- 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
Hughes Performance Continues Sponsorship of PSCA Event, Race Class in ‘12
Courtesy of PSCA
LAS VEGAS, NV – For its eighth-consecutive season, Hughes Performance will provide title sponsorship of the Pacific Street Car Association’s Pro Street class as well as the May 18-20 Hughes Performance California Nationals at Auto
Club Dragway in Fontana, Calif. It is the tenth year overall that Hughes Performance and PSCA have partnered to provide great West Coast drag racing for both the fans and the racers.
“Working with the PSCA and all of the racers in 2011 was one of the best experiences I have ever had in all the time I’ve worked in the high performance and racing aftermarket industry,” said Hughes Performance Sales Manager Pete Nichols. “Hughes Performance experienced some extremely positive growth within the PSCA and among the racers last year. Our brand presence and recognition was outstanding.
RPM MAGAZINE & goDragRacing.org HONOR NORTHEAST OUTLAW PRO MOD RACERS
Courtesy of RPM Magazine
During an exciting night of reflection on the 2011 NEOPMA (Northeast Outlaw Pro Mod Association) season, RPM Magazine and www.goDragRacing.org took time to recognize four exceptional series competitors with their Editor’s
Choice Award.
RPM Editor In Chief, Chris Biro along with RPM V.P. Of Marketing & Customer Relations, Trish Biro personally attended this years banquet to present the goods. “The Editor?s Choice Award is generally presented to one, maybe two racers in a given season. We worked closely with NEOPMA this past season and when faced with the decision of choosing recipients for 2011, we quickly realized the difficulty of the task and called in re-enforcements,” explained Chris.
“So, with the help of our good friend Mark from goDragRacing.org and series frontman, John Mazzorana, we decided there would be 4 Editor’s Choice Awards for 2011, and that ALL 4 would go to racers of the Northeast Outlaw Pro Modified Association!”
Fineline Graphics Named Official Sign And Graphics Company Of ADRL
Courtesy of ADRL
O’FALLON, MO – With more than 20 years of experience of working in the drag racing industry, Fineline Graphics has been involved with the sport since the company was created.
Starting in 2012, Fineline will also be the Official Sign and Graphics Company of the ADRL
The world’s premier eighth-mile drag racing league announced the partnership on Friday, making Fineline the ADRL’s official choice for all its sign and graphics needs.
Maggio Motorsports Plans For an Even Bigger ’12 PSCA Season
Courtesy of PSCA
LAS VEGAS, NV – It’s hard for a race team to have higher expectations for the 2012 Pacific Street Car Association series when the ’11 season ended with them hoisting the PSCA Pro Street championship, but that’s exactly what Maggio
Motorsports is planning.
A year that saw the San Dimas, Calif.-based team earn a Wally by winning the WCOPMA/NHRA Division 7 drags at Infineon Speedway in Somona, Calif. by setting a new ET record (5.849 seconds) as well as the speed record record (251.91 mph), set PSCA records for ET and speed twice (currently 5.973 seconds and 245.54 mph, respectively), earn the 2011 Super Chevy championship at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, and be featured on the cover of Drag Illustrated in July is a season to remember.
“Looking back on the Maggio Motorsports 2011 season is a true pleasure,” Maggio Motorsports Owner Mike Maggio said. “We have so much to be thankful for and proud of.”
Wiseco Performance Products returns as title sponsor for PBSS
Courtesy of PBSS
WOODSTOCK, ON – After a successful initial season, Wiseco Performance Products will once again be title sponsor for the Pro Bike & Sled Series.
“We’re very happy with our first year,” said Harvey Silverthorn, General Manager of WisecoCanada. “The bike and sled racers have been given a solid first-rate program.”
“I know the racers are happy,” he continued. “We’ve got a few new teams and others are stepping up their programs for 2012.”
Started in 2011, the PBSS has provided motorcycle and snowmobile drag racers a venue to compete in an organized environment. For the 2012 races, an elimination field of 16 qualified competitors in the both Pro Bike and Pro Sled will compete on a dial-in, Sportsman-style basis to determine the final event winner.
