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      <title><![CDATA[Gray, Langdon and Coughlin score victories at Kansas Nationals in Topeka ]]></title>
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TOPEKA, Kan. – Johnny Gray raced to his third victory of the season Sunday and moved back into the Funny Car points lead at the 25th annual NHRA Kansas Nationals.

 

Shawn Langdon (Top Fuel) and Jeg Coughlin (Pro Stock) also were winners in their respective categories at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series event. All three winners were presented special-edition silver Wally ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nhra/news/gray-langdon-and-coughlin-score-victories-at-kansas-nationals-in-topeka/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 01:05:36 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Coughlin wins 500th round, receives congratulations from legend John Force]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[TOPEKA, Kan. (May 19) – With his second-round victory over Rickie Jones Sunday at the NHRA Kansas Nationals, Jeg Coughlin Jr. reached the 500 career round win plateau in Pro Stock.

 

&quot;It's been a product of 15 years of dedication from a lot of great teams I have worked with,&quot; Coughlin said. &quot;It's a testament to them from our family teams in the beginning to the ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nhra/news/coughlin-wins-500th-round-receives-congratulations-from-legend-john-force/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 18:44:44 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Force, Langdon and Edwards earn No. 1 qualifying positions at Kansas Nationals]]></title>
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TOPEKA, Kan. – John Force ended a 19-race No. 1 qualifying slump by racing to a track record performance in Funny Car Saturday at the 25th annual NHRA Kansas Nationals.

 

Shawn Langdon (Top Fuel) and Mike Edwards (Pro Stock) also will lead their categories into Sunday’s 11 a.m. eliminations at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series event.

               

Force, a 15-time NHRA ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nhra/news/force-langdon-and-edwards-earn-no-1-qualifying-positions-at-kansas-nationals/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 00:28:05 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Schumacher, Hight and Edwards lead Friday qualifying in Kansas Nationals ]]></title>
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TOPEKA, Kan. – Tony Schumacher raced to the qualifying lead in Top Fuel Friday at the 25th annual NHRA Kansas Nationals.

 

Robert Hight (Funny Car) and Mike Edwards (Pro Stock) also were qualifying leaders at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series event.

 

Schumacher, the series points leader in the 8,000-horsepower category, posted a 3.769 second run at 326.08 mph in his U.S ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nhra/news/schumacher-hight-and-edwards-lead-friday-qualifying-in-kansas-nationals/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 03:45:47 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Defending Pro Stock champion Johnson seeking more success at  Kansas Nationals]]></title>
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TOPEKA, Kan. — Perhaps it was at Heartland Park Topeka last season when Allen Johnson first realized that winning an NHRA Pro Stock world championship title was in the realm of possibility for his Team Mopar Dodge Avenger team.

Johnson ran the table at that event, claiming the No. 1 qualifying position, earning nearly every bonus point available and then powering through ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nhra/news/defending-pro-stock-champion-johnson-seeking-more-success-at-kansas-nationals/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 22:05:56 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Third Atlanta win a charm for Brown]]></title>
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 It’s become a tight race at the top of the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Top Fuel standings after the U.S. Army duo of Tony Schumacher and Antron Brown closed the curtain Saturday on the rain-shortened Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals at Atlanta Dragway.

 
 ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nhra/news/third-atlanta-win-a-charm-for-brown/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 17:50:13 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bernstein battles to finish second in Atlanta's Southern Nationals ]]></title>
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ATLANTA (May 11) - Brandon Bernstein gutted out an impressive performance through draining back pain to reach the Top Fuel final round of the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals on Saturday at Atlanta Dragway.

 
Brando ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nhra/news/bernstein-battles-to-finish-second-in-atlanta-s-southern-nationals/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 17:18:30 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[John and Brittany Force lead team at Atlanta ]]></title>
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COMMERCE, GA ---- The NHRA rescheduled the 33rd Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals after rain washed out last weekend’s event after only four pairs of Pro Stock cars made passes last Friday. Contesting the race on Mother’s Day weekend at Atlanta Dragway proved to be a tough task for John Force Racing but John and Brittany Force tightened up their Mello Yello point ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nhra/news/john-and-brittany-force-lead-team-at-atlanta/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 05:59:14 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Brown, Gray and Edwards claim victories at Southern Nationals in Atlanta]]></title>
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COMMERCE, Ga. – Antron Brown raced to the Top Fuel victory Saturday at the weather-delayed Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals at Atlanta Dragway.

 

Johnny Gray (Funny Car) and Mike Edwards (Pro Stock) also were winners at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series event, which was delayed for one week due to persistent rain showers.

 

Brown claimed his second victory ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nhra/news/brown-gray-and-edwards-claim-victories-at-southern-nationals-in-atlanta/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 23:29:11 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Langdon, Hagan and Edwards earn No. 1 qualifying spots for Southern Nationals in Atlanta]]></title>
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COMMERCE, Ga. – Matt Hagan ended a 29-race drought from the top of Funny Car’s qualifying order by racing to the No. 1 position Friday at the rain-delayed Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals at Atlanta Dragway.

