- NHRA RETURNS TO CHICAGO FOR ACTION-PACKED GERBER COLLISION & GLASS NHRA ROUTE 66 NATIONALS
- DRAG AND DRIVE EXHIBITION WITH ALEX TAYLOR AND TOM BAILEY RETURNS TO NHRA NATIONAL EVENT AT ROUTE 66 RACEWAY
- Record Setters and Race Winners Head to Virginia for PDRA Mid-Atlantic Showdown
- Race Wrap | NMRA/NMCA All-Star Nationals
- Race Wrap | NMRA/NMCA All-Star Nationals
- Stewart, Hagan Record Final Round Performances at Las Vegas NHRA Four-Wide Nationals in TSR Dodge//SRT Nitro Machines
- KALITTA, TASCA AND COUGHLIN JR WIN LAS-VEGAS 4-WIDE
Sam LoVetro Jr takes early points lead after dominating TNT Super Series season opener
LEICESTER, NY – The Joe’s Transmission TNT Super Series finally got the 2013 season started at Empire Dragway this past Saturday 
May 25th and did it in a huge way. After two rained out attempts to start the season, a record thirty-five cars qualified for the Steve’s Electric event.
The Memorial Day weekend was supposed to see two TNTSS events however Mother Nature scrapped Friday night’s race in Lancaster, NY leaving just Saturday at Empire.
When qualifying was complete, rookie contender Ryan Boniferro from Niagara Falls, Ontario sat atop the field with a near perfect 7.004.
After six rounds of eliminations, it was Webster, New York’s Sam LoVetro Jr coming from the eleventh qualifying spot to take the $1000 event win and solidify his position in the Dilts Piston Hydraulics Race Of Champions coming up in August. At the same time, Sam ran seven rounds in Super Pro and got a runner-up finish there.
Alexander Striving for 4.0s at NHRA Summernationals
ENGLISHTOWN, NJ – After back-to-back first round exits at Houston and Atlanta, Funny Car driver Blake Alexander is ready to get 
back to turning on win lights at this weekend’s NHRA Toyota Summernationals at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park. Alexander, who drove the Auto Service Plus powered by Auto-Plus Funny Car to a runner-up finish at Charlotte earlier this spring, is also looking to break into the 4.0-second range this weekend.
“If the conditions allow it, we’d like to run in the 4.0s. Especially on the Friday night qualifying run where the top twelve times carry over into Saturday. The weather forecast is calling for high temps in the nineties during the day so that Friday night run will be crucial,” claimed Alexander, whose career-best E.T. is 4.116, set at this event last season.
Resurgent 15-Time Champ Tries to End Winless Streak in Castrol GTX Ford
ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. – It’s been 14 years since John Force last won a race at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park. That’s the longest the 
Hall of Fame Funny Car driver has gone without a victory at any track in the NHRA Mello Yello Series.
The fact is, he hasn’t even reached the final round since 2004 and is only 8-8 in his last eight appearances in the Toyota Summernationals, contested this week for the 44th time.
Nevertheless, it would be ludicrous to discount the sport’s biggest winner from the title conversation when the world’s top drag racing professionals once again convene for the Northeast’s biggest event.
At an age when other 60-somethings are content to spend their weekends astride nothing more powerful than the riding mower, Force will climb back into the cockpit of a 10,000 horsepower Castrol GTX Ford Mustang with a better-than-average shot at ending his recent malaise on one of the tracks on which he got his start.
Night Ready to Take Summernationals Funny Car Title
ENGLISHTOWN, NJ – Robert Hight and the Auto Club Ford Mustang team have started the 2013 Mello Yello season the same way they 
started the 2009 season. They are winless through the first eight races but have shown signs as of success as of late. Luckily for Hight and his team 2009 turned out alright considering they hoisted the Funny Car World Championship trophy in Pomona. This weekend at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park’s historic Toyota Summernationals Hight is looking to get his first win of 2013 and his first win at the storied East Coast racing facility.
“Englishtown is a major race just like a major event in golf. You want to win at Pomona, Gainesville, Indy and Englishtown. This place has seen some of the most famous drivers and some of the greatest racing. John (Force) used to match race here on Wednesday night and they would have all sorts of crazy things going on but it all came back to the racing. I want to get a win here and we were close last year,” said Hight.
While Hight has not been getting a lot of win lights at the start of the season that turned around in Topeka where he was the No. 3 qualifier and raced to his first final round of the season. Unfortunately for the first time in four final round meetings with veteran racer Johnny Gray Hight came up just a little short losing the final. Hight now holds a 3-1 final round record to Gray.
Courtney Force Ready for Englishtown!
ENGLISHTOWN, NJ – 2012 Rookie of the Year, Courtney Force, will travel to Englishtown this week for the 9th event on the NHRA 
Mello Yello Drag Racing series tour. Old Bridge Township Raceway Park will host the 44th running of the Toyota NHRA Summernationals from May 30-June 2.
