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It didn’t take long to establish an early favorite for the Funny Car race of the year after Bob Tasca III defeated reigning Funny Car world champion Matt Hagan in round one. Hagan, the No. 8 qualifier, left first by .002-second but Tasca was .002-second quicker down track and turned on the win light with a 3.920 to 3.922. The final margin of victory at the finish line was just .0001-second, or about one inch. Hagan had previously been 18-11 against Tasca in 29 head-to-head meetings. A round later, Tasca personally ended the Don Schumacher Racing Funny Car win streak at 14 races when he als...

Published: 6:00 PM January 26, 2021    The 'Allo 'Allo themed It's a Knockout team at Chantry sixth form's Rag Week in 1988 - Credit: Nazima Abulkhairi Did you take part in school and college Rag Week antics over the years? Rag Week at Suffolk New College, Ipswich in 2012 - Credit: Archant Today we are sharing more photos of these lighthearted student fundraising events around the Ipswich area, including photos from Chantry and Northgate High Schools and Suffolk College. This photo of Chantry Rag Week in 1988 brought back memories for Nazima Abulkhairi - Credit: ARCHANT Nazima Abulkhairi go...

Suffolk College students' Rag week fundraising in Ipswich in 2006 - Credit: Clifford Hicks/Archant Rag Week is part of the whole college experience - and today we are looking back at some of the fun around Suffolk and Essex over the years. Rhubarb Smashing at Writtle Agricultural College Rag Week in Chelmsford in October 1975 - Credit: Archant One of the most unusual student stunts had to be rhubarb smashing at Writtle Agricultural College in 1975, while a large crowd looked on. Suffolk College students took part in a Rag Week bed push through the Ipswich town centre in February 1989 - Credit...

By S. A. Karunaratne Some of us who are now spending the evening of our lives like to recall memories of our younger days and, share them with the present generation. There is one such event and a piece of writing related to the so called ‘Rag Week’ at Peradeniya which I thought would be of interest to the readers of The Island . I have not seen or read this in any publication so far, and my main motivation for writing this is the thought that since many of the people concerned have already left this world, the story needs to be placed on record before those of us who know it also join ...

Suffolk College students' Rag week fundraising in Ipswich in 2006 - Credit: Clifford Hicks/Archant Rag Week is part of the whole college experience - and today we are looking back at some of the fun around Suffolk and Essex over the years. Rhubarb Smashing at Writtle Agricultural College Rag Week in Chelmsford in October 1975 - Credit: Archant One of the most unusual student stunts had to be rhubarb smashing at Writtle Agricultural College in 1975, while a large crowd looked on. Suffolk College students took part in a Rag Week bed push through the Ipswich town centre in February 1989 - Credit...