- 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
Speedco to support Coughlin’s return to Pro Stock
Courtesy of JEGS
LAS VEGAS, NV – Speedco Truck Lube and Tires president Mark Clark announced his company’s support of five-time world champion drag racer Jeg Coughlin Jr. in 2012 as the decorated professional returns to the Pro Stock category in a
new JEGS.com/Mopar-sponsored Dodge Avenger.
“At Speedco, we like to say we’re, ‘Built for speed, staffed for quality, and deliver world class value,'” Clark said. “I believe the same could be said for JEGS Mail Order and JEGS.com and we’re happy to be a part of this race team in 2012 and beyond.”
Coughlin captured Pro Stock titles in 2000, 2002, 2007 and 2008, and was the 1992 world champion in Super Gas. Although he didn’t compete in Pro Stock racing in 2011, he remained active in the sport by participating in numerous high-dollar bracket races and a handful of NHRA national events, several of which he won.
Perkins Looks to Step Up to the Plate for Divisional Race
Courtesy of 801 Racing
Las Vegas, NV – Cody Perkins and his 801 Racing sponsored Dragster are looking for some home track advantage for this
weekend’s Division 7 race. Even though the Perkins Team is from Utah, they consider the Las Vegas Motor Speedwaytheir home track. The previous weekend’s National event provided the necessary background information needed to go faster.
“We are going to get after it a little harder for the divisional,” quoted Perkins. “Low 30’s is the goal, if we tickle it just right. We can step on it with confidence and we want to go fast.”
The advantage of having a divisional race at the same track as the previous weekend is that the information obtained is still relevant. The disadvantage is that many other Alcohol teams stuck around with similar thoughts.
“Once again it will be a stout field,” added Perkins. “They also have more run data, so it’s up to us to step up.”
Second Round Exit Makes Perkins More Determined to Finish Strong
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Las Vegas, NV. – Cody Perkins and the 801 Racing Team are looking to finish up the year strong after going as far as the 
second round at the Big O Tires Nationals this past weekend. The team missed the first round of qualifying when it was discovered that they had broken the chassis in transit.
“We got behind the 8 ball to start, but we worked together and got it fixed,” said Perkins. “The key to going rounds is making runs when the conditions are good.”
Fortunately there were no other issues or breakage all weekend. Perkins later qualified in the number ten spot with a 5.400 elapsed time at 260.11 miles per hour. In the first round, Cody and the 801 Racing Dragster defeated Aaron Tatum with a stellar 5.362 at 264.44.
Storybook Season Ends With Castellana Claiming ADRL Pro Nitrous World Championship
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O’FALLON, MO – Just returning to racing would have been good enough for American Drag Racing League (ADRL) Pro Nitrous standout Mike Castellana.
Instead, Castellana got to experience a true storybook season.
Returning to competition after overcoming cancer in late 2010, Castellana provided one of the more remarkable stories in ADRL history, winning four races and earning his first ADRL Pro Nitrous World Championship.
Castellana clinched the title at the recent LenMar Motorsports ADRL World Finals VII presented by Summit Racing Equipment at the Texas Motorplex, and he’s continued to enjoy the memories of a purely incredible season.
Johnny Ahten’s Bedtime Story from Las Vegas
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Las Vegas, NV – Johnny Ahten has a bedtime story to tell his grandchildren. It’s all about the 2011 Big O Tires Nationals. The story starts out with a pleasant tale of a hard working drag racer and team, with lots of perspiration,
anticipation, tire smoke and nitro fumes. Just as the story is getting good, it abruptly ends in a cliff hanger.
Johnny’s race weekend started out with a tire spinning first qualifying round. This was a good sign that the car was making the kind of power the CleanBoost Team knew it had. Second round qualifying on Friday saw good first half numbers during the planned shortened run. The team was excited about the data, and was ready to give the last session on Saturday their best shot yet.
This is where the story begins to make a plot twist. The professional classes in NHRA race to 1000 foot. Prior to Ahten’s last qualifying run, the pro’s had their session. In the changeover, the timers were inadvertently not changed to 1320 feet. Johnny made a good run and it looked good enough to beat the 5.539 bump spot. The problem was that without an official time in the quarter mile, the run was not recorded properly. The bottom line was Johnny Ahten and the CleanBoost Dragster was not able to qualify.
