BAYTOWN, TX – Always looking to be the innovator in live coverage, Dragstory.com will be testing a new text alert messaging system at this weekend’s American Drag Racing League event at Houston Raceway Park. 

“We realize folks have other commitments during the many hours these events are running and may not be able to catch all of the coverage during the weekend,” stated Dragstory.com editor Mark Walter.  “This is the perfect tool to help us keep folks as up to date as possible with the latest news and happenings at any event we cover.” 

The initial plan is to send text messages when the classes are called to the lanes or there is any significant event such as a top elapse time or mph run.  We will keep the messages to a minimum; just remember you are responsible for any charges by your cell phone provider.

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Courtesy of  Carpenter Racing

Photo by Roger Richards

BAYTOWN, TX – With a rough couple of months of competition that included three consecutive first round losses hopefully in the rearview mirror, Charles Carpenter is looking for a turnaround, beginning with this weekend’s inaugural ADRL Texas Drags at Houston Raceway Park in Baytown, TX.

“We’ve got a lot riding on this weekend,” Carpenter said. “Not only are we here to attempt to qualify for and race in the inaugural Texas Drags, but we’ve also got the eliminations from the rained out Dragpalooza event to be contested during Friday’s qualifying. What better place to try to right the ship than where we set new career bests in E.T. and speed last time we were here? We’re shooting to double up and bring two trophies home in one weekend.”

Carpenter is hoping getting back on familiar grounds will help him find the edge that has been missing over the last three events.

COVER – Stawicki Takes Home A Mit Full Of Canadian Bacon!    23 Entered, 18 made it to qualifying, 8 made the final show… but only one was left standing. In a classic Can/Am final Stawicki took the win, and the cash, south of the border at the RPM PowerFest.

4 Wheel Convert – From 2 wheels to 4, Gary Kramer admits he’s hooked on fast doorslammer drag racing in his ‘72 Chevelle.

MMPSA and MIR Unite To Make History – Maryland International Raceway strives to keep Pro Stock action alive and well with help from the new MMPSA group.

Fireworks In Huntsville – The UORS and Patriot Performance hold Inaugural Independence Day Nationals in Huntsville, Alabama.

Feature Story – Leaf-Sprung With Wheels Hung! – How do they do it? How do those wild wheels-up warriors continue to go quicker and faster and mix it up in the big leagues riding on those age old leaf springs? Find out how, only in RPM!

Ya Gotta Do What Ya Gotta Do – Honor is alive and well in drag racing. The challenges that racers face just to make it out of their own driveway, let alone down the racetrack. It’s about going above and beyond.

Courtesy of the PMRA

GRAND BEND, ONTARIO – Mike Stawicki has made it known that he is the force in Pro Modified racing this season.  The veteran driver of the G-Force Race Cars MSR Performance powered 1968 Firebird from Medina, New York, qualified number one for race three in the 2010 Pro Modified Racing Association tour, and went the distance to win his first PMRA event of the year and the first IHRA Ironman of his career.

Stawicki beat former Alcohol Funny Car driver Paul Noakes of London, Ontario in the final. Noakes, who has settled nicely behind the wheel of the Noakes and Martin Racing 1963 Corvette, qualified seventh, and ran a stout 6.293, 223.28 final but it was no match for Stawicki’s 5.820, 253.28 victory run.

While Stawicki qualified number one, to win the Marydel Homes Qualifying Bonus with a 5.881, 252.05 lap, it was the New Yorker’s final run that set low ET and top speed during the IHRA Nitro Jam Nationals held at the Grand Bend Motorplex. Stawicki has been running in the five-second range since he set the PMRA Series record with a 5.803 at 255.15 during the previous event at the Cayuga Dragway.

Courtesy of the PMRA
 
GRAND BEND, ONTARIO – After two days of qualifying at the IHRA Nitro Jam Nationals at Grand Bend, Ontario, PMRA Pro Modified driver Mike Stawicki leads the field into final eliminations on Sunday with his G-Force Race Cars MSR Performance powered 1968 Firebird.
 
Stawicki ran a 5.881-seconds at 252.05-miles per hour on Friday night to win the Marydel Homes Qualifying Bonus in round three of the 2010 Pro Modified Racing Association season.
 
Gary Irving of Toronto, Ontario, was second with a 6.169, 227.08, followed by Bruce Boland, Eric Latino, Vito Montesano, current Pro Modified Racing Association 2010 Championship Point Award Series presented by Magnum Auto Parts and Patio Passport leader Derek Hawker, Paul Noakes and Jack Brohman.