 

Shawn Langdon (Top Fuel) and Mike Edwards (Pro Stock) also will lead their categories into Saturday’s 11 a.m. eliminations as the No. 1 qualifiers in their ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nhra/news/langdon-hagan-and-edwards-earn-no-1-qualifying-spots-for-southern-nationals-in-atlanta/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 23:12:21 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Return to Atlanta after rain-out of first attempt for the Southern Nationals ]]></title>
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COMMERCE, Ga. — NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series teams will return to Atlanta Dragway this weekend for the completion of the rain-delayed Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals. The seventh round of the 2013 season was put on hold one week ago after heavy rains forced NHRA officials to postpone the race until this weekend, May 10-11.

 

The two-day race weekend will ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nhra/news/return-to-atlanta-after-rain-out-of-first-attempt-for-the-southern-nationals/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 18:01:44 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Parity reigns supreme in Funny Car category ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[COMMERCE, Ga. — With five different winners in six races and several more drivers showing they have the potential to win races, to say the NHRA Funny Car category has been competitively balanced would be an understatement.
 
Perhaps brutally tough would be a more fitting description.
 
If there has been a driver that has stood out so far among the pack it would be two-time world champ ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nhra/news/parity-reigns-supreme-in-funny-car-category/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 11:43:04 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Mopar salutes Don Schumacher, looks to defend Atlanta title]]></title>
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Auburn Hills, Mich. (Thursday, April 28) –  For the last of three consecutive national events in as many weeks, Mopar heads to Atlanta Dragway this weekend to compete in the 33rd annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals at Atlanta Dragway, the seventh of 24 events in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series

 
 ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nhra/news/mopar-salutes-don-schumacher-looks-to-defend-atlanta-title/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 04:10:23 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[The "Sarge" and Brown hope for great results in Atlanta]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[TONY SCHUMACHER &amp; ANTRON BROWN



 

COMMERCE, Ga. (May 1, 2013) – While it is widely known that only the strongest wear the colors of U.S. Army Soldiers, those who possess a mental, emotional and physical strength like no other, there have been those among them who have earned special recognition for their exemplary service over the last two centuries.

 
 ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nhra/news/the-sarge-and-brown-hope-for-great-results-in-atlanta/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 03:28:25 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Edwards having another dream season as NHRA heads to Atlanta]]></title>
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COMMERCE, Ga. — Mike Edwards says the first quarter of the 2013 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series brings back a really vivid memory. The veteran driver from Coweta, Okla. says the way his Interstate Batteries/I Am Second Chevy Camaro has been performing so far this season draws many comparisons to his 2009 campaign. And we all know what happened that season. Edwards raced to ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nhra/news/edwards-having-another-dream-season-as-nhra-heads-to-atlanta/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 01:38:28 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Schumacher and Brown out early at Baytown's Royal Purple Raceway ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Track conditions were the great equalizer Sunday in the 26th annual O’Reilly Auto Parts NHRA SpringNationals at Royal Purple Raceway near Houston. 

Unfortunately for U.S. Army Racing drivers Tony “The Sarge” Schumacher and Antron Brown, the surface got the best of them in the first round and derailed their mission to conquer the Houston track once again. 
 ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nhra/news/schumacher-and-brown-out-early-at-baytown-s-royal-purple-raceway/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:12:05 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[John Force points battle tightens after Baytown SpringNationals ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[HOUSTON, TX ---- At the conclusion of the O’Reilly Auto Parts SpringNationals the Mello Yello Funny Car point standings tightened up as Matt Hagan class points leader lost in the first round and only two of the top eight drivers advanced beyond round two. 

Unfortunately for John Force Racing team leader and 15-time Funny Car champion John Force came the closest to racing live on ESPN2 ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nhra/news/john-force-points-battle-tightens-after-baytown-springnationals/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:07:11 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[C. Pedregon, Vandergriff Jr.,Line and Arana Jr. race to victories at SpringNationals in Baytown]]></title>
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BAYTOWN, Texas – Cruz Pedregon became the first two-time winner in the Funny Car category in 2013 by racing to the victory Sunday at the O’Reilly Auto Parts NHRA SpringNationals at Royal Purple Raceway.

 

Bob Vandergriff Jr. (Top Fuel), Jason Line (Pro Stock) and Hector Arana Jr. (Pro Stock Motorcycle) also were winners at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series event near ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nhra/news/c-pedregon-vandergriff-jr-line-and-arana-jr-race-to-victories-at-springnationals-in-ba/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 04:19:06 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Top spot in Pro Stock class for Jeg Coughlin Jr.]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[HOUSTON (April 27) – The rains washed out most of Pro Stock qualifying on Saturday at the NHRA SpringNationals, prompting an overnight strategy session for Jeg Coughlin Jr. and the JEGS/Mopar Dodge Avenger team at Royal Purple Raceway.
 
Coughlin earned his first No. 1 qualifier since 2010 but was one of the few Pro Stock cars in the field that didn’t get three shots at the track. His ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nhra/news/top-spot-in-pro-stock-class-for-jeg-coughlin-jr/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 10:06:38 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pedregon drives Camry to top spot in Houston NHRA qualifying]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[TORRANCE, Calif. -- (April 27, 2013) – Cruz Pedregon out-distanced the field with a blistering 4.086-second pass in his Snap-On Tools Toyota Camry Friday night to earn the top qualifying spot in Funny Car in preparation for Sunday’s NHRA O’Reilly Auto Parts SpringNationals at Royal Purple Raceway in Baytown, Tex.  Saturday’s qualifying for both Nitro classes was rained out.
It is the ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nhra/news/pedregon-drives-camry-to-top-spot-in-houston-nhra-qualifying/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 10:02:50 +0000</pubDate>
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