- 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
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NEOPMA EVENT 2 THIS WEEKEND AT MIR’S 35th ANNUAL MOUNTAIN MOTOR NATIONALS
Mechanicsville, MD – The Northeast Outlaw Pro Mods (NEOPMA) Teams are ready to get back at it after the season kicked off at the 
MIR Door Wars three weeks ago with Jeff Miller leaving MIR the winner and points leader.
Last year’s 34th Annual Mountain Motor Nationals winners Ed Burnley (Nitrous Class) and Steve Drummond (Blown/Turbo Class) and all of the Pro Mod Teams that attend NEOPMA events this year will be battling to be the winner under a new format, one 16 car Pro Mod field combining Blowers, Nitrous and Turbos in one class that will only crown one champion per event.
The 35th Annual Mountain Motor Nationals will be one of the only races in the Country where you will see Pro Mods and Mountain Motor Pro Stocks compete together racing on the full quarter mile.
“For the past 34 years, the Mountain Motor Nationals has grown and prospered, and the 35th running of this event will be no less spectacular. This event is one of the more popular events at MIR, with fans having the chance to see the NEOPMA Pro Mods and the Mountain Motor Pro Stocks racing down the quarter mile“, states Royce Miller – General Manager of MIR.
REMINGTON OIL SIGNS ON WITH VP RACING FUELS RETAIL BRAND PROGRAM
SAN ANTONIO, TX – VP Racing Fuels, Inc. today announced Remington Oil Company, Inc. has signed on as its newest retail brand 
partner, building on its 4-year relationship as a distributor of VP’s race fuels. As a supplier to 10 company-operated retail locations and 50+ independent locations, Remington will strengthen VP’s brand presence in northern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
“We’ve been very happy with the service and support provided by VP’s regional office in Indiana for our race fuel sales, so it was an easy decision to extend that relationship to VP’s retail brand program,” said JP Remington, Vice-President of Remington Oil. “VP has a great reputation and there’s a lot of demand for its products, as reflected by the increase in race fuel sales each year since we added them to our product line. We anticipate race fuel customers will be a catalyst for increased sales of VP-branded street gas and vice versa.”
Mopar’s Allen Johnson Recognized as a Champion on and off the Drag Strip
Auburn Hills, MI – Winning the 2012 NHRA Pro Stock World Championship was a goal and a dream that Mopar’s Allen Johnson was 
able to achieve in grand style with years of hard work, dedication and determination. While the defense of his world title is already underway, with two national title wins already posted in the first quarter of the 2013 NHRA season, the impact of the championship combined with both his on and off-track accomplishments have garnered Johnson recognition outside of the world of drag racing and motorsports.
Johnson’s Greeneville, Tenn., based Pro Stock category drag race team will be presented “Team of the Year” honors by the Tennessee Hall of Fame for representing their state with excellence and a distinct Tennessee flavor in winning a career best seven national titles and the NHRA World Championship title. Johnson’s team will be recognized as honorees during the Hall of Fame’s annual banquet on May 4 at the Renaissance Hotel Nashville. Part of an ceremony also will be celebrate the induction of a great class that includes basketball coach Rick Byrd, basketball player Penny Hardaway, and country music’s Vince Gill.
Rain Postpones NHRA Southern Nationals Until May 10–11
Commerce, GA – Mother Nature kept Mopar off the drag strip this weekend, as persistent rainy weather forced the postponement of 
the NHRA Southern Nationals. The Team Mopar contingent will return to Atlanta Dragway next weekend, May 10–11, for another shot at completing the seventh of 24 events on the 2013 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing schedule.
Eight Pro Stock cars were able to make qualifying passes on Friday before rain returned, forcing the cancellation of the first two qualifying sessions. Wet conditions on Saturday, and in the forecast for Sunday, gave NHRA officials no choice but to postpone the race, located in Commerce, Ga., just outside Atlanta.
