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New zMax Dragway isn't just nice, it's a quantum leap for the NHRA

By Terry Blount
ESPN.com

Friday, September 12, 2008

CONCORD, N.C. -- Fresh off his victory at the U.S. Nationals in Indianapolis, Pro Stock Motorcycle racer Steve Johnson was thinking about the next NHRA event. The one everyone has talked about all season. The one at a facility like no other, the sparkling new zMax Dragway at Lowe's Motor Speedway. "To be honest, a lot of us are looking at this race as our real U.S. Nationals," Johnson said. Bruton Smith's luxurious $60 million facility, which he and others have dubbed "The Bellagio of drag s ...

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