Tue, Feb 03, 2009
They Feel The NEED... You Know The Rest!
After blazing a trail of new records in 2008, the Embry-Riddle
Aeronautical University jet drag racing team is positioned in 2009
for an even bigger racing season, with 24 major racing venues
already scheduled.
In 2008, the team pulled out all the stops, setting the top
speed and low elapsed time of the event in the majority of its
races, in some cases against nitro-powered cars.
Performing for 1.6 million spectators in more than 30 events in
14 states, the Embry-Riddle racers were once again the nation's
leading exhibition jet dragster team. At the EAA AirVenture air
show in Oshkosh, WI, veteran dragster driver Elaine Larsen (above)
set her all-time best top speed exceeding 300 mph.
The Embry-Riddle jet drag racing team will expand its
relationship with NASCAR at multiple events, starting with four
full days at the Daytona 500 in February. The team will also be
featured this year at select Indy Racing League events. The
Embry-Riddle team has again been asked to be the feature exhibition
team of the NMRA (National Mustang Racing Association) and NMCA
(National Muscle Car Association), two of America's most prominent
approved drag racing sanctioning organizations.
2009 Embry-Riddle Jet Racing Team Schedule
- Feb. 12 – 15 Daytona Beach, FL Daytona
Speedweeks (static display only)
- Feb. 27 – 28 Belle Rose, LA Pinks All
Out
- March 7 – 8 Bradenton, FL NMRA
- March 20 – 21 Belle Rose, LA Pinks All
Out
- March 28 – 29 Bradenton, FL NMCA
- Apr. 18 Norwalk, OH Summit Raceway Park
- Apr. 20 – 26 Lakeland, FL Sun N Fun
(static display only)
- May 2 – 3 Bowling Green, KY NMCA
- May 16 Norwalk, OH Summit Raceway Park Cavalcade of
Stars
- June 6 – 7 Reading, PA NMCA
- June 11 Livonia, MI Roush Museum
- June 13 – 14 Milan, MI NMRA
- June 27 Atlanta, GA Atlanta Dragway Night of
Fire
- July 11 Chicago, IL NASCAR
- July 18 – 19 Chicago, IL NMRA vs. NMCA
Superbowl of Drag Racing
- July 26 – Aug. 2 Oshkosh, WI EAA AirVenture
(static display only)
- Aug. 1 Norwalk, OH Summit Raceway Park Night under
Fire
- Aug. 8 – 9 Charlotte, NC Z Max Dragway
- Aug. 28 – 29 Cordova, IL World Series of Drag
Racing
- Sept. 5 – 6 Columbus, OH NMRA
- Oct. 3 – 4 Bowling Green, KY NMRA
Finals
- Oct. 17 – 18 Memphis, TN NMCA Finals
- Nov. 28 – 29 West Palm Beach, FL Citrus
Nationals
- Dec. 5 – 6 Bradenton, FL Snowbird
Nationals
The jet dragster, designed and built in 2004 with the help of
Embry-Riddle aerospace engineering and aviation maintenance
students, is a feature attraction at air shows and drag racing
events during the year. The Embry-Riddle team will continue its
green fuel research program in 2009, using a variety of
biomass-based fuel combinations in the car's engines.
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