- SOX & MARTIN® AND MCCANDLESS COLLECTION TO SPONSOR NHRA HEMI® CHALLENGE
- Final Rounds of JEGS $50,000 Race to Conclude On Friday at the Spring Fling
- 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
PMRA releases 2013 schedule, returning to Quebec after five years absence
Courtesy of PMRA
CAYUGA, ON – The Pro Modified Racing Association is pleased to announce its racing schedule for the 2013 season, and is also pleased 
to announce an additional and new event next year.
The upcoming season will be the ninth for the PMRA Pro Modifieds. And for the first time in its history, the PMRA will present eight races over its season with the addition of an inaugural event in Quebec.
The PMRA starts off at Martin, Michigan May 10-11 at US 131 Motorsports Park, a race that was won last year by Jack Grainy of North Tonawanda, New York.
Industry Leaders Reveal Excitement For X-Treme Drag Racing League (X-DRL) And Debut Season In 2013
Courtesy of X-DRL
Kerrville, TX – Following a well-received introductory press conference at last week’s IMIS show in Indianapolis, the new X-treme 
Drag Racing League (X-DRL) continues to draw impressive and resounding support from marquee sponsors and race teams as it builds towards its inaugural season in 2013.
Just moments after announcing its official nine-race schedule for the debut season of the eighth-mile sanctioning body, there were already hosts of ringing endorsements from several the top names in drag racing.
PSCA Announces Dates for Street Car Super Nationals IX
Courtesy of PSCA
LAS VEGAS, NV – On the heels of a record-setting Street Car Super Nationals VIII that saw the quickest pass in doorslammer history 
with Jose Gonzalez’s pass of 5.730 seconds, the Pacific Street Car Association has announced the ninth edition of one of drag racing’s biggest must-see events is scheduled for Nov. 14-17, 2013 at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Drag addicts can expect to see faster car, quicker times, bigger wheelies, and more straight-line excitement from Bruton Smith’s drag racing desert oasis. With the event being held the weekend prior to Thanksgiving, it’s a great time to head to Las Vegas for a family vacation that won’t be forgotten.
IHRA President Aaron Polburn named 2012 Mike Aiello Award recipient
by Susan Wade
NORWALK, OH – Michael J. Fox has nothing on Aaron Polburn. Back in mid-2010, International Hot Rod Association President 
Polburn never showed any public angst when doctors told him he has Parkinson’s disease.
Instead he approached what he called his “next great adventure” with grace and his trademark sense of humor.
“Although doctors are about 95 percent sure, that gives me a solid 5 percent chance of them being wrong. It’s kind of like when we face a 90 percent chance of rain at a Nitro Jam event. I am the guy who is convinced that gives us a 10 percent chance of sunshine,” he wrote in his popular back-page column “The Last Word” in Drag Review Magazine’s July 2010 issue.
“I am the most blessed guy on earth. I look at this as my next great adventure and I truly mean that,” Polburn wrote. “I will do whatever it takes to put the odds in my favor. . . . I will do it with great attitude and humor. This is not a death sentence. This is a lifestyle change although I am convinced it is not going to change that much.”
S&T ELECTROPLATE RESTORING ALLARD CHRYSLER DRAGSTER CHROME
Courtesy of Allard Chrysler Action Group
The Allard Chrysler Action Group (ACAG) has selected S&T Electroplate of Yate, near Bristol to provide the chrome plating needs for 
the restoration of Europe’s first dragster – Sydney Allard’s 1961 Allard Chrysler. The link to their website is now available via www.allardchrysler.org. Using photographs taken in the early 1960s and existing parts as a reference, items that were chromed back then included steering, suspension, transmission, braking and exhaust components. Those requiring new chrome were identified. ACAG Chairman Brian Taylor said,
“I received estimates from 5 different plating companies and selected S&T after receiving a recommendation from Mike Knapman of the Allard Owners Club and talking on the telephone to Nigel Hayward and Kim Saleh of S&T. The fact that they were fairly local to us and specialised in plating for the enthusiast and vintage restorer were also important considerations”.
