- 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
801 Racing’s Day Wins NitroJam in Candies & Hughes Flopper
Courtesy of 801 Racing
Photo Courtesy of IHRA
Port Allen, LA – It’s not every day when you get a phone call asking if you would like to drive a Nitro Funny Car for the weekend. That’s just what happened to 801 Racing driver James Day 
last week. Here he was wondering when would get a chance to drive again, and low and behold the call came in. The regular driver for the Candies and Hughes Prostalgia Nitro Funny Car was unable to make the IHRA Nitro Jam event and they needed someone to fill in. Day didn’t have to think twice. To make things even sweeter, Day and his new teammates went out and won the race.
“It was very special to be back in Cajun country with the Candies and Hughes car and get the win,” said Day. “This was their home track. There were people coming up to us all weekend with tales of days gone by. Things like, ‘I remember when’, or ‘I saw them do this or that.’ Every fan had a different story, and ‘how great it was to have the car back in Baton Rouge.’ It was a great connection to share.”
Hudson & Lawrence win NDRRA at Piedmont Dragway
Courtesy of NDRRA
Julian, NC – Piedmont Dragway hosted its first NDRRA Drag Radial event April 28. 
The winner in X275 was Ziff Hudson from Concord, NC defeating Lyle Barnett of Robbins NC 4.891 to 4.993. The 275 Real Street winner was Forest, VA racer Matt Lawrence running 5.401 to defeat Ted Timmerman from Durham, NC losing 5.523 et.
The next NDRRA event will be run Saturday night May 12. The 275 Real Street Cars will run along with the Southern Automotive 6.0 Raiders.
Ron Capps, Steve Torrence, Greg Anderson, Eddie Krawiec, Alan Reinhart on WFO Radio
Courtesy of WFO
HOLLYWOOD, FL – Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals winners, Ron Capps, Steve Torrence, Greg Anderson, and Eddie Krawiec all join Joe Castello, along with the NHRA’s Alan Reinhart, on WFO Radio NHRA Nitro.
To listen now, go to http://www.wforadio.com/
Ron Capps, driver of the NAPA Dodge Funny Car, stops by WFO Radio to talk about his first victory of 2012, breaking the John Force Racing streak of wins, and the additional pressure brought on by knowing he has a car and team capable of winning a championship.
First time Top Fuel winner, Capco Top Fuel dragster driver, Steve Torrence, breaks down his final round victory over Tony Schumacher, his team’s early success, and how he plans to add to his win total heading to the next NHRA National event in Topeka, Kansas.
Top Alcohol Racer Brian Mans
Written by Todd Veney/Pro Sportsman Association
Photo by David Smith
Milwaukee, WI – Brian Mans liked working on Alcohol Dragsters so much that he had to have one of his own.
The highlight of his career came late last year when he won the rain-delayed Columbus divisional race, which was run in conjunction with the Bowling Green divisional. From the No. 7 spot, he reeled off consistent 5.50s, including a 5.57 in the final to upset five-time world champion Bill Reichert, who went up in smoke.
“I never saw him and was pretty sure the win-light was on in my lane, but I didn’t want to get too excited – just in case,” Mans says. “Then everybody came down to get me, and the way they piled out of the truck, I knew. But we still had to get the car serviced and ready to race the Bowling Green event the following morning, and we had motors apart and parts all over the place. We might not have made it for first round if Reichert hadn’t sent over some guys to help.”
Last year’s Victoria Day winners hoping to repeat success for May 18-20 event
Courtesy of PMRA, Quick 32 and PBSS
CAYUGA, ON – The opening rounds in the Pro Modified Racing Association, the Quick 32 Sportsman Series, and the Pro Bike & Sled Series are only days away, and last year’s winners will once again be trying to get off to a winning start.
The Victoria Day Weekend Challenge at the Cayuga Dragway of Toronto Motorsports Park has been the traditional season start for the drag race series, and this tradition continues May 18-20.
The PMRA will kick off its eighth year at Cayuga. In last year’s event, three-time PMRA champion Bruce Boland of Hamilton, Ontario, got right into his winning ways with his 1941 Willys, defeating Gary Irving of Toronto in the Al Hinds Corvette. Boland, who placed second in the 2011 Pro Modified Racing Association Championship Point Award Series, qualified number one and took out Irving with a 6.087-second, 234.37-mph run against the 6.309, 222.33 of Irving, who qualified sixth.