Chris Demke and Maddern Racing Win Vegas
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Photo Courtesy of Roger Richards
Las Vegas, NV – Chris Demke, driver of the Maddern Racing Top Alcohol Dragster finished off their weekend in the 
Winner’s circle last weekend at the 11th Annual BIG O Tires NHRA National Event in Las Vegas. This marks the teams 2nd National event win in 2012 and their 4th Event Win for the year.
“Since we are in the running for the Division 7 Lucas Oil Top Alcohol Dragster Championship“ noted Demke, “we really wanted to utilize the National Event for testing to make sure the dragster was ready for the this weekends upcoming event.
“We were consistent all weekend, no tire shake, no carnage, just good passes every lap. We ran a softer tune up on Friday for the first two qualifiers just to make sure we had everything back in order after running Reynolds, Georgia a few weeks before. Saturday, we tuned her up and began eliminations from the #4 qualifying position.
Worsham, Capps, Edwards, Krawiec, Prudhomme, Reinhart on WFO Radio
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HOLLYWOOD, FL – Big “O” Tires NHRA Vegas Nationals winners, Del Worsham, Ron Capps, Mike Edwards, Eddie Krawiec, plus Don “The Snake” Prudhomme join Joe Castello along with the NHRA’s Alan Reinhart, on WFO Radio
NHRA Nitro. To listen now, go to WFORadio.com.
Al Anabi, Alan Johnson Racing Top Fuel dragster driver, Del Worsham talks about his crucial victory in Vegas, his championship hopes, and a look ahead to The Finals in Pomona.
DSR Funny Car driver, Ron Capps, talks about his Vegas victory party, defeating Johnny Gray in the final, and his relationship with crew chief, Tim Richards.
Tim McAmis Performance Parts to Attend Street Car Super Nationals VII
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HAWK POINT, MO – From the heart of the South to the home of the Liberty Bell, the 2011 drag racing season has been 
full of activity for the Tim McAmis Performance Parts (TMPP) Trackside Support Team. The talented members were able to help numerous racers across the country and establish some friendships along the way. After attending the ADRL World Finals in Ennis, TX two weeks ago, the plan was to park the rolling warehouse for the winter and start preparing for the 2012 tour, but they weren’t done yet.
With some organizations still running events through November the “McAmis Mafia” felt the season was not quite over and wanted to make one more stop to bring a close to the year. What better place to do so than the Super Street Car Nationals VII in Las Vegas?
MICKEY THOMPSON TO SPONSOR THE DANNY THOMPSON CHALLENGER 2.5 LAND SPEED RECORD PROJECT
Courtesy of Mickey Thompson
STOW, OH – Mickey Thompson Performance Tires & Wheels is proud to announce their support of Danny Thompson’s 
plans to exceed the existing internal combustion wheel-driven land speed record of 417.020 mph with a goal of more than 420 mph by the summer of 2012 on the Bonneville Salt Flats.
Thompson will complete the restoration of his fathers’ custom- built Challenger 2.5, building the fastest piston-powered car in the world, to achieve this incredible goal.
Through this important relationship, announced at a press conference on Tuesday, Nov. 1, at 4:15 p.m. at the 2011 SEMA Show booth 43013, Mickey Thompson Performance Tires & Wheels will donate $300,000 and a variety of other services in support this historic project.
The Pro Bike & Sled Series Top Five for 2011 – Bill Anderson – Number Three
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SEAFORTH, ON – For a drag racer who has always competed using the professional “heads-up” method of racing, Bill Anderson proved he could race with the Sportsman-style, dial-in type 
of racing, as the Seaforth resident placed third in the Pro Bike & Sled Series 2011 Championship Point Award Series.
Presented by Wiseco Performance Products, the 2011 season was the inaugural year for the PBSS, which pits motorcycles against snowmobiles in ET-style, dial-in drag racing, competing on a Sportsman ladder.
“We’ve always done heads-up racing,” said Anderson, who rides the Team Fun Racing Pro Sled Arctic Cat. “We started off fresh, and it’s been a definite learning curve,” he continued. “We have the machine worked out, and now we have to get some consistency.”
The former Pro Ice Oval Racer, ice, grass, and asphalt racer has been competing since the early 1980s, and has never raced anything but sleds. His 2009 Arctic Cat Z1 Turbo is powered with a stock 1056-cc turbocharged engine on an Arctic Car Twin Spar chassis with a stock throttle body fuel injection system and a Boondocker Z1 Highjacker control.