JEGS.com racer Makenna Brown cleans up at National Trail Raceway ceremony
Courtesy of Jegs
HEBRON, OH – JEGS.com racer Makenna Brown arrived at Saturday evening’s National Trail Raceway Awards 
Ceremony knowing she would collect one trophy and hoping she’d earn another. Little did she know, the 11-year-old granddaughter of Hall of Famer Jeg Coughlin and his wife Sue would leave the banquet hall with three pieces of hardware.
Brown first picked up her hard-earned Jr. Dragster 2 track championship, which she claimed by the slenderest of margins over Nicholas Altenbach. She was then recognized as Most Improved Jr. Dragster Driver, a special honor voted on by her fellow racers.
But that wasn’t all. Brown also was presented with a custom-made trophy from her grandparents that noted her being the first Jr. Dragster Champion and the first Female Champion for Team JEGS.
“Winning the track championship was very special to me in many ways because I know how much goes into it,” Brown said. “Just to be nominated for Most Improved Jr. Dragster Driver next to Dustin Eveland and Michael Ruark was another big honor so to actually win that one as well was another dream come true.
Ross Pistons to Pay Contingency at PSCA Evenst
Courtesy of PSCA
Las Vagas, NV – Ross Racing Pistons will post Contingency Cash for the following products in all PSCA/SCSN Heads-Up Classes at all 2012 PSCA & SCSN Events:
Win – Ross Racing Pistons – $250.00
R/U – Ross Racing Pistons – $150.00
PBSS Champ Randy Hope returning for 2012 season
Courtesy of PBSS
LONDON, ON – The champ is back. The champion of the first year of Pro Bike & Sled Series presented by Wiseco 
Performance Products will return for the 2012 season of drag racing competition, and London’s Randy Hope said he won’t be making any major changes.
“We’ll be doing a little bit of maintenance,” said the 1978 Kawasaki Z-1R rider. “We’re planning on keeping the same program and look for more consistency.”
Hope, who rides in the Pro Bike division of the series, qualified for all six events last season, with two event wins in PBSS action. He travels the quarter mile in the mid-eight second range with speeds of 150 to 160 mph.
Started in 2011, the PBSS is compromised of Pro Bike and Pro Sled entries.
Accolades continue for JEGS.com racer Makenna Brown
Courtesy of Jegs
HEBRON, Ohio (Jan. 26) – Team JEGS driver Makenna Brown already knows she will leave this Saturday’s National Trail
Raceway Awards Banquet with one trophy, but it was recently revealed that the Junior Dragster phenom has been nominated for a second.
Brown won the National Trail Jr. Dragster 2 class track championship by one point in 2011, which is the primary reason she will attend the banquet. As a bonus, Brown is one of three nominees for “Most Improved Jr. Dragster Driver” award, which is determined by a vote of the racers themselves.
If Brown wins the special award it would be the second straight year she has won a special end-of-year track award. Brown was selected as the 2010 Jr. Dragster Rookie of the Year at National Trail.
Wes Goddard looks to strong racing in 2012 Quick 32 Series
Courtesy of Quick 32
GUELPH, ON – Wes Goddard may have one of the older car body styles in the Quick 32 Sportsman Series, but underneath his 1958 Nash Metropolitan is state-of-the-art in drag racing.
Powered by a 509-cubic inch Chevrolet engine, Goddard’s Nash sports a set of twin 76-millimeter Precision Turbochargers which can power the 101-inch wheelbase down the quarter mile at speeds over 200 mph.
This season will be the first full year for the Top Sportsman car, which was assembled last year and saw limited use in Quick 32 Sportsman Series presented by NAPA Auto Parts action.
“It’s been lots of learning,” noted Goddard, who is not only the driver of the Hell Billy Racing entry, but performs crew chief duties as well. “The car was all brand new when we got it down the track late last year at Cayuga.
“But the power is not an issue,” he continued. “I was able to go 200 mph with the gates (wastegates on the turbochargers open). With everything in order, we should be getting 2400 horsepower.”
