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ADRL Topeka And The Yellow Brick Road

By Camp Stanley

Hagerstown, MD – What else can we say about Topeka except that we should have stayed home like we threatened to do a few updates ago. Between the bad (REALLY ROTTEN, ROTTEN) luck and the weather, Topeka was nothing short of a disaster for us. We started the trip off with a stopover at National Trail Raceway in Columbus, Ohio and Friday night and Saturday morning should have told us something! Massive thunderboomers Friday night and Saturday morning cancelled the racing and our testing on Saturday.

But Sunday dawned a beautiful day and the National Trail Raceway track personnel gave us a track that was as good as they get. We left there, me on to Topeka and John, Scottie and Jimmy back home with a plan to change motors in Topeka since we decided that the experimental cam installed in the motor over the winter was a major culprit in our lack of performance.

I met up with Andreas Howald, better known as Andy who is one of the crew on Marcus Hilt’s Swiss Pro Mod in Topeka and put him right to work I did! Andy and I removed the primary engine from the Camaro and put the spare from under the bench between the chassis rails. We got it done with a lot of help from help from our friend, Mr “I only have duallie” John DeCerbo and one of his crew guys. And when John Stanley and crew arrived we finished it up and were ready to have at it! So we thought…

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Team “O” Motorsports Taps Connolly As Driver For XPS Car In Martin

Courtesy of ADRL

O’FALLON. MO – Looking to make a major impact in the American Drag Racing League’s (ADRL) Extreme Pro Stock class, Team “O” Motorsports is going with a major name in the Pro Stock world.

The Texas-based team announced on Wednesday that it has named Pro Stock standout Dave Connolly as the driver of its Extreme Pro Stock car for this weekend’s Ford Drive One Summer Drags VII, which takes place Friday and Saturday at U.S. 131 Motorsports Park in Martin, Mich.

“We are completely thrilled to announce that Dave Connolly will be in the driver’s seat of the Capstone Fuel, Ranger Glass Pontiac GXP XPS car at the ADRL’s Martin, Mich. event,” Team “O” Motorsports Marketing Representative Gary Lidiak said.

“This is a tremendous opportunity for Dave and our team, and we can’t wait to race this weekend in Michigan.”

With wins at 14 different NHRA tracks and 22 Pro Stock victories to his credit, the talented Connolly is one of the most successful young drivers in drag racing today.

His first national event win came in 2004 and his five straight victories in 2007 in the NHRA’s Pro Stock class was the second-longest consecutive win streak in PS history, making him one of only four drivers in the class to post five straight wins.

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WORSHAM, NEFF, ANDERSON, TONGLET, REINHART ON WFO RADIO

Courtesy of WFO

HOLLYWOOD, FL – O’Reilly Auto Parts NHRA Route 66 Nationals winners Del Worsham, Mike Neff, Greg Anderson, and L.E. Tonglet all join Joe Castello along with the NHRA’s Alan Reinhart, on WFO Radio NHRA Nitro. To listen now, go to WFORadio.com.

Al Anabi Racing’s Del Worsham, won his fifth race of the 2011 season with a victory over David Grubnic. Worsham discusses the continuation of his best season, recovering from a driving error second round, and answers email questions from WFO Radio listeners.

John Force Racing Funny Car driver, Mike Neff, celebrates his fourth victory of the season. Neff talks about the 200th Funny Car win for Ford Racing, the tricky track conditions in Chicago, the art and technology behind reading the race track, his final round battle with Jeff Arend, and post victory testing.

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Roy Hill Qualifies on Top, Advances to Third Round at Sportsman Spectacular

Courtesy of Roy Hill Racing
Photo by Bryan Epps / BME Photography

BUDDS CREEK, MD – Drag racing icon Roy Hill found himself in a familiar position at the conclusion of qualifying for the inaugural Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Spectacular at Maryland International Raceway in Budds Creek, MD this past weekend. 

After posting a class-leading 8.646-second elapsed time in the opening round of Super Stock qualifying, Hill cemented the pole position with an even better 8.595 in the final qualifying session Saturday evening. Hill’s Phoenix Racing Ford Mustang Cobra Jets have now qualified number one at every race the team has entered since April. Hill also won class eliminations in Super Stock A/Automatic yet again.

“We had another good weekend,” Hill said. “We went out and were number one qualifier right off the bat and came back and bettered ourselves, and won class. We were very happy with how well we ran in qualifying for Racing Radios, Coca-Cola, Goodyear, and Alsco.” 

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A Pair of Semi Final Finishes for Chris Demke and Maddern Racing in Chi-Town

Courtesy of Maddern Racing

Chicago, IL –  After qualifying was completed at the NHRA Full Throttle Route 66 National Event for the Top Alcohol Dragster class, Chris Demke and Maddern Racing found themselves qualified in the pole position for Jeg’s Allstars competition and held on to the #3 position for final eliminations.

