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      <title><![CDATA[Top moments of 2012, #6: Antron Brown stayed strong to the end]]></title>
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Antron Brown's top moment this year had to wait until the final round of the final race of the year. That's what it took to discover he'd be the first African American NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series Top Fuel champion. 

Although he came into the World Finals on the Auto Club Raceway at Pomona dragstrip with a healthy, 65-point lead over persistent teammates Tony Schumacher  and ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nhra/news/top-moments-of-2012-6-antron-brown-stayed-strong-to-the-end/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 30 Dec 2012 05:26:03 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Coughlin on the upswing]]></title>
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Had you been at the 2012 NHRA Winternationals last February on the Auto Club Raceway at Pomona dragstrip, you might have envisioned Jeg Coughlin being a force in the race for the Full Throttle Drag Racing Series Pro Stock championship. 

The four-time Pro Stock champion (2000, 2002, 2009, 2008) came out of the box with a vengeance after a year on the professional sidelines – ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nhra/news/coughlin-on-the-upswing/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2012 03:51:51 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Top moments of 2012, #16: Beckman is a fighter on and off the dragstrip]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[NHRA's Full Throttle Drag Racing Series battle for the Funny Car championship seems to always be filled with last-minute melodrama and 2012 was no different. The title came down to a final race battle between Don Schumacher Racing teammates Jack Beckman and Ron Capps. 

Beckman, a cancer survivor finished second to DSR teammate Matt Hagan in 2011 and looked, after Capps' win in the ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nhra/news/top-moments-of-2012-16-beckman-is-a-fighter-on-and-off-the-dragstrip/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2012 16:50:45 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Top moments of 2012, #20: Johnson family celebration]]></title>
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After the next to last NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series event at Las Vegas, all Allen Johnson needed to do to claim his first Pro Stock title was qualify for the World Finals on the Auto Club Raceway at Pomona dragstrip. He had 126 points in hand over 2011 champ Jason Line, and Johnson took the bit between his ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nhra/news/top-moments-of-2012-20-johnson-family-celebration/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 26 Dec 2012 16:08:39 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[DSR dominates drag racing on AARWBA 2012 All-America team]]></title>
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BROWNSBURG, Ind. (Dec. 20, 2012) - NHRA world champions Antron Brown and Jack Beckman led a sweep of drag racing honors for Don Schumacher Racing on the American Auto Racing Writers &amp; Broadcasters Association's 2012 All-America Team.

Ant ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nhra/news/dsr-dominates-drag-racing-on-aarwba-2012-all-america-team/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2012 03:42:52 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[NHRA, Enders honored at the Women in the Winner’s Circle awards in Indianapolis]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[GLENDORA, Calif. – Lyn St. James’ Women in the Winner’s Circle Foundation honored NHRA, Pro Stock racer Erica Enders as well as her Victor Cagnazzi owned team at its 10th annual Women in the Winner’s Circle Awards dinner on Friday evening.

The dinner was held in conjunction with the International Motorsports Industry Show held in Indianapolis.

At the annual celebration, St. James ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nhra/news/nhra-enders-honored-at-the-women-in-the-winner-s-circle-awards-in-indianapolis-430000/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2012 21:15:45 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Don Schumacher Racing, IUPUI Motorsports engineering program renew partnership]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[INDIANAPOLIS - The most successful team in professional drag racing and the most innovative university involved in motorsports engineering announced Thursday an expanded partnership.

Mike Lewis, Don Schumacher Racing senior vice president, and Pete Hylton, director of motorsports for the Motorsports Engineering program at Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis, detailed ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nhra/news/don-schumacher-racing-iupui-motorsports-engineering-program-renew-partnership/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2012 21:52:30 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Chad Head departs Al-Anabi Racing Team , assumes ownership of Head Racing]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[BROWNSBURG, Ind. - - Chad Head, the Al-Anabi Racing director of racing operations, will depart the team to join his father’s business, Head, Inc., it was announced today.  

Head joined the Al-Anabi team in 2008 to begin creating the team that debuted in NHRA competition in 2009. He will begin working with his father at the beginning of 2013.

Head will join Head, Inc. as a full ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nhra/news/chad-head-departs-al-anabi-racing-team-assumes-ownership-of-head-racing/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2012 22:08:12 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Antron Brown finalist for 7th annual Mario Andretti Trophy]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[BROWNSBURG, Ind. - Antron Brown is one of 16 racers from 13 different styles of racing from throughout the world to be nominated for the 7th annual presentation of the Mario Andretti Trophy as the SPEED Performer of the Year.

&quot;This might be one of the most difficult decisions to date,&quot; said Andretti, the only driver to win the Indianapolis 500, Daytona 500 and Formula One ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nhra/news/antron-brown-finalist-for-7th-annual-mario-andretti-trophy/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2012 19:40:31 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Matco enters 13th season as marketing partner with DSR as Brown's primary sponsor]]></title>
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BROWNSBURG, Ind. - Matco Tools and Don Schumacher Racing (DSR) became marketing partners in 2000 and that relationship will continue in 2013 with a multiyear contract extension to serve as the primary sponsor on the Matco Tools Top Fuel Dragster for 2012 NHRA world champion Antron Brown.

