winner in the Top Fuel class this season by outlasting all comers onSunday at Bandimere Speedway near Denver. Funny Car's Robert Hight and Pro Stock's Allen Johnson also claimed trophies at the event, the 16th of 23 on the Full Throttle schedule.A four-time runner-up in 2010, Kalitta finally punched one through at the toughest tracks on the tour by catching and passing Brandon ...]]></text>
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    <article id="12497">
      <title><![CDATA[MS patient takes up drag racing after drug changes life]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Drag Race Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1278533193" delta="3 weeks ago"><![CDATA[7/7/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Kaz Aston, 36, was diagnosed with the neurological condition in 1995, two weeks before her final exams as a student nurse. She said: 'I was lucky. I was training to be a nurse at university so there were clued-up people I could turn to for help and advice.' Despite the shock of the diagnosis, she qualified as a nurse and went on to work for NHS London, but three years ...]]></text>
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    <article id="12495">
      <title><![CDATA[NHRA- Drag Racing's Youngest Nitro Driver Has Fond Memories Of Seattle]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Drag Race Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1278533120" delta="3 weeks ago"><![CDATA[7/7/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Top Fuel driver Morgan Lucas was just 11 years old when he took his first drag racing road trip from Southern California to Seattle's Pacific Raceways. Riding along with Top Alcohol Funny Car driver Jason Rupert, Lucas might as well have been travelling to the Land of Oz that weekend 15 years ago, for that's how exotic the Emerald City seemed to the son of Lucas Oil founders Forrest and ...]]></text>
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    <article id="12299">
      <title><![CDATA[The Tale Of The Ultra-Rare, Drag-Racing 455 H.O. T-37]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Drag Race Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1275676725" delta="7 weeks ago"><![CDATA[6/4/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[My Cameo White '71 455 H.O. T-37 was ordered by Mr. Warren Young of Holiday, Florida, specifically to drag race. I am the third owner of the car, and purchased it in January 1996 from the second owner, who was only able to provide me with the Protect-O-Plate. I was lucky that most of the ultra-rare original drivetrain was still intact, minus the air cleaner, distributor, and original PQ-code transmission.Being ...]]></text>
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    <article id="12056">
      <title><![CDATA[Mr. and Mrs. Smith knocking off drag race competitors]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Drag Race Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1273848604" delta="10 weeks ago"><![CDATA[5/14/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Matt Smith doesn't claim to be Brad Pitt, nor does Angie McBride claim to be Angelina Jolie. In the movie Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Pitt and Jolie portrayed a bored married couple who led clandestine lives as assassins. They eventually learned about one another when competing agencies hired them to kill one another.Matt and Angie Smith are a different style of assassins. The husband and wife duo carry out their ...]]></text>
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    <article id="11673">
      <title><![CDATA[Wife's key in retaining Formula Drift title]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Drag Race Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1272663883" delta="12 weeks ago"><![CDATA[4/30/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[SURROUNDED by reporters moments after retaining his Formula Drift Singapore title on Sunday, Malaysia's Tengku Djan finally revealed the secret of his success - his wife, Eu Yeok Shang. The 33-year-old drift racer credited her for being his 'eyes' outside his race car - by observing his rivals - racing characteristics, and advising him on his racing. "I would say 50-50," Djan said, when asked how important his wife's contribution ...]]></text>
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    <article id="11672">
      <title><![CDATA[Troy Coughlin Braces For Battle Under St. Louis Arch]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Drag Race Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1272663194" delta="12 weeks ago"><![CDATA[4/30/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[ST. LOUIS, April 29, 2010- Troy Coughlin has one of the quickest nitrous-powered Pro Mod racecars in the country, a fact that has the reigning NMCA world champion extremely excited as he heads to Gateway International Raceway for this weekend's 14th annual AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals.Coughlin will be competing in the third of 10 races on the 2010 Get Screened America Pro Mod Drag Racing Series. His JEGS.com race ...]]></text>
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    <article id="11310">
      <title><![CDATA[Force stepping up game in his 60s]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Drag Race Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1270501179" delta="16 weeks ago"><![CDATA[4/5/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Comebacks at age 60 usually are reserved for playing shuffleboard on a cruise ship or growing a better azalea bush than your uppity neighbor. Outracing young and hungry pros at more than 300 mph isn't really an option for the geriatric set, unless your name happens to be John Force.Force is back, three years removed from the worst accident of his career, a crash that crushed his feet and left ...]]></text>
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    <article id="11309">
      <title><![CDATA[Kurt Busch In fast, out faster from GatorNationals drag race]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Drag Race Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1270500906" delta="16 weeks ago"><![CDATA[4/5/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Nothing like a little butt-whipping to make a guy feel humble. Just a week after posting a dominating win at Atlanta, Kurt Busch journeyed south to Gainesville, Fla., for the NHRA GatorNationals. Alas, while he spent four days there, he didn't have a whole lot of track time - just two runs on the 1,000-foot drag strip.Wheeling a rebuilt 1970 Dodge Challenger he bought on eBay for $15,000, Busch ran ...]]></text>
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    <article id="11308">
      <title><![CDATA[NHRA doubles up in inaugural four-wide drag racing]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Drag Race Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1270499712" delta="16 weeks ago"><![CDATA[4/5/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[NHRA drag racing takes on a new twist this weekend near Charlotte, N.C.: Four-wide competition. The inaugural NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMAX Dragway in Concord, N.C., will feature John Force, Tony Schumacher and the sport's other stars racing simultaneously at 300 mph down four 1,000-foot drag strips in the event that starts Thursday.Competition in the National Hot Rod Assn. always has been two dragsters squaring off, both in qualifying and ...]]></text>
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    <article id="10664">
      <title><![CDATA[Schumacher leads Gainesville NHRA winners]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Drag Race Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1268670504" delta="19 weeks ago"><![CDATA[3/15/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Tony Schumacher raced to his first victory of the season and in the process moved into the NHRA Full Throttle Series points lead Sunday at the Tire Kingdom NHRA Gatornationals at Gainesville Raceway. Tim Wilkerson, Jason Line and Eddie Krawiec also were winners in their respective categories at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series event.Schumacher earned his fourth Gatornationals win and 62nd of his career by powering his U.S. ...]]></text>
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