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CONCORD, N.C. — Screaming up a hill on the 91 east, Ashley Force Hood was running blind as she prepared to descend into one of the valleys that litter Southern California’s labyrinth freeways.

As she reached the crest, a sea of brake lights suddenly appeared below.

Force Hood immediately reached up to punch an overhead button that would deploy the parachutes in her Ford F-150 — and started laughing  …  Details

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nhra-4xCory McClenathan raced to the Top Fuel qualifying lead Friday at the inaugural NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMAX Dragway. Robert Hight, Jason Line and Matt Smith also were leaders in their respective categories at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series event, the first in NHRA history to feature four-wide drag racing.

McClenathan posted a track-record time of 3.790 seconds at 315.93 mph in his FRAM dragster to hold the early lead over teammates   …  Details

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Top Gear Hammond, May and Clarkson each pick a van and face a series of hilarious challenges to become a man with a van. From a speed drag race, to moving van face off this is one auto race you won’t want to miss. BBC World Wide presents this free clip from Top Gear.

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The Tire Kingdom NHRA Gatornationals was held this weekend at the Gainesville Raceway. The weather seemed to be perfect for racing this weekend with Karen Stoffer and her Suzuki/Geico Powersports motorcycle setting a national record with a time of 6.847 in the quarter mile. Karen stated after the run, ” We’ve still got the good conditions out there that we had yesterday, and everyone’s got the nerves out after the first round. I’m not sure it can go any lower than that, but I’m not going to set it in stone just yet.”  

Karen Stoffer has been involved with Motorcycle Drag Racing since 1990 when she was picked to be Rookie of the year at the Los Angeles County Raceway. She was one of the first few women to be licensed in Pro-Stock Motorcycle Racing  …  Details

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