Susan Wade
Drag Racing Correspondent at Freelance
Drag Racing Correspondent at Autoweek
Senior Writer at Competition Plus Magazine
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5 days ago |
autoweek.com | Susan Wade
Tony Schumacher getting closer to returning to track with Rick Ware RacingEight-time Top Fuel champion and 88-time winner Tony Schumacher—the most successful driver in the NHRA’s headliner class—will be borrowing new teammate Clay Millican’s Rick Ware Racing crew Monday as he tests at Viriginia Motorsports Park, preparing for his re-entry into competition. No date has been set for Schumacher’s first appearance of this season.
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5 days ago |
autoweek.com | Susan Wade
NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series Top Fuel points leader Tony Stewart had a bit of shaky start to Sunday’s eliminations at the Virginia NHRA Nationals but as the 14th and final qualifier upset No. 1 starter Brittany Force in the opening round to earn a bye into the semifinal round. But he wasn’t on top of his game.
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5 days ago |
autoweek.com | Susan Wade
Virginia is rich with colonial and Civil War history, including its famous battles and legends of courage. And in a drag-racing vein, that’s true with John Force Racing (JFR) . . . plenty of triumphs, one inglorious moment, and bravery when spirits were broken. One of the team’s missions at this weekend’s American Rebel Light NHRA Virginia Nationals was to drive negative energy from the Virginia Motorsports Park battlefield.
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6 days ago |
bvmsports.com | Susan Wade
Veteran tuner Rob Flynn confirmed Saturday at the American Rebel Light NHRA Virginia Nationals that he will be crew chief for Tony Schumacher when the Top Fuel class' most successful driver returns to action later this season with Rick Ware Racing s a teammate to Clay Millican. "I wasn't looking to change jobs," Flynn said, "but when the Salinas family quit racing, I wasn't ready to retire. I gave Jim O (Jim Oberhofer) a call, and we started talking.
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1 week ago |
competitionplus.com | Susan Wade
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