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Arizona Sonoran News

Arizona Sonoran News

Student Newswire of The University of Arizona School of Journalism

Arizona Sonoran News

Crewmenbers and spectators prepare for racing at the Tucson Dragway. (Photo Credit: Matthew DeYoung)

Getting street racing off the streets.

Taylor Dayton April 30, 2017

The City of Tucson is cracking down on dangerous street racing by passing a stricter ordinance against racing, while Jim Hughes, owner of The Tucson Dragway has another solution: embrace the need for...

Bonded by Blood, Sweat and Soil

Bonded by Blood, Sweat and Soil

Sara Cline April 14, 2016

The sun hangs high in the mid-afternoon sky as the smell of hay and beer wafts through the air at the Rillito Park Race Track and Jesus Osuna settles in at the starting gate. Osuna braces himself...

One of Monica Ortega's ponies in the new barns on the west side of the Rillito racetrack. Photo by Alexa Portillo/ Arizona Sonora News Service

Quarter horse trainers get back into routine for Rillito racing

Alexa Portillo February 23, 2016

  Phil Pinedo and his brother Jesus have trained horses for over 50 years. Out of the 35 races they participate in a year, the races at Rillito are not only a yearly tradition for them but...

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