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Tonight at 9 PM – Speed Scene Live!
DianaMite, Bruce, and Lucky back live in studio this tuesday night. Hot Rod Bob Beck and the Great American Auto Scene joins us. We 
also talk to Stock racer Robert Aceves about a big race this weekend at Bakersfield.
We have Great footage and interviews from the Speed Scene Live Nationals at Great Bend, and some Rocky Mountain SuperChargers. We even got some footage of the Last Starfighter pro mod. Tune in and see tuesday night just by clicking on ………………
www.speedscenelive.com
Plus, We have some great racers cell phone pics to share. Send us yours, and we will put it on the show. Dont have a SSL sticker on your ride yet? Let us know and we will mail a couple to you for free.
“Queen of Diamonds II” 300 MPH Jet Dragster Debuts in Style
Enfield, CT – Al Hanna, President of Hanna Motorsports Jets, Enfield, CT announces the debut of the much awaited “Queen of Diamonds 
II” 300 MPH Jet Dragster. The brand new and revolutionary semi-streamliner “Queen of Diamonds II” 300 MPH Jet Dragster was conceived more than 10 years ago, on a napkin in an Atlanta airport, by legend Al Hanna, of nitro and jet fame. Since that fateful day, the concept was developed over and over again until the decision was made, in the middle of the 2012 season, to have the car built.
The rest is now history. The Hanna’s contracted Dan Page Race Cars of Hampstead, NH to build the car. Page has built many cars for the Hanna’s including the “Queen of Diamonds”, the current World Speed and ET Record Holding ‘GOJO Firebird’ Jet Funny Car, driven by Rich Hanna, and the ‘XLERATOR’ ‘Top Secret’ Firebird, the highest tech jet funny car ever built, driven by veteran Ken Hall.
The new “Queen of Diamonds II” is the update/replacement for the “Queen of Diamonds” jet dragster, arguably the most successful jet dragster over the past 2 decades. Driver Jill Canuso is honored to be driving the new 6000 HP General Electric J-85-5 powered machine, saying “The handling is extraordinary.
AlBalooshi sees teams hard work paying off on Al-Anabi Gold Dragster
Khalid alBalooshi, Al-Anabi Racing Top Fuel Dragster (gold):
Khalid alBalooshi enters the O’Reilly Auto Parts Route 66 NHRA Nationals in sixth place in the NHRA Mello Yello Top Fuel point standings. He trails fifth-place Doug Kalitta by 34 points and leads seventh-place Morgan Lucas by 57 points.
AlBalooshi was the No. 12 qualifier last weekend in New Hampshire and lost to event winner Spencer Massey in the first round of eliminations. AlBalooshi advanced to the final round of eliminations at the Toyota NHRA Summernationals earlier this month. It was his first final-round of the season and the second of his two-year Top Fuel career.
AlBalooshi has been a solid qualifier this season; he qualified second, his career best, at both Houston Raceway Park and Old Bridge Township Raceway Park in Englishtown, N.J. AlBalooshi has qualified in the top six at eight of the season’s 11 races – at the other three events, he qualified No. 12 as he did last weekend in New Hampshire.
One year ago at Route 66 Raceway, alBalooshi was the No. 8 qualifier; he lost to Hillary Will in the first round of eliminations.
Continue readingWhiteleys Complete Consecutive Tulsa Sweeps
Written by Todd Veney/Pro Sportsman Association
Tulsa, OK – For the second year in a row, the husband-and-wife team of Jim and Annie Whiteley swept Top Alcohol honors at the Tulsa 
Lucas Oil Series event. Jim led the Top Alcohol Dragster contingent from wire to wire, and wife Annie overcame severe shake in the final round to outlast a tough Alcohol Funny Car class.
Jim’s victory was his second in two weeks, including an equally dominant score in Denver. This time, he emerged victorious from a comprised almost entirely of A/Fuelers; of 10 cars in attendance, the only one other than Whiteley’s with a blown-alcohol setup belonged to Mark Taliaferro, who only recently made the switch back from injected-nitro.
Booher Wins Second, Brand Stops Manzo
Written by Todd Veney/Pro Sportsman Association
Cordova, IL – At the Central Region Lucas Oil Series event at Cordova Dragway Park, Brandon Booher ruled Top Alcohol Dragster for 
the second week in a row and Dale Brand won Top Alcohol Funny Car over Frank Manzo, running his lifetime win-loss record against the reigning world champ to 2-0.
