- VINTAGE JOHN FORCE TAKES PROVISIONAL NO. 1 QUALIFIER AT CHARLOTTE NHRA 4-WIDE NATIONALS
- Jeff Taylor Races Himself in JEGS $50K Final and Eric Aman Captures Silverstate $50K Win on Friday at the Spring Fling
- BO AND RANDI LYN BUTNER KICK OFF JHG NHRA MOUNTAIN MOTOR PRO STOCK SEASON AT ZMAX DRAGWAY
- JOHN FORCE AND RICK HENDRICK: A LONGSTANDING FRIENDSHIP INITIATED BY A MOVIE AND LATER A RED BALL CAP
- Kalitta, Force, Anderson and Smith take the #1 spots at Friday qualifying of the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals
- A Family That Races Together Stays Together!
- J. FORCE, KALITTA, ANDERSON AND M. SMITH RACE TO PROVISIONAL NO. 1 SPOTS AT NHRA 4-WIDE NATIONALS IN CHARLOTTE
Pro Mod champ Coughlin opens E-town eliminations with win
ENGLISHTOWN, NJ – So far, so good. That’s the feeling in the JEGS.com pit of reigning Pro Mod champion Troy Coughlin after one 
round of elimination action at the 44th annual Toyota Summernationals and Old Bridge Township Raceway Park.
Although his team experienced a bit of a struggle in the unseasonable warm weather the last two days, Coughlin qualified his twin-turbo Corvette in the No. 10 position with a best pass of 6.105 seconds at 238.30 mph. That placed him next to No. 7 qualifier Harold Martin in Saturday evening’s first round of eliminations, a race he won.
“The first goal every weekend is to qualify, as simple as that sounds,” Coughlin said. “You can’t win if you don’t make the show and we don’t have any provisionals in drag racing, so making the field is job one.
SUMMERNATIONALS SUNDAY FEATURES JFR BATTLE
ENGLISHTOWN, NJ – As qualifying came to a close on Saturday at the 44th annual Toyota NHRA Summernationals John Force Racing 
was trying to avoid a head to head team match-up in the first round. Unfortunately while the Funny Car teams improved their performance they did not create enough separation to avoid a John Force, No. 10, versus Robert Hight, No. 7, first round battle. One the other side of the ladder Courtney Force will have to race one of the hottest teams in Funny Car Johnny Gray if she hopes to win her first race at Raceway Park on Sunday. In Top Fuel Brittany Force bounced back from a tough Friday recording two solid runs and qualifying in the No. 13 spot.
The Castrol EDGE Top Fuel dragster was one of the quickest dragsters under the toughest conditions today posting a 3.921 second time in the opening session today to solidly get into the show. The Dean Antonelli and Eric Lane tuned dragster stepped up in the final session and ran 3.908 at 315.78 mph.
After securing No. 5 spot on Pro Stock grid, Coughlin preps for race day
ENGLISHTOWN, NJ – This weekend’s 44th annual Toyota Summernationals has certainly lived up to it’s name as scorching 
temperatures during two days of professional qualifying have reminded locals of the first few incarnations of this event when it was held in July’s dog days. It’s been brutal for the racers as well, with the NHRA tour’s most recent Pro Stock winner — Jeg Coughlin Jr. — a classic example of what happens when the temperatures rise.
“This heat has been giving us all fits,” Coughlin said. “And certainly we’ve been no exception. We’ve been quick every session, but not quite as quick in relation to the field as we have been in the last several races. I think we were fourth or fifth quickest of all four rounds, which is good, but it’s not quite as good as we’d like.”
Team DSR Englishtown Update
Capps, Tobler hope E-Town is where wave of bad luck will depart their NAPA AUTO PARTS Dodge team
It’s a good thing that Ron Capps and crew chief Rahn Tobler have healthy, full heads of hair.
Because over the past six NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series events, their NAPA AUTO PARTS Dodge Charger R/T has encountered more gremlins than a bad horror flick. And it has continued at the 44th annual Toyota NHRA Nationals at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park at Englishtown, N.J.
Since winning the NHRA title near Phoenix in the second event of the season, the NAPA team has only advanced to the semifinals in two of the last six events.
