- HendrickCars.com to sponsor Brittany Force’s Top Fuel dragster starting at this weekend’s NHRA 4-Wide Nationals in Charlotte
- DANIEL WILKERSON AND SCAG FORD FUNNY CAR TEAM LOOKING TO TURN THINGS AROUND AT CHARLOTTE FOUR-WIDE
- Dustin Smiley Races to Advanced Product Design $15,000 Wednesday Win at the Spring Fling
- NEOPMA Pro Mod Drivers Ready to Start 2024 Season at MIR’s Door Wars
- JUSTIN ASHLEY AND SCAG TOYOTA TEAM LOOK TO CONTINUE PROMISING START TO NHRA SEASON AT ZMAX DRAGWAY
- FOSTER LOOKING TO TAKE AQUA PROP ALL THE WAY AT CHARLOTTE FOUR-WIDE NATIONALS
- MBE Tech Report
Numerous First Time Winners Highlight Sportsman Series Opener
CAYUGA, ON – The 2nd Annual Dilts Piston Hydraulics Season Opener marked the opening race weekend for the DSE Sportsman 
Racing Series in the 2013 season, which saw over 125 of Ontario’s best Sportsman Bracket racers converge onto Cayuga Dragway of Toronto Motorsports Park.
Saturdays Racing started late when scattered showers forced the start time back to 4 pm, however with clearing skies and a good forecast for the evening, racers hit the track running 1/8th mile and produced some fantastic Saturday night racing.
Two reigning Champions from last season wasted little time in 2013 placing their names back on top of the list of contenders. Both Pete Stewart in the DSEAutomotive.ca Super Bike/Sled class and Steve Ferstl in Renegade Race Fuels Super Pro category, took Saturday victories in their respective classes with Stewart defeating Stew Shields and Ferstl winning a close double breakout over Brad Redford.
Free Saturday spectator admission at South Coast Community Weekend race
CAYUGA, ON – The second annual South Coast Community Weekend at the Cayuga Dragway of Toronto Motorsports Park June 21-23 
will offer drag racing fans free admission this Saturday.
And fans will be treated to the next round of Pro Modified Racing Association, Quick 32 Sportsman Series, and Pro Bike & Sled Series racing on the Cayuga quarter-mile.
The weekend gets underway this Friday with test and tuning for the three series, and qualifying begins Saturday at 11:00 am and will continue through to the last qualifier at 7:00 pm. Both The Quick 32 Sportsman Series, which is presented by NAPA Auto Parts, and the PBSS, presented by Wiseco Performance Products, will hold their postponed rained-out event from Michigan last month with eliminations worked into the Saturday schedule as well as qualifying runs for the present event.
TAD/TAFC coverage from Denver, Mission, and Lebanon Valley
Finke, Veney Score at Lebanon Valley
Written by Todd Veney/Pro Sportsman Association
At the East Regional at Lebanon Valley Dragway in the mountains of upstate New York, John Finke won Top Alcohol Dragster from the No. 1 spot and Todd Veney did likewise in Top Alcohol Funny Car.
Competing at his home track, Finke completed a storybook weekend with a final-round decision over teammate Jackie Fricke, who was appearing in her first regional final. They left almost.050 lights and Finke earned the title with a consistent 5.48 when Fricke, driving Joe Cantrell’s car, went up in smoke.
Alex’s Lemonade Stand, Darrell Gwynn Foundation join Pitch Energy Funny Car in honor of the late John R. Gray
BRISTOL, TN – Johnny and Terry Gray, and Johnny’s sister, Terry Chandler, announced today at Bristol Dragway that the Don 
Schumacher Racing Funny Car they are sponsoring this season through the family’s Pitch Energy business will have a different look at four upcoming NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series events.
Their Dodge Charger R/T, which has won a series-best three Funny Car titles and is ranked second in the points standings, will be devoted to raising awareness and funds for the Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation’s effort to find a cure for children’s cancer, and the Darrell Gwynn Foundation, which offers support for people with paralysis and works to prevent spinal cord injuries.
Rowe Makes Big Move in NHRA Pro Mod Points After Semifinal Finish at Bristol Dragway
BRISTOL, TN – Danny Rowe, driver of the Agave Underground Pro Modified Camaro, parlayed his number-one qualifying effort at 
Bristol Dragway into a strong semifinal round finish at the NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals and – more importantly – made a big move in the championship points standings.
After qualifying first with a 5.958-second, 242.76mph quarter-mile blast, Rowe met Clint Satterfield in the opening stanza. Rowe was off the starting line first and never waivered, moving on to the quarterfinals with a 6.004/243.59mph effort. Rowe then dispatched turbocharged frontrunner Eric Dillard before meeting with another turbocharged racer – Troy Coughlin – in the semifinal round. Rowe again had the advantage at the starting line, but couldn’t quite hold off Coughlin, who snuck around him at the 1,000-foot mark, taking the win with a 6.001/246.53mph pass over Rowe’s 6.028-second, 241.8mph run. Coughlin’s margin of victory was a mere 0.0123-seconds, approximately four feet.
