- SOX & MARTIN® AND MCCANDLESS COLLECTION TO SPONSOR NHRA HEMI® CHALLENGE
- Final Rounds of JEGS $50,000 Race to Conclude On Friday at the Spring Fling
- HendrickCars.com to sponsor Brittany Force’s Top Fuel dragster starting at this weekend’s NHRA 4-Wide Nationals in Charlotte
- DANIEL WILKERSON AND SCAG FORD FUNNY CAR TEAM LOOKING TO TURN THINGS AROUND AT CHARLOTTE FOUR-WIDE
- Dustin Smiley Races to Advanced Product Design $15,000 Wednesday Win at the Spring Fling
- NEOPMA Pro Mod Drivers Ready to Start 2024 Season at MIR’s Door Wars
- JUSTIN ASHLEY AND SCAG TOYOTA TEAM LOOK TO CONTINUE PROMISING START TO NHRA SEASON AT ZMAX DRAGWAY
North Carolina’s Cameron Manuel headlines 2011 IHRA Summit Pro-Am champions
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NORWALK, OH – Following a thrilling finish to the Summit Racing Equipment Pro-Am tour season this past weekend in South Carolina and Texas, dozens of drivers have emerged as champions including one driver who continued his reign
of terror in the sportsman ranks by winning divisional championships in two different classes.
Defending Super Rod World Champion Cameron Manuel once again had a tremendous year to win his way back into the Summit Racing Equipment Tournament of Champions in October in not one, but two different classes. Manuel won the Top Dragster crown over Michael Ferraro in the Heat Wave Division and repeated as Super Rod champion over Bo Upton. Manuel also added a pair of TOC qualifying victories in both classes to his resume along with a runner-up finish in the Moser Axle-Mania Sportsman Showdown at U.S. 131 Motorsports Park in August.
Overall Manuel has set himself up nicely for a repeat bid next month at the Summit Racing Equipment World Finals presented by RacingJunk.com at Virginia Motorsports Park.
Re-Live The 2011 MAC Tools U.S. Nationals on WFO Radio
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HOLLYWOOD, FL – NHRA legends, championship contenders, and top qualifiers took part in WFO Radio’s coverage from the MAC Tools U.S. Nationals. Re-Live WFO Radio’s coverage from Lucas Oil Raceway. To listen now, go to 
WFORadio.com.
Red Line Oil Radio, hosted by WFO’s Joe Castello and Red Line’s Cameron Evans, featured some of the greatest minds in the drag racing. Including: Big Stuff 3’s, John Meaney, who discussed the evolution of electronic fuel injection for the track and for the street, Alan Johnson Racing’s Chad Head who gave insight into track prep that can benefit every racer, and Pro Stock driver, Kurt Johnson, who described the search for horsepower in a 500ci engine. Red Line Oil Radio kicked off the broadcast weekend for WFO Radio.
Maroney pilots legendary ‘Nanook’ to first championship
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NORWALK, OH – There is nothing quite like meeting your idol. Richard Petty, Joe Montana, Wayne Gretzky, Michael 
Jordan – all legends that most kids dream of having the opportunity to meet. But what happens when you actually get to walk in the shoes of the legend you admire?
Just ask Ron Maroney. Ron Maroney piloted the legendary ‘Nanook’ to the 2011 Nitro Jam Fuel Altered championship
Maroney grew up deeply entrenched in the world of Fuel Altered racing through his family’s time in the business and the car that stood out most in his mind as a kid was the legendary “Nanook.” During the 70s there was simply no machine more exciting and more competitive than the bright green “Nanook” machine and as that legend grew, so did Maroney’s fascination with the car.
Exciting and fast-paced final race expected at Cayuga Dragway
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CAYUGA, ON – Although Phil Sampson leads the Quick 32 Sportsman Series presented by NAPA Auto Parts 
Championship Point Award Series Standings going into the sixth and final race of the 2011 season, there is a lot of postponed eliminations to take place before a final winner is declared for the season.
This final race will be held September 9-11 at the Cayuga Dragway of Toronto Motorsports Park, but the final elimination of race four must be determined, and three rounds of eliminations must be held before the points race is back in order for this sixth race.
The final round from race four, held at the Grand Bend Motorplex August 4 must be finalized, with Top Sportsman driver Kevin Wicke of Stratford, Ontario, pitted against Top Dragster driver Jeff Moser of Bamberg, Ontario.
Team JEGS heads south for Great American $50K Bracket Race
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BELLE ROSE, LA – After a successful trip into the semifinal round of Super Comp at the Mac Tools U.S. Nationals, Samantha Coughlin is changing her latitude and getting a little out of her comfort zone to lead Team JEGS into
Louisiana.