NAPA continues support of Canadian Drag Racing with “Win the day, Tool Box Giveaway”
their vehicles into the Renegade Race Fuels Winner Circle this summer thanks to NAPA Auto Parts and the newly announced “Win the Day, Toolbox Giveaway”.The contest will be open to any Sportsman Racing Series Contestant who wins a Main Event Final in Super Pro, Modified, Super Bike/Sled, Street Eliminator, Frantic 14 Super Gas, or Sportsman Racing Series Gambler race during the course of the 2013 season.
Competitors who are Sportsman Racing Series Points members will have Two Ballots entered into the draw for every victory, while Non-Points members will receive One Ballot.
Stefan Kontos Named Kon Rodz Racing Team President
KING, ON – Ontario, Canada-based NHRA Top Alcohol Funny Car team Kon Rodz Racing announced today that 18 year old Stefan 
Kontos will take over the day-to-day operations as team president, effective immediately. Team owner Spiro Kontos will maintain his role as owner and CEO of the popular team, now competing in their third full season with driver Cassie Simonton.
“I will oversee the team operations, but Stefan will have full control of the team. I’m reducing my role in the team so I can work on other business ventures. I will still be involved and I’ll attend all of the races as usual, but all of Stefan’s decisions will be final,” Spiro said.
Despite his young age, Stefan has already proved himself through his work within the team. He worked to attract a host of new sponsors to the team, including Sparco USA, Bell Racing Helmets, and Off Axis Custom Paint. Stefan’s projects also include building the official Kon Rodz Racing Facebook and Twitter pages. He will use what he learned as he grew up within the sport to take on additional responsibilities associated with managing a professional race team.
Rowe Leaves NHRA Summernationals as Provisional No. 1 Qualifier
ENGLISHTOWN, NJ– Danny Rowe raced to the top of the NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series field Friday during the opening rounds of 
qualifying at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park.
Rowe, a two-time and defending Englishtown event winner, set the pace with a phenomenal 5.926-second, 247.57mph quarter-mile blast in his supercharged Agave Underground Tequila ’68 Camaro. If his time stands, this would be his second No. 1 qualifying position of the season and fifth of his career.
Qualifying position, however, will ultimately have little impact on Rowe’s weekend in New Jersey as he departed the property following the second qualifying session to catch a flight home to Laguna Hills, California, so that he will be able to attend his daughter Cassidy’s graduation from JSerra Catholic High School in San Juan Capistrano on Saturday morning.
Continue readingCOURTNEY FORCE LEADS JFR FRIDAY AT SUMMERNATIONALS
ENGLISHTOWN, NJ – Friday at the 44th annual Toyota NHRA Summernationals was a mixed bag for John Force Racing as Courtney 
Force was the quickest Funny Car of the first session and then had a blower drive shaft on her Traxxas Ford Mustang break before she had a chance to run in the second session. John Force improved in the second session but Robert Hight and Brittany Force will have to race into the show on Saturday in their respective classes.
In the first session Courtney Force went to the top of the Funny Car field with a 4.130 second run at 306.05 mph and picked up three bonus points.
“We had a great first pass. We picked up three bonus points on just that run for being quickest. Our Traxxas Ford Mustang went down and ran a 4.13, which is a good run right out of the box,” said Force.
T.J. Tindle’s First Win Shows He May Already Have Flair For The Dramatic
Belle Rose, LA – The first professional win was always going to be special for T.J. Tindle, and it certainly proved to be that way for the 
X-treme Pro Mod during the winner’s circle celebration at the X-DRL’s Bash On The Bayou at No Problem Raceway.
But this first win also comes with a story not many could imagine and includes a tale Tindle will be recalling for years to come.
It included a late-night phone call, a middle-of-the-night drive across several state lines and a lengthy thrash, adding up to one incredible backstory to the 18-year-old Tindle’s first victory.
“I was going to race (Saturday) no matter what,” T.J. said.
Venables puts Hagan, Magneti Marelli team on E-Town pole; points leader Schumacher, U.S. Army lead DSR in Top Fuel
at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park at Englishtown, N.J.And one of this season’s hottest Funny Cars continues to be the Magneti Marelli Offered by Mopar/Rocky Boots Dodge Charger R/T driven my Matt Hagan and tuned by crew chief Dickie Venables and rookie assistant Michael Knudsen.
Hagan recorded the quickest run through Friday’s two qualifying sessions when he recorded a 4.050-second pass at 315.64 mph after the track cooled by about 20 degrees to 101 from the late afternoon session and the ambient air temperature dropped from 90 to 85.
