Drag Racing 101: Anatomy of a Dragster

CLICK HERE for a virtual tour of a Top Fuel dragster narrated by NHRA Top Fuel driver Doug Herbert.

Drag Racing 101: Virtual Tour of zMax Dragway

CLICK HERE for a virtual tour of the new zMAX Dragway @ Concord.

Friday Night Sights: September 5, 2008

CLICK HERE for a photo gallery of football action from Friday, September 5, 2008.

Video: Preparing for the Fair

Audio Slideshow: Auto Fair Day 1

CLICK HERE for the sights and sounds from the first day of the Food Lion Auto Fair at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord.

Photo Gallery: Month in Photos August 2008

CLICK HERE to take a look back at August 2008 through the eyes of Independent Tribune photographers.

Friday Night Sights: August 29, 2008

CLICK HERE for a photo gallery of high school football action on August 29, 2008

Photo Gallery: Cabarrus County Flooding

CLICK HERE for a photo gallery from Wednesday's floods in Cabarrus County as well as a gallery of reader submitted photos.>To submit your own photo from Wednesday's flooding, email it to news@independenttribune.com

Photo Gallery: First Day of School 2008

CLICK HERE for a gallery from the first day of classes for Cabarrus County Schools and Kannapolis City Schools on Monday, August 25, 2008.

Friday Night Sights: Aug. 22, 2008

CLICK HERE for a photo gallery of high school football action on Aug. 22, 2008

Reporter's Journal: Donating Blood

CLICK HERE to hear a reporters account of donating blood at the Community Blood Center of the Carolina's newest Bloodmobile. 

Audio Slideshow: Enola Gay 63 Years Later

CLICK HERE to hear Dewey Moose talk about his experiences as a ground crew member for the Enola Gay, the plane that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan on Aug. 6, 1945.

Audio Slideshow: Frank Liske Park Powwow

CLICK HERE to watch and hear tribal dancers perform at the 15th Annual Frank Liske Park Powwow.

Audio Slideshow: Bethpage Spiritual Singers

CLICK HERE to watch the Bethpage Spiritual Singers rehearse for their final performance.

Photo Gallery: Month in Photos July 2008

CLICK HERE and take a look back at July 2008 through the eyes of Independent Tribune photographers.

Audio Slideshow: Simulated Disaster

Watch as firefighters, EMS and EMT workers put themselves to the test with a simulated plane crash at Concord Regional Airport on July 12, 2008.

Photo Gallery: Harrisburg 4th of July

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AUDIO SLIDESHOW: Core Lab Mural Update

Photo Gallery: Month in Photos June 2008

Take a look at the past month through the eyes of Independent Tribune photographers.

Audio Slideshow: History of Badin Dams

Badin historian David Summerlin tells the history of the four dams built by Alcoa on the Yadkin River. 

Audio Slideshow: Farmers Market

Experience the North Carolina Research Campus Farmers Market in Cannon Village. The market is open from 4 to 7 p.m. every Thursday.

Audio slideshow: prayer vigil at Sun-drop plant

One week after two people were gunned down at the Sun-drop plant in Concord, members of the community joined the families for a prayer vigil.

Audio Slideshow: Retiring the American Flag

Photo Gallery: Cabarrus County graduates

Audio Slideshow: core lab mural underway

Audio Slideshow: Piedmont Dance Theatre

Photo Gallery

Take a look at the Ringling Bros. circus Friday night at the Cabarrus Arena & Events Center

Audio Slideshow

Photo Gallery

Inside the Hendrick Motorsports race shop

Court of Legends

Do you look like a NASCAR driver?

Check out the new Independent Tribune Race Week Blog for an inside look into the upcoming races and a chance to win prime tickets to this year's Coca-Cola 600. The Independent Tribune is holding a NASCAR driver look-alike contest. During the race week, readers will vote for who will win two tickets for the General Motors Grandstand (Section B, Row 22) for the May 25 race.

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Testing at the Speedway

Sprint Cup drivers spent Monday working out some kinks on the track at Lowe's Motor Speedway in preperation for the upcoming Sprint All Star race and the Coca-Cola 600.

The Month in Photos:April 2008

Click to view Independent Tribune photos from April 2008.

RCCC Welding Competition

Students from eight community colleges in North Carolina and Virginia tested their welding skills at the 7th annual American Welding Society Welding Competition at Rowan-Cabarrus Community College Friday, April 18.

Pancake Day

Pancake Day at the Boys & Girls Club of Cabarrus County.

Cabarrus County pole vault championship

Student athletes compete in the pole vault portion of the Cabarrus County track and field championships. The event was held at Mount Pleasant High School.

Wing bone turkey calls

Mount Pleasant resident Bobby Smith shares his method of building wing bone turkey calls.

Building a Franchise

The Carolina Speed entered its second season in the American Indoor Football Association with new ownership and new coaches.

Part 1: Preseason

Part 2: Building a Franchise

Part 3: Game Day

Marine Buddy Challenge

Follow a Harrisburg couple as they compete in the Marine Buddy Challenge at Reedy Creek Park in Charlotte. Photos by James Nix, Audio by Ben McNeely. Originally published on Jan. 29, 2008.