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                              “ZUNI”
Oberon Zuni won the 2007 NAWRA National
Sire Vitesse Talk Is Cheap  SRCH 
Dam Oberon Blaisdell RCh ORC
Breeder Scott Ekbald
Photo coutesy of Jeff Yen

Straight racing, mostly occurs on the west coast of the US and Canada.  Clubs in Texas and the Midwest US have also run NAWRA meets.  NAWRA has a wonderful web site including photos and pedigrees of some of their finest champion racers.

Titles available:
RCH - The Race Championship - To earn the North American Whippet Racing Association Championship Certificate, a Whippet must earn 15 Championship Points.
SRC - The Supreme Race Championship - A Whippet may attain the title of Supreme Race Champion by meeting the following requirements: A dog must earn 50 Champion (“National”) Points; a bitch must earn 30 Championship (“National”) Points.  
SRE - Certificate of Show & Racing Excellence  - Whippets that have completed their American Kennel Club or Canadian Kennel Club conformation championships shall be eligible to earn a Certificate of Show & Racing Excellence (SRE). These Whippets run in the regular race program and are awarded SRE points based upon order of finish and number of Show Champion starters.
Sprint Racer (SR) and Sprint Racer of Merit (SRM). The title of Sprint Racer (SR) is awarded when a whippet earns 50 SR points; the titles of Sprint Racer of Merit (SRM) and multiples (SRM2, SRM3, etc.) are awarded with each ADDITIONAL 100 SR points.

“MOONEY”   Over The Moon SRCH 7 SORC
Owned and bred by Janet Stigum.
She is a National Meet Winner and is dam
of two National Meet winners, “Hudi” (WRA)
and Treadwell (NAWRA and WRA) two weeks
apart.

http://www.nawra.com