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      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2012 01:38:40 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Holiday car show caps coast to coast weekend for John Force ]]></title>
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The 15th annual John Force Racing Holiday Car Show was a huge success even if the weather did not cooperate. Intermittent rain showers dampened some cars but not the spirits of the thousands of fans who turned out on Sunday. Toys once again piled up for the California Highway Patrol’s “CHiPs for Kids Toy Drive” and fans toured the 17-time NHRA Funny Car championship facility ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nhra/news/holiday-car-show-caps-coast-to-coast-weekend-for-john-force/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2012 15:19:17 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[2012 Holiday season kicks off John Force Holiday Car Show]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[YORBA LINDA, CA --- This Sunday at the John Force Racing headquarters and museum in Yorba Linda, California, 15-time NHRA Funny Car world champion John Force will welcome all of Southern California to his 15th annual Holiday Car Show. 

The event will once again benefit California Highway Patrol’s “CHiP’s For Kids” toy drive. The event will be open to the public Sunday, December 2nd ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nhra/news/2012-holiday-season-kicks-off-john-force-holiday-car-show/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2012 18:21:36 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Don Schumacher and Spencer Massey part ways]]></title>
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Top Fuel Dragster driver Spencer Massey is no longer part of Don Schumacher Racing effective immediately, team owner Don Schumacher said Friday afternoon.

&quot;I appreciate what Spencer did for us the past two years, but I have decided to go in a different direction,&quot; Schumacher said. 

Massey will not return to DSR to drive the dragster led by crew chiefs Todd Okuhara and Phil ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nhra/news/don-schumacher-and-spencer-massey-part-ways/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 24 Nov 2012 01:06:07 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Toyota drivers combine for 14 wins in 2012 season]]></title>
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Antron Brown’s history-making run to a Top Fuel title highlighted a season that saw Toyota-sponsored drivers win 14 races and capture 17 number one qualifying positions during the 2012 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series season.

Antron ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nhra/news/toyota-drivers-combine-for-14-wins-in-2012-season/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2012 16:10:19 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Coughlin Jr. and Johnnson become teammates in 2013]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Five-time world champion Jeg Coughlin Jr. will become teammates to 2012 champion Allen Johnson with a two-car venture in the NHRA Pro Stock category beginning in 2013. Both men will continue to drive Mopar-backed Dodge Avengers powered by Hemi motors, which will originate from Johnson's J&amp;J Racing shop.

 ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nhra/news/coughlin-jr-and-johnnson-become-teammates-in-2013/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2012 00:20:20 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Nobile closes out 2012 on a high note at Pomona finale]]></title>
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After a rookie season that included three wins in five final rounds and a strong 31-19 record in elimination rounds, Vincent Nobile and the NAPA/Mountain View Racing NHRA Pro Stock team made it known that they were looking for bigger and better things in 2012 and they delivered on that promise. Following his runner-up finish at this weekend’s season-ending Automobile Club of ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nhra/news/nobile-closes-out-2012-on-a-high-note-at-pomona-finale/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 21:35:13 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Courtney Force wins 2012 Road To The Future Award ]]></title>
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-Youngest Force Continues Rookie of the Year Tradition at John Force Racing-

 

Courtney Force, the 24-year old driver from Yorba Linda, Calif., entered her rookie season with high hopes but grounded expectations behind the wheel of her Traxxxas Ford Mustang. The day after she earned runner-up honors at the 48th annual Auto Club NHRA Finals, the Cal State-Fullerton graduate was ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nhra/news/courtney-force-wins-2012-road-to-the-future-award/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 04:02:36 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Rookie Force's team win Funny car hard working crew award]]></title>
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The rookie season for Courtney Force culminated last night at the Hollywood &amp; Highland Center in Hollywood with her Traxxas Ford Mustang crew winning the coveted 2012 Full Throttle Hard Working Crew Award in the Funny Car category. Force’s Traxxas Ford Mustang team led by crew chief Ron Douglas and assistant crew chief Dan Hood was nominated for their winning performance in ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nhra/news/rookie-force-s-team-win-funny-car-hard-working-crew-award/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 02:48:18 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Enders' GK Motorsports gang named sport's Pro Stock 'Hard-Working Crew']]></title>
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 KLR Group driver Erica Enders' GK Motorsports team repeated as the Full Throttle Hard-Working Crew Award winners for the ultra-competitive Pro Stock class, earning the honor at the NHRA Awards Ceremony Monday night at the Grand Ballroom of the Hollywood &amp; Highland Center.
 
 ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nhra/news/enders-gk-motorsports-gang-named-sport-s-pro-stock-hard-working-crew/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 01:31:32 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Brown, Beckman, Johnson and Krawiec honored as 2012 champions in Hollywood ceremony]]></title>
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A trio of first-time world-championship winners, Antron Brown, Jack Beckman and Allen Johnson, headlined those drivers crowned Monday evening during the 2012 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series awards ceremony at the Grand Ballroom at the Hollywood and Highland Center.

 ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nhra/news/brown-beckman-johnson-and-krawiec-honored-as-2012-champions-in-hollywood-ceremony/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 01:27:48 +0000</pubDate>
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