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Goodguys Close Out VRA Racing Season
on a High Note at Famoso Raceway

Auto Club Famoso
Raceway, Bakersfield, CA - An abbreviated 2006
Goodguys/VRA Nostalgia Drag Racing Series came to a picture perfect end today at
Auto Club Famoso Raceway, just north of Bakersfield as all 14 class finals were run at
sunset. It was almost as if Mother Nature was in sync with the drag racing gods
– timing the whole thing just right.

The Nostalgia Top Fuel race outcome and the championship
points battle hung in the balance of the final which featured 2005 Goodguys
champion Rick White against 25 year old hard charger Sean Bellemeur. At stake in
the final for Bellemeur was his first-ever Goodguys Top Fuel event win and his
first-ever Goodguys Top Fuel Championship. His bid fell short just after he left
the line as his Plaza Hotel & Casino entry went up in smoke. White, who had
struggled all season, found the winning combination here at the ‘Finals streaked
away to win the event in 5.873 seconds. Utah’s Brett Harris, who had gone out in
today’s second round, won the Goodguys Top Fuel  Championship as his second
round finish here and big win earlier in the season at Pomona gave him the
needed points for his first-ever Goodguys Top Fuel title. Harris also set a new
Goodguys Top Fuel class speed record this weekend at
261.24.

Many a season title has been decided at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor
Speedway and many a world championship bid boosted by a crucial win. Last year,
reigning POWERade Top Fuel world champ Tony Schumacher enjoyed a $600,000 payday
by locking up the season title and winning Saturday’s Shootout and Sunday’s
event to earn a double-up bonus from NHRA.

It's a virtual "Hot Rod Reunion" in Orlando for each of the REAL World Street Nationals events.  

Everybody that's anybody in fast door slammer drag racing shows up in Orlando and then a hard core, hammer down, wide open, drag race explodes into action.  No jets, no circus acts, no throttle stops or delay boxes.  No bracket racing, no "boom box" contests, no bull, no "test runs", no dragsters, no practice and NO CRYBABIES!  Every run counts at the big dance. Every run counts at the big dance.

As the Universal Technical Institute World Finals approaches, fans of
the IHRA eMax Nitro Jam™ Drag Racing Series will pay close attention to
the championship chases in the five professional categories. The event
will be held October 20 – 22 at Rockingham Dragway in North Carolina.

Keep up with the behind-the-scenes action at the IHRA Universal Technical Institute World Finals, October 20 – 22 at Rockingham Dragway in North Carolina.
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Championships are on the line for the 2nd annual ADRL Battle for the Belts and GetWorkComp.com World Finals from Kennedale, Texas. This is the final event of the 2006 season. Keep up with this weekend's action.

NHRA POWERade Drag
Racing returns to Virginia for the first time in five years,
bringing nitro-fueled thunder to the hallowed battlegrounds where Civil War
cannons once roared. 

Host of an NHRA national event from 1995 to 2000, Virginia Motorsports Park was the site of the first 200-mph Pro
Stock pass. Keep up with this weekend's action through our behind-the-scenes notebook.

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