SPORT COMPACT, SPEED EXPANDED; The NHRA crowns its quickest field of sport compact champions ever.(News)
AutoWeek, November, 2003
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Byline: JACKIE LING With smoky ashes mixing with methanol vapors, the 2003 NHRA Summit Sport Compact Drag Racing Series came to a dramatic close at Pomona Raceway. As expected, the last race for the 10-event, $2.1 million series featured record-breaking side-by-side racing between the world's quickest sport compacts.
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Not expected was the smoke-filled sky and ashen grounds in typically sunny Southern California; the raging wildfires made for challenging conditions that almost ashed out an event for the first time in NHRA history. Nevertheless, Saturday qualifying sessions brought ...
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