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Courtney Force Scores 100th Female NHRA Win

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Courtney Force has scored the 100th female win in NHRA (National Hot Rod Association) history on Sunday. Courtney Force beat seasoned Funny Car driver Cruz Pedregon in the final round. It was the 4th...

Erica Enders-Stevens: Pro Stock Final Won by Erica Enders

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Erica Enders-Stevens has won the Pro Stock race to the finish line. And as a drag car racer, she is the 99th woman to have done so. This is the second time she has grabbed the trophy at...

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Dyson’s engineers head off to the races, create dragsters using spare parts, DC-16 motors (video)

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Dyson engineers certainly know a thing or two about creating innovative vacuums and fans Air Multipliers, but did you know they've also dabbled in the world of high-speed racing? Such is apparently now the case, as these folks were tasked with building go-kart drag racers out of spare parts, resulting in a variety of wheeled wonders viaing for the fastest run on a makeshift strip in the office. Of course, there was a catch -- all of the dragsters had to use the motor from Dyson's DC-16 handheld vacuum in a battle for maximum torque. We won't spoil the outcomes for you, so scroll down to catch a video mashup of all the hijinks in the video below.

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