RESTORING EUROPE’S FIRST DRAGSTER
Courtesy of Allard Chrysler Action Group
The December 2012 issue of ACAG Update is now available. The on-line version link(and the pdf version for those of you who like to 
print it out) will shortly be available via the Latest News tab on our website www.allardchrysler.org. I have attached a jpg of the front cover and the direct link to the on-line version is
http://drceurope.co.uk/acag/dec2012
This issue consists of 32 pages and details the work carried out on Sydney Allard’s 1961 Allard Chrysler dragster (owned by the National Motor Museum, Beaulieu) during October 2012 through until now. We also continue the story of the dragsters restoration looking at how the links with our many supporters across the pond were first created. There are lots of other photos and news bits and pieces so enjoy the read and have a great Christmas/New Year Holiday. We get back to work on the car on December 30th so if you feel like joining our crew let me know. There’s much to do during January and February. Many thanks to all those who have helped us with this project. You’ll see and hear the result next year.
RPM Adds Latest Online “E-MAGAZINE” For Visitors Worldwide!!
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Volume Issue 10, 2012
SICK SECONDS – To be a player in the big leagues of really fast real street machines these days you need to be running in the low 7, or high 6 second quarter-mile zone to compete with long-time fastest street car competitors. And, of course, you must be able to drive the car for sustained periods on the street.
FROM MUD PIT TO DRAG STRIP – 8 years ago, Al Martorino bolted some slicks onto the rear axle of his rock crawler truck, pulled around the water box, cut down the tree and ran a 12.4 ET on his first pass down the strip… and never looked back!
Chad Head, Hector Arana Jr., Alan Reinhart, Brian “O”, on WFO Radio
Courtesy of WFO
HOLLYWOOD, FL – Chad Head and Hector Arana Jr. join Joe Castello, along with the NHRA’s Alan Reinhart, on WFO Radio NHRA Nitro. 
To listen now, go to http://www.wforadio.com/
Chad Head stops by WFO Radio to discuss the recent announcement that he will become partners in his father’s family business, as well as, drive the Jim Head Racing funny car in 2013. Head speaks about his time at Al-Anabi, driving nostalgia funny cars, and stepping up to the “Big Show”.
Hector Arana Jr., makes an appearance to discuss his 2012 season and the changes coming for 2013. Arana speaks about the rules changes coming next year, how he plans to become an even better rider, and his family’s plan to field a third bike for his brother Adam.
Williams Wins Central TAFC Title By One Point
Written by Todd Veney/Pro Sportsman Association
Photo by David Smith
Running on a fraction of some teams’ budgets, Kirk and Chris Williams won the Central Region Top Alcohol Funny Car championship 
over Kris Hool, 299 to 298. “You never think you’re having a good year while you’re going through it,” Williams said. “Then you look up at the end, and you won the championship.”
Williams got it by a single point, so a different outcome in any round anywhere all year, and Hool would have won the title. Both scored twice – Hool at Gainesville in February and late in the year at the rain-delayed Topeka event that was completed in Earlville. Williams won his first regional start of the season, in Denver, and at Earlville for what he considers the biggest win of his long career. Williams’ season ended one race later with a semifinal loss in Noble, but Hool, who’s been touring the country the past two years, had one race left, the Las Vegas event on the penultimate weekend of the season, where he needed to win one round to take the title.
X-DRL Reveals 2013 Schedule; Stops At Bristol, zMAX Dragway Highlight Debut Season
Courtesy of the X-DRL
Indianapolis, IN– Featuring stops at two of the nation’s most prestigious tracks, along with races at a host of marquee locations, the X-
treme Drag Racing League (X-DRL) announced its 2013 season schedule in what is the highly-anticipated debut season from the new eighth-mile sanctioning body.
The schedule release came during an official press conference on Saturday at the International Motorsports Industry Show (IMIS) at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, and features events at historic Bristol Dragway and zMAX Dragway in Charlotte, along with seven more confirmed stops at standout facilities.
“We’re excited to give fans a schedule like this and one that will feature action-packed racing at some of the premier tracks in the nation,” X-DRL’s Jeff Mitchell said.