“I’ve had a pretty exciting week since our last NHRA race in Topeka, Kansas. My family and I flew home as quickly as possible to see my sister, Ashley, and her husband Danny, and to welcome my new nephew, Noah William Hood, to the family. I was in Michigan at Ford World Headquarters for a couple days and then drove to Indy for some of the Indy 500 festivities. I’m just ready to get back to racing this weekend in Englishtown,” said Force.
In 2012, Force qualified in the No. 13 spot, but went on to beat fellow Ford driver Tim Wilkerson and past champion Matt Hagan before losing to Ron Capps in the semi-final round. Force ran a 4.110 to Capps’ 4.079.
Rookie Trying to Move Up in Mello Yello Points in Castrol EDGE dragster
ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. – Brittany Force goes back to school this week, not at New York’s Hunter College, where she studied for a
semester on the way to earning her Bachelor’s degree, but at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park where she’ll continue to learn the family business in a modified classroom on wheels.
Granted, the canopied cockpit of the 330 mile-an-hour Castrol EDGE Top Fuel dragster isn’t your normal learning environment, but then John Force Racing, Inc., isn’t your normal business, either.
Brittany’s dad is 15-time NHRA Funny Car champion and International Motorsports Hall of Fame inductee John Force. Her brother-in-law is 2009 champion Robert Hight. Her older sister, Ashley Force Hood, was the first woman ever to win an NHRA Funny Car race and her younger sister, Courtney, was last year’s NHRA Rookie-of-the-Year.
Together, they’ve set the bar pretty high, but Brittany, who already has secured her California teaching credential, is unaffected by the predictable comparisons.
“When Ashley came out, she had her own set of goals,” she explained “Same with Courtney. Same with me. For me, it’s not about comparisons to Ashley or Courtney. It’s about setting my own goals and achieving them myself in my time.
Ajax Engines returns in 2013 with support for two drag racing series
AJAX, ON – Returning to support the Pro Modified Racing Association and the Quick 32 Sportsman Series for 2013 is noted engine 
builder Ajax Engines, which offers a wide variety of powerplants for competition use.
Headed by Kirk Silbermann and right hand man Matt McGillivray, Ajax has been involved in the sport for several years, building high-performance engines for a variety of drag racing classes, including the popular Pro Modifieds.
IHRA Suzuki Pittsburgh Nitro Jam June 1
NEW ALEXANDRIA, PA – The International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) Nitro Jam series returns to the Pittsburgh Raceway Park in 
New Alexandria, Pa. on June 1 for the Suzuki Pittsburgh Nitro Jam.
This year’s Suzuki Pittsburgh Nitro Jam features multiple professional and sportsman classes spread over the two-day weekend. The 2013 Nitro Jam will feature professional nitro competition in Top Fuel Dragster, AMSOIL Prostalgia Nitro Funny Car, Nitro Harley and Nostalgia Fuel Altered. The event will also feature exhibitions including the 25,000 horsepower Super Shockwave jet truck, the Chevy Rebellion wheelstander, fireworks and much more.
Pro Mod world champ Coughlin hoping for upswing in E-town
ENGLISHTOWN, NJ – Troy Coughlin’s title defense in the NHRA’s Pro Mod category has been marked by great highs and frustrating 
lows through the first three races of the year. A dominating victory in Charlotte that reminded everyone of his season-ending charge to the 2012 championship, has been bookended by two unlikely first-round losses, a dilemma not lost on the veteran racer.
“Pro Mod is so tough because there are three different types of power-adders that you can use,” Coughlin said. “I think the NHRA has done a great job of balancing the cars and that’s why we’re seeing such close racing.
“In the first three races, we’ve had two different turbo cars and one blower car in the winner’s circle. If you look at the No. 1 qualifiers, it’s been a blower car, then a nitrous car in the second race and a turbocharged car in the third. It’s clear to see that we’re closer than we’ve been in years because elapsed times among all three engine types have been extremely close.”
Seventh Edition of Mopar® ‘Top Eliminator’ Program Debuts with New Details
Auburn Hills, MI – Mopar fans get your rides ready. The Mopar “Top Eliminator” program is back and is bringing new elements to the 
competition. The program, which is in its seventh season, recognizes the best of the best — the most skilled Mopar enthusiasts and their restyled, accessorized and performance enhanced Chrysler Group LLC vehicles.
The long-running program shines a light on passionate and dedicated Mopar enthusiasts who display unmatched skill in modifying or preserving a classic or modern-day Mopar vehicle. Two winners will be chosen from Mopar “Top Eliminator” competitions being held at “Mopars in the Park” and the Carlisle Chrysler Nationals. These two victors will be honored by having their vehicles showcased in the Mopar display area at renowned Woodward Dream Cruise in suburban Detroit on Aug. 17 rather than the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Show in Las Vegas as it was in previous years.