Booher, who went the distance for the first time in his career just two weeks ago at Chicago’s Route 66 Raceway, won a tight final over veteran Robin Samsel, 5.45 to 5.46, after taking an even closer semifinal win over Dave Hirata. “Both of those guys stepped up,” Booher said. “I was shooting for .40-flat or a .41 in the final, but I got a little greedy and shook and spun the tires. There he was – boom, right beside me – but the car made it through the shake without me having to pedal. I probably wrung out both gears a little more than I should have, but we got it done.”
Finals of PMRA, Quick 32 and PBSS drag racing put on hold
CAYUGA, ON – The final rounds for the Pro Modified Racing Association, the Quick 32 Sportsman Series, and the Pro Bike & Sled Series 
were postponed during the South Coast Community Weekend race on the Cayuga Dragway of Toronto Motorsports Park.
The final rounds will take place at the upcoming Canadian Nitro Nationals at the same track July 12-14. This will complete the third race of the 2013 season for all series.
Once again Rocky Di Lecce led the PMRA in qualifying, and the Mississauga, Ontario driver has a chance of making PMRA history if he wins the race, which would be his third in a row with his Camaro. After making it to the final round today, he will be facing stiff competition with three-time IHRA Funny Car champion Rob Atchison of London, Ontario, who qualified second with his Corvette Pro Modified.
NMCA Announces 3rd Annual Ford Racing Cobra Jet Showdown at Summit Motorsports Park August 23-25, 2013
Santa Ana, CA – The NMCA Flowmaster Muscle Car Nationals is proud to announce the Ford Racing Cobra Jet Showdown Presented by 
Diversified Products Marketing, a special event to be run in conjunction with the 7th Annual JE Pistons NMCA Muscle Car Nationals, at Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio, August 23-25, 2013.
All 2008-2014 Cobra Jet owners are invited to participate at the Showdown. The Cobra Jets will be showcased in three no breakout Eliminators; two heads-up classes and a competition Index (CIC) class:
CJ-TS (Top Stock): Stocker trim Cobra Jets utilizing the 2.3-liter or 2.9-liter supercharger or 427/428cid naturally aspirated engines.
NEOPMA NEXT EVENT AT MAPLE GROVE RACEWAY JUNE 29th FOR THE “RUMBLE IN THE GROVE” PRESENTED BY PENSKE
Mohnton, PA – The Northeast Outlaw Pro Mod Association [NEOPMA], moves onto their fifth event of 2013, the “Rumble in the Grove” 
June 29th at Maple Grove Raceway. You won’t want to miss some of the fastest quarter mile Pro Mods in the country competing on the historic surface, and look for the some five second Pro Mod runs at the scenic Pennsylvania venue.
The Northeast Outlaw Pro Mod Association will be hazing the quarter mile of Maple Grove for their ultimate side by side drag racing, all the best Pro Mods will be adding to the excitement of the “Rumble at the Grove” Pro Mod race.
The NEOPMA will quench your horsepower induced thirst for screaming burnouts, huge nitrous purges, turbo’ s popping and supercharged madness on the top end at over 240 MPH, full on nitrous tune-ups bursting out the exhaust into the night.
Win for Mopar Express Lane Driver Johnson at Inaugural NHRA New England Nationals
Epping, NH – Allen Johnson drove the Mopar Express Lane Dodge Avenger to the winner’s circle and a third national title this season 
after two key holeshot wins in the eliminations rounds of the Inaugural Auto-Plus NHRA New England Nationals giving him sole possession of second place in the Pro Stock championship points standings.
In order to advance to his fifth final round eliminations appearance of the year, Johnson defeated points leader Mike Edwards in the semifinals on a holeshot with a 0.0270-second reaction time. The defending Pro Stock World Champion posted another outstanding 0.025 second reaction time against Shane Gray to earn another exciting hotshot win and his 19th career “Wally” with an elapsed time of 6.642 seconds (205.38 mph) to his opponent’s 6.633 second (210.34 mph) pass.
Birthday party ends in semifinals for frontrunner Coughlin
EPPING, NH) – Jeg Coughlin Jr. and the JEGS.com/Mopar Dodge Avenger raced to a semifinal finish Sunday at the NHRA New England 
Nationals at New England Dragway.
“It’s not the way I dreamed of celebrating my birthday,” said Coughlin who turned 43 on Sunday. “But, we went some rounds and earned some points, so it wasn’t all bad. I’m just hungry for another win.”
As the top qualifier, Coughlin had a first-round bye before beating Vincent Nobile in the second round. He fell to eventual runner-up Shane Gray in the semis.
Sunday was the hottest day of the entire weekend and Coughlin said the team did their best to try and anticipate what the conditions would be like.
