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Whiteleys Double up again in Tulsa
Written by Todd Veney/Pro Sportsman Association
Tulas, OK – In a performance even more impressive than their sweep of the Las Vegas race earlier this year, the husband-and-wife team of Jim and Annie Whiteley ran the table at the Lucas Oil Series regional event at Tulsa Raceway
Park. This time, both ran low e.t. in the final, Jim a 5.34 for the Top Alcohol Dragster title and Annie a 5.67 for the win in Top Alcohol Funny Car.
Jim, who already was in a commanding position for the national championship in Top Alcohol Dragster, scored for the fifth time in seven starts this year and completed a perfect regional season with his third victory, stopping Randy Meyer in the final. Meyer, who edged him for the No. 1 qualifying spot, went up in smoke not far off the line and coasted to a 7.21 at 137 mph.
“Randy’s car has been running well wherever he goes – I don’t care what the conditions have been,” Whiteley said. “I’m trying not to think too much about the championship at this point. Our goal was to win this race, and we did it.
Sportsman stars headline annual JEGS Allstars competition
Courtesy of Jegs
JOLIET, IL – The best Sportsman-level drivers from NHRA’s Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series will once again converge on Route 66 Raceway this 
weekend for the highly-anticipated JEGS Allstars competition.
A total of 77 drivers representing 25 states will compete for individual and team honors, plus a share of more than $120,000 at stake during the event, which will once again be held in conjunction with the O’Reilly Auto Parts NHRA Route 66. Nationals.
The JEGS Allstars competition is a unique event that crowns individual champions in 10 separate eliminators, in addition to an overall team champion from one of NHRA’s seven divisions. Racers can only qualify for the prestigious event by earning points in their home divisions during year-long battles in the following NHRA Lucas Oil categories; Top Alcohol Dragster, Top Alcohol Funny Car, Competition, Super Stock, Stock, Super Comp, Super Gas, Super Street, and the exciting Top Dragster and Top Sportsman classes.
Mercier wins TA/D; Lourie takes TA/FC for the 2nd straight year
Written by Todd Veney/Pro Sportsman Association
Photo by Dave Smith
East Nassau, NY – At the Lucas Oil Series Eastern Regional at Lebanon Valley Dragway in scenic upstate New York, Canadian Dan Mercier won Top Alcohol Dragster on Rich McPhillips’ foul and Eric Lourie ran steady 5.70s on a tricky
surface to claim the Top Alcohol Funny Car title.
Mercier and McPhillips, the top two qualifiers, had run within hundredths of a second of each other throughout eliminations until the final, where McPhillips took off too soon for a -.248 foul while Mercier scored with his slowest run of the day, 5.51. “I saw him so far out in front of me, and I said to myself, ‘Impossible,” because I knew that I had a good reaction time,” said Mercier, of LaPrairie, Quebec. “I heard yelling over the radio, but I couldn’t tell for sure what they were saying, so I just stayed on it to the end, just to be sure.”
It was Mercier’s first final-round appearance in exactly a year, since he had virtually the same e.t. and same reaction time that won this year’s final in a close 5.52-5.51 holeshot loss to Dan Page here last year. Mercier was within three-thousandths of a second of both his reaction time and his e.t. from the 2011 final, but it proved irrelevant when McPhillips, who qualified No. 1 with the only run all weekend in the 5.30s, lurched off the line too soon.
Quarterfinal finish highlights Troy Coughlin Jr.’s Ultimate 64 weekend
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CLAY CITY, KY – Chasing a massive $50,000 first-place prize at the seventh annual Ultimate 64 Shootout presented by JEGS, Troy Coughlin Jr., managed a respectable quarterfinal finish that boosted his confidence level and left him
hungry for more success.
“My car was strong and I drove good so I’m happy about that but when you get that close to a win and don’t finish the job, you always want more,” Coughlin said. “I was having a pretty good day until I red-lighted by .002 seconds against Lester Adkins, who went on to be the runner-up. When that happens, you leave the track thinking about what might have been. I just needed to win three more rounds and I could have been the guy holding the big check but that’s how it goes sometimes.”
In addition to his quarterfinal finish in the main event, Coughlin also drove his JEGS.com dragster to a Round 4 finish in one of the weekend’s $10,000-to-win races and a couple other second round showings during the event, which was held at Mountain Park Dragway in Clay City, Ky.
Black Diamond Motorsports exits early at ADRL U.S. Drag V
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Photo by Roger Richards
Dinwiddie, VA – The American Drag Racing League made its return to Virginia Motorsports Park for the U.S. Drags V 
and was greeted with a deluge of extreme conditions. First round of qualifying the temperatures were on the extreme end of the scale but despite these Kevin Bealko in his competition debut with a clutch, was able to qualify the 2011 GXP in ninth position while John Delforian, Jr. in the 2012 Camaro ended up in the sixteenth position .