Although shy of his goal of repeating his 2011 final round appearance at Bristol Dragway and this time scoring a win, Rowe made a tremendous move in the points – making the jump from ninth to fourth and straight back into title contention.
Alexander Progresses to Bristol FC Semifinals
BRISTOL, TN – Auto Service Plus Funny Car driver Blake Alexander added another highlight to his strong 2013 season this weekend 
when he reached the semifinals at the Ford Thunder Valley Nationals at Bristol Dragway. Despite struggling in qualifying, the 24-year old Virginian turned on two win lights before falling to eventual race winner John Force.
Alexander’s best qualifying run of the weekend, 4.35, came during the Friday night session, but it wasn’t enough to place him in the top twelve to carry over to Saturday. His final pass during Q4 placed him No. 15, setting up a first round match with the reigning NHRA Funny Car champion, Jack Beckman.
“We were trying a few different things in qualifying. Sometimes you need to go slower to go faster, and obviously we went slower before progressing. We knew we were already qualified going into the last session on Saturday, so we just went up there seeing what the track would take with our set-up,” said Alexander.
X-DRL Eliminations – All classes complete except Pro Xtreme
Madison, IL – Eliminations during the 2013 X-Treme Drag Racing League X-Treme Gateway Showdown at Gateway Motorsports Park 
moved faster than a huge storm front, avoiding a stoppage and allowing the XDRL to complete another event.
Pro X-Treme low qualifier Brandon Pesz’s ’58 Corvette kept the third driver’s door in two days in place, running a 3.690 @ 204.91 MPH to down Quain Stott’s ’63 Corvette, which ran a losing 3.725 @ 203.25, with identical reaction times. On the other side of the ladder, Tim Tindle’s Mustang outran the Mustang of Todd Tutterow, 3.696 @ 204.57 MPH to Todd’s 3.743 @ 201.70 MPH. The only class which did not finish with an event winner, it will be decided during qualifying at the next event in Maryland.
Continue readingFREDY SCRIBA RACES TO NEOPMA PRO MOD SERIES VICTORY AT ATCO DRAGWAY’S DOOR WARS
Atco, NJ – Fredy Scriba and Team had their 63’ Sorcerer Corvette Pro Mod tuned and ready for action with an impressive win at the 
Door Wars at Atco Dragway this past weekend.
Conditions were favorable for some fast ET’s and with beautiful weather Saturday and 18 teams prepared for qualifications after a two year absence from competing at Atco Dragway. Many of the teams struggled to get a handle on the track, but by the final qualifier many of the teams where ready for eliminations.
“Atco is such a great track to race,” Fred Scriba said. “The Sorcerer Vette was working perfectly. Joe Sway, Len Capone and all the staff at Atco took care of all the racers, and prepped the track well. It’s been a couple of years since we raced here, and it’s a tricky track, but those who figured it out were getting down the track”.
Jarid Vollmer sets New NHRDA Pro Street Record at Indiana Diesel Shootout
Indianapolis, IN – Jarid Vollmer has set the NHRDA Pro Street world on its head with his record breaking weekend at the NHRDA Indiana 
Diesel Shootout. Vollmer laid down the quickest pass in NHRDA Pro Street history in the first round of qualifying with an 8.81. One of the cool things about the run was he was the first truck to run during qualifying so all his competitors had to sit back and watch as he we almost .3 tenths lower than the record.
Vollmer was still going to have to back up the record if he wanted it to stay. And he would back up the 8.81 with an even quicker run of 8.70 in eliminations. Vollmer was not able to back up the 8.70 as he had some mechanical failure in the final round.
Every NHRDA Pro Street truck across the nation now knows that the gauntlet has been laid down by Jarid Vollmer and the Bully Dog team.
Despite Difficult Day at Bristol Mopar Still on Top
Bristol, TN – Eliminations on Father’s Day at the 13th annual NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals did not quite go as planned for the 
Mopar contingency, but while none of the Dodge entries in either class were able to advance past the second round at Bristol Dragway, a few positives remained. Despite the shortened race day, Matt Hagan and the “Magneti Marelli Offered by Mopar” Don Schumacher Racing machine remain atop the leaderboard in the Funny Car points race, while Allen Johnson and Mopar teammate Jeg Coughlin Jr. are tied for the second spot in the Pro Stock standings.
Another top highlight took place prior to first round action, as driver of the Mopar Express Lane Dodge Avenger, Johnson along with his father and engine builder Roy Johnson, were presented with the “Mopar President’s Award” by Pietro Gorlier, President and CEO of Chrysler Group LLC’s service, parts and customer-care brand. They were recognized in front of their hometown fans and family for their contributions as brand ambassadors, their five decades of loyalty, dedication and service to Mopar, and for bringing home a long sought after 2012 NHRA Pro Stock World Championship. Father and son are the first recipients of this special award.