The Peen Rite/Clean Boost sponsored dragster was a very consistent car throughout most of qualifying and eliminations posting times of 5.332 to 5.371 on five of their seven passes down the track.  Those times took them into the Semi Finals in both competitions.

“The car shook pretty hard in the first round of qualifying” noted Demke, “I pedaled it twice and it didn’t settle down, so I lifted.

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Top Fuel battle reaches fevered pitch in Grand Bend

Courtesy of IHRA

GRAND BEND, ON – Exactly one year ago at the annual summer spectacular known as the Mopar Nitro Jam Nationals at the Grand Bend Motorplex in Ontario, Canadian owner/driver Todd Paton piloted his Tim Horton’s backed Top Fuel dragster to a victory over former champion Bruce Litton to claim the very first Top Fuel victory by a Canadian at an IHRA Canadian event.

Next week, Paton hopes history will repeat itself once again.

With the 11th annual Mopar Nitro Jam Nationals just a few days away, Paton will be back in action at Grand Bend this weekend looking to once again put his familiar red and black nitro machine in victory lane against a trio of very tough Top Fuel opponents at one of Canada’s premier drag racing events.

“We were a late addition to the show last year and we surprised even ourselves by coming out on top and finally getting a win in this thing,” Paton said. “Hopefully we will have the same kind of success in Grand Bend and win another Ironman for Canada.”

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Tim McAmis Performance Parts Sponsoring Top Sportsman Low Qualifier Program In ADRL

Courtesy of ADRL

O’FALLON, MO – New doors continue to be opened for Top Sportsman racers in the American Drag Racing League (ADRL).

The world’s premier eighth-mile drag racing league announced on Monday that ADRL sponsor Tim McAmis Performance Parts will be offering a new Top Sportsman No. 1 Qualifier Program.

The low qualifier program will award the top qualifier in Top Sportsman $500 at each of the final five events during the 2011 season.

This exciting incentive will begin at this weekend’s Ford Drive One Summer Drags VII, which is the fifth of ninth stop on the 2011 ADRL Tour and takes place from U.S. 131 Motorsports Park in Martin, Mich.

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Maple Grove Gears Up For A Huge Super Chevy Show Featuring the NEOPMA

Courtesy of NEOPMA

Mohnton, PA – Get Your 1320ft worth of Pro Modifieds Action July 15th to 17th.

New this year for Super Chevy at Maple Grove will be the “Chevy vs. the World” Pro mod wars format that would be our standard two eight car fields, one class Nitrous and one class Blower/Turbo with our standard rules and payouts. All NEOPMA Members would be eligible for this event, regardless of make or model.

Yes that’s right fans; the Northeast Outlaw Pro Mod Association will be hazing the quarter mile of Maple Grove Dragway July 15th to 17th for their ultimate side by side drag racing, all the best Pro Mods from Nitrous Class to Supercharged/Turbocharged Class, will be adding to the excitement of the “Super Chevy Show” weekend.

When speed and ET is the only thing that will quench your horsepower induced thirst for screaming burnouts, huge nitrous purges and supercharged madness on the top end at over 230MPH, full on nitrous tune-ups bursting out the exhaust into the night; these doorslammers of the Northeast Outlaw Pro Mod Association have your ticket.

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MIR Sportsman Photo Extra

Courtesy of Bryan Epps/BME Photography

Budds Creek, MD – As a special treat to our readers, Bryan Epps of BME Photography, has sent us a special gallery of the winners from this past weekends Sportsman Spectacular at famed maryland International Raceway.

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Winners crowned on championship Sunday at inaugural Summit Racing Sportsman Spectacular

Courtesy of IHRA

BUDDS CREEK, MD – Over the past 40 years thousands of different drivers from all corners of North America have hoisted trophies and celebrated victory with the International Hot Rod Association.

None, however, have done it more than Anthony Bertozzi.

Bertozzi, a native of the small town of Ashland located in the heart of Virginia, has compiled an impressive resume during his lengthy drag racing career that includes a record 16 IHRA championships and over 60 national event victories, all of which sweeter than the last.

So when the IHRA decided to celebrate the past four decades with a special race held over the weekend in southern Maryland featuring a record payout and other prizes just a few hours from Bertozzi’s home, it was only fitting that the winningest driver in IHRA history participate.

And even more fitting, win. Bertozzi was one of nearly half a dozen winners from the inaugural Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Spectacular held at Maryland International Raceway over the weekend, winning the Super Stock class and pocketing a cool $5,000 in the process awarded to class winners at MIR.

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