BMR Adjustable Trailing Arms for the 2010-2012 Camaro and 2008-2009 Pontiac G8
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Mark Herbold wins TNT opener at Dunn Tire Raceway Park
Courtesy of TNT
LANCASTER, NY – The first event of the 2012 Joe’s Transmission TNT Super Series season saw 26 of the best sportsman racers on the planet assemble at Dunn Tire Raceway Park on Friday May 4th where Elma, New York’s Mark Herbold
took the win and an early points lead.
Presented by Autos Direct Of Buffalo, the event saw dry skies and a track surface that was in great condition for throttle-stop racing. After two rounds of qualifying, Rochester’s Pete D’Agnolo (driving Sam LoVetro’s ’66 Nova) landed the #1 qualifying position at 7.002; and he did it in a field where you had to be better than 7.017 to make it into the top five.
In round one, Mark took his ’94 Corvette up against Niagara Falls Ontario’s Jim Thomson. Almost even at the tree (.522 to .527), Mark was able to nip Jim in the lights and move to round two.
MEADORS, WILLIS, AND PATTON TAKE PSDCA WINS
Courtesy of Pro Door Slammers
Sacramento, CA – The Pro Slammer Door Car Association (PSDCA) sponsored by Scrappers Racing revved up their 2012 season May 5th and 6th at Sacramento Raceway Park. Racing in conjunction with the Pacific Division’s NHRA
National Open, it was the first association race for the newly formed Pro Mod Slammers.
The pro mods did not disappoint as Sean Renteria put his sultry black supercharged ’65 Valiant into the fives during Q1 Friday night with a 5.969-231.64 for the #1 position. In eliminations, it was Marc Meadors’ Camaro and Renteria’s Plymouth trading volleys for supremacy. Marc ran 242.38 only to see Sean lay down a 242.97.
Unfortunately, Renteria broke on the run and was unable to return for a highly anticipated showdown between the two drivers. Meadors and his Pure Hell 2 continued to “put it to the wood”, saving his best run for the final when he knocked out a game Monty Berney with a 6.101-248.28.
FORD WINS THREE IN A ROW! HOLBROOK GETS HIS FIRST SHOWDOWN TITLE!
Written by Bret Kepner
St. Louis, MO – Although the American Drag Racing League’s wild new SuperCar Showdown division has only completed its third event, Chris Holbrook will admit it seemed to take forever to enter the winner’s circle. The popular Michigan
racer finally hoisted an ADRL SCS trophy in front of a cheering fans after winning the ADRL’s Northeast Drags II presented by Penske at Maple Grove Raceway near Reading, Pennsylvania.
Holbrook beat previously undefeated Bo Butner on driving skill alone in the championship round which, for the third straight event, featured a pair of new supercharged Ford Mustang Cobra Jets in a wheelstanding duel which drew raves from spectators. Holbrook’s victory was the first in series history to be determined by a better reaction time. Holbrook’s silver “Instant Action” Ford clocked 5.88 seconds at a top speed of 119.17 miles per hour in the eighth-mile distance to stop Butner’s quicker 5.82-second run at 118.78 mph.
“To win due to a starting line ‘holeshot’ is the ultimate thrill for a driver”, said an elated Holbrook during the trophy presentation surrounded by his wife, sons and team members. “To finally beat Bo Butner was just as big for us. That’s something we thought we could do at the first two events but Bo has just been unstoppable. Winning another title for Ford is just awesome”.
Impact Canopies returns as the Preferred Canopy Supplier for PMRA, Quick 32 and PBSS
Courtesy of PMRA, Quick 32 and PBSS
CAYUGA, ON – Impact Canopies Inc. has returned for 2012 as the Preferred Canopy Supplier for The Pro Modified 
Racing Association, the Quick 32 Sportsman Series, and the Pro Bike & Sled Series, providing a strong and professional presence at event race tracks.
“We greatly appreciate the support from Impact Canopies,” noted Bruce Mehlenbacher, Director of Operations for the three series. “Not only does Impact provide a first-class canopy shelter for our operations staff during race weekends, it also provides us with high visibility and instant recognition.”
Based in Port Coquitlam BC, Impact Canopies has several locations throughout North America catering to groups in sporting, cultural, and charity events. Its involvement with the PMRA, the Quick 32 Sportsman Series, and the PBSS was its first venture into the motorsport world.
