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In 2014, DeJoria became the first woman ever to make a sub-four second pass, with a 3.997-second e.t., during the NHRA Winternationals at Pomona. At her next race in Phoenix, DeJoria won her first race in Funny Car. [6] In March 2014, she picked up the second win of her professional career in Las Vegas. [7]
Coons, along with fellow hot rod enthusiast, Pomona Police Chief Ralph Parker, and the city government of Pomona asked to lease the parking lot of the LA County Fairgrounds. Coons and Parker were instrumental in convincing the county to allow the use of the fairgrounds for the race by citing statistics that indicated deaths among kids declined ...
The 1961 Pomona event was NHRA's second to be called Winter Nationals; the first was held in Florida in 1960, in conjunction with NASCAR, and was not a success. [1] It marked a return to NHRA's spiritual home: the association's rules had been written in Southern California, and LACF hosted NHRA's first ever national event, the Southern California Championships, in 1953.
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The National Hot Rod Association first sanctioned a Winter Nationals in 1960 at Bunnell-Flagler Field (now the Flagler County Airport), the former NOLF Bunnell. The event was co-sanctioned with NASCAR (which was a member of the Automobile Competition Committee for the United States when the NHRA was not at the time) in order to gain national sanction as at the time, NASCAR, USAC, and SCCA were ...
[8] In 1962, "Grand" was added to the title, contributing to the show's long-time moniker as "The Grand-Daddy of them All". [2] In 1967, the show moved to the Oakland Coliseum [10] Between 1998 and 2003, the show was held at a variety of other San Francisco-Bay Area venues [11] before relocating to Southern California's Fairplex in 2004. [12] [13]
Shailene Woodley has fond — and gross — memories of filming her 2018 movie Adrift.. While speaking with Bustle recently for a video interview to promote her new series Three Women, Woodley, 32 ...
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