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SNAKE DRIVERS DIXON AND JOHNSON JR. DOUBLE UP AT E-TOWN: Drag racing legend Don "Snake" Prudhomme celebrated a double-win Sunday as his two drivers - Larry Dixon in Top Fuel and Tommy Johnson Jr. in Funny Car - pulled off a pair of wins at the 38th annual ProCare Rx NHRA SuperNationals presented by R2B2. It is Dixon's second win in a row and Johnson Jr.'s first win of '07. Pro Stock driver Greg Anderson collected his sixth win of the season and 49th career win, tying him with Prudhomme for sixth place on the NHRA POWERade Series' all-time winner's list. Pro Stock rider Craig Treble defeated defending POWERade champion Andrew Hines to pick up his first "Wally" of the season.
FORMER TAD RACER TORTSVEIT NOMINATED FOR NOBEL PEACE PRIZE: Phoenix-area heart surgeon, teacher, and international lecturer and philanthropist Jeremy Torstveit, a former national event-winning Alcohol Dragster racer and current National DRAGSTER columnist, has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize of 2007 for his work since 1992 in developing children's heart surgey in southeast Asia. Torstveit, who received prior nominations in 2000 and 2002, has provided technical and financial assistance in Cambodia and Thailand and helped originate and develop state-of-the-art children's open-heart programs in Sri Lanka during a difficult economic and political climate.
MOPAR MILE-HIGH NHRA NATIONALS, DENVER, BANDIMERE SPEEDWAY, JULY 13-15: The 13th stop on the 23 race schedule, Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock, and Pro Stock Motorcycle drivers will head to the "Mile-High" city to compete in the fourth of a "six races, six weeks" schedule. Defending event winners include J.R. Todd, Gary Scelzi, Dave Connolly, and Andrew Hines.
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