Tom Ghent was beside himself, but that was nothing compared to what his son, Russell Ghent, was feeling. The elder Ghent had been involved in motorsports for a long while, and the former drag racer …
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Racer Says: Quotes and Quips from the Strip
Drag racing in 2021 has kept a quick pace – one that has been refreshingly improved over last season’s fractured schedule – and with the increased track time, there certainly hasn’t been a shortage of …
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Barton No. 1 in Constant Aviation Factory Stock Showdown at Summit Motorsports Park
Courtesy of Elon Werner At the conclusion of three qualifying sessions at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals David Barton and his Ray Barton Chevrolet COPO Camaro ran to the top of a tough Constant …
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Late-Round Sportsman Summary for Norwalk
The fields have been whittled down in the bulk of the Sportsman classes at the 14th annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals in Norwalk, Ohio, and racers are set to bring their A-game to the …
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Sportsman Notes from the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals
There are 15 (!) categories being contested at this weekend’s 14th annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals at Summit Motorsports Park, and 10 of them are reserved just for the Sportsman racers. That means there …
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Alcohol Action at Summit Motorsports Park
We didn’t get to see the Top Alcohol Dragster or Top Alcohol Funny Car contingents run at the most recent national event on the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series schedule, the New England Nationals …
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#DoItForDi: Top Sportsman’s Don O’Neal Competing in Wife Diane’s Honor
Don O’Neal is undoubtedly holding back mixed emotions, but the two-time NHRA national event winner is focused on an important task this weekend. He’s at Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk to “#DoItForDi” and pursue the …
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Good to Know for Norwalk
This weekend, NHRA is coming in hot at Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio, for the 14th running of the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals. This event did not run in 2020, and that’s a …
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Honoring the Extraordinary Kyle Seipel
Kyle Seipel was that guy. He was that guy everyone had a story about, the one everyone wanted to know, talk to, laugh with, and learn from. Kyle Seipel was that guy, and when cancer …
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From Super Comp to Nitro: Travis Shumake is Carving a Path to History
Second-generation Funny Car driver Travis Shumake, 36, is charting a quick path to being the first openly gay driver of an 11,000-horsepower Funny Car in the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA). Already a licensed Super …