NEOPMA AND THE PMRA TO HOLD FIRST INTERNATIONAL PRO MOD CHALLENGE AT MIR
Huntington, NY – The Northeast Outlaw Pro Mod Association [NEOPMA] is proud to announce the first International Pro Mod Event 
and one of the largest quarter mile Pro Mod Fields in 2013 at Maryland International Raceway on Sept. 20th-21st, 2013. Qualifying two 16 cars fields, featuring a 16 car ‘International Pro Mod Challenge’ with 8 of Canada’s fastest Pro Modified Racing Association [PMRA] Pro Mods vs. Northeast Outlaw Pro Mod Association [NEOPMA] 8 fastest Pro Mods to Crown the first International Pro Mod Champion. NEOPMA will also have a second 16 car Pro Mod Field featuring some of the fastest Pro Mods on the planet.
“We are thrilled to make NEOPMA history at this year’s Superchargers Showdown by qualifying 32 wild Pro Mods and holding the first ‘International Pro Mod Challenge’. This is one of only a few races in the entire nation where you can see a 32 car field on the full quarter mile. With awesome track and atmospheric conditions in late September and a 32 car Pro Mod field it will truly be an extraordinary weekend!” states Royce Miller of MIR.
Pro Bike rider Randy Hope will compete with his Kawasaki for upcoming season
LONDON, ON – After a year’s absence, the 2011 Pro Bike & Sled Series champion is returning to the track in this exciting drag race 
series.
London’s Randy Hope will be back aboard his 1978 Kawasaki Z1R ready to race in the PBSS, which is presented by Wiseco Performance Products.
We are getting the bike back together, said Hope, who rides in the Pro Bike class. Other than some new wheel bearings the bike is about the same.
The rider of the Lil Hope Racing team has competed for about 15 years, and for 2013 will once again be aboard the Kawasaki, which features a 1500-cc dual-plug engine sitting in a custom-made chassis by team owner and crew chief Bill Hope. The bike is capable of mid-eight-second times at speeds of 150 mph down the quarter-mile.
ADRL Announces $1,000,000 “Double Up” Bonus, $500,000 Battle for the Belts and Increases 2013 Event Purses by $100,000
May 3, 2013— Officials from the American Drag Racing League announced today that their 2013 World Champions in Pro Extreme, Pro 
Nitrous, Pro Extreme Motorcycle and their newest class Pro Drag Radial will have an opportunity to win bonuses worth an unprecedented $1,000,000. Anyone who wins both a 2013 American Drag Racing League and a 2013-2014 Arabian Drag Racing League World Championship in those four classes will earn a “double up” bonus of $250,000 each.
The popular ADRL Battle for the Belts will also return in 2013 as well with $500,000 in prize monies to be awarded. The event will be a standalone race contested Friday, September 6th at Rockingham Dragway during the ADRL’s most prestigious event, Dragstock.
Mopar Salutes Don Schumacher, Looks to Defend Atlanta Title
Auburn Hills, MI – For the last of three consecutive national events in as many weeks, Mopar heads to Atlanta Dragway this weekend to compete in the 33rd annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals at Atlanta Dragway, the seventh of 24 events in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series
Prior to this weekend’s on track activities, Mopar executives will attend the induction ceremonies at the International Motorsports Hall of Fame gala on Thursday evening in support of Don Schumacher who is being recognized for his many contributions to the NHRA and motorsports.
Davis Determined to Do Well at NHRA Southern Nationals
SUWANEE, GA — It’s always a bonus to race close to home and that’s the case this weekend for veteran Top Sportsman racer Ronnie 
“The King” Davis as the Suwanee, Georgia-based golf cart dealer heads to nearby Atlanta Dragway for the 33rd annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals.
“We always like coming to Atlanta Dragway. I’ve been racing here since the track opened (1976) and won a bunch of races over the years, but not yet in Top Sportsman,” Davis said. “I’ve been in two Top Sportsman finals in Atlanta, but finished runner-up both times, so obviously I’d like to finish one position better this weekend.”
Roy Hill Carrying Momentum into NHRA Southern Nationals
COMMERCE, GA – Back-to-back successful race weekends have ignited Roy Hill’s 2013 season and the drag racing legend is carrying 
that momentum into the 33rd annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals at Atlanta Dragway in Commerce, GA.
After qualifying second in Super Stock at the NHRA Gatornationals in March, Hill made an uncharacteristic early exit when he turned on the red light in round one. His fortunes would soon turn around, however, when he and team driver Craig Hankinson went rounds at the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMAX Dragway in April. From the third qualifying spot, Hankinson advanced to the semi-finals while Hill bowed out in the second round.
