tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-311434302012-02-16T08:56:42.842-08:00Waking With Wordssportydenoreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31143430.post-1153157509034642562006-07-17T10:27:00.000-07:002006-07-18T07:01:45.173-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2063/2997/1600/ToddNHRA.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2063/2997/320/ToddNHRA.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a> <p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">Over the weekend in <st1:state><st1:place>Colorado</st1:place></st1:state>, <span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51); font-weight: bold;">J.R. Todd</span> became the first African-American drag racer to win a NHRA Top Fuel event. And if that checkered flag-winning performance weren’t impressive enough, he did it against racing legend Tony Schumacher in just his 9^th career start.<br /></p> <p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><script src="http://livecounter.net/cgi-bin/livecounter.cgi?user=slimwriter1"></script><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31143430-115315750903464256?l=consciousmagazine.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>sportydenoreply@blogger.com0