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Archive Home > 2010 > July > 17 > Speed thrills at the track, but it also can kill

Speed thrills at the track, but it also can kill

By Cam Inman / The Bulletin
July 17, 2010

I went to my first NHRA drag race 15 years ago to write about an upstart California driver named Blaine Johnson.

Pungent fumes, deafening roars and earthquake-like vibrations ricocheted off Sonoma, Calif.,’s blazing-hot track, making a first impression that no sport can match.

Same goes for the....

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