The second round of qualifying started twelve hours later after several rain showers and a temperature drop of almost twenty degrees John was able to improve his time while Kevin wiggled down the track but unfortunately the other teams also improved their elapsed times bumping both cars out of the field . Rain ended any more qualifying sessions for friday night and the team went to work prepping both cars for the final qualifying session on Saturday.
Boland, Hinbest, Stewart victorious at Canadian Nitro Nationals
Courtesy of PMRA, Quick 32 and PBSS
CAYUGA, ON – The third session of the Pro Modified Racing Association, the Quick 32 Sportsman Series presented by NAPA Auto Parts, and the Pro Bike & Sled Series presented by Wiseco Performance Products was completed today at
the Cayuga Dragway of Toronto Motorsports Park during the track’s Canadian Nitro Nationals.
Three-time PMRA champion Bruce Boland returned to his winning ways capturing the PMRA final, Michael Hinbest drove his Top Dragster to his first win in Quick 32 Sportsman Series racing, and Pete Stewart took another win in the PBSS.
Boland, of Hamilton, Ontario, driving his 1941 Willys Pro Modified, took his first win of the season, defeating Kenny Lang of Grande Point, Manitoba in the final round. Boland also qualified number one for the race with a 6.005-second, 238.05-mph pass, his fourth straight number one qualifying run in PMRA racing.
Pro Mod Enthusiasts Group, Created to help Promote Pro Mods of all Types
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Manalapan, NJ – Pro Modified’s are the fastest door cars in the world. Pro Mod events are contested all over the world on the quarter mile and the eighth mile with events ranging from “Run what you Brung”, to Rules based Organizations
and Associations.
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We also offer many services to the Pro Mod Teams, Associations, Organizations and Promoters/Tracks that will help them grow their presence in the Drag Racing World. Visit Our Service Page to review our services and how we can help you draw sponsors, increase fan attendance thru Proven Marketing Strategies that include Press Releases, Video, TV and more.
Paul Noakes Wins the Canadian Nitro Nationals!
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Cayuga, ON – It didn’t take Paul Noakes and Crew Chief Les Mellows long to make their mark in the NDRA Alcohol 
Funny Car Series presented by Ohsweken Speedway. With bracket car like consistency, Noakes and Mellows put on a dominating performance to claim the event title and grab both the series elapsed time and mile per hour records.
The Meritor Driveforce/Euclid sponsored team laid down a 5.67 in the first round, followed by a 5.70 in the semi-finals and capped the weekend off with a 5.69 in the final round to defeat Cicero, New York native Brian White in his White’s Auto Speed/Freeman Farms Dodge Avenger. “Wow, ya, times were tough and everyone thought we had it covered but I’ll tell you, it took a lot of work,” said an ecstatic Noakes “It’s all up to my crew guy’s and Crew Chief and they’re the best in the business and I can’t thank them enough.”
Of course, Noakes couldn’t do what he does without a great support system in place. “I can’t go without mentioning my sponsors, Meritor Driveforce, Euclid, Harman Heavy Vehicle Specialists and Dr. Rondeau, I got to thank everybody. And I’ve also got to thank the NDRA for putting a great package together, with some great cars and I can really see this series growing like crazy.”
Paul Noakes Holds Top Spot at Nitro Nats
Courtesy of NDRA
Cayuga, ON – Racing in his first NDRA Alcohol Funny Car Series event, Paul Noakes of London, Ontario put his Meritor/Euclid sponsored Ford Mustang Funny Car in the number one qualifying position with a solid 5.707 elapsed
time at 255.73 miles per hour to lead the field into Sunday’s elimination rounds.
Asked how he felt about being the number one qualifier at his first NDRA event Noakes said, “It’s a great feeling! It’s nice to be on top and it’s definitely not a spot we’re used to being in so I definitely have to thank all my guys. Les (Mellows – Crew Chief) is doing a great job; it’s like driving a Cadillac down through there. I bolted on some truck parts from Meritor this year and its makin’ this car really fly. ”
Boland, Leverentz, Wicke, and McKay pace field at Nitro Nats
Courtesy of PMRA, Quick 32 and PBSS
CAYUGA, ON – Qualifying in the Pro Modified Racing Association, the Quick 32 Sportsman Series presented by NAPA Auto Parts, and the Pro Bike & Sled Series presented by Wiseco Performance Products was completed at the Cayuga
Dragway of Toronto Motorsports Park.
This event, the third in each drag racing series for 2012, was held during the track’s Canadian Nitro Nationals.
Taking the number one spot in and his third of the season in PMRA competition was Bruce Boland of Hamilton, Ontario. Boland, a three-time champion, posted a 6.005-second, 238.05-mph pass with his 1941 Willys Pro Modified. Second in qualifying was Derek Hawker of Corbyville, Ontario, and third was Kenny Lang of Grand Pointe, Manitoba.
Peter Farber of Baldwinville, Massachusetts and Eric Latino of Whitby, Ontario rounded out the top five.
