Jegs Allstars
It’s a Sportsman’s paradise at the JEGS Allstars race
JOLIET, IL – For the 31st consecutive year, the best racers from NHRA’s Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series will make 
their way to Route 66 Raceway for this weekend’s prestigious JEGS Allstars competition.
Drivers representing 29 states and two Canadian provinces have earned the right to compete in the JEGS Allstars race, which pits drivers from each of NHRA’s seven geographic regions in a competition that rewards both individual and team achievement.
The winners of the annual competition, which began in Bowling Green, Ky., in 1985, will spilt a jackpot of more than $120,000. Each qualifier and the 10 champions will also be rewarded with a newly redesigned trophy that was handcrafted by master sculptor Dan Dreisbach of Naked Sculpture.
Division 5 team wins its first JEGS Allstars title
CHICAGO, IL – Thanks to a dominating performance that included four wins in five final rounds, the NHRA Division 5 team finally earned its first overall title Saturday night at the prestigious JEGS Allstars event at Route 66 Raceway.
JEGS Mail Order hosted the 30th JEGS Allstars event at Route 66 Raceway in Chicago.
In 30 years of JEGS Allstars competition, Division 5 had never claimed possession of the perpetual trophy that goes to the winning team, but that changed when it earned 1,400 points at this year’s event, easily topping second-place Division 2, which ended with 1,000 points. The winning team members shared a $20,000 bonus from event sponsor JEGS Mail Order.
Lombardo Races to Route 66 Nationals for Third JEGS Allstars Appearance
CHICAGO, IL – NAPA Auto Parts/Lucas Oil Top Alcohol Funny Car driver John Lombardo Jr. is making the annual trip from his 
Brea, Calif. home base to Route 66 Raceway in Joliet, Ill. to compete at the Route 66 Nationals this weekend, June 27-29. While racing at the national event, he will also take part in the JEGS Allstars specialty race, featuring eight of the best alcohol-burning Funny Cars in the country.
Lombardo is one of twenty-two Top Alcohol Funny Car drivers entered to compete at the NHRA Route 66 Nationals, which is considered to be one of the best national events for Sportsman racing. Though the JEGS Allstars field is limited to eight cars – two from each of the NHRA’s four regions – the competition will be just as grueling, as John explains.
