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By Jim Pedley | Managing Editor RacinToday.com The 2012 NHRA Full Thottle Drag Racing Series season gets under way today with the start of the 52nd annual O’Reilly Auto Parts Winternationals in Pomona, Calif. New faces have arrived, old fa...

By Jim Pedley | Managing Editor RacinToday.com Three years ago, when it was first suggested to Khalid alBalooski that he should be sitting in a Top Fuel dragster in the NHRA by good friend and team-owner His Highness Sheik Khalid al Thani, it al...

By Jim Pedley | Managing Editor RacinToday.com KANSAS CITY, Kan. – Kasey Kahne is the quiet type.  In tone and in volume. So it can be tough to get a solid read on his exact excitement levels when it comes to, well, basically, anything. It wa...

By Jim Pedley | Managing Editor RacinToday.com KANSAS CITY, Kan. – Clint Bowyer thought it hilarious that the great blackjack hands he was pulling at a Kansas City casino last Thursday were somehow succumbing to even better hands on the part o...

Larry Woody | Senior Writer RacinToday.com In the spirit of full disclosure, let me say that I’m glad Danica Patrick will be racing in this month’s Daytona 500. I’ve always admired Danica’s sass, spunk and spirit, and following her endea...

By Jim Pedley | Managing Editor RacinToday.com The Top Fuel-car canopy being developed by Don Schumacher Racing will be at this weekend’s Winternationals in Pomona, Calif., but it will not be on the DSR cars. That’s unfortunate, driv...

By Jim Pedley | Managing Editor RacinToday.com The Top Fuel-car canopy being developed by Don Schumacher Racing will be at this weekend’s Winternationals in Pomona, Calif., but it will not be on the DSR cars. That’s unfortunate, driv...

By John Sturbin | Senior Writer RacinToday.com John Force Racing will chase the NHRA Funny Car world championship with a four-car Ford Mustang lineup in 2012, a season featuring Courtney Force’s highly anticipated nitro debut. But team-owner J...

By Jim Pedley | Managing Editor RacinToday.com The first big race of 2012 is history and, truly historical the Rolex 24-hour race was. Not to mention exciting and entertaining. Some random thoughts about the 24, its cars, its drivers, its teams...

By Deb Williams | Senior Writer RacinToday.com CONCORD, N.C. – In 1983, Charlotte Motor Speedway’s publicists created an interesting “experiment” known as the Media Tour. It was designed to provide preseason publicity for the track and N...

By Jim Pedley | Managing Editor RacinToday.com NASCAR driver AJ Allmendinger, using a NASCAR-like driving style, won the overall championship in the 50th Anniversary Rolex 24 at Daytona International Speedway on Sunday. Almendinger drove his No.