Samantha, along with Team JEGS members Jeg Coughlin Jr. (Samantha’s husband) and Troy Coughlin Jr. are heading to No Problem Raceway this weekend for the Great American $50,000 Bracket Race.
Bracket races are a discipline that are fairly new to Samantha, but she said it’s the kind of challenge she welcomes.
“We’re planning on having some fun down in Belle Rose,” she said. “I’m comfortable Super Comp racing, because it’s what I’ve always done. Bracket racing is still new to me.
Hernandez harnesses ‘fire power’ and heads to the Rock
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ROCKINGHAM, NC – Transitioning to a new car half-way through the 2011 ADRL season may have cost 2010 Pro Extreme runner-up Josh Hernandez any chance of repeating or improving on his prior season’s performance, but the
driver of the B1 Racing C5 Corvette is still focused on scoring bragging rights by winning the Pro Extreme Battle for the Belts contested October 21-23 at the ADRL World Finals in Dallas. Coming into this weekend’s event, ADRL Dragstock VIII, the job is clear: maintain or improve position and go rounds.
Currently ranked number seven, the Texas native knows he needs to stay focused and light a fire under his team to accomplish their goal. He said he’s got the fire part handled, but his focus might get a little divided because of the wild fires at home in Texas.
“We’re ready to go,” Hernandez said. “We’re seventh right now and the goal is to maintain that spot or improve on it with what we do this weekend.
From The Big GO to ADRL’s Big Show Janis Team Looking for an Edge
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Photos by Roger Richards
Elma, NY – Pro Mod and Pro Extreme driver Mike Janis has always tried to stay at the top of his craft through innovation. A prime example would be the latest induction system the team tried at the NHRA U.S. Nationals this past
week. Another is the unique engine combination which they are running this ADRL season.
The engine they are running is from Alan Johnson Performance Engineering.
It is a big bore-short stoke combination running 531 cubic inches. The five three hundred bore space combination has the capabilities of being pushed to 700 inches.
The Jan-Cen team has been working alongside Terry Morrow of AJPE putting the new power plant through its paces this season and it too will have a new look when the team hits Rockingham.
Winners and championship to be determined this weekend at PMRA season closer
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CAYUGA, ON – When the competitors in the Pro Modified Racing Association take to the track this weekend at the 
Cayuga Dragway of Toronto Motorsports Park, not only will the 2011 champion be crowned, three event winners will also be declared.
The final elimination in the fourth round of the six-race PMRA season was postponed from the August 5-7 race at Grand Bend, and although qualifying was completed at the recent “Thunder by the Beach” race at Grand Bend, elimination rounds were postponed in this fifth race due to rain.
So this September 9-11 final appearance for 2011 will see event winners in both round four and round five of the season, along with a complete qualifying/elimination event at Cayuga. PMRA officials will finish the fifth race before completing the fourth race final.
Ohio Valley SCCA presents another check to JEGS Foundation
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DELAWARE, OH – The Ohio Valley Region of the Sports Car Club of America recently made its annual donation to the JEGS Foundation Racing for Cancer Research.
“The Ohio SCCA has become a tremendous partner of the JEGS Foundation,” said Jeg Coughlin Jr., vice president of JEGS Mail Order. “This is a generous group of racers and we’re fortunate they think of us every year.”
Rusty Bell of the Ohio Valley SCCA recently gave Coughlin and his brothers, John, Troy and Mike another check that brings the SCCA’s seven-year donation total to over $16,000.
The JEGS Foundation Racing for Cancer Research benefits the Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute at Ohio State University, one of 39 nationally designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers, as well as the Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio
Contingency Postings Continue To Grow For Summit Racing Equipment Top Sportsman Class
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O’FALLON, MO – Support continues to build for the Summit Racing Equipment Top Sportsman class in the American Drag Racing League (ADRL).
With Summit Racing Equipment already named as the official sponsor for the ADRL’s newest class, the world’s premier eighth-mile drag racing league announced on Tuesday that contingency postings for the class have already reached an impressive level.
In addition to the contingency program from Summit Racing Equipment, contingency sponsors for the class include Hoosier Tires, Jerry Bickel Race Cars and Tim McAmis Performance Parts, which also sponsors the low qualifier bonus for Summit Racing Top Sportsman.
It doesn’t stop there, either. New contingency sponsors starting with the upcoming Dragstock VIII at Rockingham Dragway are Ross Racing Pistons, Jerry Haas Race Cars, Rock Racing Batteries, Davis Golf Cart Sales and STT Safety Equipment, which has agreed to a double contingency posting.
